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S. 34 · 118th Congress · Energy

Facilitating the Reshoring of Energy Grid Component Manufacturing Act of 2023

Died in committee1.8k words Introduced Jan 24, 2023 · Latest action Jan 24, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
  6. PresidentNot yet Not reached yet

What it does

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a loan program for the production of energy grid products or components. Under the program, DOE may provide loans for activities related to projects that reequip, expand, or establish manufacturing facilities to produce energy grid products or their components. Energy grid products include large power transformers or any other electrical equipment commonly used for the transmission or distribution of electric energy by public electric utilities.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in Senate” version · Jan 24, 2023

Who lobbies on it

1 organization · 8 filings · Q1 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. Firstenergy Corp 8 of 8 quarters
    “S.4027 Streamlining Powerlines Essential to Electric Demand (SPEED) and Reliability Act (Hickenlooper) S.4140 GRIData Act of 2024 (Heinrich) S.4144 Grid Modeling of Dynamic Energy Loads and Resources Act of 2024 (Heinrich) H.R. 6192 Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act (Houchin) H.J. Res. 152 Coal Combustion Residual…”

    Q4 2024 filing · $1.2M lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

Organizations that named S. 34 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Jan 24, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Jan 24, 2023Introduced in Senate