American Renewable Energy Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10139 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10139 To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for retail electricity suppliers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2024 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Meng, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Barragan, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for retail electricity suppliers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Renewable Energy Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the Federal renewable electricity standard established by section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by this Act) establishes a market-based policy to create ongoing competition among renewable electricity generators across the United States and provide the greatest quantity of clean electricity for the lowest price; and (2) the United States has vast wind, solar, hydropower, and geothermal resources that-- (A) are renewable; (B) are dispersed widely across different regions of the United States; (C) can be harnessed to generate a significant share of electricity in the United States; and (D) when deployed, will significantly reduce and eliminate the emission of harmful greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants, which have historically been concentrated in underser