S 1462 · 111th Congress · Energy
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 110.(2009-07-16)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 - Establishes: (1) the Clean Energy Investment Fund, a revolving fund to develop clean energy technology; (2) the Clean Energy Deployment Administration in the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide financial support for deploying clean energy technologies; (3) the National Commission on Nuclear Waste to study issues concerning waste management, disposal, storage, and chemical reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; (4) a Working Group on Energy Markets; and (5) a standard that requires utilities to obtain an increasing percentage of their base quantity of electricity that they sell to consumers from renewable energy or energy efficiency (3% in 2011-2013, 6% in 2014-2016, 9% in 2017-2018, 12% in 2019-2020, and 15% in 2021-2039). Requires DOE to: (1) establish a renewable energy credit trading program and an energy efficiency credit trading program, under which utilities will submit credits to comply with such standard; (2) conduct various studies and programs concerning clean energy, water use and energy savings, and energy efficiency in vehicles; (3) support manufacturers' use of clean energy and energy effic…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Sep 30, 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 16, 2009</p>
Full CBO report ↗S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
Sep 30, 2009Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 16, 2009
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office