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Renewable Energy Certificate Study Act of 2025
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on Federal agency use of renewable energy certificates.
Summary
This bill directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study on how federal agencies use renewable energy certificates for their energy procurement. The study shall examine whether renewable energy certificate demand actually leads to new renewable energy capacity development, how federal agencies used certificates to comply with energy requirements, and the relative costs and risks of using certificates compared to other compliance methods such as power purchase agreements or onsite renewables. The Comptroller General shall also evaluate the average costs to federal agencies of using renewable energy certificates for both existing and new renewable energy projects. The Comptroller General shall report findings to Congress along with recommendations for legislation and administrative actions to improve the effectiveness of the renewable energy certificate market in supporting federal renewable energy investments.
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- HAAS AUTOMATION $9,100
- SPARAGNA & SPARAGNA $6,600
- HACKMAN CAPITAL $6,600
- UNITED STAFFING ASSOCIATES $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Apr 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Apr 30, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 30, 2025
Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on Federal agency use of renewable energy certificates.
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 “Renewable Energy Certificate Study Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES STUDY.
(a) In General.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the use of renewable energy certificates by Federal agencies.
(b) Consideration.—In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall evaluate—
(1) the extent to which the aggregate market demand for each type of renewable energy certificate, or other energy attribute certificate, leads to new investments in renewable energy generation capacity relative to scenarios in which such demand is absent;
(2) the progress Federal agencies made towards complying with Executive Order 14057 (85 Fed. Reg 70935; relating to catalyzing clean energy industries and jobs through Federal sustainability), prior to the date on which such Executive Order was revoked, with respect to the directives of such Executive Order for energy procurement and compliance with existing statutory requirements, by using—
(A) renewable energy certificates, including the progress made by using each type of renewable energy certificate; and
(B) approaches other than renewable energy certificates;
(3) whether renewable energy certificates, power purchase agreements, or onsite renewables, could be used by Federal agencies to meet the requirements of section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852), and the trade-offs of using one such form of compliance over the others, including—
(A) the difference in the average cost of each form of compliance to Federal agencies; and
(B) the risk to Federal agencies of becoming noncompliant with section 203 of the Energy Policy Act with respect to each form of compliance;
(4) the average cost Federal agencies have incurred by using renewable energy certificates to fund—
(A) existing renewable energy projects; and
(B) new renewable energy projects that otherwise would not have been implemented without the sale of renewable energy certificates; and
(5) the average cost Federal agencies would incur by only using renewable energy certificates, power purchase agreements, or onsite renewables to fund new renewable energy projects.
(c) Report.—The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report—
(1) detailing the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a); and
(2) providing recommendations for legislation and administrative action, the Comptroller General considers appropriate, to improve the impact the renewable energy certificates market has on Federal Government investments in renewable energy generation. <all>
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