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[null,"Texas 87th Legislature Bill Tracking: RISE Interest Topics"]
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["Bill Scope","Bill Number (Companion Bill) ","Description (Summary of Bill)","Code Affected","Bill's Author","Bill's Status ","Last Checked"]
["Energy","HB 10","Relating to the governance of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and an independent organization certified to manage a power region.",null,"Paddie & Hernandez","Passed House and sent to Senate (3/31/21). Referred to Jurisprudence (4/8/21). Considered in public hearing (5/20/21)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 11 ","Relating to the preparedness for extreme weather emergencies of facilities that provide electricity service; providing an administrative penalty.",null,"\tPaddie, Hernandez, & Allison","Passed House and sent to Senate (3/31/21). Referred to Jurisprudence (4/8/21). Left pending in committee (5/3/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy, Water","HB 12","Relating to a study on a statewide disaster alert system and implementation of that system and to notice to elected officials of a widespread power, water, or natural gas outage or emergency.",null,"\tRaymond, Paddie, Hernandez, Bonnen & Button","Passed House and sent to Senate (3/31/21). Referred to Jurisprudence (4/8/21). Left pending in committee (5/3/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 13 ","\tRelating to the establishment of the Texas Energy Disaster Reliability Council.",null,"Paddie","Passed House and sent to Senate (3/31/21). Referred to Jurisprudence (4/8/21). Left pending in committee (5/3/2021) ","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 16","Relating to the sale of wholesale indexed products by retail electric providers.",null,"Hernandez, Paddie, Hunter, Morales Shaw","Signed by the Governor (5/26/2021), Effective 9/1/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 17 ","\tRelating to a restriction on the regulation of utility services and infrastructure based on the energy source to be used or delivered.",null,"Deshotel, Paddie, Reynolds, Perez, & Harris","Signed by the Governor (5/18/2021), Effective immediately","2021-06-21"]
["Solid Waste ","HB 176","Relating to local government prohibitions or restrictions on the sale or use of a container or package.",null,"Zwiener","Referred to Environmental Regulation Committee 2/25/21","2021-06-21"]
["Water Quality","HB 242","Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to require water pollution abatement plans from certain facilities regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas.",null,"Zwiener","Referred to Natural Resources (2/25/21) Left pending in committee (4/13/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy - TR","HB 286","Relating to the eligibility of grants for alternative fueling facilities","Health and Safety Code ","Cortez","Left pending in committee (Environmental Regulation) (3/22/21) House Committee report sent to Local & Consent Calendar (4/21/2021)\n","2021-06-21"]
["Water Quality","HB 348","Relating to a requirement to make certain environmental and water use permit applications available online.",null,"Zwiener","Referred to Natural Resources 2/25/21","2021-06-21"]
["CODES/Energy Efficiency/HVAC","HB 351","Relating to air filtration efficiency standards at certain educational and child care facilities.",null,"Talarico"," Referred to Environmental Regulation (2/25/21) Left pending in committee (4/12/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy - TR","HB 427","Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of electric and hybrid vehicles.","Transportation Code, Ch 502","King of Hemphill","Referred to Transportation (2/25/21) Left pending in committee (4/20/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 433","Relating to imposing a tax on the generation of electricity by certain electric generators; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense",null,"King of Hemphill","Referred to Ways & Means 2/25/21","2021-06-21"]
["Transportation ","HB 520","Relating to the regulation by the Texas Department of Transportation of right-of-way landscaping installed by utilities. (Requires utilities who have construction activities in the ROW to install plants, upon completion of construction activities, that are native, regionally appropriate, and pollinator friendly.)",null,"Beckley","Scheduled for public hearing on 3/23/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy ","HB 623","Relating to the designation of wind-powered energy device construction areas by certain counties...subchapter applies only to a county: that is located adjacent to an international border; and in which a military aviation facility that trains military personnel to pilot aircraft and a national recreation area are located...prohibit the installation of a wind-powered energy device in the county in an area other than a designated area.",null,"E. Morales"," Referred to State Affairs (3/1/21) House Committee report sent to Calendars (5/10/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Solid Waste ","HB 631","Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities.",null,"Darby","In Committee, Scheduled for public hearing on (3/15/2021) Placed on General State Calendar (5/13/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy - TR","HB 641","Relating to an annual state budget and legislative budget sessions in even-numbered years and to political contributions made during a legislative session.","Government Code, Sec. 301.001","Raymond","Referred to Appropriations 3/1/21","2021-06-21"]
