Potential for an Energy Package
Ewelina Czapla
Executive Summary
An energy package that would boost funding for myriad clean-energy initiatives may be incorporated in the fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill.
The package is the culmination of a various bills and energy packages from both chambers of Congress, and includes provisions that would support the development and deployment of innovative technologies necessary for transitioning away from carbon-intensive energy production and reducing emissions.
While the package would serve as meaningful climate legislation, it does not address more controversial issues such as emissions targets, environmental justice, or a carbon price.
Introduction
Congress this week released the language of a compromise energy package that may be attached to the fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill.[1] The package would be the most significant energy legislation passed in years and would serve as some of the first meaningful climate legisl