Legislation

This bill directs the Department of Energy to expand federal radiation research by establishing a basic research program into low-dose and low dose-rate radiation, aka radiation less than 100 millisieverts and 5 millisieverts per hour, respectively.

Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019 would catalyze the DOE’s geothermal research research, development, and demonstration programs to facilitate technological breakthroughs needed to unlock the United States’ immense geothermal potential.

Advancing Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act (AGILE) of 2019 is meant to encourage innovation to advance geothermal research and development.

The Fossil Energy Research and Development Act (FE R&D Act) provides new programmatic direction for the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act will help remove barriers for geothermal activities on federal lands by streamlining the discovery and permitting process.

H.R. 3361 amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize the Hydroelectric Incentive Program, which provides funding for retrofitting dams with hydroelectric generating capabilities as well as the Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Program.

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Support Act facilitates research, education and implementation of combined heat and power (CHP) technology.

License Natural Gas (LNG) Now Act eliminates bureaucratic restrictions on liquified natural gas exports.

The Launching Energy Advancement through Innovations in Natural Gas (LEADING Act) directs the Department of Energy to conduct critical carbon capture research and development for natural gas power plant applications.

The BEST Act will reorient the federal grid scale storage research, development, and demonstration program around ambitious technology goals necessary to facilitate important breakthroughs for grid of the future.

The Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology Act (EFFECT Act) provides the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy with new resources and tools to develop clean technologies.

Modernizing our nuclear sector is vital to ensuring that our electric grid has plenty of zero-carbon flexible power. The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act takes necessary action to achieve these goals.

The bipartisan Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act would authorize privately owned interim storage options in the short-term as requested by stakeholders living near shut down nuclear plants.

This bill would create a new nuclear waste administration body to have politically independent control over nuclear waste management, similar to what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is for nuclear safety and security.

The Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act would establish an investment tax credit (ITC) for energy storage used at businesses or homes. This will help make energy storage technologies more affordable while working to make a cleaner and more reliable grid.

Modernizing our nuclear sector is vital to ensuring that our electric grid has plenty of zero-carbon flexible power. The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act takes necessary action to achieve these goals.

The Carbon Capture Modernization Act is a companion to other financing efforts to dramatically spur more deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies at coal and natural gas generation and other industrial facilities.

The bill builds on the bipartisan FUTURE Act, which was signed into law and expands and extends the key 45Q carbon capture tax incentive. It would further support carbon capture technologies through public-private partnerships, permitting improvements and innovative R&D.

Nuclear has long been the nation’s leading clean baseload source of power but faces challenges in the development and use of small modular reactors and other technologies that produce less waste and are more economically viable to manufacture.

NEICA authorizes the development of a versatile neutron source for advanced reactor testing and directs the Department of Energy to prioritize partnering with private innovators to test and demonstrate advanced nuclear reactor concepts.

Directs the Department of Energy to begin planning for a fast neutron source and provides for computational modeling support necessary for advanced nuclear engineering and ensures that the private sector will have access to existing national labs’ resources.

Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to develop a technology-inclusive licensing plan that promotes safety without being prescriptive, while modifying the cost-recovery mechanism so utilities aren’t on the hook for other companies’ technologies.

Cuts federal reviews of small conduit (or energy-recovery) hydropower projects.

H.R. 2880 would streamline the federal licensing process for pumped storage hydropower facilities.

H.R. 2872 and S. 2655E establish a streamlined environmental review process for qualifying non-powered dam projects.

H.R. 3761 and S. 1535 extend and expand the Section 45Q tax incentive for projects that capture and store carbon from coal and natural gas power plants and other facilities.

Modify the 45(j) production tax credit to remove the 2021 deadline for new reactors to be placed in service and allow public-private partnerships more flexibility to utilize the credit.