<enum>I</enum><header>Clean Energy</header> <subtitle id="H51AF97481E4846BEAC3AC1C89F78135F"><enum>A</enum><header>Combined Efficiency and Renewable Electricity Standard</header> <section id="HA2E29097D0CA43CD980425E5F76DB316"><enum>101.</enum><header>Combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard</header> <subsection id="HB87D5D0569124BB5AA7D6B66CC48A156"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB3C13D5DC50E4DF8A6C13D2F6374AEFC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H5A13D8BE328C4BFC9063802F28CAF3FF"><enum>610.</enum><header>Combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard</header> <subsection id="HAF51199CA37D4F268B919B870D08C19A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC23720E0B397473589649130C069E32A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>CHP savings</header><text>The term <quote>CHP savings</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H29B84582181A47B287BA3D074290021D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>CHP system savings from a combined heat and power system that commences operation after the date of enactment of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26273E89F9C54534A2A915498FE3E82C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the increase in CHP system savings from, at any time after the date of the enactment of this section, upgrading, replacing, expanding, or increasing the utilization of a combined heat and power system that commenced operation on or before the date of enactment of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0A1ADB6FAC548D593B2AE7BF29398B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>CHP system savings</header><text>The term <quote>CHP system savings</quote> means the increment of electric output of a combined heat and power system that is attributable to the higher efficiency of the combined system (as compared to the efficiency of separate production of the electric and thermal outputs).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C7E57E56DB641D1ADEF2530672CD874"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Combined heat and power system</header><text>The term <quote>combined heat and power system</quote> means a system that uses the same energy source both for the generation of electrical or mechanical power and the production of steam or another form of useful thermal energy, provided that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF2D04CACC5BB4CA8A3575F5F492588BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the system meets such requirements relating to efficiency and other operating characteristics as the Commission may promulgate by regulation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9978469C1FCA4C77B178F2E996C62185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the net sales of electricity by the facility to customers not consuming the thermal output from that facility will not exceed 50 percent of total annual electric generation by the facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4388D10AE804678AEADC832FCE21351"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Customer facility savings</header><text>The term <quote>customer facility savings</quote> means a reduction in end-use electricity consumption (including recycled energy savings) at a facility of an end-use consumer of electricity served by a retail electric supplier, as compared to—</text> <subparagraph id="HE0FA2FBD11E6469CB42D7D18DF9B6DC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a new facility, consumption at a reference facility of average efficiency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D4FBD722667415795BB86625311E0D7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an existing facility, consumption at such facility during a base period, except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF5FA9F156404613818F1B0A397C2060"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of new equipment that replaces existing equipment with remaining useful life, the projected consumption of the existing equipment for the remaining useful life of such equipment, and thereafter, consumption of new equipment of average efficiency of the same equipment type; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3CCA8332C1CE4EC185F5B4F75318FC09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of new equipment that replaces existing equipment at the end of the useful life of the existing equipment, consumption by new equipment of average efficiency of the same equipment type.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BFD417BECB540FD85851533377086E3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Distributed renewable generation facility</header><text>The term <quote>distributed renewable generation facility</quote> means a facility that—</text> <subparagraph id="HC0F26325F97941B4AD1770EA3697FEFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>generates renewable electricity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80D2BCB0D7F84AA7AE8AEC135124B9A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>primarily serves 1 or more electricity consumers at or near the facility site; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD472EB313E5E4380A6604E4578C007BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> is no greater than—</text> <clause id="H2BD71BCEA5B14A13B1ACFF8D6C5F3784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>2 megawatts in capacity; or </text></clause> <clause id="H71EF7C94BBB14157A0CBAC514A0FFFB8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>4 megawatts in capacity, in the case of a facility that is placed in service after the date of enactment of this section and generates electricity from a renewable energy resource other than by means of combustion. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F34BBD424A644A596E591C2453AF20A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Electricity savings</header><text>The term <quote>electricity savings</quote> means reductions in electricity consumption, relative to business-as-usual projections, achieved through measures implemented after the date of enactment of this section, limited to—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8AE1280FFE849F3ADAA74AEBEE5454C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>customer facility savings of electricity, adjusted to reflect any associated increase in fuel consumption at the facility;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2A121C44AE974245BCF34BF6F8521B68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reductions in distribution system losses of electricity achieved by a retail electricity distributor, as compared to losses attributable to new or replacement distribution system equipment of average efficiency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F3AFA61713548F4BC20B3B75F5F540F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>CHP savings; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H811698B938404E4CB30B0E569A906124"><enum>(D)</enum><text>fuel cell savings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6DB7A91EF30400CA8483C7EE9156B9C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Central procurement State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘central procurement State’ means a State that, as of January 1, 2009, had adopted and implemented a legally enforceable mandate that, in lieu of requiring utilities to submit credits or certificates issued based on generation of electricity from (or to purchase or generate electricity from) resources defined by the State as renewable, requires retail electric suppliers to collect payments from electricity ratepayers within the State that are used for central procurement, by a State agency or a public benefit corporation established pursuant to State law, of credits or certificates issued based on generation of electricity from resources defined by the State as renewable.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H087B73EFE0D44397834A95DB0035586F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal renewable electricity credit</header><text>The term <quote>Federal renewable electricity credit</quote> means a credit, representing one megawatt hour of renewable electricity, issued pursuant to subsection (e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC81EA28FE0F415D920832475DCAA4E1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Fuel cell</header><text>The term <quote>fuel cell</quote> means a device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electricity by electrochemical processes occurring at separate electrodes in the device.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A0BE803E3DE4898AFB42CF0BA00F9C4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Fuel cell savings</header><text>The term ‘fuel cell savings’ means the electricity saved by a fuel cell that is installed after the date of enactment of this section, or by upgrading a fuel cell that commenced operation on or before the date of enactment of this section, as a result of the greater efficiency with which the fuel cell transforms fuel into electricity as compared with sources of electricity delivered through the grid, provided that—</text> <subparagraph id="HB8DB2304D1FF42999A990C709676239D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the fuel cell meets such requirements relating to efficiency and other operating characteristics as the Commission may promulgate by regulation; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3243DE7CC5A94B03AE2EF2D94006CB46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the net sales of electricity from the fuel cell to customers not consuming the thermal output from the fuel cell, if any, do not exceed 50 percent of the total annual electricity generation by the fuel cell.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD127DF50DF844DF9ACE78B11688A5D1C"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Other qualifying energy resource</header><text>The term <quote>other qualifying energy resource</quote> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HDF1B5473FC794CA58B032EBA233DDA37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Landfill gas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBBC71BAE1A6747519D97C0AC2E38C0A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Wastewater treatment gas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DB07FC3F036402CBB366D317FCB5ADD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Coal mine methane used to generate electricity at or near the mine mouth.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB992C4B37C51494687B79ADCA0900C23"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Qualified waste-to-energy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08A37D9ACB944039B6EE5B85F8E34051"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Qualified hydropower</header><text>The term <quote>qualified hydropower</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H69C7724ED4A84BF39567DF90EA978793"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy produced from increased efficiency achieved, or additions of capacity made, on or after January 1, 1988, at a hydroelectric facility that was placed in service before that date and does not include additional energy generated as a result of operational changes not directly associated with efficiency improvements or capacity additions; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB60DF146AD064ACEB3B7F3873F434F90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>energy produced from generating capacity added to a dam on or after January 1, 1988, provided that the Commission certifies that—</text> <clause id="H60FA8BD35B3B4A97981D64C09BF83AEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the dam was placed in service before the date of the enactment of this section and was operated for flood control, navigation, or water supply purposes and was not producing hydroelectric power prior to the addition of such capacity;</text></clause> <clause id="H3F96AB65BE1943E3A60F86934A2524C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the hydroelectric project installed on the dam is licensed (or is exempt from licensing) by the Commission and is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the license or exemption, and with other applicable legal requirements for the protection of environmental quality, including applicable fish passage requirements; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE0D3E15D19CF4AB3B7DA6DEBB8812491"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the hydroelectric project installed on the dam is operated so that the water surface elevation at any given location and time that would have occurred in the absence of the hydroelectric project is maintained, subject to any license or exemption requirements that require changes in water surface elevation for the purpose of improving the environmental quality of the affected waterway.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA39B97B3FB8D4D0780D41596F354983A"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Qualified waste-to-energy</header><text>The term <quote>qualified waste-to-energy</quote> means energy from the combustion of municipal solid waste or construction, demolition, or disaster debris, or from the gasification or pyrolization of such waste or debris and the combustion of the resulting gas at the same facility, provided that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD4237008EA014EB7A6C29B9689E59F4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such term shall include only the energy derived from the non-fossil biogenic portion of such waste or debris;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5716B22FEC46413AA175E2629B77BB2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commission determines, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, that the total lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the generation of electricity from such waste or debris are lower than those attributable to the likely alternative method of disposing of such waste or debris; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3AE45394100C4110B82C478CACB49055"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the owner or operator of the facility generating electricity from such energy provides to the Commission, on an annual basis—</text> <clause id="H94F458760EFC474880CEC23BCF6C034F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification that the facility is in compliance with all applicable State, tribal, and Federal environmental permits;</text></clause> <clause id="H343CF25C823C48D1963691C7D58D98B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a facility that commenced operation before the date of enactment of this section, a certification that the facility meets emissions standards promulgated under section 112 or 129 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412 or 7429) that apply as of the date of enactment of this section to new facilities within the relevant source category; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB35EDA5EAC744CDC8139219FA1C5C457"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of the combustion, pyrolization, or gasification of municipal solid waste, a certification that each local government unit from which such waste originates operates, participates in the operation of, contracts for, or otherwise provides for, recycling services for its residents.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4FE32BF4F7E4A9CB3D4FBADE9763528"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Recycled energy savings</header><text>The term <quote>recycled energy savings</quote> means a reduction in electricity consumption that results from a modification of an industrial or commercial system that commenced operation before the date of enactment of this section, in order to recapture electrical, mechanical, or thermal energy that would otherwise be wasted.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBB68D2BF16D4D5FB473DBC66C5854AC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>renewable biomass</quote> means any of the following: </text> <subparagraph id="HE8E51C4462CE4627856BF4B3F83C846A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or removed invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)), including those that are byproducts of preventive treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash), that are removed as part of a federally recognized timber sale, or that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health, and that are—</text> <clause id="HD0C6690799824EC5A9E3C666E9AD874B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not from components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, Wilderness Study Areas, Inventoried Roadless Areas, old growth stands, late-successional stands (except for dead, severely damaged, or badly infested trees), components of the National Landscape Conservation System, National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Designated Primitive Areas, or Wild and Scenic Rivers corridors; </text></clause> <clause id="H998FEE1F9D6B48B295A86E34FA5739C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>harvested in environmentally sustainable quantities, as determined by the appropriate Federal land manager; and </text></clause> <clause id="HCDBADAD3D5A14179BB54AD47F7E5899E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>harvested in accordance with Federal and State law, and applicable land management plans.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E058C19F4A1490197E8CFA355B83751"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including—</text> <clause id="H6B8D67FA2DDF41D7881D69F0B27016AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>renewable plant material, including—</text> <subclause id="HE7908040A4A64B0899C8F7754C0E83E5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>feed grains;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2E936BF6B2634A259ED6EBBAF49B4EA9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other agricultural commodities;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD9FD50EA08664C0CA2ABE9DEFE22C3EF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other plants and trees; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H00CB4C4B407C49A5BE6BB9E18A0C5252"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>algae; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HFBE78147834743229341F77142BF11CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>waste material, including—</text> <subclause id="H9F524692FEA646379ABF2FA7D0575C9C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>crop residue;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC17BAA0D6495439096E91B44DF97DD12"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other vegetative waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC5B007CBB7DE4A17852EEE4DB2600319"><enum>(III)</enum><text>animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1D7C96C9920140D6A59154440C394C3D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>construction waste; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBE20EAC2D68140ACB9E6C933C35EB48A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>food waste and yard waste.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF35357D26AD749C79464EAB32FBE7B22"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Residues and byproducts from wood, pulp, or paper products facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC253AA319A04441E837EDFECCF23E4EF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Renewable electricity</header><text>The term <quote>renewable electricity</quote> means electricity generated (including by means of a fuel cell) from a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H729A30E787DB490F93063D7AE03898DE"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource</header><text>The term <quote>renewable energy resource</quote> means each of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7671C120F2654B43886B6B3883CA4247"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Wind energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8794613908AC4211B64295F3750AD9D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Solar energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6DC3D59F2944E2FB35394E41B897FFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Geothermal energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E212DBA849441CF825399026ADBC49A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Renewable biomass.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF3F0A5F476E483A9B6263F15023033A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Biogas derived exclusively from renewable biomass.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3AFF2FBE4D54E8299082CAB949FF14B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Biofuels derived exclusively from renewable biomass.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB2A0F426ACB4C0EA3F130C6E2C64491"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Qualified hydropower.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8166CBF4CA54D15AFE88729489A10CF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy, as that term is defined in section 632 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17211">42 U.S.C. 17211</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83D285233F37451DB49E63E9FD4EDFAB"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Retail electric supplier</header> <subparagraph id="H5BF02E43B216449C9743974107B62AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>retail electric supplier</quote> means, for any given year, an electric utility that sold not less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale during the preceding calendar year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE1DBB7BA49A4A32B3A6F3F240DCA5BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions and limitations</header><text>For purposes of determining whether an electric utility qualifies as a retail electric supplier under subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="HB58F95E242334AF4B34DEC0A5B2A0EF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sales of any affiliate of an electric utility to electric consumers, other than sales to the affiliate’s lessees or tenants, for purposes other than resale shall be considered to be sales of such electric utility; and</text></clause> <clause id="H116891CD60474CF5BAD439931AB0EE86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sales by any electric utility to an affiliate, lessee, or tenant of such electric utility shall not be treated as sales to electric consumers.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H213CE2BE3C714CC68021DB8E6A967E0B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Affiliate</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>affiliate</quote> when used in relation to a person, means another person that directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such person, as determined under regulations promulgated by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3E5A9E53D4C4D8198AFCB9FA14B6CB6"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Retail electric supplier’s base amount</header><text>The term <quote>retail electric supplier’s base amount</quote> means the total amount of electric energy sold by the retail electric supplier, expressed in megawatt hours, to electric customers for purposes other than resale during the relevant calendar year, excluding—</text> <subparagraph id="HC3D64B8B10604F39B40DB13EBAEEFCC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>electricity generated by a hydroelectric facility that is not qualified hydropower;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCFDD3C5FE623451FA1B11632B9F5859F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>electricity generated by a nuclear generating unit placed in service after the date of enactment of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3617DFBACED54C568E600CD61F5CCE5A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the proportion of electricity generated by a fossil-fueled generating unit that is equal to the proportion of greenhouse gases produced by such unit that are captured and geologically sequestered.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4A59FA82D2443888B06B4112F9B062F"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Retire and retirement</header><text>The terms <quote>retire</quote> and <quote>retirement</quote> with respect to a Federal renewable electricity credit, means to disqualify such credit for any subsequent use under this section, regardless of whether the use is a sale, transfer, exchange, or submission in satisfaction of a compliance obligation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AB380B2483544B49011CD1DFECF3C54"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Third-party efficiency provider</header><text>The term <quote>third-party efficiency provider</quote> means any retailer, building owner, energy service company, financial institution or other commercial, industrial or nonprofit entity that is capable of providing electricity savings in accordance with the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE3E36DE9F234E528AB6286FE7B892FC"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Total annual electricity savings</header><text>The term <quote>total annual electricity savings</quote> means electricity savings during a specified calendar year from measures implemented since the date of the enactment of this section, taking into account verified measure lifetimes or verified annual savings attrition rates, as determined in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may promulgate and measured in megawatt hours.