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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. 
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 Representa-
tives 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 renew-
able energy certificates by Federal agencies. 
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(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 certifi-
cate, or other energy attribute certificate, leads to 
new investments in renewable energy generation ca-
pacity 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 in-
dustries and jobs through Federal sustainability), 
prior to the date on which such Executive Order was 
revoked, with respect to the directives of such Exec-
utive 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 renew-
able energy certificate; and 
(B) approaches other than renewable en-
ergy certificates; 
(3) whether renewable energy certificates, 
power purchase agreements, or onsite renewables, 
could be used by Federal agencies to meet the re-
quirements of section 203 of the Energy Policy Act 
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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 becom-
ing noncompliant with section 203 of the En-
ergy Policy Act with respect to each form of 
compliance; 
(4) the average cost Federal agencies have in-
curred 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 certifi-
cates; 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— 
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(1) detailing the findings of the study con-
ducted under subsection (a); and 
(2) providing recommendations for legislation 
and administrative action, the Comptroller General 
considers appropriate, to improve the impact the re-
newable energy certificates market has on Federal 
Government investments in renewable energy gen-
eration. 
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