HR 2659
116th Congress
House
Energy
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Oil and gas
Research and development
Technology assessment
To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 10, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
May 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
May 10, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Office of Fossil Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the energy efficiency of gas turbines used in electric power generation systems. Specifically, the program must develop technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 67% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%. In addition, the program must include field demonstrations of the developed technologies to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committees of jurisdiction
2