Energy Policy Act of 2005 Other short titles Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2005 Electricity Modernization Act of 2005 Energy Policy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2005 Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 Federal Reformulated Fuels Act of 2005 Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005 EPAct 2005 John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005 National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2005 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2005 NOPEC Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 SAFE Act Set America Free Act of 2005 Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act Long title An Act to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy. Enacted by the 109th United States Congress Effective August 8, 2005 Public law 109-58 Statutes at Large 119 Stat. 594 Acts amended Energy Policy Act of 1992 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978 Acts repealed Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Titles amended 16 U.S.C.: Conservation 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare U.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. ch. 149 § 15801 et seq.U.S.C. sections amended 16 U.S.C. ch. 46 § 2601 et seq.42 U.S.C. ch. 134 § 13201 et seq.Introduced in the House as H.R. 6 by Joe Barton (R –TX ) on April 18, 2005Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce , House Education and the Workforce , House Financial Services , House Agriculture , House Resources , House Science , House Ways and Means , House Transportation and Infrastructure Passed the House on April 21, 2005 (249-183, Roll call vote 132 , via Clerk.House.gov)Passed the Senate on June 28, 2005 (85-12, Roll call vote 158 , via Senate.gov)Reported by the joint conference committee on July 27, 2005; agreed to by the House on July 28, 2005 (275-156, Roll call vote 445 , via Clerk.House.gov) and by the Senate on July 29, 2005 (74-26, Roll call vote 213 , via Senate.gov)Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
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George W. Bush signing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was designed to promote US nuclear reactor construction, through incentives and subsidies, including cost-overrun support up to a total of $2 billion for six new nuclear plants.[ 1]
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58 (text) (PDF) ) is a federal law signed by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico . The act, described by proponents as an attempt to combat growing energy problems, changed US energy policy by providing tax incentives and loan guarantees for energy production of various types. The most consequential aspect of the law was to greatly increase ethanol production [ 2] to be blended with gasoline. The law also repealed the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 , effective February 2006.[ 3]