Bills & Legislation - "Expressing that the United States must establish electricity as a basic human right and public good, and eradicate the reliance on monopolized, profit-driven utility corporations and providers and the flawed regulatory regime that has failed to regulate these utilities in the public interest."

Title: Expressing that the United States must establish electricity as a basic human right and public good, and eradicate the reliance on monopolized, profit-driven utility corporations and providers and the flawed regulatory regime that has failed to regulate these utilities in the public interest. Source: Bills & Legislation Data/Action: Introduced in House Date: 6/4/2021 Text Preview: ...widespread harms, including deadly heat waves and drought, severe flooding and storm events, threats to public health and safety, limited and inconsistent water... ...greenhouse gas emissions must decline to zero by 2030; Whereas the United States is the world’s largest historic emitter of greenhouse gas pollution, responsible for approximately 25 percent of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions since 1870; Whereas the electricity sector, along with the building and transportation sectors, is the leading source of United States greenhouse... ...crisis in Texas in 2021, grid failures in California, annual Atlantic hurricanes, Midwest heat waves, and West Coast wildfires act as potent examples of the failures...