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House Bill 5335
116th Congress(2019-2020)
American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 6, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
Dec 6, 2019
Latest Action
Dec 9, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
5335
Congress
116
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Paul Tonko
New York
Republican
Jeff Fortenberry
Nebraska
Democrat
Susie Lee
Nevada
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019

This bill establishes a process for expediting and standardizing the permitting process for certain distributed energy systems. The bill defines such systems as equipment or materials installed in, on, or near a building to support onsite or local energy use, such as solar energy, batteries, and charging systems for electrical vehicles.

Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish or designate a Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a program to (1) expedite the process for local permitting and inspection of qualifying distributed energy systems, and (2) facilitate the certification of distributed energy system installers.

In addition, DOE must recognize and certify communities as Distributed Energy Opportunity Communities if they adopt and implement a permit-to-build protocol that is established by the board. DOE may award grants to encourage communities to adopt the protocol and standardized inspection processes established by the board.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
December 6, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Sep 09, 2019
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 2447
American Energy Opportunity Act of 2019
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
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CRS
Actions (3)
12/09/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
12/06/2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
12/06/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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