</text></paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H978AAA138A9E489FBF5EB48006B10DB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual compliance obligation</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HE1B99A02A6574EC58A77EEAD6FA457FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, not later than March 31 of the following calendar year, each retail electric supplier shall submit to the Commission an amount of Federal renewable electricity credits and demonstrated total annual electricity savings that, in the aggregate, is equal to such retail electric supplier’s annual combined target as set forth in subsection (d), except as otherwise provided in subsection (h).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61E0FE9F585D4E3F9793B037D608A192"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration of savings</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, submission of demonstrated total annual electricity savings means submission of a report that demonstrates, in accordance with the requirements of subsection (f), the total annual electricity savings achieved by the retail electric supplier within the relevant compliance year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74A00F8F09F74AD29F6801C0D59E6211"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Renewable electricity credits portion</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4), each retail electric supplier must submit Federal renewable electricity credits equal to at least three quarters of the retail electric supplier’s annual combined target.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1AC6EC993A44446B9D4E02961574FA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State petition</header> <subparagraph id="H7D5E28DDF2FD4D918862886BED3CC79E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon written request from the Governor of any State (including, for purposes of this paragraph, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), the Commission shall increase, to not more than two fifths, the proportion of the annual combined targets of retail electric suppliers located within such State that may be met through submission of demonstrated total annual electricity savings, provided that such increase shall be effective only with regard to the portion of a retail electric supplier’s annual combined target that is attributable to electricity sales within such State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3678421CD0E3477A91E9F08A097C7E73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A Governor’s request under this paragraph shall include an explanation of the Governor’s rationale for determining, after consultation with the relevant State regulatory authority and other retail electricity ratemaking authorities within the State, to make such request. The request shall specify the maximum proportion of annual combined targets (not more than two fifths) that can be met through demonstrated total annual electricity savings, and the period for which such proportion shall be effective.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5F21F9ED89E46DE816272626F895FEA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>The Governor of any State may, after consultation with the relevant State regulatory authority and other retail electricity ratemaking authorities within the State, submit a written request for revocation or revision of a previous request submitted under this paragraph. The Commission shall grant such request, provided that—</text> <clause id="H334654DFCEC440719E93E76CD405B711"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any revocation or revision shall not apply to the combined annual target for any year that is any earlier than 2 calendar years after the calendar year in which such request is submitted, so as to provide retail electric suppliers with adequate notice of such change; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1E193C486F664717A83E06589F2197A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any revision shall meet the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H924151CC38B5478FB4703E803B44D64C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the requirements of this section. In promulgating such regulations, the Commission shall, to the extent practicable—</text> <paragraph id="H0FE6282E1A5748B3A783C7BC4D4E7FC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preserve the integrity, and incorporate best practices, of existing State and tribal renewable electricity and energy efficiency programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H591D6278B39A407F8A9C65CEFDA53370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>rely upon existing and emerging State, tribal, or regional tracking systems that issue and track non-Federal renewable electricity credits; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC716AFCB7B9E4FF1A33445E58AED25E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>cooperate with the States and Indian tribes to facilitate coordination between State, tribal, and Federal renewable electricity and energy efficiency programs and to minimize administrative burdens and costs to retail electric suppliers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H05E907FA79194D0E91CA98FFC0AC447F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual compliance requirement</header> <paragraph id="H7CC60C90BB49475D820AAB35C03F968D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual combined targets</header><text>For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, a retail electric supplier’s annual combined target shall be the product of—</text> <subparagraph id="H24FB943764D44F818B2D55221E122DE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the required annual percentage for such year, as set forth in paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BE33097233B49F3B981AEFCD6AC25B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the retail electric supplier’s base amount for such year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C87F8511D3C4846A1BFBA8216072888"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required annual percentage</header><text>For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, the required annual percentage shall be as follows: </text> <table table-type="" table-template-name="Entry: 2 text, bold hds" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0"> <tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.10.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" rowsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="190" colwidth="230pts"/><colspec colname="column2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" min-data-value="95" colwidth="95pts"/><thead> <row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column2"><bold>Required annual percentage</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2012</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2013</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2014</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2015</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2021 through 2039</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAD3E7439B81D46A3B25DBD2498AB76A6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal renewable electricity credits</header> <paragraph id="H69D01F85C7F04EFE95C28292858E63D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The regulations promulgated under this section shall include provisions governing the issuance, tracking, and verification of Federal renewable electricity credits. Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, the Commission shall issue to each generator of renewable electricity, 1 Federal renewable electricity credit for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by such generator after December 31, 2011. The Commission shall assign a unique serial number to each Federal renewable electricity credit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17B795DDD12043C593E44C4B428D9A7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Generation from certain State renewable electricity programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), where renewable electricity is generated with the support of payments from a retail electric supplier pursuant to a State renewable electricity program (whether through State alternative compliance payments or through payments to a State renewable electricity procurement fund or entity), the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits to such retail electric supplier for the proportion of the relevant renewable electricity generation that is attributable to the retail electric supplier’s payments, as determined pursuant to regulations issued by the Commission. For any remaining portion of the relevant renewable electricity generation, the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits to the generator, as provided in paragraph (1), except that in no event shall more than 1 Federal renewable electricity credit be issued for the same megawatt hour of electricity. In determining how Federal renewable electricity credits will be apportioned among retail electric suppliers and generators in such circumstances, the Commission shall consider information and guidance furnished by the relevant State or States.</text> <subparagraph id="H0B506589817B487FB187C3B6220FFEDE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> In the case of a central procurement State that pursuant to subsection (g) has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), the Commission shall issue directly to the State Federal renewable electricity credits for any renewable electricity for which the State, pursuant to a mandate described in subsection (a)(7), has centrally procured credits or certificates issued based on generation of such renewable electricity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC623A005C2D4A4697FADC89EF691C13"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certain power sales contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), when a generator has sold renewable electricity to a retail electric supplier under a contract for power from a facility placed in service before the date of enactment of this section, and the contract does not provide for the determination of ownership of the Federal renewable electricity credits associated with such generation, the Commission shall issue such Federal renewable electricity credits to the retail electric supplier for the duration of the contract.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA62131D74BE4963A6453AE027DD47D5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Credit multiplier for distributed renewable generation</header> <subparagraph id="HC4E6A0748348461A9EFDB4AA17934C38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Commission shall issue 3 Federal renewable electricity credits for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by a distributed renewable generation facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B592423A4494F52A5D081448A05D089"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), not later than January 1, 2014, and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall review the effect of this paragraph and shall, as necessary, reduce the number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour issued under this paragraph for any given energy source or technology, but not below 1, to ensure that such number is no higher than the Commission determines is necessary to make distributed renewable generation facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A8076EBE1D04BFCB126BE0F77346FF4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Facilities placed in service after enactment</header><text>For any distributed renewable generation facility placed in service after the date of enactment of this section, subparagraph (B) shall not apply for the first 10 years after the date on which the facility is placed in service. For each year during such 10-year period, the Commission shall issue to the facility the same number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour as are issued to that facility in the year in which such facility is placed in service. After such 10-year period, the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits to the facility in accordance with the current multiplier as determined pursuant to subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EB0E9AA4AF44CC387A7BBE30805102F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Credits based on qualified hydropower</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the number of Federal renewable electricity credits issued for qualified hydropower shall be calculated—</text> <subparagraph id="HA4001532634B4808BB6889049368E576"><enum>(A)</enum><text>based solely on the increase in average annual generation directly resulting from the efficiency improvements or capacity additions described in subsection (a)(13)(A); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HACDA323E567C45F791A811BE1459AA38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>using the same water flow information used to determine a historic average annual generation baseline for the hydroelectric facility, as certified by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06FA45CA8204431AB676026903C82950"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Generation from qualified waste-to-energy</header><text>In the case of electricity generated from the combustion of any municipal solid waste or construction, demolition, or disaster debris that is included in the definition of renewable biomass, or from the gasification or pyrolization of such waste or debris and the combustion of the resulting gas at the same facility, the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits only for electricity generated from qualified waste-to-energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64B361D0FAC146AC9525D05844311745"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Generation from mixed renewable and nonrenewable resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If electricity is generated using both a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource and an energy source that is not a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource (as, for example, in the case of co-firing of renewable biomass and fossil fuel), the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits based on the proportion of the electricity that is attributable to the renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4AF9FC5F61D54EAFB3ADF47C839D1406"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Prohibition against double-counting</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Commission shall ensure that no more than 1 Federal renewable electricity credit will be issued for any megawatt hour of renewable electricity and that no Federal renewable electricity credit will be used more than once for compliance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF4DC0D607E94CC0A5F3CB7915FA88D3"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Trading</header><text>The lawful holder of a Federal renewable electricity credit may sell, exchange, transfer, submit for compliance in accordance with subsection (b), or submit such credit for retirement by the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AD4FCD8CB2643F1B1C23E0CE3C80C7E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Banking</header><text>A Federal renewable electricity credit may be submitted in satisfaction of the compliance obligation set forth in subsection (b) for the compliance year in which the credit was issued or for any of the 3 immediately subsequent compliance years. The Commission shall retire any Federal renewable electricity credit that has not been retired by April 2 of the calendar year that is 3 years after the calendar year in which the credit was issued.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F486A955E8A483E87773A19E2C8D0ED"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Retirement</header><text>The Commission shall retire a Federal renewable electricity credit immediately upon submission by the lawful holder of such credit, whether in satisfaction of a compliance obligation under subsection (b) or on some other basis.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8323CEDFABF84A38B6DD6D3E341109C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Electricity savings</header> <paragraph id="H66671DD90B544CD8BF3BC6D5B5E69BAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards for measurement of savings</header><text>As part of the regulations promulgated under this section, the Commission shall prescribe standards and protocols for defining and measuring electricity savings and total annual electricity savings that can be counted towards the compliance obligation set forth in subsection (b). Such protocols and standards shall, at minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="H1E08F242534043A8A58F6672643E9155"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify the types of energy efficiency and energy conservation measures that can be counted;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H842A7D38D7404563BD79548006880B2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require that energy consumption estimates for customer facilities or portions of facilities in the applicable base and current years be adjusted, as appropriate, to account for changes in weather, level of production, and building area;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFEC118655AF642C193215E2FB12A55E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>account for the useful life of measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H767AE48398974EE795BA100F6FF49293"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include deemed savings values for specific, commonly used measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D6CC656E47A44CC83556DA428A9EAFE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>allow for savings from a program to be estimated based on extrapolation from a representative sample of participating customers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86FF234F34824A8D96BA14BBB4753DDA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include procedures for counting CHP savings, recycled energy savings, and fuel cell savings;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F2F8B0C51D74A128B3BAA9A40136386"><enum>(G)</enum><text>include procedures for documenting measurable and verifiable electricity savings achieved as a result of market transformation efforts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDCF979AEF69A44DA9F88CFCDCB195C68" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include procedures for counting electricity savings achieved by solar water heating and solar light pipe technology that has the capability to provide measurable data on the amount of megawatt-hours displaced; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC065A922AF544F838CE34C4B0D2C5958"><enum>(I)</enum><text>avoid double-counting of savings used for compliance with this section, including savings that are transferred pursuant to paragraph (3); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4E1BC4971D4146D4B7834B0C66F2DCC9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>ensure that, except as provided in subparagraph (L), the retail electric supplier claiming the savings played a significant role in achieving the savings (including through the activities of a designated agent of the supplier or through the purchase of transferred savings);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H540A7FFFB5DD45AFA0059263D34D675D"><enum>(K)</enum><text>include savings from programs administered by a retail electric supplier (or a retail electricity distributor that is not a retail electric supplier) that are funded by State, Federal, or other sources;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ABC7E07242E4DB3908035F964DCCC4A"><enum>(L)</enum><text>in any State in which the State regulatory authority has designated 1 or more entities to administer electric ratepayer-funded efficiency programs approved by such State regulatory authority, provide that electricity savings achieved through such programs shall be distributed equitably among retail electric suppliers in accordance with the direction of the relevant State regulatory authority; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB17E65D04C64A559D6F5D663096968A"><enum>(M)</enum><text>exclude savings achieved as a result of compliance with mandatory appliance and equipment efficiency standards or building codes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61DC88A864CC4882913F0CC97B53A292"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards for third-party verification of savings</header><text>The regulations promulgated under this section shall establish procedures and standards requiring third-party verification of all reported electricity savings, including requirements for accreditation of third-party verifiers to ensure that such verifiers are professionally qualified and have no conflicts of interest.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB59DB97451AB40EA9559E461FF91ABAA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers of savings</header> <subparagraph id="H60F7B65B4C704C99928E8D5E71E4E95F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bilateral contracts for savings transfers</header><text>Subject to the limitations of this paragraph, a retail electric supplier may use electricity savings transferred, pursuant to a bilateral contract, from another retail electric supplier, an owner of an electric distribution facility that is not a retail electric supplier, a State, or a third-party efficiency provider to meet the applicable compliance obligation under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E9733711F46495A85D67F4EE42EFB9C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Electricity savings transferred and used for compliance pursuant to this paragraph shall be—</text> <clause id="H3CEB9B7E5F2D4C3FA6AA07933C8A1745"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measured and verified in accordance with the procedures specified under this subsection;</text></clause> <clause id="H9E21126A50964CEA834BBEF483122D65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reported in accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE4B8B609B22048AFB6D54F9C248D5246"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>achieved within the same State as is served by the retail electric supplier.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ACE9152EE754011BB466372524256C2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulatory approval</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall limit or affect the authority of a State regulatory authority to require a retail electric supplier that is regulated by such authority to obtain such authority’s authorization or approval of a contract for transfer of savings under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F7F08C7F0C348ACBDAFC863402AC722"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting savings</header> <subparagraph id="H089035FCB97540D5A2D58EBBFA242EF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations promulgated under this section shall establish requirements governing the submission of reports to demonstrate, in accordance with the protocols and standards for measurement and third-party verification established under this subsection, the total annual electricity savings achieved by a retail electric supplier within the relevant year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BEA71FA29EE429BA4D11AEF5C7BE597"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review and approval</header><text>The Commission shall review each report submitted to the Commission by a retail electric supplier and shall exclude any electricity savings that have not been adequately demonstrated in accordance with the requirements of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA02497989204444EA8B90A0DEB701C81"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State administration</header> <subparagraph id="H3BCF9814512B40E68332C25BB32DD0A6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Delegation of authority</header><text>Upon receipt of an application from the Governor of a State (including, for purposes of this subsection, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), the Commission may delegate to the State the authority to review and verify reported electricity savings for purposes of determining demonstrated total annual electricity savings that may be counted towards a retail electric supplier’s compliance obligation under subsection (b). The Commission shall make a substantive determination approving or disapproving a State application under this subparagraph, after notice and comment, within 180 days of receipt of a complete application.