Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-737
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aeronautics
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Aircraft engines
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic plants
Auditing
Biomass energy
Brownfields
Building construction
Building materials
Capital investments
Cellulose
Chemical industries
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Commerce
Commercialization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Consumer education
Cost effectiveness
Dams
Department of Commerce
Department of Energy
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Farm manure
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal aid to research
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fibers
Finance and Financial Sector
Fishery management
Fossil fuels
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Geothermal resources
Glass and glass industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government regulation
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Hydrogen
Industrial buildings
Industrial pollution
Intellectual property
Investments
Iron and steel industry
Joint ventures
Laboratories
Law
Lighting
Lumber trade
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Materials
Mercury
Metal trade
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Natural gas
Nitrogen oxides
Patents
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Planning
Plants
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Regulatory impact statements
Research and development
Residential rehabilitation
Science, Technology, Communications
Semiconductors
Small business
Solar energy
Subsidies
Sunset legislation
Tax incentives
Taxation
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Trucks
Waste reduction
Waste water
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water use
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2005 - Declares it shall be policy of the United States that its research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications programs be designed to enable 20 percent of domestic energy generated from stationary sources to be generated from nonhydropower renewable energy sources by the year 2020.
 
Prescribes research and development program goals to implement such policy in connection with enhanced: (1) renewable energy; (2) energy efficiency; and (3) aeronautical system energy.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) submit to Congress an assessment of renewable energy resources available for commercial application; and (2) implement a Next Generation Lighting Initiative for advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish: (1) an interagency group to develop a National Building Performance Initiative; and (2) an advisory committee to analyze and provide recommendations on potential private sector roles and participation in the Initiative.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) commission an independent assessment of innovative financing techniques to facilitate construction of new renewable energy and energy efficiency facilities; (2) establish a demonstration program for innovative technologies for renewable energy sources in buildings owned or operated by a State or local government; (3) provide assistance to small businesses and startup companies for the commercial application of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies developed by or with support from the Department of Energy; (4) establish an education and outreach program on renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; and (5) establish a competitive matching grant pilot program for voluntary local government programs that seek to promote innovative energy efficiency technologies and processes to reduce the industrial use of water and the discharge of wastewater from commercial and industrial entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2134)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House