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Bill· SS. 380 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make agricultural emergency loans available to qualifying small business owners who have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury resulting from increased energy costs.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 26 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President and Congress should prepare and enact a supplemental appropriations bill for low-income home energy assistance, weatherization grant assistance, and State energy conservation grant assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 704 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Energy Time Adjustment Authorization Act - States that if the legislature of any of the States of California, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington finds that adjusting the standard time is necessary to help alleviate the energy crisis, then it may make any adjustments to the standard time, on a statewide basis, as it considers necessary, through December 31, 2003. Authorizes the legislature of any such State to make the same adjustment made by any such designated sister State without first making the requisite statutory finding.
Bill· HRH.R. 683 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Energy Emergency Response Act of 2001 - Amends the following Acts to provide increased funding through FY 2005 for energy programs: (1) the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981(for home energy grants); (2) the Energy Conservation and Production Act (for weatherization assistance); and (3) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (for State energy conservation grants). Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to: (1) mandate that each Federal agency undertake a comprehensive review of practicable measures for increasing energy and water conservation, and for using renewable energy sources; (2) allow as an approved benefit ancillary to an energy savings or performance contract those savings resulting from reduced operation and maintenance costs at replacement facilities; and (3) repeal the termination dates governing the authority to enter into energy savings performance contracts (thus extending such authority indefinitely).
Bill· HRH.R. 712 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to request the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to Congress on: (1) the causes of recent natural gas price increases; (2) what Federal action would be necessary to improve the natural gas reserve supply for use in situations of shortages and price increases; and (3) Federal or State policies that may have contributed to such price increases.
Bill· HRH.R. 660 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal the authorization for the export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to reimpose a prohibition against the export of such oil.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 43 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Provides amounts for expenses of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for the 107th Congress.
Bill· SS. 295 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Small Business Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to assist small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in the price of heating fuel. Prohibits any such loan from being made if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million, unless the applicant is a major source of employment in its surrounding area. Requires, for such assistance: (1) a declaration of a disaster by the President or the SBA Administrator; or (2) a certification from the governor of the State that its small businesses have suffered such economic injury and are in need of assistance which is not otherwise available.
Bill· SS. 287 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market. Mandates that such imposed cost-of-service based electric energy rates remain in effect until the market for electric energy in the western energy market reflects just and reasonable rates as determined by FERC.
Bill· SS. 293 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Home Energy Assistance Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit equal to 50 percent of increased residential energy costs (defines such term); (2) a deduction for certain energy efficient property (defines such term) used in business; and (3) a credit to an individual equal to the sum of a determined amount for qualified energy property (defines such term) placed in service and a credit amount for a new highly efficient principal residence (defines such term).
Bill· SS. 286 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Small Business Assistance Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to make no-interest loans to certain small businesses that: (1) are not covered by a State program limiting retail electricity rates; and (2) are located in California, are business customers of specified utilities, and have specified electric or natural gas usage rates; or (3) are located in other States and have experienced an increase in electricity or natural gas costs of not less than 100 percent. Establishes the Small Business Energy Expense Assistance Fund to fund such loans.
Bill· HRH.R. 525 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to include snow droughts, acts of terrorism or other catastrophic events within its definition of "major disaster" for purposes of authorized disaster relief. Requires the President (current law authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA Director)) to be responsible for carrying out Federal emergency preparedness plans and programs. Includes as a covered hazard a domestic terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction. Requires the President to ensure that Federal response plans and programs are adequate to respond to the consequences of terrorism directed against a target in the United States. Includes the development of equipment, clothing, and facilities within authorized preparedness measures. Repeals provisions of the Act which: (1) allow State preparedness funds to be used to prepare for hazards and for providing emergency assistance in response to hazards; and (2) require the FEMA Director to establish emergency preparedness security regulations. Establishes the President's Council on Domestic Preparedness. Requires the Council to: (1) publish a Domestic Terrorism Preparedness Plan and an annual implementation strategy; (2) designate an entity to assess the risk of terrorist attacks against transportation, energy, and other infrastructure facilities; and (3) establish voluntary minimum guidelines for preparedness programs. Authorizes the Council to attend meetings of the National Security Council pertaining to domestic terrorist attack preparedness matters, subject to the direction of the President.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 32 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Designates majority membership on the House Committees on the Budget; Energy and Commerce; Government Reform; Resources; Science; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Veterans' Affairs.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 33 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Designates minority membership on the House Committees on Appropriations; Agriculture; the Budget; Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Government Reform; International Relations; the Judiciary; Resources; Science; and Small Business.
