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Where this bill stands in the legislative process.
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Overview
The Energy Bills Relief Act aims to lower household energy costs by addressing high energy bills and providing relief to consumers. It focuses on reversing recent policy rollbacks that impacted clean energy tax credits, restoring grant funding for low-cost clean energy projects, and implementing measures to reduce energy burdens for low-income households. The bill also seeks to streamline permitting processes for renewable energy development and improve grid infrastructure.
Key provisions
Reverses recent rollbacks of low-cost, clean energy tax credits.
Restores grant funding for low-cost, clean energy projects.
Provides rebates for the purchase and installation of reflective roofing.
Lowers household heating and cooling bills through weatherization and other measures.
Expedites generator interconnection for renewable energy projects.
Streamlines permitting for distributed energy resources like community solar.
Addresses administrative barriers to renewable energy development on Federal lands.
Establishes a weatherization readiness program to prepare low-income housing units for weatherization measures.
Who is affected
Low-income households
Homeowners
Renters
Energy providers
Renewable energy developers
Notable changes
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Reinstates previously terminated grant awards for low-cost, clean energy projects.
Modifies permitting processes for renewable energy projects on Federal land to align with oil and gas projects.
Increases funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Establishes a rebate program for reflective roofing to reduce cooling costs.
Addresses administrative burdens and inefficiencies in the weatherization program.
Fiscal impact
The bill authorizes appropriations for various programs, including LIHEAP and the weatherization readiness program, but does not explicitly state a comprehensive fiscal impact.
Geography
Recorded positions across the country.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