["Environmental Justice ","HB 714","Relating to the establishment of the Texas Environmental Justice Advisory Council.",null,"Reynolds","Referred to Environmental Regulation Committee (3/1/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Codes","HB 738","Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities. Sets minimum code standards to a baseline of 2012 for Municipal Commercial and Residential Codes for the state. ",null,"Paul","Signed by the Govenor 6/7/21. This Act takes effect 1/1/22 except Section 5(b) takes effect 9/1/21.","2021-06-21"]
["Solid Waste ","HB 753","Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.",null,"Cain & Gates","Referred to Environmental Regulation Committee (3/1/2021) Left pending in committee (3/22/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy ","HB 783","Relating to the powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding wind-powered energy devices; providing a civil penalty. The purpose of this chapter is to enable the department to manage the potential effects of wind-powered energy devices on protected lands so that the natural and cultural values of protected lands continue for the benefit of present and future generations.",null,"Cyrier","Passed House (5/4/21), Sent to Senate andrReferred to Local Government (5/17/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["CODES/Energy Efficiency/HVAC","HB 884","Relates to local government regulations based on utility service type. Prohibits regulations by political subdivisions on types of utility services when issuing building permits. ",null,"Cody Harris "," Referred to State Affairs 3/1/21","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","HB 896","Relating to air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. Would establish state standards to limit methane emissions from oil and gas wells and related infrastructure by requiring Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to develop new air permit safeguards. Would help control emissions of methane, but also important volatile organic compounds that leads to health concerns and ozone formation in our cities. Would also limit flaring and venting.",null,"Ron Reynolds","Referred to Environmental Regulation (3/1/21) Left pending in committee (4/19/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Transportation - Air Quality ","HB 963","Relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program: would expand the natural gas vehicle grant program to fund a used natural gas vehicle of model year 2017 or later that is proposed to replace an on-road heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle, provided that the model year may not be more than six years older than the current model year at the time of the submission of the grant application.",null,"Lozano ","Signed by the Governor 6/9/21. Effective on 9/1/21. ","2021-06-21"]
["Solid Waste ","HB 964","Relating to the treatment, recycling for beneficial use, or disposal of drill cuttings.",null,"Darby","Passed House (4/23/2021), Sent to the Senate on 4/26/21, Placed on Local & Uncontested Calendar (5/26/2021) ","2021-06-21"]
["Environmental Justice ","HB 1191","Relating to the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Companion Bill SB 1294)",null,"Goodwin & Reynolds","Referred to Environmental Regulation 3/4/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 1282","Relating to a restriction on the regulation of utility services and infrastructure based on the energy source to be used or delivered. (Would take away the rights of city to pursue beneficial electrification or other policies that would limit the use of gas and gas appliances.)",null,"Joe Deshotel","Referred to State Affairs 3/4/21","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","HB 1452","Relating to the establishment by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a policy to eliminate the routine flaring of natural gas from wells or other facilities regulated by the commission. (Would set a goal of zero routine flaring by 2025 and direct the RRC to come up with rules and incentives to get there. Limited flaring for safety and emergencies would still be allowed.)",null,"Jon Rosenthal","Referred to Energy Resources Committee (3/5/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","HB 1494","Relating to the applicability of the gas production tax to flared or vented gas at an increased rate; imposing a tax.",null,"Vikki Goodwin ","Referred to Ways & Means 3/5/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 1501","Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities restricting the use of natural gas or propane.",null,"Jay Dean","Passed House (5/7/21), Passed Senate w/ amendments (5/24/21), Returned from House for further action (5/28/21)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 1510","Relating to the response and resilience of certain electricity service providers to major weather-related events or other natural disasters; granting authority to issue bonds.",null,"Will Metcalf","5/22/21 Enrolled - Sent to the Govenor ","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","HB 