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Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019

Introduced: April 11, 2019 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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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
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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 July 9, 2019

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 10, 2019
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jun 11, 2019
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 11, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1183: Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1183/
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"S. 1183: Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1183/.
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