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`SEC. 347. MOTOR EFFICIENCY REBATE PROGRAM.
- `(a) Establishment- Not later than January 1, 2010, in accordance with subsection (b), the Secretary shall establish a program to provide rebates for expenditures made by entities--
- `(1) for the purchase and installation of a new electric motor that has a nominal full load efficiency that is not less than the nominal full load efficiency as defined in--
- `(A) table 12-12 of NEMA Standards Publication MG 1-2006 for random wound motors rated 600 volts or lower; or
- `(B) table 12-13 of NEMA Standards Publication MG 1-2006 for form wound motors rated 5000 volts or lower; and
- `(2) to replace an installed motor of the entity the specifications of which are established by the Secretary by a date that is not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section.
- `(b) Requirements-
- `(1) APPLICATION- To be eligible to receive a rebate under this section, an entity shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including--
- `(A) demonstrated evidence that the entity purchased an electric motor described in subsection (a)(1) to replace an installed motor described in subsection (a)(2);
- `(B) demonstrated evidence that the entity--
- `(i) removed the installed motor of the entity from service; and
- `(ii) properly disposed the installed motor of the entity; and
- `(C) the physical nameplate of the installed motor of the entity.
- `(2) AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF REBATE- The Secretary may provide to an entity that meets each requirement under paragraph (1) a rebate the amount of which shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
- `(A) the nameplate horsepower of the electric motor purchased by the entity in accordance with subsection (a)(1); and
- `(B) $25.00.
- `(3) PAYMENTS TO DISTRIBUTORS OF QUALIFYING ELECTRIC MOTORS- To assist in the payment for expenses relating to processing and motor core disposal costs, the Secretary shall provide to the distributor of an electric motor described in subsection (a)(1), the purchaser of which received a rebate under this section, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
- `(A) the nameplate horsepower of the electric motor; and
- `(B) $5.00.
- `(c) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, to remain available until expended--
- `(1) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
- `(2) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
- `(3) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
- `(4) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and
- `(5) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.'.
- (b) Table of Contents- The table of contents of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6201) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part C of title III the following:
| `Sec. 347. Motor efficiency rebate program.'. |
Subtitle E--Improvements in Energy Savings Performance Contracting
SEC. 251. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.
- (a) Competition Requirements for Task or Delivery Orders Under Energy Savings Performance Contracts-
- (1) COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS- Subsection (a) of section 801 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:
- `(3)(A) The head of a Federal agency may issue a task or delivery order under an energy savings performance contract by--
- `(i) notifying all contractors that have received an award under such contract that the agency proposes to discuss energy savings performance services for some or all of its facilities, soliciting an expression of interest in performing site surveys or investigations and feasibility designs and studies and the submission of qualifications from such contractors, and including in such notice summary information concerning energy use for any facilities that the agency has specific interest in including in such contract;
- `(ii) reviewing all expressions of interest and qualifications submitted pursuant to the notice under clause (i);
- `(iii) selecting two or more contractors (from among those reviewed under clause (ii)) to conduct discussions concerning the contractors' respective qualifications to implement potential energy conservation measures, including requesting references demonstrating experience on similar efforts and the resulting energy savings of such similar efforts;
- `(iv) selecting and authorizing--
- `(I) more than one contractor (from among those selected under clause (iii)) to conduct site surveys, investigations, feasibility designs and studies or similar assessments for the energy savings performance contract services (or for discrete portions of such services), for the purpose of allowing each such contractor to submit a firm, fixed-price proposal to implement specific energy conservation measures; or
- `(II) one contractor (from among those selected under clause (iii)) to conduct a site survey, investigation, a feasibility design and study or similar for the purpose of allowing the contractor to submit a firm, fixed-price proposal to implement specific energy conservation measures;
- `(v) negotiating a task or delivery order for energy savings performance contracting services with the contractor or contractors selected under clause (iv) based on the energy conservation measures identified; and
- `(vi) issuing a task or delivery order for energy savings performance contracting services to such contractor or contractors.
- `(B) The issuance of a task or delivery order for energy savings performance contracting services pursuant to subparagraph (A) is deemed to satisfy the task and delivery order competition requirements in section 2304c(d) of title 10, United States Code, and section 303J(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(d)).
- `(C) The Secretary may issue guidance as necessary to agencies issuing task or delivery orders pursuant to subparagraph (A).'.
- (2) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by paragraph (1) is inapplicable to task or delivery orders issued before the date of enactment of this section.
- (b) Inclusion of Thermal Renewable Energy- Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended--
- (1) in subsection (a), by striking `electric'; and
- (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting `or thermal' after `means electric'.
- (c) Credit for Renewable Energy Produced and Used on Site- Subsection (c) of section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended to read as follows:
- `(c) Calculation- Renewable energy produced at a Federal facility, on Federal lands, or on Indian lands (as defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)) shall be calculated separately from renewable energy consumed at a Federal facility, and each may be used to comply with the consumption requirement under subsection (a).'.
- (d) Financing Flexibility- Section 801(a)(2)(E) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(E)) is amended by striking `In' and inserting `Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in'.
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