1521","Relating to the reduction of methane gas flaring on land dedicated to the permanent university fund. AMETHANE FLARING REDUCTION POLICY - The board of regents of The University of Texas System shall adopt a formal policy goal to eliminate routine methane flaring on university lands by 2025.",null,"Gina Hinojosa","Referred to Energy Resources Committee (3/8/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 1533","Relating to the creation of an energy efficiency loan guarantee program under the Texas emissions reduction plan. Would use a small amount of air quality funds to create an energy efficiency loan program.",null,"Ron Reynolds "," Referred to Environmental Regulation 3/8/21, Scheduled for public hearing on 3/29/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 1556","Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act -- ad valorem taxation exemption if an entity uses a property for certain energy or renewable energy purposes",null,"Murphy","Amended and Vote recorded (5/10/21), Postponed (6/1/21)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 1949","\tRelating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies.",null,"Crockett","Filed (2/17/21), Referred to State Affairs (3/15/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 2275","\tRelating to critical infrastructure resiliency and financing.",null,"Zwiener","Passed by the House as amended (5/13/2021), Received by the Senate (5/14/21) ","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 2526","\tRelating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding grid resilience and emergency response in electric power generation.",null,"Thierry","Referred to State Affairs 3/17/2021","2021-06-21"]
["Water Quality, Sustainability","HB 2619","Relating to the creation and administration of the On-The-Ground Conservation Program by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board. (Priority conservation measures include: improving soil health; conserving and managing water resources; prevent and manage flooding; improve resilience to weather extremes, climate variability, and natural disasters; sequester carbon to provide environmental benefits; and several others.)",null,"Johnson ","Reported favorably without amendments in Agriculture & Livestock Committee (4/15/21), Laid on the table subject to call (5/5/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["CODES","HB 3215","\tRelating to energy efficiency building standards.",null,"Geren","Signed by the Govenor 6/14/21. Effective 9/1/21.","2021-06-21"]
["Sustainability","HB 3418","Relating to the state purchasing preference for recycled, remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive products. (Companion Bill SB 1916)",null,"Fierro","Passed House (5/7/2021), Received by Senate (5/10/21), Referred to Business & Commerce Committee (5/18/2021) ","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 3583","\tRelating to energy savings performance contracts.",null,"Paddie  ","Signed by the Govenor (6/14/21), Effective immediately. ","2021-06-21"]
["Transportation - Air Quality ","HB 4472","Relating to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan.  Directs no less than 35% of TERP revenue to the Texas Department of Transportation for congestion mitigation projects.  Modifies eligibility of certain programs.",null,"Landgraf","Signed by the Govenor (6/18/21), Effective 9/1/2021. ","2021-06-21"]
["CODES ","HB 4496","Relating to municipal and county building codes.",null,"Hinojosa","Filed (3/12/21), Left pending in committee (4/27/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","HB 4556","Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities - to meet annual energy savings by a quarter of a percent each year over the next 4 years. (Companion Bill SB 243)",null,"\tAnchia","Referred to State Affairs 3/29/21. Scheduled for public hearing 4/20/21. Left pending in committee 4/20/2021.","2021-06-21"]
["Energy  ","SB 2","\tRelating to independent organizations certified to manage power regions.",null,"Hancock","Signed by the Governor 6/8/2021, Effective immediately. ","2021-06-21"]
["Energy  ","SB 3","Relating to preparing for, preventing, and responding to weather emergencies, power outages, and other disasters; increasing the amount of administrative and civil penalties.",null,"Schwertner","Signed by the Governor 6/8/2021, Effective immediately. ","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","SB 87","Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of air contaminant emissions in the emissions permitting process.",null,"Miles","Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee 3/3/21","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","SB 125","Relating to the regulation of hydrofluorocarbons under the Texas Clean Air Act.",null,"Johnson ","Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee 3/3/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy - TR","SB 170","Relating to a study regarding the feasibility of implementing certain renewable energy standards.","Utilities Code, Ch 39","Blanco","Referred to Business & Commerce Committee 3/3/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy ","SB 243","Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities. (Would raise the state's current energy efficiency goals which Transmission and Distribution Utilities are required to meet to one percent of total residential and commercial energy used, adding to the state's current peak demand reduction goal. Under the bill, the goal would be raised through various steps to one percent of total energy use by 2025. The bill would create jobs, save consumers money, prevent air emissions and would continue to utilize measurement and verification measures to assure programs were cost-effective.)",null,"Eckhardt","Referred to Business & Commerce Committee 3/3/21. Scheduled for Public Hearing on 4/20/21.","2021-06-21"]
["Environmental Justice ","SB 365","Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities.",null,"Miles ","Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee 3/9/2021","2021-06-21"]
["Sustainability","SB 398","Relating to certain resources and facilities for distributed generation.",null,"Menendez","Signed by the Governor (6/14/2021), Effective on 9/1/21. ","2021-06-21"]
["Sustainability","SB 1128","Relating to pollinator health. (Directs the AgriLife Extension Service to develop educational materials re the best practices for avoiding adverse effects from pesticides on bee and other pollinating insect populations. Also directs the creation of a Task Force on Pollinator Health.) ",null,"Powell ","Referred to Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee 3/18/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","SB 1202","Differentiates electricity providers that provide electric charging services for alternative fueled vehicles as different than an electric utility or retail electric provider. Enables charging stations to sell based on kWh and not only time.\n",null,"Hancock","Signed by the Govenor 6/7/21. Effective on 9/1/21.","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","SB 1210 ","Relating to substitutes for hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants applicable to commercial or residential\nbuildings or construction.",null,"Nathan Johnson, Tom Oliverson ","Signed by the Governor 5/24/21, Effective on 1/1/23.","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","SB 1261","Relating to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in this state and the express preemption of local regulation of those emissions.",null,"Birdwell","Passed Senate (4/21/21), Received by House (4/22/21), Referred to House Environmental Regulation Comm. (4/28/21), Placed on General State Calendar and Postponed (5/25/2021). ","2021-06-21"]
["Environmental Justice ","SB 1294","Relating to the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice within the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Companion Bill HB 1191)",null,"Eckhardt","Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee 3/18/21","2021-06-21"]
["Energy","SB 1772","Relating to the establishment of the Texas Pollinator-Smart program for solar energy sites. (Directs AgriLife Extension to establish and implement a Texas Pollinator-Smart program to encourage the voluntary establishment and conservation of habitats for pollinators  in/near solar energy sites.) ",null,"Zaffirini","6/18/21 - Vetoed by the Governor ","2021-06-21"]
["Air Quality","SB 1839","Relating to establishing an advisory board to study the creation of an entity to facilitate the certification, buying, and selling of carbon capture and sequestration credits.",null,"Eckhardt","Filed (3/12/21), Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development (3/26/2021)","2021-06-21"]
["Sustainability","SB 1916","Relating to the state purchasing preference for recycled, remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive products. (Companion Bill HB 3418)",null,"Blanco","Filed (3/12/21), Referred to Business & Commerce (4/1/2021)","2021-06-21"]

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["Bill Scope","Bill Title","Bill Number (Companion Bill) ","Description (Summary of Bill)","Bill's Author/Sponsor","Bill's Status ","Last Checked"]
[null,"America's Clean Future Fund Act","S. 4484","To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a carbon fee to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes. Establishment in the executive branch an independent agency, to be known as the “Climate Change Finance Corporation” (referred to as the “C2FC”), which shall finance clean energy and climate change resiliency activities. The mission of the C2FC is to combat and reduce the effects of climate change by building resilience among communities facing harmful impacts of climate change and supporting a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emission through the deployment of clean and renewable technology, resilient infrastructure, research and development, the commercialization of new technology, clean energy manufacturing, and industrial decarbonization; and to meet the goals of \n(I) by 2030, a net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent, based on 2018 levels; and\n(II) by 2050, a net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 100 percent, based on 2018 levels.","Sen. Richard Durban (IL) ","8/6/20 Read twice, referred to Committee on Finance ","2021-07-07"]
[null,"Save Our Seas 2.0 ","S. 1982","Focuses on addressing marine litter and plastic pollution. The bill includes a number of initiatives, programs, and studies that collectively address and examine the marine litter issue domestically as well as enhancing the United States’ engagement internationally. Amongst the programs the bill creates is a new national Trash Free Waters grant program (authorized at $10 million per year for Federal fiscal years 2021-25). The bill also calls for a public EPA strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management.  ","Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK)","12/18/20 Signed into law by President ","2020-01-04"]
[null,"Water Resources Development Act of 2020","S. 1811","This bill extends for an additional five years a pilot program administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of allowing nonfederal interests to carry out flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage reduction, coastal harbor and channel inland navigation, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. The bill also authorizes the Corps of Engineers to administer water conservation and efficiency, land idling, and groundwater use programs for waters associated with the Klamath Project in California and Oregon.                                      WRDA is critical not only for the flood risk management, navigation and ecosystem restoration projects authorized by the measure, but it is also important as it sets policy and program priorities\nas well for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.","Sen. John Barrasso","12/27/20 Signed into law by President as part of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021","2021-06-01"]
[null,"Buy Clean Procurement Transparency Act of 2019","S. 1684","To require transparency in reporting the greenhouse gas impacts of products procured by certain Federal agencies, and for other purposes.","Sen. Klobuchar (MN)","6/13/19 Introduced in Senate","2021-07-07"]
[null,"Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2020, or \"E-QUIP Act\"","H.R. 8930","The E-QUIP Act will create an elective 10-year, straight line cost recovery period for a new category of E-QUIP expenditures. The benefit would apply to improvements in both commercial buildings and multifamily units and covers components and controls for the main systems that most impact energy consumption, including heating and cooling, lighting, and envelope. In order to use this benefit, installed systems must meet strict high-performance standards that represent the highest energy efficient equipment out there. ","Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Congressman Tom Rice (SC-07)","12/09/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means","2021-07-07"]
[null,"Clean Energy Innovation Funding Act of 2020","H.R. 7827","Authorizes a roadmap to doubling and then tripling strategic clean energy research and development funding by increasing the authorized amount of funding in the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, ARPA-E, the Office of Electricity, the Office of Indian Energy and the Office of Science.","Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA)","8/24/20 Referred to Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States","2021-06-01"]
[null,"Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now Act of 2020 a.k.a. GREEN Act of 2020 ","H.R. 7330","To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes.","Rep. Mike Thompson (CA)","6/25/20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Part of H.R. 2 - Moving Forward Act","2021-07-07"]
[null,"Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act ","H.R. 4447","Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 - This bill requires the Department of Energy to award grants to assist rural electric cooperatives with identifying, evaluating, designing, and demonstrating energy storage and microgrid projects that utilize energy from renewable energy sources. A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that acts as a single controllable entity and that can connect and disconnect from the electric grid to operate in grid-connected or island mode.","Rep. Tom O'Halleran (AZ)","10/19/20 Received in the Senate, read twice, referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources ","2021-07-07"]
[null,"Green Jobs and Opportunity Act","H.R. 4148","This bill requires the Department of Labor to address current and future workforce shortages within the clean energy technology sector.\n\nLabor must monitor trends and shortages within the sector, recommend ways to prepare the workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy economy, and provide grants to establish training programs for occupations or fields of work with such shortages.\n\nLabor must also establish a National Advisory Committee on the Clean Energy Technology Workforce to provide advice on preparing the workforce to transition to a clean energy economy.","Rep. Antonio Delgado (NY) ","8/2/19 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor ","2021-07-07"]
