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CHP Support Act of 2019 [S.2425]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Redesignates the Department of Energy's Clean Energy Application Centers as the CHP Technical Assistance Partnership Program and reauthorizes the program through FY2024. The program encourages deployment of combined heat and power, heat to power, and efficient district energy technologies. The program also provides project specific support to building and industrial professionals through economic and engineering assessments and advisory activities.
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Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 [HB-3607]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Air Quality ]
Expands Department of Energy (DOE) research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy. Among other things, the bill authorizes DOE programs regarding carbon capture technologies for power plants, including technologies for coal and natural gas; carbon storage, including to develop and maintain mapping tools and resources that assess the capacity of geologic storage formations in the United States; carbon utilization, including to assess and monitor potential changes in life cycle carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions;
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Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 [HB-3609]
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[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Department of Energy to carry out a grant program to research, develop, and evaluate wind energy technologies and systems.
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Joint Long-Term Storage Act of 2019 [S.2048]
[Energy ]
[Defense ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Military ]
[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in the Department of Energy to establish a demonstration initiative composed of demonstration projects focused on the development of long-duration energy storage technologies. The goals of the initiative include demonstrating the potential benefits of long-duration energy storage to efficient use of the electricity grid and increasing the commercial viability of long-duration energy storage technologies. As part of the initiative, ARPA-E must establish a joint program with the Department
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Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 [HB-3597]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Department of Energy to carry out a program to award grants or enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to research, develop, and evaluate solar energy technologies and systems. The program replaces several existing programs concerning solar research and development.
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Greener Transportation for Communities Act [S.2039]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the use of tax-exempt facility bonds to fund zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. The bill defines "zero emissions vehicles" as any light- or heavy-duty vehicles that conform to the regulatory zero-emission vehicles standard or vehicles that produce zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant or greenhouse gas.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, and for other purposes. [HB-3542]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently increase the tax credit for production of electricity from renewable resources by $4.00 per ton in the case of Indian coal, with an updated inflation adjustment to the dollar amount for calendar years after 2018.
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, and for other purposes. [S.2029]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently increase the tax credit for production of electricity from renewable resources by $4.00 per ton in the case of Indian coal, with an updated inflation adjustment to the dollar amount for calendar years after 2018.
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Electric Transportation Commission and National Strategy Act [S.2040]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
Requires the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy to jointly establish a working group to make recommendations on the development, adoption, and integration of electric vehicles into U.S. transportation and energy systems. In addition, the working group must develop, publish, and update a resource guide that provides information about electric vehicles and their charging infrastructure.
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Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act [S.1988]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
Extends the 30 % energy tax credit for offshore wind facilities that begin construction by January 1, 2027, or the year that the United States has increased its offshore wind capacity by not less than 3,000 megawatts as compared to such capacity on January 1, 2020, whichever is later.
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Renewable Electricity Standard Act [S.1974]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.
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Offshore WIND Act Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act [HB-3473]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Allows an energy tax credit for investment in qualified offshore wind property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2026. The bill defines "qualified offshore wind property" as an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity.
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To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes. [HB-3471]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana.
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Offshore WIND Act Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act [S.1957]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
Allows an energy tax credit for investment in qualified offshore wind property, the construction of which begins before January 1, 2026. The bill defines "qualified offshore wind property" as an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity.
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National Green Bank Act of 2019 [HB-3423]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishes a U.S. Green Bank to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects at the state and local level by capitalizing regional, state, and municipal green banks. The Department of the Treasury must issue green bonds to provide the bank with (1) an initial capitalization of $10 billion; and (2) additional capitalization, upon the bank's request, of no more than $50 billion in aggregate at any one time. The bill also establishes in the Treasury a revolving Green Bank Establishment Fund.
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Moving FIRST Act Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act [HB-3388]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizes through FY2024 the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
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Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act [S.1931]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for its customers. WAPA must publicly display on its website a database of specific information dating back to FY2008, including rates charged to customers for power and transmission services, listed by power system; the amount of capacity or energy sold by power system; and a detailed accounting of its expenditures and costs by region and for the headquarters office. Additionally, WAPA must annually update the information it provides
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Moving FIRST Act Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act [S.1939]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizes through FY2024 the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.
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GEO Act Geothermal Energy Opportunities Act [S.1901]
[Energy ]
A bill to promote geothermal energy, and for other purposes.
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RIVER Act Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act [HB-3361]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Extends through FY2036 authorization and eligibility for the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency.