S 1183
116th Congress
Senate
Energy
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Rural conditions and development
Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2019
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
Apr 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Energy to award grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, and designing energy storage and microgrid projects that rely on renewable energy. (A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity and that can connect and disconnect from the grid to operate in grid-connected or island mode.)
What's happening now
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
Committees of jurisdiction
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