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40CD00E5C2B24993A0061AEE203DCC83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alternative measurement and verification procedures and standards</header><text>As part of an application submitted under subparagraph (A), a State may request to use alternative measurement and verification procedures and standards to those specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), provided the State demonstrates that such alternative procedures and standards provide a level of accuracy of measurement and verification at least equivalent to the Federal procedures and standards promulgated under paragraphs (1) and (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF0FD11024F3C4207B8992B9CB92B9EC4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review of State implementation</header><text>The Commission shall, not less frequently than once every 4 years, review each State’s implementation of delegated authority under this paragraph to ensure conformance with the requirements of this section. The Commission may, at any time, revoke the delegation of authority under this section upon a finding that the State is not implementing its delegated responsibilities in conformity with this paragraph. As a condition of maintaining its delegated authority under this paragraph, the Commission may require a State to submit a revised application under subparagraph (A) if the Commission has—</text> <clause id="H9A5953FD118440349A6A8E34D3330549"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promulgated new or substantially revised measurement and verification procedures and standards under this subsection; or</text></clause> <clause id="H5584F30ECB3B4D068778FA6F9866BFD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise substantially revised the program established under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H451B27BE024A490D9B0F666CD80C4BE2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Alternative compliance payments</header> <paragraph id="H5CD12091EF2E420D9575E1A503BC755D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A retail electric supplier, or a central procurement State that, pursuant to subsection (g), has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), may satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) in whole or in part by submitting in accordance with this subsection, in lieu of each Federal renewable electricity credit or megawatt hour of demonstrated total annual electricity savings that would otherwise be due, a payment equal to $25, adjusted for inflation on January 1 of each year following calendar year 2009, in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may promulgate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2196221F8BF4CF58CB2AA80CFF83823"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment to State funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and paragraph (4), payments made under this subsection shall be made directly to the State or States in which the retail electric supplier is located, in proportion to the portion of the retail electric supplier’s base amount that is sold within each relevant State, provided that such payments are deposited directly into a fund in the State treasury established for this purpose and that the State uses such funds in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (5) and with paragraph (4), where applicable. If the Commission determines at any time that a State is in substantial noncompliance with paragraph (3) or (5), or with paragraph (4), where applicable, the Commission shall direct that any future alternative compliance payments that would otherwise be paid to such State under this subsection shall instead be paid to the Commission and deposited in the United States Treasury. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3CE4028C25C44CB8A0C1996C16BFA7C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State use of funds</header><text>As a condition of continued receipt of alternative compliance payments pursuant to this subsection, a State shall use such payments exclusively for the purposes of—</text> <subparagraph id="H71590C427EB44E5A925D373017041D3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deploying technologies that generate electricity from renewable energy resources; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6CAA68BAA1414E05AFEAE3ED1477EB7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implementing cost-effective energy efficiency programs to achieve electricity savings. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7F6B2D9ECA3423D966777F6FC0EA743" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Central procurement states</header> <subparagraph id="HD06A74B0BACF4D8CBC8A29C4F3B36182"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A central procurement State that, pursuant to subsection (g), has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) shall deposit any alternative compliance payments under this subsection in a unique fund in the State treasury created and used solely for this purpose.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H063A3C5D69114FB086224AEFAD2128C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>As a precondition of making alternative compliance payments under this subsection, a central procurement State shall certify to the Commission, in accordance with such requirements as the Commission may prescribe, that—</text> <clause id="H6B5FECB802EC41D49C276B04459D0816"><enum>(i)</enum><text>making such payments is the lowest cost alternative to meet the requirements of subsection (b); and</text></clause> <clause id="H42609FDCD5974CF6BDF829E4CC65A9B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>moneys used by the State to make such payments are in addition to any spending that the State, and any separate entity charged with administering the State central procurement requirement identified under subsection (a)(7), otherwise collectively would direct to the purposes identified in paragraph (3).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD61B42B365BE4440A20CFF0A28FC77D2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>A central procurement State that makes alternative compliance payments under this subsection shall certify to the Commission that, in using such payments in accordance with paragraph (3), it has, to the extent practicable, maximized the level of deployment of renewable electricity generation (measured in megawatt hours) and electricity savings per dollar that are achieved through such expenditures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E135F68458B413CBF9F71A43C9BCE55"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of continued receipt of alternative compliance payments pursuant to this subsection, a State shall, within 12 months of receipt of any such payments and at 12-month intervals thereafter until such payments are expended, provide a report to the Commission, in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may prescribe, giving a full accounting of the use of such payments, including a detailed description of the activities funded thereby and demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DC80A8B363941358175EFC2783BC256" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Central procurement States</header> <paragraph id="H8B397FF0FCAF4DCD872A0D87C892A586"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A central procurement State may, upon submission of a written request by the Governor of such State to the Commission, assume responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) on behalf of retail electric suppliers located in such State, exclusively with regard to the portion of such retail electric suppliers’ base amount that is sold within the State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BB93FBAF493401AB257D2920BA4B066"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration of electricity savings</header><text>If a central procurement State opts to meet any part of the requirements of subsection (b) based on the achievement of demonstrated total annual electricity savings, regardless of whether such State has received delegated authority pursuant to subsection (f)(5), such State shall submit such demonstrated total annual electricity savings to the Commission through an annual report in accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission by regulation, which shall be of equivalent stringency to those applicable to retail electric suppliers under subsection (f).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9125D50E1B0C44BE989B6A80141C1C27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If a central procurement State that pursuant to this subsection has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), fails to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) or (h) for any year, the State’s assumption of responsibility under this subsection shall be discontinued immediately, and retail electric suppliers located in such State henceforth shall be directly subject to the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD84188F76B3B48AF8FCAAF50732F7EB9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Information collection</header><text>The Commission may require any retail electric supplier, renewable electricity generator, or such other entities as the Commission deems appropriate, to provide any information the Commission determines appropriate to carry out this section. Failure to submit such information or submission of false or misleading information under this subsection shall be a violation of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H84BB9F359C064941BD4E3DE4AC698938"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Enforcement and judicial review</header> <paragraph id="H4A53FD88285C4B088622743EECEDAD62"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Failure to submit credits or demonstrate savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any person, other than any central procurement State that pursuant to subsection (g) has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (b) or (h), such person shall be liable to pay to the Commission a civil penalty equal to the product of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE316FC2F61864B028052099A68C94396"><enum>(A)</enum><text>double the alternative compliance payment calculated under subsection (h)(1), and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H761AD43C65E34F2CA359C007DBC0B53F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the aggregate quantity of Federal renewable electricity credits, total annual electricity savings, or equivalent alternative compliance payments that the person failed to submit in violation of the requirements of subsections (b) and (h).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE83CFBE61924309B0C60C6A7E26BF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The Commission shall assess a civil penalty under paragraph (1) in accordance with the procedures described in section 31(d) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/823b">16 U.S.C. 823b(d)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE06743BEA13748D68AB1B567758E39C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Violation of requirement of regulations or orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person, other than any central procurement State that pursuant to subsection (g) has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), who violates, or fails or refuses to comply with, any requirement of a regulation promulgated or order issued under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty under section 316A(b) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825o-1">16 U.S.C. 825o–1</external-xref>). Such penalty shall be assessed by the Commission in the same manner as in the case of a violation referred to in section 316A(b) of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCC886C6075BF428CB5D0D9DEFE70C961"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Any person aggrieved by a final action taken by the Commission under this section, other than the assessment of a civil penalty under subsection (j), may use the procedures for review described in section 313 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825l">16 U.S.C. 825l</external-xref>). For purposes of this paragraph, references to an order in section 313 of such Act shall be deemed to refer also to all other final actions of the Commission under this section other than the assessment of a civil penalty under subsection (i).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9C7577F9798D48FF91ED54A49FDC6ACF"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>Nothing in this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H0F72DC0D193B4B179D0BDDEFB33B28B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>diminish or qualify any authority of a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe to—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B949AC519DD4614B1F453A4AE99AF7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting renewable electricity or energy efficiency, including any law or regulation establishing requirements more stringent than those established by this section, provided that no such law or regulation may relieve any person of any requirement otherwise applicable under this section; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D092E7B5A7E455686A985D12134B16F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regulate the acquisition and disposition of Federal renewable electricity credits by retail electric suppliers within the jurisdiction of such State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe, including the authority to require such retail electric supplier to acquire and submit to the Secretary for retirement Federal renewable electricity credits in excess of those submitted under this section; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79BCC9F0990D49ADA48A8DAFC8A81B60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affect the application of, or the responsibility for compliance with, any other provision of law or regulation, including environmental and licensing requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAB977BC906BF4924B00890636CEA573C"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This section expires on December 31, 2040.</text></subsection> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB85A5710289A4CA7ADD7E6185D492AA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 609 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3ECC247A0C646629052BE829E9FB04C"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 610. Combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> </section> <section id="H70AC4B53F95B4501A1CDCACC2F1277F0"><enum>102.</enum><header>Clarifying State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H70920FD0658F4CFC9263656431EB4C52" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HFA5CE452D5A8467E9974FB82A41814D7"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Clarification of State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Federal Power Act, a State legislature or regulatory authority may set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a State-approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily sells electric energy. For purposes of this subsection, <quote>State-approved production incentive program</quote> means a requirement imposed pursuant to State law, or by a State regulatory authority acting within its authority under State law, that an electric utility purchase renewable energy (as defined in section 609 of this Act) at a specified rate.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5624F22A3F8243C8A2BC66881C11C8BA"><enum>103.</enum><header>Federal renewable energy purchases</header> <subsection id="H3E893EFB3E3E4E1DBC68164435B241E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, the President shall ensure that, of the total amount of electricity Federal agencies consume in the United States during each calendar year, the following percentage shall be renewable electricity:</text> <table table-type="" table-template-name="Entry: 2 text, bold hds" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0"> <tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.10.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" rowsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="190" colwidth="230pts"/><colspec colname="column2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" min-data-value="95" colwidth="95pts"/><thead> <row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column2"><bold>Required annual percentage</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2012</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2013</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2014</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2015</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2021 through 2039</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subsection> <subsection id="H842057BD9B2A4FE2A52F30D7D1AE8105"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="HCF8B72DF555E42B190CDA99A0F077808"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Renewable electricity</header><text>The term “renewable electricity” shall have the meaning given in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB68333C1C63C4B858149BEBD7E2061D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource</header><text>The term “renewable energy resource” shall have the meaning given in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2C665CE2F1004421920DEA4D76D7E550"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modification of requirement</header><text>If the President determines that the Federal Government cannot feasibly meet the requirement established in subsection (a) in a specific calendar year, the President may, by written order, reduce such requirement for such calendar year to a percentage the President determines the Federal Government can feasibly meet.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5F7063240E774128933F19768E431656"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than April 1, 2013, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall provide a report to Congress on the percentage of each Federal agency’s electricity consumption in the United States that was renewable electricity in the previous calendar year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAB2E689E1C7549DDBA2AFE675EF14594"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contracts for renewable energy</header> <paragraph id="HE8D54DA8303F4AF599E93380E1DB7764" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/501">section 501(b)(1)(B)</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, a contract for the acquisition of electricity generated from a renewable energy resource for the Federal Government may be made for a period of not more than 20 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2994EFE1AA0349C49E388923D09B090C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Energy, through the Federal Energy Management Program, shall publish a standardized renewable energy purchase agreement, setting forth commercial terms and conditions, that Federal agencies may use to acquire electricity generated from a renewable energy resource.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EB14091F39C41EB8DFDF0C9D8B778DE" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy shall provide technical assistance to assist Federal agencies in implementing this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H3D7491F0F7A14F74B0BD5EAF2D7C6763"><enum>B</enum><header>Carbon Capture and Sequestration</header> <section id="H51F862ED8F3F4932A4A91059C043F986" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>National strategy</header> <subsection id="H08B481838C6A479AAD33B8940566C138"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of such other relevant Federal agencies as the President may designate, shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a unified and comprehensive strategy to address the key legal, regulatory and other barriers to the commercial-scale deployment of carbon capture and sequestration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H60B1C58348C9459AB09C275508F3FB36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Barriers</header><text> The report under this section shall— </text> <paragraph id="HCB4FC3A6C2C64AEAB8B4817544525FF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify those regulatory, legal, and other gaps and barriers that could be addressed by a Federal agency using existing statutory authority, those, if any, that require Federal legislation, and those that would be best addressed at the State, tribal, or regional level;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC4F0E9F53544F99A8AC05C82ADD18F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify regulatory implementation challenges, including those related to approval of State and tribal programs and delegation of authority for permitting; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BF5D50181CD41718AE94DC86F5A05CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend rulemakings, Federal legislation, or other actions that should be taken to further evaluate and address such barriers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4D8015BEE4CB4DC292F87DBF898A7617"><enum>112.</enum><header>Regulations for geologic sequestration sites</header> <subsection id="HC04981F920F74F30BAF606A7CE9DB7D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordinated Certification and Permitting Process</header><text>Title VIII of the Clean Air Act, as added by section 331 of this Act, is amended by adding after section 812 (as added by section 116 of this Act) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36A12354BF0A48628E24CB23947F2617"> <section id="H072CCF604C67429F975B4C58F609DA4E"><enum>813.</enum><header>Geologic sequestration sites</header> <subsection id="H8FEAB9F6B61445289EC517E9CAFEA3E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordinated process</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a coordinated approach to certifying and permitting geologic sequestration, taking into consideration all relevant statutory authorities. In establishing such approach, the Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph id="HCE31139C60E84A5CBB83336F966DA534"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into account, and reduce redundancy with, the requirements of section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h</external-xref>), as amended by section 112(b) of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>, including the rulemaking for geologic sequestration wells described at 73 Fed. Reg. 43491–541 (July 25, 2008); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD653D8A0FC14500948B4788896AB775"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, reduce the burden on certified entities and implementing authorities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E515DDD5C8E4C28B03E4BBE753C89D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to protect human health and the environment by minimizing the risk of escape to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide injected for purposes of geologic sequestration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD9DB48F577094D87A2A95A03A6FE4CEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations under subsection (b) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H4ACD00579DE34A4B8066FD79A8645D02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a process to obtain certification for geologic sequestration under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77BC518EE3A54667B12A2051E13D6796"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requirements for—</text> <subparagraph id="H805142C5E9E2445D9192FA1EC3E1D840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitoring, record keeping, and reporting for emissions associated with injection into, and escape from, geologic sequestration sites, taking into account any requirements or protocols developed under section 713;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB76E37A4D7D44BCEAFE07EB7F8840645"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public participation in the certification process that maximizes transparency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C51C0F87379408EB7C5B9F7A39517F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sharing of data between States, Indian tribes, and the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H567165FC174E490E817C749CDA6CDB5D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other elements or safeguards necessary to achieve the purpose set forth in subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3F7C3AEFD66A4532B9948684F74B465A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the promulgation of regulations under subsection (b), and at 3-year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall deliver to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on geologic sequestration in the United States, and, to the extent relevant, other countries in North America. Such report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H6B433FA616464219ACEFF68C0FFFA09E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>data regarding injection, emissions to the atmosphere, if any, and performance of active and closed geologic sequestration sites, including those where enhanced hydrocarbon recovery operations occur;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF59CD90E060C41B1AE8469305264D357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation of the performance of relevant Federal environmental regulations and programs in ensuring environmentally protective geologic sequestration practices;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CA8C79BA4044BE2812D4EEC0DF0D6CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations on how such programs and regulations should be improved or made more effective; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40327B18533545DC9D487AD7D884BCED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other relevant information.