The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58) established two federal programs to support the expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure: the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program. The IIJA centralized an…
Read the report ↗H.R. 7977 (119th)Congressional Activities
To provide relief from high energy bills, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Congress has shown interest in protecting lives and property from catastrophic wildfires and in protecting electric grid reliability. Electric power line rights-of-way (hereinafter, power line ROWs) often cross multiple land jurisdictions, which may include one or more parcels of federal land. Power line owners and op…
Read the report ↗Natural gas has been sold commercially in the United States since 1816, starting with the Gaslight Company of Baltimore. Technological advancements around the turn of the 20th century greatly expanded its uses for heating, cooking, and industrial applications. New pipeline technology and new drilling techniques led to…
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Read the report ↗Permitting reform for energy infrastructure continues to be a topic of interest in Congress. Some Members of Congress are particularly interested in the processes for planning, siting, approving, and paying for electricity transmission lines (referred to as transmission permitting in this report). Proponents of transm…
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