S 2288
116th Congress
Senate
Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations
American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to prescribe a federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers.
Among other things, the bill establishes
- procedures and standards for evaluating, measuring, and verifying electricity and natural gas savings, including specifying the types of energy efficiency and energy conservation measures that may be counted;
- certain requirements governing retail electricity suppliers;
- other requirements governing applications for, and implementation of, delegated state administration;
- rules to govern transfers of electricity or natural gas savings between suppliers and third-party efficiency providers serving the same state and between suppliers and third-party efficiency providers serving different states;
- performance standards for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers; and
- penalties for suppliers who fail to document the adequate savings required by this bill.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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