Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 16, 2020)
Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020
This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources & Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives & Mineral Processing Sector.
Every two years, the Department of the Interior must submit a report to Congress that includes, among other things (1) for fossil fuel operations on public lands, the annual and two-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites according to the metrics specified in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for Oil & Gas - Exploration & Production; and (2) for renewable energy operations on public lands, greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.
What just happenedJan 28, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 16, 2020
- Jan 28, 2020Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee - Jan 21, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee - Jan 16, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Jan 16, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House