S. 3233 would promote development of a 21st century energy system to increase United States competitiveness in the world energy technology marketplace.

== Detailed Summary ==

<summary>
(Log in21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Energy Technology Advisory Council of the 21st Century Energy Deployment Corporation (both established by this Act), to editdevelop and publish near-, medium-, and long-term goals for the wikideployment of clean energy technologies through the Corporation to establish or promote specified energy generation, transmission, and beuse and energy technology manufacturing capacities.

Requires the firstAdvisory Council to providepublish 5- and 10-year performance targets and to establish initial targets until those are published.

Allows the Corporation to purchase, and make commitments to purchase, debt instruments associated with the deployment of clean energy technologies. Describes lending authorities of the Corporation. Allows the Corporation to issue securities for purchase by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Requires annual reports to Congress on the technologies supported and on Corporation performance. Requires the Secretary to oversee Corporation operations and finances.

Allows the Corporation to prepare a detailed summarystrategic plan to issue common stock to enable expansion of its operations and requires the bill!)plan to include consideration of Board restructuring alternatives.
</summary>

<!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. -->

== Status of the Legislation ==

<status>
Latest Major Action: 7/8/2008: Referred to7/15/2008: Senate committee.committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 10:00 a.m.
</status>

<!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. -->

== Points in Favor ==

(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)
<!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! -->

== Points Against ==

(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)
<!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! -->