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S 1044 114th Congress Senate Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy prices

E-Access Act

Introduced: April 22, 2015 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-166.
Apr 22, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or the E-Access Act

Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to encourage and support the adoption of policies that allow electricity consumers access to their own electricity data.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize state energy conservation plans to include programs that: (1) enhance consumer access to, and understanding of, energy usage and price information, including consumers' own residential and commercial electricity information; and (2) allow for development and adoption of innovative products and services to assist consumers in managing energy consumption and expenditures.

Directs the Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines, meeting specified criteria, which establish model standards to implement retail electric energy information access in states.

Authorizes states to submit to the Secretary a description of their data sharing policies regarding consumer access to electric energy information for DOE certification that they meet such voluntary guidelines.

Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriations, to make federal funds available to assist any DOE-certified state to implement its energy conservation plan.

What's happening now April 30, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-166.

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