H.R. 4175: Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-08-06 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-08-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019

Plain summary

Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019 This bill requires an electric utility to provide interconnection and net billing service for community solar facilities. (A community solar facility is a solar photovoltaic system that allocates electricity to multiple individual electric consumers of an electric utility and has a nameplate rating of 2 megawatts or less.) Specifically, the bill requires each state regulatory authority and nonregulated electric utility to commence consideration of and determine ratemaking standards that allow community solar facilities to be connected to the power distribution system. The bill does not apply in the case of any electric utility in a state if (1) the state has implemented the standard in accordance with the bill (or a comparable one) for the electric utility, (2) the state regulatory authority or the relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard (or a comparable one) for the electric utility, or (3) the state legislature has voted on the implementation of the standard (or a comparable one) for the electric utility.

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Official text

Promoting Renewable Energy with Shared Solar Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2] · 3 cosponsors

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Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2] reported raising $2.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4175.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4175 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116