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6A22294D769B4308A11839DC90A7C3B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safe Drinking Water Act standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27031D93DB744B5B8C9937F0B3BF5EBE"> <subsection id="HD6CD6B5A3C8B41E2BEC36F8A3B00CEAC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells</header> <paragraph id="HE2C7E8F12889411DA6298D8EA2C5E70D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations under subsection (a) for carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9966C5453F6C43C981664F1835E2BB3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Financial responsibility</header><text>The regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall include requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility, including financial responsibility for emergency and remedial response, well plugging, site closure, and post-injection site care. Financial responsibility may be established for carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator by any one, or any combination, of the following: insurance, guarantee, trust, standby trust, surety bond, letter of credit, qualification as a self-insurer, or any other method satisfactory to the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HA71D74CEBF3D4972B1E1F2BB57CF0814"><enum>113.</enum><header>Studies and reports</header> <subsection id="H5028CEFA8A4E4B38AE1096C6512F129D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study of legal framework for geologic sequestration sites</header> <paragraph id="H1724CDB723214A1BA00DD378A374908B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable, but not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a task force to be composed of an equal number of subject matter experts, nongovernmental organizations with expertise in environmental policy, academic experts with expertise in environmental law, State and tribal officials with environmental expertise, representatives of State and tribal Attorneys General, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and other relevant Federal agencies, and members of the private sector, to conduct a study of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE09DC23BBC724F55BB167AEF7D4C56E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>existing Federal environmental statutes, State environmental statutes, and State common law that apply to geologic sequestration sites for carbon dioxide, including the ability of such laws to serve as risk management tools;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7370BF59AD0747A9AA83D0A1730EC199"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the existing statutory framework, including Federal and State laws, that apply to harm and damage to the environment or public health at closed sites where carbon dioxide injection has been used for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54FB0E21920941C4AC88CAB02B63732C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the statutory framework, environmental health and safety considerations, implementation issues, and financial implications of potential models for Federal, State, or private sector assumption of liabilities and financial responsibilities with respect to closed geologic sequestration sites;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ADAFAF118FF49D689A78EEABAE369C6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>private sector mechanisms, including insurance and bonding, that may be available to manage environmental, health and safety risk from closed geologic sequestration sites; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97912182BA514CAD9CBE858E0BC5DEEA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the subsurface mineral rights, water rights, or property rights issues associated with geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, including issues specific to Federal lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EA40105382947ECA3578C2276ACD1BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the task force established under paragraph (1) shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under that paragraph including any consensus recommendations of the task force.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4E18524591E14137A23294F6D1CEBE19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental statutes</header> <paragraph id="HF4C90F251EF84FF6A34B9D194571144C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Administrator shall conduct a study examining how, and under what circumstances, the environmental statutes for which the Environmental Protection Agency has responsibility would apply to carbon dioxide injection and geologic sequestration activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EEC47BBBEE04B88A956160F6B69F2DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6EF853A67D51412FB348804F24F11E2E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>114.</enum><header>Carbon capture and sequestration demonstration and early deployment program</header> <subsection id="HC70191E565924C84821FAB469BA53608"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H48177F0DA14F43468D28D50F5D14C408"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary </quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40BAEF79480D4CA0B30A1FFDC6690E9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution utility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>distribution utility</quote> means an entity that distributes electricity directly to retail consumers under a legal, regulatory, or contractual obligation to do so.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24B867FD4AC840DE92C723740A97E34C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Electric utility</header><text>The term <quote>electric utility</quote> has the meaning provided by section 3(22) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(22)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5E03C3B62BD434AB73EF15723D990AE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fossil fuel-based electricity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>fossil fuel-based electricity</quote> means electricity that is produced from the combustion of fossil fuels.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FAC0228F4E74375B430464601D17556"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fossil fuel</header><text>The term <quote>fossil fuel</quote> means coal, petroleum, natural gas or any derivative of coal, petroleum, or natural gas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF12CA9F603BD46878750EB7D5FFFF5FD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Corporation</header><text>The term <quote>Corporation</quote> means the Carbon Storage Research Corporation established in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDDAFEB8F44E49779549233C17493856"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Qualified industry organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>qualified industry organization</quote> means the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a successor organization of such organizations, or a group of owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel-based electricity who collectively represent at least 20 percent of the volume of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered by distribution utilities to consumers in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE3ED095D33E4FD8B7F1D2C2BEEB05C9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Retail consumer</header><text>The term “retail consumer” means an end-user of electricity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H75260C61B76148EC83D211F2D7F567CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Carbon Storage Research Corporation</header> <paragraph id="H3DC487521B7C491CBF1A206B457A52A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <subparagraph id="HAB9F5CDEE6A9448EB5DCC1955FF44C1E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Referendum</header><text>Qualified industry organizations may conduct, at their own expense, a referendum among the owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel-based electricity for the creation of a Carbon Storage Research Corporation. Such referendum shall be conducted by an independent auditing firm agreed to by the qualified industry organizations. Voting rights in such referendum shall be based on the quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to consumers in the previous calendar year or other representative period as determined by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (f). Upon approval of those persons representing two-thirds of the total quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to retail consumers, the Corporation shall be established unless opposed by the State regulatory authorities pursuant to subparagraph (B). All distribution utilities voting in the referendum shall certify to the independent auditing firm the quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity represented by their vote.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H436DC0D3E5504429A55B2EB423352532"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State regulatory authorities</header><text>Upon its own motion or the petition of a qualified industry organization, each State regulatory authority shall consider its support or opposition to the creation of the Corporation under subparagraph (A). State regulatory authorities may notify the independent auditing firm referred to in subparagraph (A) of their views on the creation of the Corporation within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. If 40 percent or more of the State regulatory authorities submit to the independent auditing firm written notices of opposition, the Corporation shall not be established notwithstanding the approval of the qualified industry organizations as provided in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98772C287A0E437EB2C1F6271FC78074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall be authorized to collect assessments and conduct operations pursuant to this section for a 10-year period from the date 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. After such 10-year period, the Corporation is no longer authorized to collect assessments and shall be dissolved on the date 15 years after such date of enactment, unless the period is extended by an Act of Congress.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0800B59D57574E068C3AF9A36C0C2A1B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Governance</header><text>The Corporation shall operate as a division or affiliate of the Electric Power Research Institute (referred to in this section as <quote>EPRI</quote>) and be managed by a Board of not more than 15 voting members responsible for its operations, including compliance with this section. EPRI, in consultation with the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association shall appoint the Board members under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) from among candidates recommended by those organizations. At least a majority of the Board members appointed by EPRI shall be representatives of distribution utilities subject to assessments under subsection (d).</text> <subparagraph id="HB1D2A8DD2AE64A8FA785DC9FE783D24A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The Board shall include at least one representative of each of the following:</text> <clause id="HF0F84AF83B8746208912921CEC9DF844"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Investor-owned utilities.</text></clause> <clause id="H9B9C3855D4F9482B9961466DED5081DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Utilities owned by a State agency, a municipality, and an Indian tribe.</text></clause> <clause id="H608F563D61394D76966A19A50F3A40A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Rural electric cooperatives.</text></clause> <clause id="H1A71B401C8C04D5B891953CF2FA3FB86"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Fossil fuel producers.</text></clause> <clause id="H96127B16C4744D9FB9B82A1247409633"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Nonprofit environmental organizations.</text></clause> <clause id="HAF7C70495AD34726A527D8DE4CF02F29"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Independent generators or wholesale power providers.</text></clause> <clause id="H49416DCC97C34C1780D21A2CD4F81608"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Consumer groups.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H257B5836B6D54DC3BEB65565326DD0D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonvoting Members</header><text>The Board shall also include as additional nonvoting Members the Secretary of Energy or his designee and 2 representatives of State regulatory authorities as defined in section 3(17) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2602">16 U.S.C. 2602(17)</external-xref>), each designated by the National Association of State Regulatory Utility Commissioners from States that are not within the same transmission interconnection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E6C3E12DBD74D8D905574BFFA69E7CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporation Board members shall receive no compensation for their services, nor shall Corporation Board members be reimbursed for expenses relating to their service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DECE4E80A8440CA8A98D4347FCFE846"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporation Board members shall serve terms of 4 years and may serve not more than 2 full consecutive terms. Members filling unexpired terms may serve not more than a total of 8 consecutive years. Former members of the Corporation Board may be reappointed to the Corporation Board if they have not been members for a period of 2 years. Initial appointments to the Corporation Board shall be for terms of 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, staggered to provide for the selection of 3 members each year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A24E368EEDA455ABA290AB2CB9FCF13"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Status of Corporation</header><text>The Corporation shall not be considered to be an agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States, and no officer or director or employee of the Corporation shall be considered to be an officer or employee of the United States Government, for purposes of title 5 or title 31 of the United States Code, or for any other purpose, and no funds of the Corporation shall be treated as public money for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/33">chapter 33</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, or for any other purpose.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBC0DC7328BB4659B39D0520FBCCBF53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions and administration of the Corporation</header> <paragraph id="H72B7583190D64B95BFED7FC75CCA0718"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall establish and administer a program to accelerate the commercial availability of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies and methods, including technologies which capture and store, or capture and convert, carbon dioxide. Under such program competitively awarded grants, contracts, and financial assistance shall be provided and entered into with eligible entities. Except as provided in paragraph (8), the Corporation shall use all funds derived from assessments under subsection (d) to issue grants and contracts to eligible entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BA0A7C680094C55BBE5C35A9961AE6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the grants, contracts, and assistance under this subsection shall be to support commercial-scale demonstrations of carbon capture or storage technology projects capable of advancing the technologies to commercial readiness. Such projects should encompass a range of different coal and other fossil fuel varieties, be geographically diverse, involve diverse storage media, and employ capture or storage, or capture and conversion, technologies potentially suitable either for new or for retrofit applications. The Corporation shall seek, to the extent feasible, to support at least 5 commercial-scale demonstration projects integrating carbon capture and sequestration or conversion technologies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CBC9055416240389FDAD7DA6E2E6661"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entities eligible for grants, contracts or assistance under this subsection may include distribution utilities, electric utilities and other private entities, academic institutions, national laboratories, Federal research agencies, State and tribal research agencies, nonprofit organizations, or consortiums of 2 or more entities. Pilot-scale and similar small-scale projects are not eligible for support by the Corporation. Owners or developers of projects supported by the Corporation shall, where appropriate, share in the costs of such projects.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DB55949037240F9A3464A7504DD3E6E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grants for early movers</header><text>Fifty percent of the funds raised under this section shall be provided in the form of grants to electric utilities that had, prior to the award of any grant under this section, committed resources to deploy a large scale electricity generation unit with integrated carbon capture and sequestration or conversion applied to a substantial portion of the unit’s carbon dioxide emissions. Grant funds shall be provided to defray costs incurred by such electricity utilities for at least 5 such electricity generation units.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7392655163464171A40A649E3ABF93A3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall elect a Chairman and other officers as necessary, may establish committees and subcommittees of the Corporation, and shall adopt rules and bylaws for the conduct of business and the implementation of this section. The Board shall appoint an Executive Director and professional support staff who may be employees of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). After consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee established under subsection (j), the Secretary, and the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory to obtain advice and recommendations on plans, programs, and project selection criteria, the Board shall establish priorities for grants, contracts, and assistance; publish requests for proposals for grants, contracts, and assistance; and award grants, contracts, and assistance competitively, on the basis of merit, after the establishment of procedures that provide for scientific peer review by the Technical Advisory Committee. The Board shall give preference to applications that reflect the best overall value and prospect for achieving the purposes of the section, such as those which demonstrate an integrated approach for capture and storage or capture and conversion technologies. The Board members shall not participate in making grants or awards to entities with whom they are affiliated.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFB2D43CC12248A8ADE52ED21E3F9B75"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Uses of grants, contracts, and assistance</header><text>A grant, contract, or other assistance provided under this subsection may be used to purchase carbon dioxide when needed to conduct tests of carbon dioxide storage sites, in the case of established projects that are storing carbon dioxide emissions, or for other purposes consistent with the purposes of this section. The Corporation shall make publicly available at no cost information learned as a result of projects which it supports financially.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFA3A2D1318C49A6B06DCD7BF581E655"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Intellectual property</header><text>The Board shall establish policies regarding the ownership of intellectual property developed as a result of Corporation grants and other forms of technology support. Such policies shall encourage individual ingenuity and invention.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BB11CEA43AA4207AA4DCFA5F71E4F78"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 5 percent of the funds collected in any fiscal year under subsection (d) may be used for the administrative expenses of operating the Corporation (not including costs incurred in the determination and collection of the assessments pursuant to subsection (d)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC4F981965E3477F89AFDE09EDEA04C1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Programs and budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before August 1 each year, the Corporation, after consulting with the Technical Advisory Committee and the Secretary and the Director of the Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory and other interested parties to obtain advice and recommendations, shall publish for public review and comment its proposed plans, programs, project selection criteria, and projects to be funded by the Corporation for the next calendar year. The Corporation shall also publish for public review and comment a budget plan for the next calendar year, including the probable costs of all programs, projects, and contracts and a recommended rate of assessment sufficient to cover such costs. The Secretary may recommend programs and activities the Secretary considers appropriate. The Corporation shall include in the first publication it issues under this paragraph a strategic plan or roadmap for the achievement of the purposes of the Corporation, as set forth in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H381EB7AB58ED4241AE03F7414A39AF17"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Records; audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall keep minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect all of the acts and transactions of the Corporation and make public such information. The books of the Corporation shall be audited by a certified public accountant at least once each fiscal year and at such other times as the Corporation may designate. Copies of each audit shall be provided to the Congress, all Corporation board members, all qualified industry organizations, each State regulatory authority and, upon request, to other members of the industry. If the audit determines that the Corporation’s practices fail to meet generally accepted accounting principles the assessment collection authority of the Corporation under subsection (d) shall be suspended until a certified public accountant renders a subsequent opinion that the failure has been corrected. The Corporation shall make its books and records available for review by the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H660DD1DB6B1A4979A2ABE726F9684A28"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Public Access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation Board’s meetings shall be open to the public and shall occur after at least 30 days advance public notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be closed to the public where the agenda of such meetings includes only confidential matters pertaining to project selection, the award of grants or contracts, personnel matters, or the receipt of legal advice. The minutes of all meetings of the Corporation shall be made available to and readily accessible by the public.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04C3CADC56FD466E9EAF82DF187F28A2"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each year the Corporation shall prepare and make publicly available a report which includes an identification and description of all programs and projects undertaken by the Corporation during the previous year. The report shall also detail the allocation or planned allocation of Corporation resources for each such program and project. The Corporation shall provide its annual report to the Congress, the Secretary, each State regulatory authority, and upon request to the public. The Secretary shall, not less than 60 days after receiving such report, provide to the President and Congress a report assessing the progress of the Corporation in meeting the objectives of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C05F72EC3434974A2059F4FA8EAFDDA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assessments</header> <paragraph id="H458E49AA608545BCB8AC06AE08E5C94F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount</header> <subparagraph id="H9C689B1C80C647B68B7AD0FE00E92A71" commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In all calendar years following its establishment, the Corporation shall collect an assessment on distribution utilities for all fossil fuel-based electricity delivered directly to retail consumers (as determined under subsection (f)). The assessments shall reflect the relative carbon dioxide emission rates of different fossil fuel-based electricity, and initially shall be not less than the following amounts for coal, natural gas, and oil:</text> <table table-type="" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-template-name="Entry: 2 text, bold hds"> <tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.10.