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S. 4367: Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024

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Passed Senate (House next): Last Action: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Explanation: This bill passed in the Senate on August 1, 2024 and goes to the House next for consideration.

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State of Play

Renewable energy sources — once the fuel of the future, then practical in specific, narrow applications — are increasingly economic mainstream sources of power generation. Hydropower was long the mainstay of U.S. renewable electricity generation, although wind power surpassed hydro for the first time in 2019, and solar continues its rapid growth. The continued growth of wind and solar, with their fluctuations, is tied in part to improvements in storage technology: batteries.

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