S 2901
113th Congress
Senate
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10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2014
Introduced: September 18, 2014
Introduced by:
Sanders, Bernard
Independent
· Vermont
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems with the goal to install 10 million systems with a cumulative capacity of at least 60,000 megawatts over the next ten years.
Includes within the photovoltaic system solar panels, roof support structures, inverters (to convert the current output from a solar panel into a frequency that can be fed into the electrical grid), an energy storage system if it is integrated with the system, and any other hardware necessary for the installation of a system.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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