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HR 5423 111th Congress House

Transparent Review of the Affordability and Cost of Electricity (TRACE) Renewable Energy Act of 2010

Official title: To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for an annual electric production cost report.

Introduced: May 27, 2010 Introduced by: Foster, Bill Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Energy Accounting and auditingElectric power generation and transmissionGovernment information and archives
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May 27, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 27, 2010
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 Latest action May 27, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparent Review of the Affordability and Cost of Electricity (TRACE) Renewable Energy Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, to prepare and publish an annual report setting forth the costs of electricity production per kilowatt hour, by sector and energy source, for each type of electric energy generation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5423: Transparent Review of the Affordability and Cost of Electricity (TRACE) Renewable Energy Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5423/
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"H.R. 5423: Transparent Review of the Affordability and Cost of Electricity (TRACE) Renewable Energy Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5423/.
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H.R. 5423, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5423/.
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