[null,"Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021","H.R. 133","There are some $35 billion in spending on energy research and development over the next five years plus tax credit extensions, HFC phaseout, and other initiatives that make this a robust bill. Originally introduced as the United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act, in December 2020 the text of the bill was replaced with the omnibus appropriations and coronavirus relief bill. The omnibus bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a major government funding bill that is the fifth longest bill to be passed by Congress in the history of the country.\nKey Highlights: \n•\tProvides for the regulation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in appliances as refrigerants. Has a production and consumption phase down.  (Begins on pp H.R. 133-1075)\n•\tReduce industrial energy use and greenhouse gas emissions through research and development of efficient industrial technologies, technical assistance, and the development of a national smart manufacturing plan.\n•\tMake technical corrections to better measure the energy efficiency of large ceiling fans in standards.\n•\tAuthorizes a smart buildings program, energy and water-saving pilot programs, an energy-saving information technology plan, coordination of assistance for retrofits in schools, rebates for efficient motors and transformers, and other programs.\nHighlights of Energy Act of 2020 (Begins on pp H.R. 133-1237)\n•\tDirects DOE to, depending on the topic, produce assessment reports, operate research, development, and demonstration projects through grant programs and national laboratories, and even to build new focused facilities.\n•\tThere is renewed or increased funding for renewable electricity including hydroelectric, wind, and solar generation. Following on last year’s DOE report on geothermal potential, funding is specifically directed to advanced geothermal (which applies lessons from oil and gas fracking) and ground-source heat pumps.\n•\tThe solar and wind research also includes a focus on recycling, which is becoming increasingly important as older installations get retired or retrofitted. \n•\tThe act addresses the permitting process for renewables on public lands.\n•\tIncludes a broad range of programs for electricity storage options on varying timescales, battery recycling, grid architecture modeling, and smart connections with buildings that have their own generation or have flexible loads.\n•\tBuilding efficiency efforts get a boost. Spending is directed toward energy- and water-efficiency renovations in federal buildings and data centers. These aren’t really optional, either—any projects that meet the criteria by paying for themselves should get the green light. \n•\tThe bill modernizes the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to help address health and safety issues in homes, add solar cells, and test innovative approaches to expanding weatherization. The WAP provides grants for energy-efficiency projects for low-income households and gets reauthorized through 2025, with about a 10 percent bump in funding.\n•\tCarbon dioxide capture and storage pops up everywhere in the legislation. There is funding for capture from smokestacks as well as “Direct Air Capture” technologies that simply pull carbon from ambient air. There is funding for underground storage projects and “carbon utilization” research for turning captured CO2 into other useful forms. Separately, a joint program with the Department of Agriculture would fund projects for other forms of carbon capture, including forestry, agricultural practices, and rock weathering.\n•\tMajor renewable energy tax credits were extended:\no\tThe offshore wind tax credit was extended for five years, while the onshore-wind-production tax credit stays alive through 2021. \no\tThe federal tax credit for installing solar had dropped from 30 percent to 26 percent this year on its way to ending in 2022, but that is now delayed with two more years at the current rate. \no\tNo extension to the electric vehicle tax credit. ","Rep. Michael McCaul (TX), Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Rep. Brad Sherman (CA), Rep. David Cicilline (RI)","12/27/20 Signed into law by President ","2020-12-31"]
[null,"Moving Forward Act","H.R. 2","Infrastructure package that calls for investments in Transportation, Water Infrastructure, Energy Efficiency, US Army Corp. of Engineers, Reclamation Projects, Coastal Projects, Housing, Port Projects, Airport Projects, Broadband, Hazard Mitigation, Tax and Energy Credits, and Brownfields Program. ","Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR)","7/20/20 - Received in the Sentate","2021-06-01"]
[null,"BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act","S. 874","To establish a green transportation infrastructure grant program, and for other purposes.","Sen. Elizabeth Warren","3/18/21 - Read twice and referred to Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation ","2021-07-07"]
["Energy Efficiency ","HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021","H.R. 3456","To make grants to support online training of residential contractors and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and multifamily buildings, and for other purposes. This bill proposes $500 million to support online training for contractors, preparing them to significantly advance America’s existing home infrastructure and an $8.4 billion Home Energy Savings Rebate program.  ","Rep. Peter Welch","5/20/21 - Introduced to the House","2021-07-07"]
["Energy Efficiency ","HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021","S. 1768","To make grants to support online training of residential contractors and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and multifamily buildings, and for other purposes. ","Sen. Chris Van Hollen","5/20/21 - Introduced to the Senate","2021-07-07"]