Energy

A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to study the feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy production facilities at existing Department of Energy sites.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy production facilities at Department of Energy (DOE) sites, including nuclear power plants on such sites, and the resultant cost savings to the Federal Government; and (2) potential improvements in licensing and safety oversight procedures regarding such plant sites, as well as an assessment of the effects of nuclear waste management policies and projects as a result of such site locations.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the moratorium on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on submerged land of the outer Continental Shelf should be maintained.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the moratorium on new oil and natural gas leasing, pre-leasing, and related activities on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf should be maintained.

Corporate Welfare Elimination Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001

Corporate Welfare Elimination Act of 2001 - Title I: Tax Reform - Termination of Energy and Natural Resource Tax Subsidies Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal or terminate the following: (1) the expensing of intangible drilling and development costs and of mining exploration and development costs; (2) the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source; (3) the percentage depletion deduction for mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber; (4) tax benefits for alcohol fuels; (5) the enhanced oil recovery credit; (6) the credit and deduction for electric vehicles, clean-fuel vehicles, and certain refueling property; (7) the deduction for tertiary injectants; (8) the rehabilitation credit for non-historic structures (reduces such credit for certified historic structures); (9) the provisions concerning the treatment of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Organizations; (10) the small life insurance company deduction; (11) the alternative tax on small property and casualty insurance companies; (12) provisions permitting farming businesses to use the cash method of accounting; (13) the deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures; (14) the deduction for expenditures by farmers for fertilizer, etc.; (15) certain exceptions permitting farm businesses to use the cash method of accounting; (16) the exclusion for the cancellation of qualified farm indebtedness; (17) the exclusion for certain cost-sharing payments; (18) the reforestation credit; (19) the rapid amortization of reforestation expenditures; (20) the exclusion of certain income of citizens or residents living abroad; (21) the exclusion for income of foreign sales corporations; (22) the deferral of income of controlled foreign corporations; (23) the deferral of tax under the Merchant Marine Capital Construction Fund; (24) the special treatment for magazine circulation expenditures; and (25) the special treatment for returns of magazines, paperbacks, and records. Title II: Natural Resources - Public Resources Deficit Reduction Act of 2001 - Subtitle A: General Provisions -Prohibits any timber, minerals, forage, or other natural resources owned by the United States and any federally owned water, or hydroelectric energy of a Federal facility from being sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by any Federal entity for less than fair market value. (Sec. 212) Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to establish and collect user fees as necessary to reimburse the United States for expenses incurred in administering programs. (Sec. 213) Requires the revenues from the sale, lease, and transfer of Federal assets to be included in the President's budget submission to Congress. Subtitle B: Revenue from Mining Claims - Requires the holders of mining claims to pay an annual claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim per calendar year. Allows the waiver of such fee for holders of more than ten claims. (Sec. 223) Requires claimholders to pay a royalty of eight percent of gross income for production of locatable minerals on Federal lands. (Sec. 224) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on gross income resulting from the severance of any locatable mineral, or mineral concentrates or products, from a mine or other natural deposit. Makes such tax inapplicable to gross income to which a royalty is imposed. (Sec. 225) Establishes the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on Federal lands. Credits the royalties and excise tax under this title to such Fund. (Sec. 226) Prohibits the issuance of a patent for any mining claim unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed before January 27, 1995; and (2) all requirements are met under the Revised Statutes for vein or lode claims and for placer claims. (Sec. 227) Requires the Secretary to adjust all dollar amounts under this title for changes in purchasing power every ten years, employing the Consumer Price Index as the basis for adjustment. Subtitle C: Use or Disposal of Federal Natural Resources - Amends the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest lands in the 16 contiguous Western States, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public domain lands, where domestic livestock grazing is permitted under applicable law, to establish an annual domestic livestock grazing fee equal to fair market value, based on a specified formula. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) abolition of grazing advisory boards; and (2) the U.S. share of receipts. (Sec. 232) Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 to prohibit below-cost timber sales from National Forest System Lands. (Sec. 233) Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Agriculture in revising land management plans to take into account the economic suitability of lands for timber production. (Sec. 234) Amends the Food Security Act of 1995 and the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide for the reduction of payment limitations for persons who receive Federal irrigation water for agricultural purposes. (Sec. 237) Amends the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 to repeal the livestock feed assistance program. (Sec. 238) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to require that oil and gas rental prices for leases on public lands be established at fair market value. (Sec. 239) Requires that permits for the use of communications sites on public lands be established at fair market prices.

