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S 3923 111th Congress Senate Energy Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations

Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act of 2010

Introduced: September 29, 2010 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 29, 2010
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to allow a state legislature or regulatory authority to set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a state-approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily sells electric energy and an electric utility is required to purchase such energy at a specified rate.

What's happening now September 29, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 29, 2010
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 29, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3923: Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3923/
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"S. 3923: Let the States Innovate on Sustainable Energy Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3923/.
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S. 3923, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3923/.
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