S.Amdt. 2973

SA 2973. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title of title III, add the
following:

PART V--RENEWABLE ENERGY STUDY

SEC. 3021. GAO STUDY ON INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF
ELECTRICITY PRODUCED USING RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a study that
describes the costs of increasing, by 2040, the percentage of
electricity generated using renewable energy (including
hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, wood, wood waste,
biogenic municipal waste, landfill gas, and other biomass) by
each of the following percentages:
(1) 25 percent.
(2) 35 percent.
(3) 50 percent.
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