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" colwidth="214pts" colsep="0" rowsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="190"/><colspec colname="column2" colwidth="111pts" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center" char="" charoff="0" coldef="txt-no-ldr" min-data-value="98"/> <tbody> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr"><bold>Fuel type</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"><bold>Rate of assessment per kilowatt hour</bold></entry></row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Coal</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.00043</entry></row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Natural Gas</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.00022</entry></row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Oil</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.00032.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98EA17DD9F9B4657B84300259B816A34" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Corporation is authorized to adjust the assessments on fossil fuel-based electricity to reflect changes in the expected quantities of such electricity from different fuel types, such that the assessments generate not less than $1.0 billion and not more than $1.1 billion annually. The Corporation is authorized to supplement assessments through additional financial commitments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC47AE14BD46B4C56BE961BAEF7701F86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investment of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pending disbursement pursuant to a program, plan, or project, the Corporation may invest funds collected through assessments under this subsection, and any other funds received by the Corporation, only in obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, in general obligations of any State or any political subdivision thereof, in any interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, or in obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF632DFDD074435F845352B1F216E0F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reversion of unused funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Corporation does not disburse, dedicate or assign 75 percent or more of the available proceeds of the assessed fees in any calendar year 7 or more years following its establishment, due to an absence of qualified projects or similar circumstances, it shall reimburse the remaining undedicated or unassigned balance of such fees, less administrative and other expenses authorized by this section, to the distribution utilities upon which such fees were assessed, in proportion to their collected assessments.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD539BFECBD8E443C98A3A835AD41F90C"><enum>(e)</enum><header> ERCOT</header> <paragraph id="HF2F2C73891D24D2D9A65BB3FDF3C491E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment, collection, and remittance</header> <subparagraph id="H68A6B2EED3114858862D6FA3602E39E4" commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, within ERCOT, the assessment provided for in subsection (d) shall be—</text> <clause id="H516E364F397B44118D7FEF551A9D397C" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>levied directly on qualified scheduling entities, or their successor entities;</text></clause> <clause id="H79BB934B252A4F97818F9AD5D049F230" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>charged consistent with other charges imposed on qualified scheduling entities as a fee on energy used by the load-serving entities; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDF1788E74BC5449AAF956F84F3C0A7BF" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>collected and remitted by ERCOT to the Corporation in the amounts and in the same manner as set forth in subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0EA31052DF445D6BF698EB53D3FE8B9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be—</text> <clause id="H507D5D5303CF4E0DB41D8102C76B46CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determined by the amount and types of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered directly to all retail customers in the prior calendar year beginning with the year ending immediately prior to the period described in subsection (b)(2); and</text></clause> <clause id="H01F02F21AB6840408386AED478CADF97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>take into account the number of renewable energy credits retired by the load-serving entities represented by a qualified scheduling entity within the prior calendar year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87A805B97550497C82B34F42EC7E4DB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 1 percent of the funds collected in any fiscal year by ERCOT under the provisions of this subsection may be used for the administrative expenses incurred in the determination, collection and remittance of the assessments to the Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86B535CCD62C4459B1E6C429DAF2836A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>ERCOT shall provide a copy of its annual audit pertaining to the administration of the provisions of this subsection to the Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFE43916000140E68523E65FBB4D2398"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H14708C0D1DA0416CA275FB9729DC26E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term “ERCOT” means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29C87DC9DA2E42A2AC75E479B1F46949"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term “load-serving entities” has the meaning adopted by ERCOT Protocols and in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H18B5A2D344F04164B12036651CD6C9BB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term “qualified scheduling entities” has the meaning adopted by ERCOT Protocols and in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94EA552A3B8F473F8E62E4AE0681F861"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The term “renewable energy credit” has the meaning as promulgated and adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to section 39.904(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act of 1999, and in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA8C4E7A43D5241128E57467A9B6DBB65"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Determination of fossil fuel-based electricity deliveries</header> <paragraph id="HCC57A67F36E3410DB8D82608386D3283"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that:</text> <subparagraph id="HF9C21CE47E6A4CC59C9475A31E6358B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The assessments under subsection (d) are to be collected based on the amount of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered by each distribution utility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0C93A5A06E7446CA7E7671C78FDDE54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Since many distribution utilities purchase all or part of their retail consumer’s electricity needs from other entities, it may not be practical to determine the precise fuel mix for the power sold by each individual distribution utility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC177C0B4A894452B432B28DA0A602D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>It may be necessary to use average data, often on a regional basis with reference to Regional Transmission Organization (<quote>RTO</quote>) or NERC regions, to make the determinations necessary for making assessments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47916BF3EDF44825826200EE3377181F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>DOE proposed rule</header><text>The Secretary, acting in close consultation with the Energy Information Administration, shall issue for notice and comment a proposed rule to determine the level of fossil fuel electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States during the most recent calendar year or other period determined to be most appropriate. Such proposed rule shall balance the need to be efficient, reasonably precise, and timely, taking into account the nature and cost of data currently available and the nature of markets and regulation in effect in various regions of the country. Different methodologies may be applied in different regions if appropriate to obtain the best balance of such factors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB07B82D42433451CA07A613EDB6199CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and after opportunity for comment, the Secretary shall issue a final rule under this subsection for determining the level and type of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States during the appropriate period. In issuing such rule, the Secretary may consider opportunities and costs to develop new data sources in the future and issue recommendations for the Energy Information Administration or other entities to collect such data. After notice and opportunity for comment the Secretary may, by rule, subsequently update and modify the methodology for making such determinations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FF5561777624F7F85557940435C9FB3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual determinations</header><text>Pursuant to the final rule issued under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall make annual determinations of the amounts and types for each such utility and publish such determinations in the Federal Register. Such determinations shall be used to conduct the referendum under subsection (b) and by the Corporation in applying any assessment under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CF91B178EC94E0FB20DFC3F2923F8A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rehearing and judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or operator of any distribution utility that believes that the Secretary has misapplied the methodology in the final rule in determining the amount and types of fossil fuel electricity delivered by such distribution utility may seek rehearing of such determination within 30 days of publication of the determination in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall decide such rehearing petitions within 30 days. The Secretary’s determinations following rehearing shall be final and subject to judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54F5F357A8414A20BCADAD1DA9C89D0C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Compliance with Corporation assessments</header><text>The Corporation may bring an action in the appropriate court of the United States to compel compliance with an assessment levied by the Corporation under this section. A successful action for compliance under this subsection may also require payment by the defendant of the costs incurred by the Corporation in bringing such action.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6FA6C20FD2F545EFAA39640A0A9EFB38"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Midcourse review</header><text>Not later than 5 years following establishment of the Corporation, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare an analysis, and report to Congress, assessing the Corporation’s activities, including project selection and methods of disbursement of assessed fees, impacts on the prospects for commercialization of carbon capture and storage technologies, adequacy of funding, and administration of funds. The report shall also make such recommendations as may be appropriate in each of these areas. The Corporation shall reimburse the Government Accountability Office for the costs associated with performing this midcourse review.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC9F8AEF28CB94585B1AE638445CEA388"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header> <paragraph id="H1E2C49F1F326414780725CF4ABDC88CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A distribution utility whose transmission, delivery, or sales of electric energy are subject to any form of rate regulation shall not be denied the opportunity to recover the full amount of the prudently incurred costs associated with complying with this section, consistent with applicable State or Federal law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46F5E849B62A445B96770F61D02D4D1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratepayer Rebates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory authorities that approve cost recovery pursuant to paragraph (1) may order rebates to ratepayers to the extent that distribution utilities are reimbursed undedicated or unassigned balances pursuant to subsection (d)(3).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7D8940EB4CC94854BED61D8BD8F6B436"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Technical Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph id="H7F25BD68A2E149B08329D346193464C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established an advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>Technical Advisory Committee</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF82009F0FEB948DF8897785F5793C694"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Technical Advisory Committee shall be comprised of not less than 7 members appointed by the Board from among academic institutions, national laboratories, independent research institutions, and other qualified institutions. No member of the Committee shall be affiliated with EPRI or with any organization having members serving on the Board. At least one member of the Committee shall be appointed from among officers or employees of the Department of Energy recommended to the Board by the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20B161F44F1243A6A180FD376570B381"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson and Vice Chairperson</header><text>The Board shall designate one member of the Technical Advisory Committee to serve as Chairperson of the Committee and one to serve as Vice Chairperson of the Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61E78D738A934963BE391ED947E318CA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Board shall provide compensation to members of the Technical Advisory Committee for travel and other incidental expenses and such other compensation as the Board determines to be necessary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3461EE3FDD4F4823AF2EBC47772C9CC8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Technical Advisory Committee shall provide independent assessments and technical evaluations, as well as make non-binding recommendations to the Board, concerning Corporation activities, including but not limited to the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H8AAE06CB0BA045898A86BBA0D9ED1BC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reviewing and evaluating the Corporation’s plans and budgets described in subsection (c)(9), as well as any other appropriate areas, which could include approaches to prioritizing technologies, appropriateness of engineering techniques, monitoring and verification technologies for storage, geological site selection, and cost control measures.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3CD650CBBBBC4221A47F769C3FCD0DF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Making annual non-binding recommendations to the Board concerning any of the matters referred to in subparagraph (A), as well as what types of investments, scientific research, or engineering practices would best further the goals of the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3991C125EE894882B8028C8CB621DAAA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>All reports, evaluations, and other materials of the Technical Advisory Committee shall be made available to the public by the Board, without charge, at time of receipt by the Board.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6C9AD568ED46491097CDF13295B55927"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Lobbying restrictions</header><text>No funds collected by the Corporation shall be used in any manner for influencing legislation or elections, except that the Corporation may recommend to the Secretary and the Congress changes in this section or other statutes that would further the purposes of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H71C79910566F47FF92954979A169EE39"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Davis-Bacon Compliance</header><text>The Corporation shall ensure that entities receiving grants, contracts, or other financial support from the Corporation for the project activities authorized by this section are in compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC7782483F7424BEDAACBD53E99628CD6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header>Commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part H of title VII of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act) is amended by adding the following new section after section 785:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1B277506233243DAA6F18F2C221F2A69" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HF9DF251CDA464C17A73C1DF4316AA23E"><enum>786.</enum><header>Commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies</header> <subsection id="H5292DFD96B2D4AF8B180CA425CD8A171"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations providing for the distribution of emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(f), pursuant to the requirements of this section, to support the commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies in both electric power generation and industrial operations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDEEA5121B82E4006A6B1FFC0E7206CF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility criteria</header><text>For an owner or operator of a project to be eligible to receive emission allowances under this section, the project must—</text> <paragraph id="H99BE3B89D74F44339A94ECECF3ACFBCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implement carbon capture and sequestration technology—</text> <subparagraph id="HB522AB6AD78B44DA8A987A3A0AEDD55B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at an electric generating unit that—</text> <clause id="HA79E344C3E16473D99E1164ABF135D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a nameplate capacity of 200 megawatts or more;</text></clause> <clause id="HBD6227169E704624A29B9BE94099499E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a retrofit application, applies the carbon capture and sequestration technology to the flue gas from at least 200 megawatts of the total nameplate generating capacity of the unit, provided that clause (i) shall apply without exception;</text></clause> <clause id="H4388F9114A844850AECE6D3A19EC05E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>derives at least 50 percent of its annual fuel input from coal, petroleum coke, or any combination of these 2 fuels; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD6D6BBFAB210460B8ABFE34811FB2208"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>upon implementation of capture and sequestration technology, will achieve an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by—</text> <subclause id="HAAF19EAAAA44455C9499B768EE8B2653"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> the unit, measured on an annual basis, determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H57F8B8A9C4DA49F194EC06AA5D8FA5EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of retrofit applications under clause (ii), the treated portion of flue gas from the unit, measured on an annual basis, determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2); or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBB715CC481B40F281F7B5A3FAF6F68A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at an industrial source that—</text> <clause id="H8E278ACEA5D640929CF006291158D671"><enum>(i)</enum><text>absent carbon capture and sequestration, would emit greater than 50,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide;</text></clause> <clause id="H905B1614BF1F42DFBA8F39A7F984D684"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon implementation, will achieve an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the emission point, measured on an annual basis, determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2); and</text></clause> <clause id="HD6CBD1893999460BB5478EFA0B7BB3ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>does not produce a liquid transportation fuel from a solid fossil-based feedstock;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE584B8B7C1C4D9285AEC2166B88E6A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>geologically sequester carbon dioxide at a site that meets all applicable permitting and certification requirements for geologic sequestration, or, pursuant to such requirements as the Administrator may prescribe by regulation, convert captured carbon dioxide to a stable form that will safely and permanently sequester such carbon dioxide;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H514B481B4DB245868F782EB21040851C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>meet all other applicable State, tribal, and Federal permitting requirements; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7931AC528A1D4A0888ABDB0C3DD72E83"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be located in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2FD154C9D4EC43D7A0D68C76AC972CBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Phase I distribution to electric generating units</header> <paragraph id="H623EC6C8EA9D43EBA252FF8C0B7D95FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection shall apply only to projects at the first 6 gigawatts of electric generating units, measured in cumulative generating capacity of such units, that receive allowances under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE90444068C7D43B48C6AEC549DA33CD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute emission allowances allocated under section 782(f) to the owner or operator of each eligible project at an electric generating unit in a quantity equal to the quotient obtained by dividing—</text> <subparagraph id="HD0A57C3527004470AB1DCAC3B47EDD0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying—</text> <clause id="HED08969F531341BC8D4F04EE4ED67670"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions avoided through capture and sequestration of emissions by the project, as determined pursuant to such methodology as the Administrator shall prescribe by regulation; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE207A58243E844DD9D24739FC8D2BB40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a bonus allowance value, pursuant to paragraph (3); by</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB170E9C2208A4EA381BEE880903855F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average fair market value of an emission allowance during the preceding year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23033E46056B456BA8B0C27BD81488B4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bonus allowance values</header> <subparagraph id="H60D2FA252A754108B10AD2734E0595E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For a generating unit achieving the capture and sequestration of 85 percent or more of the carbon dioxide that otherwise would be emitted by such unit, the bonus allowance value shall be $90 per ton.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H002FDD2418EB4C56A195EAE0F8E0B4B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Administrator shall by regulation establish a bonus allowance value for each rate of lower capture and sequestration achieved by a generating unit, from a minimum of $50 per ton for a 50 percent rate and varying directly with increasing rates of capture and sequestration up to $90 per ton for an 85 percent rate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAEB6F657B8C467D83AEA990A8E2BED9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a generating unit that achieves the capture and sequestration of at least 50 percent of the carbon dioxide that otherwise would be emitted by such unit by not later than January 1, 2017, the otherwise applicable bonus allowance value under this paragraph shall be increased by $10, provided that the owner of such unit notifies the Administrator by not later than January 1, 2012, of its intent to achieve such rate of capture and sequestration.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC96696B69284BD0A6F6A39F691E1B3B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For a carbon capture and sequestration project sequestering in a geological formation for purposes of enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, the Administrator shall, by regulation, reduce the applicable bonus allowance value under this paragraph to reflect the lower net cost of the project when compared to sequestration into geological formations solely for purposes of sequestration.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3842ABCD1C754E81BE3ACE38CA88A14C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Administrator shall annually adjust for inflation the bonus allowance values established under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H330ED4F6B2E1418D936BE197B928FF15"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Phase II distribution to electric generating units</header> <paragraph id="HAEA54CB98BA44BFC8F76AF0870DC04BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection shall apply only to the distribution of emission allowances for carbon capture and sequestration projects at electric generating units after the capacity threshold identified in subsection (c)(1) is reached.