Bill· HRH.R. 503 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001 - Provides that: (1) whoever engages in conduct that violates specified provisions of the Federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or specified articles the Uniform Code of Military Justice (conduct constituting certain Federal violent crimes) and thereby causes the death of, or bodily injury to, a child who is in utero, shall be guilty of a separate offense; and (2) the punishment for that separate offense shall be the same as that provided under Federal law for that conduct had that injury or death occurred to the unborn child's mother. Specifies that a violation of such provisions does not require proof that: (1) the person engaging in the conduct had knowledge or should have had knowledge that the victim of the underlying offense was pregnant; or (2) the defendant (or accused) intended to cause the death of, or bodily injury to, the unborn child. Directs that if the person engaging in the conduct thereby intentionally kills or attempts to kill the unborn child, that person shall be punished as provided under the Federal criminal code for intentionally killing or attempting to kill a human being. Prohibits imposition of the death penalty for an offense under this Act. Bars prosecution under this Act: (1) of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; (2) for conduct relating to any medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or (3) of any woman with respect to her unborn child.
Bill· SS. 259 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act of 2001- Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Technology Infrastructure Program to improve the ability of the National Laboratories to support department missions; (2) provide specified maximum funding among up to ten National Laboratories selected to conduct Technology Infrastructure Program Pilot Programs; (3) require the Director of each National Laboratory to establish a small business advocacy and assistance program; and (4) establish a Technology Transfer Coordinator within the Office of Policy, for oversight and policy development of DOE technology transfer activities. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Secretary to enter into transactions with public and private entities for research, development, or demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to determine whether it is reasonable to ensure whether each contractor operating a National Laboratory or facility has policies and procedures that do not create disincentives to the transfer of scientific, technical, and business personnel among the contractor-operated National Laboratory or facilities.
Bill· SS. 249 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Renewable Energy Development Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting the renewable resource credit to: (1) include alternative resources (solar, biomass, incremental hydropower, and geothermal energy); (2) provide an increased credit for certain co-production facilities, and for qualified facilities on Indian and Alaskan Native Indian lands; (3) provide for credit transferability; (4) require facility compliance with pollution laws; and (5) eliminate the January 1, 2002, placed-in-service date for purposes of qualified facility eligibility.
Bill· HRH.R. 480 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Greenhouse Farming Emergency Energy Assistance Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to greenhouse farmers who have experienced qualifying energy cost increases. States that such assistance shall not depend upon emergency designation or the existence of a natural disaster in the affected farm's county.
Bill· HRH.R. 479 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize emergency loans for greenhouse farmers with qualifying energy cost increases.
Bill· HRH.R. 478 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Family Farm Emergency Energy Assistance Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to agricultural producers who have experienced qualifying energy cost increases. States that such assistance shall not depend upon emergency designation or the existence of a natural disaster in the affected farm's county.
Bill· HRH.R. 396 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency crop loss assistance to crop, poultry, and livestock producers, and greenhouse operators who have incurred economic losses due to increased energy prices in 2000 or 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 416 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Environmental Priorities Act of 2001 - Requires providers of retail electric services to contribute to the fiscal agent for the Environmental Priorities Board (established by this Act) ten percent of the total consumer savings for the consumer sector for that calendar year. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a National Environmental Priorities Board to establish regulations governing creation of an Environmental Priorities Program. Authorizes States in which retail electric service choice has been established for any consumer sector to establish public purpose programs and apply for matching funding to support environmental priorities programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 443 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Public Oversight of Wholesale Electric Rates Act or POWER Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the windfall profit from the sale of electricity at wholesale in the Western System Coordinating Council. Sets the tax at 100 percent of the windfall profit.
