S. 2288: American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019
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S. 2288: American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-25 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019
Plain summary
American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to prescribe a federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers. Among other things, the bill establishes procedures and standards for evaluating, measuring, and verifying electricity and natural gas savings, including specifying the types of energy efficiency and energy conservation measures that may be counted; certain requirements governing retail electricity suppliers; other requirements governing applications for, and implementation of, delegated state administration; rules to govern transfers of electricity or natural gas savings between suppliers and third-party efficiency providers serving the same state and between suppliers and third-party efficiency providers serving different states; performance standards for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers; and penalties for suppliers who fail to document the adequate savings required by this bill.
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Official text
American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · 3 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] reported raising $48,878 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2288.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s2288 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116