Congress demands clean energy project receipts: contracts, milestones, and changes online.
H.R. 1453 — Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025 · Filed by Mike Carey (R-OH) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill requires the Department of Energy to report to Congress and publish online every six months on clean energy demonstration projects funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The reports must include copies of contracts, lists of whether projects met their milestones, and any changes to project scope, funding, or partners. Citizens and Congress gain transparency into how federal clean energy money is being spent and whether projects are on track.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a reporting requirement designed to increase public and congressional visibility into federal clean energy demonstration projects. It creates no new programs, spending, or exemptions—only disclosure obligations.
What the text implies
- Reporting requirement may create administrative burden on DOE, potentially delaying project execution or diverting staff resources from project management to compliance documentation.
- Public disclosure of contracts and modifications could expose proprietary technical information or cost-share arrangements that private partners consider confidential, potentially affecting future private-sector participation in federal demonstration programs.
- Semiannual reporting cadence may reveal project delays or cost overruns in real time, creating political pressure to terminate or restructure projects before technical problems are resolved.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill increases transparency and public accountability for federal clean energy spending by requiring regular disclosure of contracts, milestones, and project changes. Citizens and their representatives gain the information needed to oversee whether taxpayer-funded demonstration projects are delivering results.
Named in the bill
Department of Energy, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Energy Act of 2020
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Feb 21, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology”
- May 19, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection”
- May 19, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,727 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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