US Congress House Bill 2659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Office of Fossil Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the energy efficiency of gas turbines used in electric power generation systems. Specifically, the program must develop technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 67% or simple cycle efficiency of 50%. In addition, the program must include field demonstrations of the developed technologies to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility.

To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.

Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2019-05-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-05-10	House	Introduced in House

HB3607 (Related) 2020-09-17 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2659/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2659/BILLS-116hr2659ih.pdf