Bill· SS. 242 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 2001
Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, to support a program to maintain the nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in nuclear sciences and engineering. Directs the Secretary to: (1) promote interactions between university and Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories; and (2) provide student fellowships at DOE nuclear science laboratories. Authorizes appropriations through FY2006 that target: (1) graduate and undergraduate fellowships; (2) junior faculty research initiation grant programs; (3) nuclear engineering and education research programs; (4) communication and outreach related to nuclear science and engineering; (5) refueling research reactors and instrumentation upgrades; (6) re-licensing assistance; (7) reactor research and training award program; and (8) university-DOE laboratory interactions.
Bill· HRH.R. 388 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2001
Home Energy Assistance Targeted for Seniors Act - Redesignates the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, as the Low-Income and Senior Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Low-Income and Senior Home Energy Assistance program, respectively. Defines "low-income household" to include households with incomes which do not exceed the State median income, with at least 50 percent of the household income attributable to persons who are at least 65 years old (thus extending home energy assistance under the Act to certain senior citizens).
Bill· HRH.R. 376 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2001
Department of Energy Elimination and National Security Protection Act of 2001 - Redesignates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the Energy Programs Resolution Agency (thus abolishing DOE at the departmental level). Establishes: (1) an independent Energy Laboratory Facilities Commission to reduce energy laboratories and programs; and (2) the Energy Laboratory Facility Closure Account to fund reduction implementation . Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell all Federal electric power generation and transmission facilities under the aegis of the Federal Power Marketing Administrations (except the Bonneville Power Administration). Transfers to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior all DOE functions affecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (2) the Administrator of the Energy Programs Resolution Agency all functions performed with respect to the naval petroleum reserves, except Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills). Establishes the Defense Nuclear Programs Administration (the Administration) in the Department of Defense (DOD). Establishes an Under Secretary for Defense Nuclear Programs and transfers to such Under Secretary all: (1) DOE national security functions; (2) supervisory functions previously performed by DOE over Sandia, Los Alamos, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; (3) functions of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of DOD relating to nuclear weapons systems; and (4) functions of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the following DOE research and development activities: (1) clean coal technology; (2) fossil energy; (3) energy conservation; and (4) energy supply research and development (including basic energy sciences, magnetic fusion energy, solar and renewable energy, nuclear fission, and biological and environmental sciences). Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to terminate the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
Bill· HRH.R. 381 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2001
Ratepayer Protection Act - Declares that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electric energy or capacity pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 governing cogeneration and small power production. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations to assure that no utility shall be required to absorb the costs associated with electric energy or capacity purchases from a qualifying facility executed before this Act's enactment date, and governed by such provisions (thus assuring such utilities recovery of all costs associated with such purchases). Provides that such regulations shall be treated as a rule enforceable under the Federal Power Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 25 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2001
Designates minority membership on the House Committees on Agriculture; Appropriations; Armed Services; the Budget; Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce, Financial Services; Government Reform; House Administration; International Relations; the Judiciary; Science; Small Business; Transportation and Infrastructure; Veterans' Affairs; and Ways and Means.
Bill· SS. 206 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001- Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Prescribes procedural guidelines for both Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and State access to records of a holding company (including subsidiaries, associates, and affiliates) of a public utility or natural gas company. Instructs FERC to promulgate a final rule to exempt specified holding companies from such access requirements. Requires FERC to exempt any person or transaction from such access requirements if it finds that regulation of such person or transaction is irrelevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company. Retains the jurisdiction of FERC and State commissions to determine whether a public utility company or natural gas company may recover in rates any costs of affiliate transactions. Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) the United States; (2) a State or its political subdivision; and (3) a foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States. Grants FERC certain Federal Power Act enforcement powers. Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal its conflict of jurisdiction guidelines.
Bill· SS. 221 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
State Electricity Reserve Fund Act of 2001 - Establishes in the Treasury the State Electricity Reserve Loan Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make loans to a State from such Fund, without further appropriation, for electricity generating facilities capable of meeting intermittent deficiencies in electricity supply that the State may expect during any period over the next ten years. Mandates that such facilities: (1) be State-owned and operated; and (2) be operated to supply electricity to the electricity transmission grid only during periods of electricity emergencies declared by the Governor of the State. Makes appropriations to the Fund for FY2002 through 2006.
Bill· SS. 207 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for a limited time period, deductions and credits for commercial and residential properties using specified energy efficient construction or reconstruction materials or technologies, including solar energy. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) allocation of deductions for public property; and (2) property financed by subsidized energy financing. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish specified certification and compliance procedures.