Coastal States Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Coastal States Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for mineral exploration, development, or production on the Outer Continental Shelf that is seaward or adjacent to land beneath navigable waters of a coastal State whose Governor or State law has placed a moratorium on such activities with respect to oil, gas, or other minerals.

Consumer Energy Commission Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Consumer Energy Commission Act of 2001 - Establishes the Consumer Energy Commission to conduct a nationwide study of significant price spikes in major U.S. consumer energy products during the ten years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, and report its findings to Congress.

A bill to make technical amendments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note), provide compensation to certain claimants under such Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Act) to: (1) revise specified geographic and illness eligibility criteria with respect to claims relating to atmospheric testing and uranium mining; and (2) make funding for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund permanent. Requires periodic claims and budget reporting by the General Accounting Office with respect to Department of Justice administration of the Act. Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to: (1) provide a $50,000 payment plus medical benefits for a covered individual (or survivor) who has received an atmospheric testing or uranium mining payment under the Act; and (2) extend coverage to all covered individuals (currently covered uranium employees).

To allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Permits a State Governor, to ensure the individual's or business' economic stability, to authorize any individual or business located in a State experiencing a power emergency on any given day to operate any type of power generation available using any fuel available. Prohibits additional emissions attributable to generation permitted solely because of such power emergency from being taken into account for purposes of determining the attainment or nonattainment status of an area under the Clean Air Act. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from disapproving the State implementation plan, or promulgating a Federal implementation plan for the State, if the applicable plan for such State would not have been disapproved, and no Federal implementation plan promulgations would have been made, in the absence of such additional emissions. Prohibits any judicial stay or injunctions against the Administrator or the State of California regarding any additional emissions attributable to electric power generation permitted solely by reason of this Act.

To make technical amendments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note), provide compensation to certain claimants under such Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (Act) to: (1) revise specified geographic and illness eligibility criteria with respect to claims relating to atmospheric testing and uranium mining; and (2) make funding for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund permanent. Requires periodic claims and budget reporting by the General Accounting Office with respect to Department of Justice administration of the Act. Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to: (1) provide a $50,000 payment plus medical benefits for a covered individual (or survivor) who has received an atmospheric testing or uranium mining payment under the Act; and (2) extend coverage to all covered individuals (currently covered uranium employees).

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources to energy produced from landfill gas.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include landfill gas as a qualified energy resource for purposes of the business credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf should be maintained.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the existing moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing, pre-leasing, and related activities on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf should be maintained.

Energy Independence Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001

Energy Independence Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop and transmit to Congress a strategic plan to ensure that the United States is energy self-sufficient by the year 2011; and (2) develop a program for the acquisition of certain commercially available fuel cell power plants and power generated therefrom for use at federally owned or operated facilities. Directs the President, in coordination with designated Secretaries, to establish: (1) a demonstration program for fuel cell proton exchange membrane technology for commercial, residential, and transportation applications (including buses) within the Secretaries' respective areas of responsibility; and (2) a comprehensive proton exchange membrane fuel cell bus demonstration program to address hydrogen production, storage, and use in transit bus applications. Requires each Federal agency that maintains a motor vehicle fleet to develop a plan for fleet transition to vehicles powered by fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a fuel cell technology grant program for State or local government to meet their energy requirements, including such technology as a motor vehicle power source.

LIHEAP Equity Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001

LIHEAP Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 with respect to State allotments under the low-income energy assistance program to state that not more than 50 percent of amounts appropriated for program implementation shall be earmarked for home heating purposes.

To require the Department of Energy to study potential regulatory improvements that may help alleviate high fuel prices.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on areas where Federal regulations may be modified to help alleviate ongoing gasoline price pressures, including the potential for: (1) improvements related to increased costs resulting from the high number of "boutique" fuel formulations produced in the United States; (2) decrease of refining costs through changes in fuel Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements; (3) cost savings through regulatory changes related to the transition from winter to summer fuel mixes; and (4) any other areas that the Secretary believes that regulations could be streamlined or improved to alleviate high fuel prices.

