Legislation

The Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays & Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act aims to create a more efficient project review process, reduce project costs, spur economic development, and create good-paying jobs.

Representative Schweikert’s bill modifies the existing section of the 45Q tax credit, a federal credit that rewards qualifying facilities for using carbon capture technologies. The bill increases the credit value, reduces the minimum capture eligibility requirements, and extends the duration of the credit. This legislation significantly enhances the federal carbon capture credit, increasing the relevance of carbon capture to more domestic industries, technologies and developers.

The One Federal Decision Act proposes to streamline the federal permitting and environmental review process for major projects.

The Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act modernizes the federal hydropower licensing process and promotes next-generation hydropower projects.

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.

The Clean Hydrogen Innovation Act of 2021 modifies existing statute for the Loan Program Office (LPO) to expand the types of clean hydrogen projects that qualify for low interest grants.

The Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act would streamline the export of U.S. nuclear energy technologies, improving the American civilian nuclear industry’s competitiveness in global markets.

The Advanced Nuclear Deployment Act would facilitate more efficient licensing reviews by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and enable long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) to allow the federal government to procure round-the-clock clean electricity and accelerate the deployment of nuclear technologies.

The Financing Our Energy Future Act makes a tax-advantaged structure available to more types of clean energy projects.

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 Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Tax Credit Amendments Act modifies the existing 45Q and 48A tax credits, which are federal credits that reward qualifying facilities for using carbon capture and direct air capture technologies.

The Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions (SCALE) Act establishes programs to support the buildout of infrastructure needed to transport CO2 from where it is captured to where it can be utilized or securely sequestered underground.

The ACCESS 45Q Act modifies the existing section of the 45Q tax credit, a federal credit that rewards qualifying facilities for using carbon capture technologies.

The Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act directs the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to consider how to conduct more efficient environmental reviews.

The Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act would streamline regulatory reviews to support the deployment of new nuclear technologies by directing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to set specific review timelines and incorporate previously performed environmental reviews when available.

The American Nuclear Infrastructure Act is a broad bill to establish multiple programs that support both currently operating nuclear reactors as well as the next generation of reactor technologies.

The Energizing Technology Transfer Act improves the ability to pursue entrepreneurship opportunities at national labs and to commercialize the research breakthroughs the U.S. achieves.

ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 extends the authorization of the Advance Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) at the Department of Energy (DOE) to 2024.

The Integrated Energy Systems Act would establish a program to develop energy systems that can incorporate nuclear power plants with other sources of electricity to maximize the output of all low-emissions technologies.

The American Critical Mineral Exploration and Innovation Act of 2020 provides a framework to expand critical minerals security in the US by improving domestic critical minerals capabilities. The bill does this through expanded resource assessment, streamlined permitting, and research and development (R&D) on advanced critical minerals development strategies and technologies.

The Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act focuses nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) programs around key issues that benefit both the current fleet of light-water reactors and future fleet of advanced reactors.

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an increased credit for carbon oxide sequestration for direct air capture facilities, and for other purposes.

The Energy Sector Innovation Credit creates tax incentives for breakthrough power generation and storage technologies across the clean energy spectrum. The bill would establish a single incentive system for promising new power 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 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 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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.