A resolution recognizing that facilities that produce renewable electricity are the cheapest power-generating facilities to operate and reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities to meet growing power demand drives up wholesale electricity prices.

This Senate resolution states a position but does not create new laws, programs, or spending. It would have the Senate formally recognize that facilities producing renewable electricity, such as wind and solar, are the cheapest power plants to operate to meet demand for power. It would also have the Senate recognize that relying on fossil fuel power plants, such as coal, gas, and oil, to meet growing power demand raises wholesale electricity prices. The resolution's findings note that power demand in the United States is growing and that plants with lower operating costs are typically used first.

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Sponsors

• Sheldon Whitehouse Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors