Powering Productivity Act

The "Powering Productivity Act" seeks to enhance the United States' energy performance, transparency, and decision-making by modernizing the measurement and accounting of energy productivity and its related impacts. The bill defines energy productivity as how efficiently an economy, region, or industry uses energy to generate economic value. Within 18 months of enactment, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with a new Task Force, must publish a National Energy Productivity Baseline . This baseline will establish a framework for measuring energy productivity, evaluate current performance, identify barriers, and highlight opportunities for improvement across national, regional, and sectoral levels. Concurrently, and every three years thereafter, the Secretary will produce a Comprehensive Energy Productivity and Competitiveness Assessment . This assessment will quantify the economic, environmental, health, and societal impacts of accelerated energy productivity improvements, analyze policy pathways, and evaluate risks of delayed action. Following the baseline publication, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration will publish quarterly Energy Productivity Indicators Quarterly (Energy Productivity-IQ) reports. These reports will consistently measure energy productivity using economic output measures aligned with labor productivity estimates. To oversee these initiatives, an Energy Productivity Task Force will be established within 180 days, comprising representatives from various federal agencies and independent experts from industry, academia, and public-interest organizations, which will terminate after three years.