To amend the Natural Gas Act to limit the extent to which natural gas prices charged to end users may be increased.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001

Amends the Natural Gas Act to declare that an increase in natural gas prices to an end user that are in excess of 15 percent per month shall be deemed to be unjust and unreasonable.

Hydroelectric Licensing and Incentives Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001

Hydroelectric Licensing and Incentives Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe procedural guidelines for the consideration of hydroelectric power licensing by Federal agencies and the Secretaries of the Interior and of Commerce. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments: (1) for a period of ten fiscal years to the owner or operator of electric energy generated and sold by a qualified hydroelectric facility; and (2) to the owner or operator of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams for capital improvements directly related to specified facility efficiency improvements. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to redefine "an existing dam" for purposes of small hydroelectric power projects as one whose construction was completed on or before May 16, 2001 (currently, on or before April 20, 1977). Instructs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to certain congressional committees on cost-effective opportunities to increase hydropower generation at existing federally-owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities.

Energy Independence Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001

Energy Independence Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop and transmit to Congress a strategic plan to ensure that the United States is energy self-sufficient by the year 2011; and (2) develop a program for the acquisition of certain commercially available fuel cell power plants and power generated therefrom for use at federally owned or operated facilities. Directs the President, in coordination with designated Secretaries, to establish: (1) a demonstration program for fuel cell proton exchange membrane technology for commercial, residential, and transportation applications (including buses) within the Secretaries' respective areas of responsibility; and (2) a comprehensive proton exchange membrane fuel cell bus demonstration program to address hydrogen production, storage, and use in transit bus applications. Requires each Federal agency that maintains a motor vehicle fleet to develop a plan for fleet transition to vehicles powered by fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a fuel cell technology grant program for State or local government to meet their energy requirements, including such technology as a motor vehicle power source.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be established a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives to investigate the rapidly increasing energy prices across the country and to determine what is causing the increases.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001

Expresses the sense of the Senate that there should be established a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives to: (1) study the dramatic increases in energy prices (including those for gasoline, natural gas, electricity, and home heating oil); (2) investigate the cause of the increases; (3) make findings of fact; and (4) make appropriate recommendations for legislation and any administrative or other actions.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation of property used in the generation of electricity.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the accelerated cost recovery system, to: (1) add property used in the generation of electricity to the definition of seven-year property; and (2) with respect to the special rules for determining class life, deem such property to have a ten-year class life.

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2001

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a deduction: (1) an amount equal to $30 for each qualified energy management device originally placed in service during the taxable year; and (2) for each qualified retrofitted meter originally placed in service during the taxable year, an amount equal to the lesser of $30 or the adjusted basis of such meter.

Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001

Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop a plan for U.S. construction of a magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment; (2) request a plan review by the National Academy of Sciences and transmit the plan and review to Congress; and (3) develop and transmit to Congress a plan for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program and for the magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a plan for U.S. participation in an international burning plasma experiment: (1) whose construction is highly likely; and (2) where Federal participation is cost effective relative to the cost and scientific benefits of a domestic experiment.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the scope of the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources: (1) electricity produced from agricultural and animal waste; and (2) certain agricultural and animal waste facilities and combined production facilities (production of electricity from agricultural and animal waste and other biobased products).

Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress on forest carbon management in the National Forest System, including its impact upon timber harvests, wildlife habitat, recreation, and forest health. Prescribes guidelines on reporting, monitoring, and verification of carbon storage from tree planting and forest management actions. Directs the Secretary to establish a Carbon and Forestry Advisory Council to: (1) advise on voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas sequestration from forest management actions; (2) estimate the effect of proposed implementation on carbon sequestration and storage; and (3) assist the Secretary in assessing forest vulnerability to climate change. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the monitoring of forest carbon; and (2) forest carbon cooperative agreements and loan program on specified lands. Instructs the Secretary to establish an assistance program provided through State revolving loan funds to Indian tribes and owners of nonindustrial private forest land to undertake forestry carbon activities. Permits the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to apply for funding from the Bonneville Power Administration for purposes of funding loans that meet both the objectives of this Act and certain fish and wildlife objectives of the Bonneville Power Administration.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property.