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD58B8E271332469BA4DFA6E123D2D9D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years prior to the date on which the capacity threshold identified in subsection (c)(1) is projected to be reached, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to govern the distribution of emission allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H603988A9E8DE4D2F84286A1E892BBEDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reverse auctions</header> <subparagraph id="H89DEB8A7651E47A3B74E25E9161287A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (4), the regulations promulgated under paragraph (2) shall provide for the distribution of emission allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects under this subsection through reverse auctions, which shall be held no less frequently than once each calendar year. The Administrator may establish a separate auction for each of no more than 5 different project categories, defined on the basis of coal type, capture technology, geological formation type, new unit versus retrofit application, such other factors as the Administrator may prescribe, or any combination thereof. The Administrator may establish appropriate minimum rates of capture and sequestration in implementing this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3448210F29F6442CA3926BCA960DDBDA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Auction process</header><text>At each reverse auction—</text> <clause id="H0D28E46A4C6D4EE9A64D5998D89F7DB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Administrator shall solicit bids from eligible projects;</text></clause> <clause id="H6BABA665515D486597670B5FA6640CD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible projects participating in the auction shall submit a bid including the desired level of carbon dioxide sequestration incentive per ton and the estimated quantity of carbon dioxide that the project will permanently sequester over 10 years; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF732ED511C1440788015D58611560FEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Administrator shall select bids, within each auction, for the sequestration amount submitted, beginning with the eligible project submitting the bid for the lowest level of sequestration incentive on a per ton basis and meeting such other requirements as the Administrator may specify, until the amount of funds available for the reverse auction is committed.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCFA2567867E14BC88770814DD6F9156B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Form of distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute emission allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects selected through a reverse auction under this paragraph pursuant to a formula equivalent to that described in subsection (c)(2), except that the bonus allowance value that is bid by the entity shall be substituted for the bonus allowance values set forth in subsection (c)(3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H084ED87456BA47E38990E365FC9F5E9E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative distribution method</header> <subparagraph id="H3E984D94D2E54607919DF64DBD3A001C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Administrator determines that reverse auctions would not provide for efficient and cost-effective commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies, the Administrator may instead, through regulations promulgated under paragraph (2) or (5), prescribe a schedule for the award of bonus allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects under this subsection, in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD03B07D0ACAB4234990869EA62EF15DB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Multiple tranches</header><text>The Administrator shall divide emission allowances available for distribution to the owners or operators of eligible projects into a series of tranches, each supporting the deployment of a specified quantity of cumulative electric generating capacity utilizing carbon capture and sequestration technology, each of which shall not be greater than 6 gigawatts.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3CD5CF7C49E4B2880605A02EA1F8E39"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Method of distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute emission allowances within each tranche, on a first-come, first-served basis—</text> <clause id="H8510C9A970F14D1F9E3165D14B674523"><enum>(i)</enum><text>based on the date of full-scale operation of capture and sequestration technology; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4770D3089E2346FAB3802B5997663FAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pursuant to a formula, similar to that set forth in subsection (c)(2) (except that the Administrator shall prescribe bonus allowance values different than those set forth in subsection (c)(3)), establishing the number of allowances to be distributed per ton of carbon dioxide sequestered by the project.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55D0FE0E56E84123A5DB3E7E680D10D0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>For each tranche established pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall establish a schedule for distributing emission allowances that—</text> <clause id="HDD15E414FB304D25973208CC88B2C1AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is based on a sliding scale that provides higher bonus allowance values for projects achieving higher rates of capture and sequestration;</text></clause> <clause id="H8428C0C0D44A48BFB8A52775CB0D7B85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each capture and sequestration rate, establishes a bonus allowance value that is lower than that established for such rate in the previous tranche (or, in the case of the first tranche, than that established for such rate under subsection (c)(3)); and</text></clause> <clause id="H43402B1C45A94548A4F64489428AB0C5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may establish different bonus allowance levels for no more than 5 different project categories, defined by coal type, capture technology, geological formation type, new unit versus retrofit application, such other factors as the Administrator may prescribe, or any combination thereof.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4553F98718244D3B8C8D0655E62ADF17"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Criteria for establishing bonus allowance values</header><text>In setting bonus allowance values under this paragraph, the Administrator shall seek to cover no more than the reasonable incremental capital and operating costs of a project that are attributable to implementation of carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration technologies, taking into account—</text> <clause id="H2958E58544674809B2AAB428C098EE1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the reduced cost of compliance with section 722 of this Act;</text></clause> <clause id="H840E183B488F492DAE539DE2B2BA53AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reduced cost associated with sequestering in a geological formation for purposes of enhanced hydrocarbon recovery when compared to sequestration into geological formations solely for purposes of sequestration;</text></clause> <clause id="H52B374824DCA439797E1C2B8F24AA538"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the relevant factors defining the project category; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD626DF3705BB41D499D48B5528BAD7C8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>such other factors as the Administrator determines are appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2045D75025054985A0EEC309C2B6DB3E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Revision of regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall review, and as appropriate revise, the applicable regulations under this subsection no less frequently than every 8 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8CAB52466ABD4798BCE419A162460E47"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limits for certain electric generating units</header> <paragraph id="H0C20E18DCD664925A919190965DA0840"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the terms <quote>covered EGU</quote> and <quote>initially permitted</quote> shall have the meaning given those terms in section 812 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H70471F77AC1645B2B357F4D683F83888"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered egus initially permitted from 2009 through 2014</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a covered EGU that is initially permitted on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2015, the Administrator shall reduce the quantity of emission allowances that the owner or operator of such covered EGU would otherwise be eligible to receive under this section as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HB2774B2039EC402084ABD79C7B853E5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a unit commencing operation on or before January 1, 2019, if the date in clause (ii)(I) is earlier than the date in clause (ii)(II), by the product of—</text> <clause id="H84AC26EC327846E7A70F6762926B438C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent; and</text></clause> <clause id="HED4E2323D16E4D8FB1C9672905E2F5BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of years, if any, that have elapsed between—</text> <subclause id="HA0226D1C39784438A6D805E0DE669946"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the earlier of January 1, 2020, or the date that is 5 years after the commencement of operation of such covered EGU; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBA6B46DEB85C466089E3C0E48971EB4E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the first year that such covered EGU achieves (and thereafter maintains) an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, measured on an annual basis, as determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H494656F4A7F04C548C1CB7D573873CDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a unit commencing operation after January 1, 2019, by the product of—</text> <clause id="H7800F89E95314781B2C93F395004B1CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent; and</text></clause> <clause id="H966D7BAEEB404C60996B183CDB90638D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of years between—</text> <subclause id="HAD887C79DE2D44868EF9E0A680440A56"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the commencement of operation of such covered EGU; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5211A2EE3EDB48B6AFB95AADCD9B2E9D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the first year that such covered EGU achieves (and thereafter maintains) an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, measured on an annual basis, as determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD07E5298FAD9487DAD3C4DF569A8ABBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered egus initially permitted from 2015 through 2019</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or operator of a covered EGU that is initially permitted on or after January 1, 2015, and before January 1, 2020, shall be ineligible to receive emission allowances pursuant to this section if such unit, upon commencement of operations (and thereafter), does not achieve and maintain an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, measured on an annual basis, as determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H729BDCD006274DB088947AD9DB9110C1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Industrial sources</header> <paragraph id="HEFDD819469C14DCCA890836F2F77D108"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowances</header><text>The Administrator may distribute not more than 15 percent of the allowances allocated under section 782(f) for any vintage year to the owners or operators of eligible industrial sources to support the commercial-scale deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies at such sources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BA5B9915C494E9C9F1015A6938AF7CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall, by regulation, prescribe requirements for the distribution of emission allowances to the owners or operators of industrial sources under this subsection, based on a bonus allowance formula that awards allowances to qualifying projects on the basis of tons of carbon dioxide captured and permanently sequestered. The Administrator may provide for the distribution of emission allowances pursuant to—</text> <subparagraph id="HA81F9096BC084568BAA5147FECABF705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a reverse auction method, similar to that described under subsection (d)(3), including the use of separate auctions for different project categories; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49707A90A4D24316B1325A465EFA3328"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an incentive schedule, similar to that described under subsection (d)(4), which shall ensure that incentives are set so as to satisfy the requirement described in subsection (d)(4)(E).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE37D27AAB6D54D299FE6CB87F993D0ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revision of regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall review, and as appropriate revise, the applicable regulations under this subsection no less frequently than every 8 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9CAA9C1C8674221BBC63A2AD0122B2B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances may be distributed under this section only for tons of carbon dioxide emissions that have already been captured and sequestered. A qualifying project may receive annual emission allowances under this section only for the first 10 years of operation. No greater than 72 gigawatts of total cumulative generating capacity (including industrial applications, measured by such equivalent metric as the Administrator may designate) may receive emission allowances under this section. Upon reaching the limit described in the preceding sentence, any emission allowances that are allocated for carbon capture and sequestration deployment under section 782(f) and are not yet obligated under this section shall be treated as allowances not designated for distribution for purposes of section 782(r).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA2CA07275C7F4EE985EA9276BE044C46"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Exhaustion of account and annual roll-over of surplus allowances</header> <paragraph id="H44586F1FCC674AFBB4392DA19A1C521B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In distributing emission allowances under this section, the Administrator shall ensure that qualifying projects receiving allowances receive distributions for 10 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55BF68DFF5414E0D92153970039123C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the Administrator determines that the emission allowances allocated under section 782(f) with a vintage year that matches the year of distribution will be exhausted once the estimated full 10-year distributions will be provided to current eligible participants, the Administrator shall provide to new eligible projects allowances from vintage years after the year of the distribution.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H90C874E7B3314DF695E32C8E2EA9D2A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Retrofit applications</header> <paragraph id="H87C67547D09A4292AECEAE0A407215F4" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text> In calculating bonus allowance values for retrofit applications eligible under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iv)(II), the Administrator shall apply the required capture rates with respect to the treated portion of flue gas from the unit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00C96BFC11D048F9A12D6610159B2B28" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No additional projects shall be eligible for allowances under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iv)(II) as of such time as the Administrator reports, pursuant to section 812(d), that carbon capture and sequestration retrofit projects at electric generating units that are eligible for allowances under this section have been applied, in the aggregate, to the flue gas generated by 1 gigawatt of total cumulative generating capacity. The limitation in the preceding sentence shall not apply to projects that meet the eligibility criteria in subsection (b)(1)(A)(iv)(I).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1762289BED3948B29D617C3A0D9A4C48"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Davis-Bacon Compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All laborers and mechanics employed on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by this section through the use of emission allowances shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV, chapter 31, part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3145">section 3145</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H0C20D866F5D44AE0AAFB828FD3337640"><enum>116.</enum><header>Performance standards for coal-fueled power plants</header> <subsection id="HF2EB102C06BF4102B0A7BEA196DEE8A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VIII of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 331 of this Act) is amended by adding the following new section after section 811:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6F278F5001747438638A5FF31CDE7E5"> <section id="H0D9B1F07DF0A45058555B7A7AE1015EF"><enum>812.</enum><header>Performance standards for new coal-fired power plants</header> <subsection id="HA246DE2183F74411BA1585E690B34D57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H20C3613691554557B1093882D8EEA68A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered EGU</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘covered EGU’ means a utility unit that is required to have a permit under section 503(a) and is authorized under state or federal law to derive at least 30 percent of its annual heat input from coal, petroleum coke, or any combination of these fuels.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92CF95D2D6554860938A64233172046C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initially permitted</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘initially permitted’ means that the owner or operator has received a Clean Air Act preconstruction approval or permit, for the covered EGU as a new (not a modified) source, but administrative review or appeal of such approval or permit has not been exhausted. A subsequent modification of any such approval or permits, ongoing administrative or court review, appeals, or challenges, or the existence or tolling of any time to pursue further review, appeals, or challenges shall not affect the date on which a covered EGU is considered to be initially permitted under this paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9659E11591A4527B16FEF715A8EDE93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header> <paragraph id="H1F40067A2C99410F9EC5DF45EC23D34B" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered EGU that is initially permitted on or after January 1, 2020, shall achieve an emission limit that is a 65 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, as measured on an annual basis, or meet such more stringent standard as the Administrator may establish pursuant to subsection (c). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50A12C942A3349708D0077FB0B9E3539" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered EGU that is initially permitted after January 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2020, shall, by the applicable compliance date established under this paragraph, achieve an emission limit that is a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, as measured on an annual basis. Compliance with the requirement set forth in this paragraph shall be required by the earliest of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H736959C62CAB4AA8A8DDEB0DAE754371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Four years after the date the Administrator has published pursuant to subsection (d) a report that there are in commercial operation in the United States electric generating units or other stationary sources equipped with carbon capture and sequestration technology that, in the aggregate—</text> <clause id="HDCF0B7BB5BBD4E73958B740023E13BD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have a total of at least 4 gigawatts of nameplate generating capacity of which—</text> <subclause id="HE33C856A997249C5BC4D3962DF49D80C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 3 gigawatts must be electric generating units; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H99DB6EC115EE485D9ECB31ABB5D3D1E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">up to 1 gigawatt may be industrial applications, for which capture and sequestration of 3 million tons of carbon dioxide per year on an aggregate annualized basis shall be considered equivalent to 1 gigawatt;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H40CBE376846843EABE36A0D4AAD33328"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include at least 2 electric generating units, each with a nameplate generating capacity of 250 megawatts or greater, that capture, inject, and sequester carbon dioxide into geologic formations other than oil and gas fields; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1058F207DE7348CC80FD551A28BCD877"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are capturing and sequestering in the aggregate at least 12 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, calculated on an aggregate annualized basis.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC6037A693894EE0AE49AD85CC1504E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">January 1, 2025.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4F72234973F4E309A954E1D300A465C" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the deadline for compliance with paragraph (2) is January 1, 2025, the Administrator may extend the deadline for compliance by a covered EGU by up to 18 months if the Administrator makes a determination, based on a showing by the owner or operator of the unit, that it will be technically infeasible for the unit to meet the standard by the deadline. The owner or operator must submit a request for such an extension by no later than January 1, 2022, and the Administrator shall provide for public notice and comment on the extension request.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H442F17C6EBC949EEAFEDC8BC508EF11D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review and revision of standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2025 and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H88CC192FC3E7412CAB2250C1AF0A82A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header> Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date 18 months after the date of enactment of this title and semiannually thereafter, the Administrator shall publish a report on the nameplate capacity of units (determined pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A)) in commercial operation in the United States equipped with carbon capture and sequestration technology, including the information described in subsection (b)(2)(A) (including the cumulative generating capacity to which carbon capture and sequestration retrofit projects meeting the criteria described in section 786(b)(1)(A)(ii) and (b)(1)(A)(iv)(II) has been applied and the quantities of carbon dioxide captured and sequestered by such projects).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCFD48EA63E56478BBE9E4E93C92DC0C7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to carry out the requirements of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0C34F701FFA54AFB8A202ADFDA658693"><enum>C</enum><header>Clean Transportation</header> <section id="H5A05091D0EB44922874877143DA5C6FD"><enum>121.</enum><header>Electric vehicle infrastructure</header> <subsection id="H06DA6CA47B7546A8BCC2FF867856DF30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment of PURPA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAC842D58225E466DB814A024AED3968D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5B0BE99D38D343859B3FD8B04B7451E9"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle infrastructure</header> <subparagraph id="H32951B500F3D4BCAA6F085EF39CB39BE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Utility plan for infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electric utility shall develop a plan to support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles, including heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles. The plan may provide for deployment of electrical charging stations in public or private locations, including street parking, parking garages, parking lots, homes, gas stations, and highway rest stops. Any such plan may also include—</text> <clause id="H1F3DFF3887954A90B82A500847E2A0D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">battery exchange, fast charging infrastructure and other services;</text></clause> <clause id="HD4DFDDD36BF74B97AFDC2C694043012B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">triggers for infrastructure deployment based upon market penetration of plug-in electric drive vehicles; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDBECFA21D1C345A7BE08B819511814A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such other elements as the State determines necessary to support plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Each plan under this paragraph shall provide for the deployment of the charging infrastructure or other infrastructure necessary to adequately support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles.</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB57626AF4C2643BD986A0A653B6FBB27"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Support requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State regulatory authority (in the case of each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated utility) shall—</text> <clause id="H8DB0795CF42A47E1A14B5FF2559D8BFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text> require that charging infrastructure deployed is interoperable with products of all auto manufacturers to the extent possible; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCE7F43678F1247CABF7A5CE3B9A21A2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider adopting minimum requirements for deployment of electrical charging infrastructure and other appropriate requirements necessary to support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F2FA3D4EB164081A39AC2FFEE2D66E0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cost recovery</header><text>Each State regulatory authority (in the case of each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated utility) shall consider whether, and to what extent, to allow cost recovery for plans and implementation of plans.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7363A96F01E4676B41A102156D4B1A8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Smart Grid integration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State regulatory authority (in the case of each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated utility) shall, in accordance with regulations issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to section 1305(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007—</text> <clause id="H406384465690464F8BD1ADBD81DC432E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish any appropriate protocols and standards for integrating plug-in electric drive vehicles into an electrical distribution system, including Smart Grid systems and devices as described in title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007;</text></clause> <clause id="HE296994024FE4E41884A97DB9835BEB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, to the extent feasible, the ability for each plug-in electric drive vehicle to be identified individually and to be associated with its owner’s electric utility account, regardless of the location that the vehicle is plugged in, for purposes of appropriate billing for any electricity required to charge the vehicle’s batteries as well as any crediting for electricity provided to the electric utility from the vehicle’s batteries; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF9E791DFB6664643A8D15EAB76842F27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the determination made in response to section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in light of this section, including whether time-of-use pricing should be employed to enable the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles to contribute to meeting peak-load and ancillary service power needs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA2117EFE38AC436E89F6B30588963FA7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="H116D99353F354902BAA3CDD115C413D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time limitations</header><text>Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4550D998216741378310B40B12219572" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDF1C4CB4A13F4313BB47F3F731860D66" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H24E39E95529E49EDA36129D13AE6C793"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDC65746C3CC4DE59443D230C92B5360" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6AFBA521C417415096980417C451A87E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text>Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end: <quote>In the case of the standards established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraph.</quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49AF359E1746406990E91404669895E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text>Section 112(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(19)</quote> and inserting <quote>(20)</quote> before <quote>of section 111(d)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1E569241084C47B18CC0779ED489127C" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>122.</enum><header>Large-scale vehicle electrification program</header> <subsection id="H442951A605FF4A2C8CA72DAF71C98048"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deployment Program</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to deploy and integrate plug-in electric drive vehicles into the electricity grid in multiple regions. In carrying out the program, the Secretary may provide financial assistance described under subsection (d), consistent with the goals under subsection (b). The Secretary shall select regions based upon applications for assistance received pursuant to subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H581D6DB8A0CA44A796FF8CECA4A52BF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the program established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H656DAB14C3FB4D449A2809280DB08CB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to demonstrate the viability of a vehicle-based transportation system that is not overly dependent on petroleum as a fuel and contributes to lower carbon emissions than a system based on conventional vehicles; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0960EBEEBF8C4DAF896C00E4A4118F63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to facilitate the integration of advanced vehicle technologies into electricity distribution areas to improve system performance and reliability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC4224D244C3411AB041EA1AF9AA1724"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to demonstrate the potential benefits of coordinated investments in vehicle electrification on personal mobility and a regional grid;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H217F3BFC24C64F8E975A8BEFEAC931B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to demonstrate protocols and standards that facilitate vehicle integration into the grid; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85ACB5D7FE664227955E9D563A33AD61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to investigate differences in each region and regulatory environment regarding best practices in implementing vehicle electrification.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H35AF5481E47A41C2AD818EFEA4512318"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State, Indian tribe, or local government (or group of State, Indian tribe, or local governments) may apply to the Secretary of Energy for financial assistance in furthering the regional deployment and integration into the electricity grid of plug-in electric drive vehicles. Such applications may be jointly sponsored by electric utilities, automobile manufacturers, technology providers, car sharing companies or organizations, or other persons or entities. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HCBAE57F7A7E642DFB07CD5A9AB0E2965"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to applications received under subsection (c), the Secretary may make financial assistance available to any applicant or joint sponsor of the application to be used for any of the following: </text> <paragraph id="H25B579B1A498480AADE4FBAD6107476C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Assisting persons located in the regional deployment area, including fleet owners, in the purchase of new plug-in electric drive vehicles by offsetting in whole or in part the incremental cost of such vehicles above the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23AF103FCFAE43A1A62CD34396BFF34C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Supporting the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles by funding projects for the deployment of any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE50107F48AEC46F1A7FEA6659216BED6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electrical charging infrastructure for plug-in electric drive vehicles, including battery exchange, fast charging infrastructure, and other services, in public or private locations, including street parking, parking garages, parking lots, homes, gas stations, and highway rest stops.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H000FE810CA254922BFC5033AC7B92A28"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Smart Grid equipment and infrastructure, as described in title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, to facilitate the charging and integration of plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18016CBF4B934FA5AE0A127F05DD4822"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Such other projects as the Secretary determines appropriate to support the large-scale deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles in regional deployment areas.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDFC8073A11334045BB92585F53554249"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation, shall determine design elements and requirements of the program established pursuant to subsection (a), including—</text> <paragraph id="HE045B0A326B44576B237AA56212EA5A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the type of financial mechanism with which to provide financial assistance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11B9D08F36C94E5BA2FB2BF2B2FCF1D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criteria for evaluating applications submitted under subsection (c), including the anticipated ability to promote deployment and market penetration of vehicles that are less dependent on petroleum as a fuel source; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D213ECDF16147D091CD128CFD945E46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reporting requirements for entities that receive financial assistance under this section, including a comprehensive set of performance data characterizing the results of the deployment program. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE54655EC5ADC429989D275038EE57050"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Information Clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, as part of the program established pursuant to subsection (a), collect and make available to the public information regarding the cost, performance, and other technical data regarding the deployment and integration of plug-in electric drive vehicles. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H3BD3F3A1068D431C8D55E2E2E3FB9C4F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0D59ED21E59F443BBCE327C9CF0B1EBB" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturing</header> <subsection id="H5012E02D9F934CDA8788876FBDEDFCE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vehicle manufacturing assistance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to provide financial assistance to automobile manufacturers to facilitate the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles, as defined in section 131(a)(5) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, that are developed and produced in the United States. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H650F085C412D4036A27E943E7B1A50A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy may provide financial assistance to an automobile manufacturer under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) for the reconstruction or retooling of facilities for the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles or batteries for such vehicles that are developed and produced in the United States.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H944C242873CC4115B1BD77C3FCE65EDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with regional deployment</header><text>The Secretary may provide financial assistance under subsection (b) in conjunction with the award of financial assistance under the large scale vehicle electrification program established pursuant to section 122 of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDFE5E4CA08EB4694A969A11F3BA08B0B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine design elements and requirements of the program established pursuant to subsection (a), including—</text> <paragraph id="HE890500619AF4B38AE395327C26198C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the type of financial mechanism with which to provide financial assistance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF32F3BA2116E4AD0A1C2F5C93BA232DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>criteria, in addition to the criteria described under subsection (e), for evaluating applications for financial assistance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C0DB4D9ABE845F0B1B89BD218D693DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reporting requirements for automobile manufacturers that receive financial assistance under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9CEBA8ADBE1640EDAC62D37FB19638D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In selecting recipients of financial assistance from among applicant automobile manufacturers, the Secretary shall give preference to proposals that—</text> <paragraph id="HB65158FEFE95460DB51D16F37F55E23D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are most likely to be successful; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD578DC67E2824F7A9D67901C3DA0221C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are located in local markets that have the greatest need for the facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22B7972E5E3A4F4EBD74BD8E593BC372"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a report on the program established pursuant to this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H34572E0B5E5D4C2084C02859D5F91901"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HBEA0A0C71C0C4352926C2F1AC2363927"><enum>124.</enum><header>Investment in clean vehicles</header> <subsection id="H957FA323D88C4D6CA91C31DAC0A5CB8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H881E924DA3774762B89E1D298D0CD253"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicles and qualifying components</header><text>The terms <quote>advanced technology vehicles</quote> and <quote>qualifying components</quote> shall have the definition of such terms in section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, except that for purposes of this section, the average base year as described in such section 136(a)(1)(C) shall be the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE01A4AD04E1B49419CE2F85B755CF7B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In each of the years 2012 through 2016, model year 2009.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07BD1CFDC263489B92D1B34386A8A2B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In 2017, the Administrator shall, notwithstanding such section 136(a)(1)(C), determine an appropriate baseline based on technological and economic feasibility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DAC453C79C64E069C0A85C6EB1A9DAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle</header><text>The term <quote>plug-in electric drive vehicle</quote> shall have the definition of such term in section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7402310D2EB442618EE38E053F0AAE6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of allowances</header><text>The Administrator shall, in accordance with this section, distribute emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) of the Clean Air Act not later than September 30 of 2012 and each calendar year thereafter through 2025.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7E8E12B06FB1432B9414A90526FF9D69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturing and deployment</header> <paragraph id="HE4C815E4BF0D4EF0A452DA24ED1A1A85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall, at the direction of the Secretary of Energy, provide emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) to applicants, joint sponsors and automobile manufacturers pursuant to sections 122 and 123 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD3232A0F7EE46C8A9C0804C8B98D2B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual amount</header><text>In each of the years 2012 through 2017, one-quarter of the portion of the emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) of the Clean Air Act shall be available to carry out paragraph (1) such that—</text> <subparagraph id="H6087A4502FAC4094AC1366980A5C661F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-eighth of the portion shall be available to carry out section 122; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29A7B2A0B8D1485986109C9E7FF430D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-eighth of the portion shall be available to carry out section 123.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4586FE5468D04A69B778A528C190D5FF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In directing the provision of emission allowances under this subsection to carry out section 122, the Secretary shall give preference to applications under section 122(c) that are jointly sponsored by one or more automobile manufacturers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CD7D8A70F404CD9AE1EF2A7A24D525C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Multi-year commitments</header><text>The Administrator shall commit to providing emission allowances to an applicant, joint sponsor, or automobile manufacturer for up to five consecutive years if—</text> <subparagraph id="HF05639E6C6D1497D80A088CDBF99CFB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an application under section 122 or 123 of this Act requests a multi-year commitment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67D89FC2ADF74C3BBE09A227A461D5AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such application meets the criteria for support established by the Secretary of Energy under section 122 or 123 of this Act;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA6808962CDB44DEB0458C3A8A6A8F82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Administrator confirms to the Secretary that emission allowances will be available for a multi-year commitment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4892D6F1D03E4BA694CB8F11810D64C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy determines that a multi-year commitment for such application will advance the goals of section 122 or 123; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8CC8A89E0E642FA926D53FFB94A18EF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy directs the Administrator to make a multi-year commitment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3EF0F48CA5348EFB5EFF7B94FDF856C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Insufficient applications</header><text>If, in any year, emission allowances available under paragraph (2) cannot be provided because of insufficient numbers of submitted applications that meet the criteria for support established by the Secretary of Energy under section 122 or 123 of this Act, the remaining emission allowances shall be distributed according to subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0CED49E7E9BF4589B1F626B0BC9524C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicles</header> <paragraph id="HEEB8839F751B43B38DA91262C7824844"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall, at the direction of the Secretary of Energy, provide any emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) of the Clean Air Act that are not provided under subsection (c) to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers to pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of—</text> <subparagraph id="H164FF06BB5784704888292F69D8B7FD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce—</text> <clause id="H024D5DBD7178428BA463A38C60F57011"><enum>(i)</enum><text>qualifying advanced technology vehicles; or</text></clause> <clause id="HD11EC9C0E653468895B8F71A0E625808"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>qualifying components; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FB088EDC3F741DBBBA968D14A314838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engineering integration performed in the United States of qualifying vehicles and qualifying components.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A46A56F227C47118CFB9A19F1AC8371"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In directing the provision of emission allowances under this subsection during the years 2012 through 2017, the Secretary shall give preference to applications for projects that save the maximum number of gallons of fuel.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7EB4065394434DB0AA8FF8014F58F1A8"><enum>125.</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicle manufacturing incentive loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 136(d)(1) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17013">42 U.S.C. 17013(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$25,000,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000,000</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HA5BA8717E7754EDB8E1D5516BA52EB3E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>126.</enum><header>Definition of renewable biomass</header> <subsection id="HB9EA741162E14881877D82701A1D101A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H371C83F6809849AF81DF32769438563B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HB7F841DCC15F400C81DDBE6F888452F2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>renewable biomass</quote> means any of the following: </text> <clause id="HD89E95D77400454897AA7B5B9056448F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or removed invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)), including those that are byproducts of preventive treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash), that are removed as part of a federally recognized timber sale, or that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health, and that are—</text> <subclause id="H9D0244065A78454BB9E531E419B00E8C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not from components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, Wilderness Study Areas, Inventoried Roadless Areas, old growth stands, late-successional stands (except for dead, severely damaged, or badly infested trees), components of the National Landscape Conservation System, National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Designated Primitive Areas, or Wild and Scenic Rivers corridors; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H95281DC0C5A64B9294BDA07514DE8055"><enum>(II)</enum><text>harvested in environmentally sustainable quantities, as determined by the appropriate Federal land manager; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H48C0E65E134A4EC8A87EE61D32DE5283"><enum>(III)</enum><text>harvested in accordance with Federal and State law, and applicable land management plans.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H9BA2B0DFAFC54A0D9692CEFE9E6643B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including—</text> <subclause id="HCDCE98F192634E46A40E0A50E8F1418C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>renewable plant material, including—</text> <item id="H65F16CA8E73B4A22BB3E870D558EE808"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>feed grains;</text></item> <item id="H18C3C3800AFD443BABC70BAA8EF7069B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other agricultural commodities;</text></item> <item id="H5408423427F74328A23F0F8D0FF79583"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>other plants and trees; and</text></item> <item id="HA55EC3F49D0F4554B09BB560C3854D0C"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>algae; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H55FEB415A9FD4AFD84A48BB3CFA5AF43"><enum>(II)</enum><text>waste material, including—</text> <item id="H286209B78CD2482AA02A7FE478DA2FC5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>crop residue;</text></item> <item id="H47BA361C88BE4AAE84B50BA53A376AEF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other vegetative waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text></item> <item id="HD2778A88E6A048A396D935B3D8C460C3"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure);</text></item> <item id="H3E7CF459AF1A4119B131C9616E0F7804"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>construction waste;</text></item> <item id="HF07F6E2AEB734530B471FC1D702957CC"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>food waste and yard waste; and</text></item> <item id="H6F872ACE08514B2598EF3F59CBB2EEE1"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>the non-fossil biogenic portion of municipal solid waste and construction, demolition, and disaster debris.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7D3A3B596E0B447FB5125DBD589315E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Residues and byproducts from wood, pulp, or paper products facilities.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3A074428A7A04307AE1D6D9F7A3F89C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The last sentence of section 211(o)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)(D)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: <quote>For any calendar year in which the Administrator makes such a reduction, the Administrator shall also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels requirement established under paragraph (2)(B) by the same volume.