REDUCE Act
Summary
Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy Act or the REDUCE Act This bill requires organizations that operate electric grid transmission facilities (e.g., Regional Transmission Organizations or Independent System Operators) to accept bids in a power market from demand response programs of a certain size. In a demand response program, end-use electricity customers are typically remunerated for voluntarily decreasing their short-term electrical consumption generally in response to compromised grid reliability or high wholesale electricity prices.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 23, 2022
Last action Aug 23, 2022
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2
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Committee
1
Aug 23, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Aug 23, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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