Rep Clarke Introduces GREEN Communications Act

Rep Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced the Generating Resilient and Energy Efficient Network (GREEN) Communications Act (H.R.8178), legislation that aims to harden our communications networks against climate change and natural disasters, while simultaneously reducing the carbon footprint of communications infrastructure. The GREEN Communications Act will create a new program at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to fund projects that increase the resilience and energy efficiency of communications networks and infrastructure. Not only will this protect our communications infrastructure against the impacts of climate change, but it will also decrease sector-wide carbon emissions and help lower overall demand on the energy grid. In addition, this legislation will instruct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a regulatory resiliency framework designed to minimize the number, length, and impact of future communications network outages.The Senate companion of the GREEN Communications Act was introduced earlier this Congress by Sens Edward Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).