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S. 3402 111th Congress Senate

REAL Act of 2010

Official title: A bill to encourage residential use of renewable energy systems by minimizing upfront costs and providing immediate utility cost savings to consumers through l… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to encourage residential use of renewable energy systems by minimizing upfront costs and providing immediate utility cost savings to consumers through leasing of such systems to homeowners, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 23, 2010 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Alternative and renewable resourcesEnergy efficiency and conservationGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment trust funds
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Housing finance and home ownershipResidential rehabilitation and home repair
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May 24, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 24, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 24, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Renewable Energy Access Through Leasing Act of 2010 or the REAL Act of 2010- Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make loan guarantees for the financing of renewable energy systems leased for residential use. Prohibits the Secretary from insuring a loan unless the renewable energy system owner certifies that the systems financed will be leased only to homeowners that grant easements to install, maintain, use and otherwise access the system that include the right to sell electricity produced during the life of the renewable energy system to a wholesale or retail electrical power grid.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that a discount given under this Act does not adversely affect the homeowner's mortgage requirements; and (2) fix and collect premiums for insurance of loans under this Act that shall be paid for by the renewable energy system owner and that shall be adequate to cover the expenses and probable losses of administering the program. Prohibits the Secretary from assessing any other fee, premium, or charge in connection with such loan insurance.

Establishes the Renewable Energy Lease Insurance Fund, into which the Secretary shall deposit any such premiums.

Terminates the Secretary's authority to insure and make commitments to insure new loans under this Act ten years after its enactment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1379 Energy Efficiency in Housing Act of 2009
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 23, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3402: REAL Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3402/
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