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Americans Making Power Act

Introduced: July 1, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Jul 1, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 1, 2010
Introduced in House
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Americans Making Power Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require each state regulatory authority, and each nonregulated electric utility, to adopt the net metering standard established in this Act unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) determines that the net metering requirement in effect for such state complies with the federal standard. Establishes that net metering standard and related requirements.

Requires retail electric suppliers to make net metering available to customer-generators on a first-come-first-served basis.

Directs FERC to: (1) publish model standards for the physical connection between local distribution systems and qualified generation units; and (2) modify its Small Generator Interconnection Procedures to expedite permitting of qualified generation units up to 2,000 kilowatts

Directs FERC to promulgate regulations to ensure that simplified contracts will be used for the interconnection of qualified generation units by a retail electric supplier or local distribution company

What's happening now July 1, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 14, 2010
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 20, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5692: Americans Making Power Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5692/
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