Bill· HRH.R. 301 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Poultry Farmers' Emergency Energy Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make and insure emergency loans and provide emergency assistance to poultry farmers whose energy costs have substantially increased.
Bill· HRH.R. 302 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make and insure emergency loans to poultry farmers with qualifying energy cost increases.
Bill· HRH.R. 268 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
California Electricity Consumers Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) order a refund (with interest) of that portion of electricity rates or charges that FERC finds to be in excess of market-based rates that are just, reasonable, and neither unduly discriminatory nor preferential; and (2) issue an order establishing the maximum price for electricity sold at wholesale in the Western System Coordinating Council after June 1, 2000, if it determines that rates charged for wholesale sales of electricity are unjust and unreasonable under the Federal Power Act. Prescribes guidelines governing: (1) FERC response to certain State petitions regarding such unjust rates; (2) FERC establishment of maximum electricity prices; (3) mandatory refunds of prices paid in excess of such maximum; and (4) civil penalties for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 312 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
National Electricity Reliability Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to provide for the establishment of mandatory reliability standards governing the reliable operation of the bulk-power system. Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Corporation (FERC) approval and enforcement jurisdiction regarding compliance by: (1) the Electric Reliability Organization (Organization, approved by FERC pursuant to this Act); (2) all Affiliated Regional Reliability Entities; (3) all system operators; and (4) all users of the bulk-power system. Mandates that: (1) the Organization act to gain recognition in Canada and Mexico; and (2) the United States use its best efforts to enter into international agreements with those countries to effectuate compliance with Organization standards, and to promote the Organization's mission. Requires every system operator to be a member of the electric reliability organization and of any Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity pertinent to the region in which the system operator either operates, or is responsible for the operation of a bulk-power system facility. Grants the Organization disciplinary and enforcement powers. Provides for the assessment and recovery of implementation and enforcement costs incurred by the Organization and each Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity, respectively. Directs the Commission, upon the petition of two-thirds of the States within a region that have more than one-half of their electric loan served within such region, to establish a regional advisory body to advise on: (1) the governance of an existing or proposed affiliated regional reliability entity; and (2) whether a proposed organization standard, entity rule, variance, or assessment fee is just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 273 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permitting oil and gas development activities in specified parts of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, and the South Atlantic Planning Area, unless: (1) certain environmental studies and assessments have been completed; and (2) the Secretary has certified to the Congress that specified environmental information has been obtained which adequately enables the Secretary to implement Federal stewardship of the environment with a minimal level of uncertainty. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting any: (1) oil or gas development activity under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in a specified part of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area; or (2) preleasing activity or lease sale in such Planning Areas for a specified period. Directs the Secretary to establish the Joint Federal-State Outer Continental Shelf Task Force to request additional studies and surveys as needed to minimize the uncertainty about the effects of preleasing, leasing, and exploration activities. Subjects the first exploration plan submitted after the date of enactment of this Act to the requirements of detailed environmental impact statements.
Bill· HRH.R. 262 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Declares a moratorium for the Planning Areas of Southern, Central, and Northern California, until certain peer-reviewed environmental studies are submitted to the Congress, during which period the Secretary of the Interior may neither conduct oil or gas preleasing or leasing activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act nor approve oil or gas exploration or development activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 306 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Prohibits any drilling activity (including slant or directional drilling) to extract oil or gas from lands beneath waters under Federal jurisdiction in Mosquito Creek Lake, Cortland, Ohio.
Bill· HRH.R. 264 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to regulate rates and charges for (wholesale interstate) electric energy sales within its jurisdiction on the same (cost) basis as they were regulated prior to issuance of specified FERC orders on April 24, 1996.
Bill· HRH.R. 269 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Winning in New Development for Electricity Act or WIND for Electricity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and the Federal Power Act with respect to the extension of wind related energy incentives.
Bill· HRH.R. 245 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 2001
Natural Gas Reserve Act of 2001 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish and operate a Natural Gas Reserve (NGR), which shall not be deemed to be a component of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Sets forth implementation authority for natural gas release and sales predicated upon a finding that a natural gas supply shortage exists. Restricts such sales to entities customarily engaged in natural gas sale and distribution. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Natural Gas Reserve Account to serve as depository for receipts from disposition of NGR natural gas. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to obligate amounts in such Account without the need for further appropriation. Retains the availability of such funds for obligation without fiscal year limitation.
