S 1346
114th Congress
Senate
Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization
E-Prize Competition Pilot Program Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.
May 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 14, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
E-Prize Competition Pilot Program Act of 2015
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish for a limited time: (1) a prize competition for the development and demonstration of technology that reduces by at least 25% the cost of electricity or space heat in high-cost regions; and (2) a Competition Board to award a maximum of 4 prizes of not more than $1 million each.
Funds for the awards shall be available from the Energy Technology Commercialization Fund.
The Competition Board must use prescribed criteria to evaluate competing technologies.
What's happening now
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.
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