1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Renewable Electricity Standard Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) renewable energy is the cheapest new form of electricity in many regions of the United States; (2) to meet the climate goals of the United States, every State must transition to carbon-free electricity by 2050; (3) renewable energy is a virtually unlimited resource that can help avoid pollution of the air, water, and land of the United States; (4) States without high levels of renewable energy should not be penalized for past inaction, but should comply with an annual percentage increase of renewable electricity; and (5) States should be encouraged to create their own renewable electricity standards or clean energy standards above the Federal renewable electricity standard. 3. Renewable electricity standard (a) In general Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 610. Renewable electricity standard (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Base quantity of electricity (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term base quantity of electricity means the total quantity of electric energy sold by a retail electric supplier, expressed in terms of kilowatt hours, to electric customers for purposes other than resale during the most recent calendar year for which information is available. (B) Exception The term base quantity of electricity does not include any quantity of renewable energy delivered by a retail electric supplier to an electric customer pursuant to a voluntarily transaction entered into by the customer to meet the demand of the customer for renewable energy. (2) Eligible facility The term eligible facility means a facility for the generation of electric energy that— (A) generates electric energy from a new renewable energy resource using equipment that comes online during calendar year 2020 or thereafter