Bill· SS. 193 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2001
Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to support a program to advance the Nation's computing capability across a diverse set of grand challenge computationally based science problems. Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to instruct the Secretary to include as part of the National High-Performance Computing Program an integrated program of research, development, and provision of facilities to develop and deploy to scientific and technical users the high-performance computing and collaboration tools needed to fulfill the statutory missions of the Department of Energy in conducting basic and applied energy research. Directs the Secretary to ensure that such program is integrated and consistent with the National Nuclear Security Agency's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative and with other national efforts related to advanced scientific computing for science and engineering.
Bill· SS. 196 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual residential energy credit of up to $2,000 for qualifying conservation expenditures. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish the Elementary and Secondary School Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program to provide grants to local educational agencies to retrofit schools for increased energy conservation. Requires electric utility company billing statements to provide peak and nonpeak hour energy use and rate information.
Bill· SS. 188 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code respecting electricity produced from certain renewable sources to replace the terms "closed-loop biomass" and (qualified ) "closed-loop biomass facility" with the term "biomass" and to define such terms.
Bill· SS. 172 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 2001
Electric Reliability Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to establish mandatory reliability standards for the bulk-power system. Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Corporation (FERC) jurisdiction, over: (1) the electric reliability organization (ERO, established by this Act); (2) Affiliated Regional Reliability Entities; (3) system operators; and (4) users of the bulk-power system. Mandates that: (1) ERO take appropriate steps to gain recognition in Canada and Mexico; and (2) the United States use its best efforts to enter into agreements with Canada and Mexico to effectuate compliance with ERO standards. Grants the ERO disciplinary and enforcement powers. Permits recovery of implementation and enforcement costs incurred by the ERO and each Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity, respectively. Instructs FERC to establish a regional advisory body upon the petition of certain State Governors. Limits ERO authority exclusively to bulk-power system reliability standards. Denies the ERO and FERC any authority to set and enforce compliance with adequacy or safety standards governing either electric facilities or services. Declares that nothing in this Act preempts State action that is not inconsistent with ERO standards.
Bill· SS. 173 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 2001
Consumer Utilities Turnback (CUT) Trust Fund Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the windfall profit from the sale of electricity produced from a facility located in the United States at a rate equal to 100 percent of such windfall profit. Establishes the Consumer Utilities Turnback Trust Fund into which shall be appropriated revenues from such tax. Provides that amounts in the Fund shall be available, without further appropriation, for specified rebates for individual and business electricity consumers.
Bill· SS. 94 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a five-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from a qualified wind facility.
Bill· SS. 71 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001
Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 2001- Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe mandatory factors for consideration and documentation by Federal agency participants (consulting agencies) in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydroelectric license renewal process when setting forth renewal prerequisites, including the economic impact, and the means to ensure that such prerequisites address only direct project environmental impacts at the lowest project cost. Mandates that each condition be subjected to scientific peer review. Requires a consulting agency to provide a license applicant an opportunity to obtain expedited administrative review of its proposed conditions before filing a FERC application. Empowers the reviewing body to remand the matter to such agency upon finding that the agency's conditions are inconsistent with this Act. Sets a one-year deadline by which a consulting agency must file its proposed licensing conditions with FERC. Directs FERC to: (1) conduct an economic analysis of each condition submitted by a consulting agency to determine whether it would render the project uneconomic; (2) conduct a single consolidated environmental review for each licensed project; and (3) consider the need of license applicants for a prompt decision when setting a deadline for the submission of comments by governmental agencies regarding environmental impact statements or assessments. Directs FERC to study and report to certain congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing a separate licensing procedure for small hydroelectric projects with a generating capacity of five megawatts or less.
Bill· SS. 90 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001
Department of Energy Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, through the Office of Science of the Department of Energy, to support a program of research and development (R&D) in nanoscience and nanoengineering, including efforts to further the understanding of the chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering of phenomena on a scale of one to 100 nanometers.
Bill· SS. 95 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001
Federal Energy Bank Act - Establishes the Federal Energy Bank (trust fund) in the Treasury to finance energy efficiency projects at Federal agencies. Prescribes requirements for the loan program and project selection criteria.