Powering Productivity Act

The Powering Productivity Act would modernize how the United States measures and accounts for energy productivity. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Energy to publish a comprehensive baseline assessment of energy productivity within 18 months, establishing a framework for measuring energy productivity as the relationship between energy inputs and the economic or societal value of the work performed. The bill would also establish an Energy Productivity Task Force led by the Secretary of Energy, bringing together representatives from multiple federal agencies including the Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, and others, along with independent technical experts and stakeholders from industry, academia, and public-interest organizations. Every three years following the initial assessment, the Secretary would produce a Comprehensive Energy Productivity and Competitiveness Assessment that would quantify the economic, environmental, health, and societal impacts of achieving accelerated energy productivity improvements. The goal would be to improve transparency and decision-making by better aligning how the nation measures energy performance with contemporary energy practices and national energy goals.