A resolution recognizing that facilities that produce renewable electricity are the cheapest power-generating facilities to operate and reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities to meet growing power demand drives up wholesale electricity prices.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 565 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 565

Recognizing that facilities that produce renewable electricity are the 
cheapest power-generating facilities to operate and reliance on fossil 
   fuel-generating facilities to meet growing power demand drives up 
                     wholesale electricity prices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2025

 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
   Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Blunt 
 Rochester) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing that facilities that produce renewable electricity are the 
cheapest power-generating facilities to operate and reliance on fossil 
   fuel-generating facilities to meet growing power demand drives up 
                     wholesale electricity prices.

Whereas electricity prices are generally determined by the level of demand for 
        power and the cost of generating such power used to meet the demand;
Whereas the demand for power in the United States is growing faster than at any 
        point in the past 2 decades;
Whereas power generators with the lowest operating costs are typically 
        dispatched first, thereby meeting the demand for power at the lowest 
        cost;
Whereas, as the demand for power increases, power generators with higher 
        operating costs are dispatched, thereby driving up wholesale electricity 
        prices;
Whereas fossil-power generation from coal, fossil gas, and oil has high 
        operating costs due to the cost of fuel and maintenance; and
Whereas the generation of wind, solar, and other renewable resources has near-
        zero operating costs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes that--
            (1) facilities that produce renewable electricity are the 
        cheapest electricity-generating facilities to operate to meet 
        the demand for power; and
            (2) reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities to meet 
        the growing demand for power drives up wholesale electricity 
        prices.
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