,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjbe    
,ms4 ,brownley introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to conduct a study on ,federal  
agency use of renewable energy          
certificates4  #a4  ,short title  ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,renewable     
,energy ,certificate ,study ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4  ,renewable energy          
certificates study  7a7  ,in general    
,the ,comptroller ,general of the       
,united ,states shall conduct a study of
 the use of renewable energy            
certificates by ,federal agencies4  7b7 
,consideration  ,in conducting the study
 under subsection 7a71 the ,comptroller 
,general shall evaluate--  7#a7 the     
extent to which the aggregate market    
demand for each type of renewable energy
 certificate1 or other energy attribute 

certificate1 leads to new investments in
 renewable energy generation capacity   
relative to scenarios in which such     
demand is absent2  7#b7 the progress    
,federal agencies made towards complying
 with ,executive ,order #adjeg 7#he     
,fed4 ,reg #gjice2 relating to          
catalyzing clean energy industries and  
jobs through ,federal sustainability71  
prior to the date on which such         
,executive ,order was revoked1 with     
respect to the directives of such       
,executive ,order for energy procurement
 and compliance with existing statutory 
requirements1 by using--  7,a7 renewable
 energy certificates1 including the     
progress made by using each type of     
renewable energy certificate2 and  7,b7 
approaches other than renewable energy  
certificates2  7#c7 whether renewable   
energy certificates1 power purchase     
agreements1 or onsite renewables1 could 
be used by ,federal agencies to meet the
 requirements of section #bjc of the    
,energy ,policy ,act of #bjje 7#db      

,u4,s4,c4 #aeheb71 and the trade-offs of
 using one such form of compliance over 
the others1 including--  7,a7 the       
difference in the average cost of each  
form of compliance to ,federal agencies2
 and  7,b7 the risk to ,federal agencies
 of becoming noncompliant with section  
#bjc of the ,energy ,policy ,act with   
respect to each form of compliance2     
7#d7 the average cost ,federal agencies 
have incurred by using renewable energy 
certificates to fund--  7,a7 existing   
renewable energy projects2 and  7,b7 new
 renewable energy projects that         
otherwise would not have been           
implemented without the sale of         
renewable energy certificates2 and  7#e7
 the average cost ,federal agencies     
would incur by only using renewable     
energy certificates1 power purchase     
agreements1 or onsite renewables to fund
 new renewable energy projects4  7c7    
,report  ,the ,comptroller ,general     
shall submit to ,congress a report--    
7#a7 detailing the findings of the study

 conducted under subsection 7a72 and    
7#b7 providing recommendations for      
legislation and administrative action1  
the ,comptroller ,general considers     
appropriate1 to improve the impact the  
renewable energy certificates market has
 on ,federal ,government investments in 
renewable energy generation4