S 487
116th Congress
Senate
Energy
Air quality
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Energy Infrastructure Demand Response Act of 2019
Introduced: February 14, 2019
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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2 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a natural gas demand response pilot program that uses the latest demand response technology from the energy sector for natural gas to (1) reduce the cost of energy for consumers, (2) reduce market price volatility, (3) increase reliability of the energy system, and (4) achieve reductions in air emissions and other benefits.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1