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through December 31, 2006, a limited credit for energy-efficient building property. Defines such property as a stationary fuel cell power plant that: (1) generates electricity using an electrochemical process; and (2) has an electricity-only generation efficiency greater than 30 percent. Allows, through December 31, 2006, a limited credit to an individual for nonbusiness energy-efficient building property expenditures.

Powder River Basin Resource Development Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Powder River Basin Resource Development Act of 2001 - Authorizes and encourages Federal coal lessees and oil and gas developers to enter into a written agreement that details operations, and assigns or assesses costs or compensation regarding the contemporaneous concurrent, or sequential development of coal, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin. Prescribes guidelines for petitions to a U.S. district court and court proceedings for relief and assignment of a development priority in the event that a Federal coal lessee and an oil and gas developer do not reach such an agreement. Declares that this Act does not serve as precedent for leasing for mineral development outside of any common area within the Powder River Basin.

Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Ernest J. Moniz, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 2 May 2001

Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001 - Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2001 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to indemnify licensees and Department of Energy contractors for public liability arising from nuclear incidents in excess of the required financial protection. Revises guidelines for licensee insurance premiums and liability and indemnification limits. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to add two Assistant Secretaries of Energy responsible, respectively, for: (1) the Office of Science; and (2) the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology. Amends the USEC Privatization Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from selling surplus natural uranium and conversion services through 2005. Requires sale of uranium hexaflouride. Instructs the Secretary to begin construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility by October 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to place the Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plant into cold standby condition for a five-year period. Mandates a program to: (1) demonstrate the NRC Early Site Permit process; (2) evaluate opportunities for completion of partially constructed nuclear plants; (3) assess opportunities for Generation IV reactors; and (4) research potential licensing issues associated with new reactor technologies and designs. Declares electricity generated by a nuclear plant to be an environmentally preferable product. Conditions Federal funding for a domestic or international organization that supports electricity production facilities upon reasonable efforts to include projects that use nuclear plants. Establishes the Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an advanced fuel recycling technology research and development program; and (2) establish the Advanced Accelerator Applications Program. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) revise certain commercial license requirements; (2) repeal restrictions pertaining to foreign ownership of commercial licensees; and (3) grant firearms and arrest authority to employees of NRC licensees.

To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to oppose any new loan by the International Monetary Fund to any country that is acting to restrict oil production to the detriment of the United States economy, except in emergency circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to use the U.S. voice, vote, and influence to oppose any new IMF loan to any country which the Secretary of Energy determines is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and is acting to restrict oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy, or is acting in concert with OPEC to do so, unless the provision of the loan is necessary to address a systemic risk to the international financial system.

Hydropower Capacity Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Hydropower Capacity Improvement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit through tax year 2011 for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing dams licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (2) such credit for public utilities, certain organizations, and States, possessions, and Indian tribal governments. Permits credit assignment.

Emergency Power Production and Consumer Protection Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Emergency Power Production and Consumer Protection Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Army to waive the application of any Federal restriction on the operation of certain Bureau of Reclamation or Corps of Engineers facilities as necessary to address an emergency electric power shortage. Permits the issuance of a waiver only if a State's Governor declares such an emergency and requests the waiver. Exempts such a waiver from judicial review.

Electricity Emergency Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Electricity Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) establish a clearinghouse system to facilitate agreements between wholesale sellers of electric energy and wholesale purchasers willing to forego temporarily electric energy purchases to which they are entitled; (2) implement a program that authorizes any electric consumer of any electric utility within the Western Systems to sell at market prices an amount of electric load the consumer is willing to forego; (3) study electric power transmission congestion jointly with the Secretary of Energy; and (4) develop a plan to relieve constraints that reduce the efficiency of electric power transmission, including Canadian and Mexican electric transmission systems. Authorizes the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration System to expand its transmission system to remove the PATH 15 constraint. Establishes an Office of Tribal Energy within the Department of Energy. Sets guidelines for either a qualifying small power production facility or cogeneration facility suspension of electric energy due to nonpayment. Instructs FERC to promulgate a standard article to permit increased generation at licensed hydroelectric facilities. Permits, upon request of certain State Governors: (1) the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to authorize maximized electric generation at hydropower facilities providing power to the Administration; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive Clean Air Act requirements pertaining to oxides of nitrogen for new generation units; and (3) the Secretary to authorize a qualified Federal electric generation facility to generate electric energy for consumption or for sales for local State distribution. Authorizes a State Governor, on any high electricity emergency day, to waive Clean Air Act emission limitations. Provides for a regional transmission organization for the region covered by the Western Systems Coordinating Council.

