119-hr3096

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3096 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3096

 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
 study on Federal agency use of renewable energy certificates.

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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

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 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 Order was revoked, with respect to the directives of such 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.
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