Full Title: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs November 3, 2020 Update
Author(s): Congressional Research Service
Publisher(s): Congressional Research Service
Publication Date: November 3, 2020
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Description (excerpt):
Energy is crucial to operating a modern industrial and services economy. Concerns about the
availability and cost of energy and about environmental impacts of fossil energy use have led to a
wide variety of federal incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency. These incentives
aim to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures and to develop and
commercialize renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Many of the existing energy efficiency and renewable energy programs have authorizations
tracing back to the 1970s. Many programs have been reauthorized and redesigned repeatedly to
meet changing economic factors. The programs apply broadly to sectors ranging from industry to academia and from state and local governments to rural communities.