Biomass Energy Equity Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Biomass Energy Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources to: (1) extend the credit; (2) expand the scope of qualifying closed-loop facilities; and (3) make qualifying biomass (other than closed-loop biomass) and biomass facilities eligible for the credit.

Patrick Henry Wood III, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2005, vice James John Hoecker, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

David Garman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), vice Dan Reichter, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management), vice Carolyn L. Huntoon, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice T. J. Glauthier, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2006. (Reappointment)

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2001, vice Vicky A. Bailey, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Lee Sarah Liberman Otis, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice Mary Anne Sullivan, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 25 April 2001

A bill to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (the area covered by the Western Systems Coordinating Council). Authorizes a State public utility commission in such market to prohibit any utility under its jurisdiction from making any sale of electric energy to a purchaser outside the utility's service area if the commission believes that its delivery would impair the utility's ability to meet the demand for electric energy in its own service area. Instructs FERC to require a seller of natural gas to disclose the commodity portion and transportation portion of the sale price if it is sold in a bundled transaction under which it is to be transported into the State of California from outside the State. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Bonneville Power Administration should: (1) take steps to reduce its wholesale electric power purchase needs in the rate period beginning October 1, 2001; and (2) undertake other actions to minimize its potential wholesale electric rate increase due to take effect October 1, 2001.

Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend, for six months, motor fuels taxes; and (2) repeal the 1993 4.3 cents per gallon increase in motor fuel taxes. Sets forth floor stock provisions.

Bruce Marshall Carnes, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy, vice Michael Telson, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 23 April 2001

Growing Renewable Energy for Emerging Needs (GREEN) Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2001

Growing Renewable Energy for Emerging Needs (GREEN) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources to: (1) extend the credit; (2) expand the scope of qualifying closed-loop facilities; and (3) make qualifying biomass (other than closed-loop biomass) and biomass facilities eligible for the credit.

Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited credit, for a limited time period, for producers of qualified energy efficient clothes washers and energy efficient refrigerators.

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Designation of Responsibilities Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Designation of Responsibilities Act - Allocates specified responsibilities with respect to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program among the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Energy, and the Attorney General. Establishes the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.

To prohibit the Department of the Interior from expending any funds for a mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sale.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from expending any funds for the preparation or conduct of preleasing and leasing activities with respect to an oil and gas lease sale on any lands of the Outer Continental Shelf between the seaward boundary between the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island and the seaward boundary between the States of North and South Carolina.

Energy Price and Economic Stability Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Energy Price and Economic Stability Act of 2001 - Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish cost-of-service-based rates for electric energy (unless generated by a new generation facility) that is sold at wholesale, through April 30, 2003, for use in the area covered by the Western Systems Coordinating Council of the North American Electric Reliability Council. Provides for State enforcement of this Act. Instructs FERC to order refunds of rates and charges in the area covered by the Coordinating Council if electric energy sales were not just and reasonable. Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit any FERC order for emergency connection or exchange of facilities unless the person subject to such order has been guaranteed full payment or reimbursement by either the Federal or State government.

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate certain regulation of plumbing supplies.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal authority to regulate certain plumbing products and appliances, including showerheads, faucets, water closets, and urinals.

Electric Power Industry Tax Modernization Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Electric Power Industry Tax Modernization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a governmental unit to make an irrevocable election to terminate certain tax-exempt bond financing for electric output facilities. Sets forth provisions concerning independent transmission companies. Provides for the exclusion from gross income as contributions to capital of certain amounts received by electric utilities. Revises the special rules concerning the tax treatment of nuclear decommissioning costs.

Expressing Congressional disapproval of a rule issued by the Department of Energy with respect to clothes washers.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Disapproves the rule submitted by the Secretary of Energy relating to clothes washers (66 Fed. Reg. 3314; January 12, 2001). Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect.

Expressing Congressional disapproval of a rule issued by the Department of Energy with respect to residential central air conditioners and heat pumps.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Disapproves the rule submitted by the Secretary of Energy relating to residential central air conditioners and heat pumps (66 Fed. Reg. 7170; January 22, 2001), and declares it shall have no force or effect.