H.R. 6342 · 111th Congress
To establish pilot projects for agriculture renewable energy systems.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tim Holden
- Introduced
- 2010-09-29
- Latest action
- 2010-11-16 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish renewable energy pilot programs to provide eligible entities in a participating state with financial and technical assistance to implement renewable energy systems on farms.
Requires a participating state to establish a net metering program that measures the difference between electricity supplied by an electric utility and the electricity generated by a net metering customer and fed back to the electric utility over an applicable billing period.