The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES)

The House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a combined climate at energy bill, on June 26th, 2009. The comprehensive bill has the potential to advance energy efficiency more than any other single piece of legislation to date. The Alliance to Save Energy strongly supports the creation of a cap-and-trade program that sets a carbon price, implements complementary energy efficiency policies, and invests in complementary energy efficiency programs.

This page provides summaries, analysis and other resources related to this landmark legislation.The Alliance will continue to work to obtain Senate passage of strong climate legislation; material related to the Senate counterpart is available on our American Clean Energy Leadership Act page.

Alliance Resources

• Alliance Analysis Of H.R. 2454: The Waxman-Markey Climate And Energy Bill: as passed by the House June 26, 2009
• Alliance Summary of Energy Efficiency Provisions
• ACES vs. ACELA: A Comparison of Energy Efficiency Provisions (PDF) NEW

Official Documents

• House Energy and Commerce Committee webpage:
• Official Committee Summary (PDF) of H.R. 2454 as passed June 26, 2009
• Full Text of H.R. 2454 (PDF) as passed by the House of Representatives, June 26, 2009

Archive

• Alliance Summary of Committee Amendments to the Act
• Official Committee Report (PDF) of H.R. 2454 as reported May 21st, 2009
• Full text of the May 18 version of the bill: (1.5 MB PDF) Offered by Chairman Waxman as a substitute amendment
• Alliance Webinar on Waxman-Markey, May 27, 2009