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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 3096
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study
on Federal agency use of renewable energy certificates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL30, 2025
Ms. B
ROWNLEYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to
conduct a study on Federal agency use of renewable
energy certificates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renewable Energy 4
Certificate Study Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES STUDY. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 7
United States shall conduct a study of the use of renew-8
able energy certificates by Federal agencies. 9
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(b) CONSIDERATION.—In conducting the study under 1
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall evaluate— 2
(1) the extent to which the aggregate market 3
demand for each type of renewable energy certifi-4
cate, or other energy attribute certificate, leads to 5
new investments in renewable energy generation ca-6
pacity relative to scenarios in which such demand is 7
absent; 8
(2) the progress Federal agencies made towards 9
complying with Executive Order 14057 (85 Fed. 10
Reg 70935; relating to catalyzing clean energy in-11
dustries and jobs through Federal sustainability), 12
prior to the date on which such Executive Order was 13
revoked, with respect to the directives of such Exec-14
utive Order for energy procurement and compliance 15
with existing statutory requirements, by using— 16
(A) renewable energy certificates, including 17
the progress made by using each type of renew-18
able energy certificate; and 19
(B) approaches other than renewable en-20
ergy certificates; 21
(3) whether renewable energy certificates, 22
power purchase agreements, or onsite renewables, 23
could be used by Federal agencies to meet the re-24
quirements of section 203 of the Energy Policy Act 25
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of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852), and the trade-offs of 1
using one such form of compliance over the others, 2
including— 3
(A) the difference in the average cost of 4
each form of compliance to Federal agencies; 5
and 6
(B) the risk to Federal agencies of becom-7
ing noncompliant with section 203 of the En-8
ergy Policy Act with respect to each form of 9
compliance; 10
(4) the average cost Federal agencies have in-11
curred by using renewable energy certificates to 12
fund— 13
(A) existing renewable energy projects; and 14
(B) new renewable energy projects that 15
otherwise would not have been implemented 16
without the sale of renewable energy certifi-17
cates; and 18
(5) the average cost Federal agencies would 19
incur by only using renewable energy certificates, 20
power purchase agreements, or onsite renewables to 21
fund new renewable energy projects. 22
(c) R
EPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit 23
to Congress a report— 24
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(1) detailing the findings of the study con-1
ducted under subsection (a); and 2
(2) providing recommendations for legislation 3
and administrative action, the Comptroller General 4
considers appropriate, to improve the impact the re-5
newable energy certificates market has on Federal 6
Government investments in renewable energy gen-7
eration. 8
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