American Clean Energy Leadership Act

On June 17, 2009, the American Clean Energy Leadership Act (ACELA) passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on a bipartisan vote of 15 to 8. Sponsored by the committee's Chair Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), the energy bill offers provisions to increase energy production, encourage energy efficiency, boost renewable energy standards, enhance transmission networks and fund research and development in new technologies.

However, the bill lacks a market-based solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Bill Introduction

Fact Sheets

Environmental Defense Action Fund Fact Sheet on ACELA
NRDC Fact Sheet
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Analysis

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The Basics

Renewable Energy: Requires electric utilities nationwide to meet 15% of their electricity sales through renewable energy by 2011
Transmission: Creates a bottom-up planning system for a national transmissions grid
R&D: lays out a 4-year plan to double U.S. investments in energy innovation and technology, totalling almost $6.6 billion
Global Warming Pollution: Supports initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency and renewable energy, but does not set a cap on emissions or establish a carbon tax.

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