</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6389863763414AD7B7B6D600193DA064"><enum>127.</enum><header>Open fuel standard</header> <subsection id="HBA8645E3024B403D9F4FFEE8E185BDEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H870281AD3E214BA19AD4E00C5373F05A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of oil as a strategic commodity, which derives from its domination of the transportation sector, presents a clear and present danger to the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBB803AA34074AD2B11EE01AC3AFA6A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in a prior era, when salt was a strategic commodity, salt mines conferred national power and wars were fought over the control of such mines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H966B82D417C146A7A11C1F166CCE0476"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technology, in the form of electricity and refrigeration, decisively ended salt’s monopoly of meat preservation and greatly reduced its strategic importance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA51F2B6DDC84AD4BB08E4A20716E827"><enum>(4)</enum><text>fuel competition and consumer choice would similarly serve to end oil’s monopoly in the transportation sector and strip oil of its strategic status;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8A1753B2F8D4A9BB8F7F41A54D49027"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the current closed fuel market has allowed a cartel of petroleum exporting countries to inflate fuel prices, effectively imposing a harmful tax on the economy of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2A303C5B3D6404DB40F60B325C0A7FD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>much of the inflated petroleum revenues the oil cartel earns at the expense of the people of the United States are used for purposes antithetical to the interests of the United States and its allies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE5C3B25B2674F7BB64A8F6987102998"><enum>(7)</enum><text>alcohol fuels, including ethanol and methanol, could potentially provide significant supplies of additional fuels that could be produced in the United States and in many other countries in the Western Hemisphere that are friendly to the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC45078E55B814B0CA6FC2F35F7C6AD38"><enum>(8)</enum><text>alcohol fuels can only play a major role in securing the energy independence of the United States if a substantial portion of vehicles in the United States are capable of operating on such fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7969339727F14BA1B175526EAB044F40"><enum>(9)</enum><text>it is not in the best interest of United States consumers or the United States Government to be constrained to depend solely upon petroleum resources for vehicle fuels if alcohol fuels are potentially available;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5D76A27E56B4A1D995F2D92F207BA2F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>existing technology, in the form of flexible fuel vehicles, allows internal combustion engine cars and trucks to be produced at little or no additional cost, which are capable of operating on conventional gasoline, alcohol fuels, or any combination of such fuels, as availability or cost advantage dictates, providing a platform on which fuels can compete;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF997A1694B7487BAF65B6F6EC8A4F75"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the necessary distribution system for such alcohol fuels will not be developed in the United States until a substantial fraction of the vehicles in the United States are capable of operating on such fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H868FB1E84D9441C3A68171609D71C731"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97EB8104444E487E98AF25DDA021DA6F"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A99B0C26CB44E87AF487A5725DA0B03"><enum>(14)</enum><text>new cars sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H373C669567B340F3A58E18214C937FB0"><enum>(15)</enum><text>such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H711B744F0C414E41BEB186D70CA14731"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Open fuel standard for transportation</header> <paragraph id="H498B623E700343E7907767477B3CE05F" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/329">Chapter 329</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H904B5655C1914AFC81C7C7E9BFD80B98" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H14C601783B7A419C994BE7D962944DAB"><enum>32920.</enum><header>Open fuel standard for transportation</header> <subsection id="H704B6F9B02B644C39FFE68C0EB70E23A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H20E6A1EA841845688E181910DEEA41E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>E<enum-in-header>85</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <quote>E85</quote> means a fuel mixture containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline by volume.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80ACD7EFF6FB46CFBAE4EE40E6DD5BE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexible fuel automobile</header><text>The term <quote>flexible fuel automobile</quote> means an automobile that has been warranted by its manufacturer to operate on gasoline, E85, and M85.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44CBB389F8484416B2E800EB5435230A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fuel choice-enabling automobile</header><text>The term <quote>fuel choice-enabling automobile</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HDE8DD1688B054574B0DD2DEA42A7DC94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a flexible fuel automobile; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35C51C777CC5435DBA453CF849959767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an automobile that has been warranted by its manufacturer to operate on biodiesel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED1B6CC3F9BD4B03A022F266CC0C09ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Light-duty automobile</header><text>The term <quote>light-duty automobile</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H3DA3A5AA319645A28E58E1F9B4AA605B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a passenger automobile; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4B49F60316D45989173FEA7E1D34B2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a non-passenger automobile.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11F6081C46544FFFBD817EFA40E7D475"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory</header><text>The term <quote>light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory</quote> means the number of light-duty automobiles powered by an internal combustion engine that a manufacturer, during a given calendar year, manufactures in the United States or imports from outside of the United States for sale in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD1DAB1A7DB74B9FBFB2970B7D6CB9EB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>M<enum-in-header>85</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <quote>M85</quote> means a fuel mixture containing 85 percent methanol and 15 percent gasoline by volume.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBE8D58C8B2A404BA020599A15A17A7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Open fuel standard for transportation</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HA6B582126E30487CB36A44D76C693BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may promulgate regulations to require each light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory to be comprised of a minimum percentage of fuel-choice enabling automobiles, with sufficient lead time, if the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, determines such requirement is a cost-effective way to achieve the Nation’s energy independence and environmental objectives. The cost-effective determination shall consider the future availability of both alternative fuel supply and infrastructure to deliver the alternative fuel to the fuel-choice enabling vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF39639EBCB314A7BB7C1C3EACA01FF3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary exemption from requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H3CE759076C354DC28095F7997440BE71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A manufacturer may request an exemption from the requirement described in paragraph (1) by submitting an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require by regulation. Each such application shall specify the models, lines, and types of automobiles affected.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92691444257D4071AEBEA223F3CFDBFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>After evaluating an application received from a manufacturer, the Secretary may at any time, under such terms and conditions, and to such extent as the Secretary considers appropriate, temporarily exempt, or renew the exemption of, a light-duty automobile from the requirement described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that unavoidable events not under the control of the manufacturer prevent the manufacturer of such automobile from meeting its required production volume of fuel choice-enabling automobiles, including—</text> <clause id="H7486F24043824226A597029BD6822DAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a disruption in the supply of any component required for compliance with the regulations;</text></clause> <clause id="HA7E1625C848F49E0B5F53686D89C4D80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a disruption in the use and installation by the manufacturer of such component; or</text></clause> <clause id="HDE7804E3E2F8463C9C40988740AD193C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>application to plug-in electric drive vehicles causing such vehicles to fail to meet State air quality requirements.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2D88BC47AE44B859CB6B2BD072D35AF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consolidation</header><text>The Secretary may consolidate applications received from multiple manufacturers under subparagraph (A) if they are of a similar nature.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF661F41F756545F981EDF3834E82F7AD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Any exemption granted under subparagraph (B) shall be conditioned upon the manufacturer’s commitment to recall the exempted automobiles for installation of the omitted components within a reasonable time proposed by the manufacturer and approved by the Secretary after such components become available in sufficient quantities to satisfy both anticipated production and recall volume requirements.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5E460936C824DE580BC776AD1B98E6B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register—</text> <clause id="H6EB097BB6A6B406B8103583564C0155B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notice of each application received from a manufacturer;</text></clause> <clause id="HD3AC504E2E9C45F7A3AEB72305245474"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notice of each decision to grant or deny a temporary exemption; and</text></clause> <clause id="H18F82CBCA2AC48D9BD1DD8825939F2E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reasons for granting or denying such exemptions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3896FAC07C474EC18E5E93940EE83D29" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents in chapter 329 of such title is amended adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H1E7C95FEF4A040C498384CFE281E7724" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">32920. Open fuel standard for transportation.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC503814872FB4A9192138BD96720F825" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>128.</enum><header>Diesel emissions reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16131">42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFC21488E7DA2418EAE25A96E454C9FEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 791(3)(B), by inserting <quote>in any State</quote> after <quote>nonprofit organization or institution</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF60ABAF2BC7E4AF996719FD2C94A9981"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 791(9), by striking <quote>The term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia.</quote> and inserting <quote>The term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E934E3EFE814B028F86E10E4CD5C42F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 793(c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6C50AB4B43C4B75B156F6B880E9D1B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>51 States</quote> and inserting <quote>56 States</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF8141980A1647D2B036BAF31DE0E7BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>1.96 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>1.785 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0956F02994F444AF8D7E40337F6E059D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>51 States</quote> and inserting <quote>56 States</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F5C5A54D0E247F68F82807C879D1BF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1C06228754694CB89449CF0008387F39" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HB65BB6811C67498FB196ECC2B0A1B6DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of funds remaining after each State described in paragraph (1) receives the 1.785-percent allocation under this paragraph.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H903638F72F4646EBBF37876C6F8D4F79" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 797, by striking <quote>2011</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>. </text></paragraph> </section> <section id="H12BDCBA5651D45F9897680609B39D9C0"><enum>129.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel pipelines</header> <subsection id="H739271F29F5D4D5EB900F1B2550A64C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1701 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16511">42 U.S.C. 16511</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7D25C034FBA0487D82456C601129C608" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HD720EDEB01E0445899B06CC150CB54B5"><enum>(6) </enum><header>Renewable fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘renewable fuel’ has the meaning given the term in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)</external-xref>), except that the term shall include all ethanol and biodiesel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF5FD6EA2DE04CE292C4137BCD26F467"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Renewable fuel pipeline</header><text>The term ‘renewable fuel pipeline’ means a common carrier pipeline for transporting renewable fuel.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H582A453AF55345F2BDDAABF098FEAA42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable fuel pipeline eligibility</header><text>Section 1703(b) the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16513">42 U.S.C. 16513</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H46B11A20B90C4D36933D32B04E3D5467" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HFC03F1D9D5934549847CCE6B1595DDF5"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel pipelines.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HD6DEC27F57B343C5AE3B9F3D2A2AEBFB"><enum>130.</enum><header>Fleet vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13258">42 U.S.C. 13258</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H6F7E23337EAB49F09839D776E5AAD2C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (a):</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA339D14ED2FA410BA8745669C4C0CEC3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE161F80443DD49978D4DFB0AD0B30706"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Repowered or converted alternative fueled vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this paragraph, the term <quote>repowered or converted alternative fueled vehicle</quote> includes light-, medium- or heavy-duty motor vehicles that have been modified with an EPA or CARB compliant engine or vehicle or aftermarket system so that the vehicle or engine is capable of operating on an alternative fuel. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3235A2F3C5548D38C928FA1DFFD8DB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (b):</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0C9BAC5028EC412DA65C9F59596C5768" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6A30C65E5CE845429085C932A5A5E934"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repowered or converted vehicles. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall allocate credits to fleets that repower or convert an existing vehicle so that it is capable of operating on an alternative fuel. In the case of any medium- or heavy-duty vehicle that is repowered or converted so that it is capable of operating on an alternative fuel, the Secretary shall allocate additional credits for such vehicles if he determines that such vehicles displace more petroleum than light duty alternative fueled vehicles. Such rules shall also include a requirement that such vehicles remain in the fleet for a period of no less than 2 years in order to continue to qualify for credit. The Secretary also shall extend the flexibility afforded in this paragraph to Federal fleets subject to the purchase provisions contained in section 303 of this Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HF736276085DA4530A6D29083FA555120"><enum>130A.</enum><header>Report on natural gas vehicle emissions reductions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Transportation, and the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and after an examination of available scientific studies or analysis, shall submit to the Congress a report on—</text> <paragraph id="H21B7E0A5C9284D7AB1D0021B3BB5C5C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the contribution that light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles, by category and State, have made during the last decade to the reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and the reduced consumption of petroleum-based fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14D5CF6FE3BE463BA3534A1290CB2CCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contribution that light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles are expected to make from 2010 to 2020 in reducing greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act based, among other things, on additional Federal incentives for the manufacture and deployment of natural gas vehicles provided in this Act, and other Federal legislation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79FBA1F7132F46A79393CA5E683FCFC9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>additional Federal measures, including legislation, that could, if implemented, maximize the potential for natural gas used in both stationary and mobile sources to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB7B4F41FD87D4F379FDB71818EB9A7E7"><enum>D</enum><header>State Energy and Environment Development Accounts</header> <section id="H5186C862A4654B3CA5550B204B665EF4"><enum>131.</enum><header>Establishment of SEED Accounts</header> <subsection id="H51DF6CD88ECC4FCEA8F86FE7DDD9DB30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HA0CB2B2244A44079B17F488C9787512A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>SEED Account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>SEED Account</quote> means a State Energy and Environment Development Account established pursuant to this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02040A49B0714F58B497F86AC140B260"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State energy office</header><text>The term <quote>State Energy Office</quote> means a State entity eligible for grants under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6321">42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD98AB03027ED4A38A6A059EA39AF1BA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a program under which a State, through its State Energy Office or other State agency designated by the State, may operate a State Energy and Environment Development Account.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H99C8066CF60140658CFB56A24BE5DB89"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of each SEED Account is to serve as a common State-level repository for managing and accounting for emission allowances provided to States designated for renewable energy and energy efficiency purposes.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H79B6A8385A3D4CF5B13BA14B456A0671"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section, including regulations—</text> <paragraph id="HEDC496B5894C4933A84C588A1F49778B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to ensure that each State operates its SEED Account and any subaccounts thereof efficiently and in accordance with this Act and applicable State and Federal laws;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA36FA3E35A234E04ABA532F55319AE67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95CFA9B778694591A8EE097495CCCB9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to indicate the emission allowances that may be deposited in a State’s SEED Account pending distribution or use;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50EA8A059F824F939941BCDCD9797F0F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to indicate the programs and objectives authorized by Federal law for which emission allowances in a SEED Account may be distributed or used;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE470D3B3F36843B29A7F43CDFF061162"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to identify the forms of financial assistance and incentives that States may provide through distribution or use of SEED Accounts; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB2B68C4838D42FEA9590696A120461A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to prescribe the form and content of reports that the States are required to submit under this section on the use of SEED Accounts.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDA61CE38822A4944A307C1BC08519070"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Operation</header> <paragraph id="H3AA8565BBF0D48909BE5470BEA3F229B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposits</header> <subparagraph id="H1480F05FBD61483E87A8F67F2EBC1821"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the allowance tracking system established pursuant to section 724(d) of the Clean Air Act, the Administrator shall establish a SEED Account for each State and place in it the allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(g) of the Clean Air Act to be distributed to States pursuant to sections 132 and 201 of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39EEFB94572B4BFEB8E077140344B580"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Financial account</header><text>A State may create a financial account associated with its SEED Account to deposit, retain, and manage any proceeds of any sale of any allowance provided pursuant to this Act pending expenditure or disbursement of those proceeds for purposes permitted under this section. The funds in such an account shall not be commingled with other funds not derived from the sale of allowances provided to the State; however, loans made by the State from such funds pursuant to paragraph (2)(C)(i) may be repaid into such a financial account, including any interest charged.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A92BEA75DE746FE98895DD53E84AE7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header> <subparagraph id="H313E2F7F880546A79C46C5766A3DAB63"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All allowances distributed pursuant to sections 132 and 201, including the proceeds of any sale of such allowances, shall support renewable energy and energy efficiency programs authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB119BC5B24D44D79C45F8AFBD114AA9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Dedicated allowances</header><text>Allowances distributed pursuant to sections 132 and 201 that are required by law to be used for specific purposes for a specified period shall be used according to those requirements during that period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF21F2DD20D44310BA54BEA4890BBE6C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Undedicated allowances</header><text>To the extent that allowances distributed pursuant to sections 132 and 201 are not required by law to be used for specific purposes for a specified period as described in subparagraph (B), such allowances or the proceeds of their sale may be used for any of the following purposes:</text> <clause id="H06E4B34F84234C019E32934A4502C3BD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Loans</header><text>Loans of allowances, or the proceeds from the sale of allowances, may be provided, interest on commercial loans may be subsidized at an interest rate as low as zero, and other credit support may be provided to support programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></clause> <clause id="H043460E49F324BB480D70190077700AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants of allowances or the proceeds of their sale may be provided to support programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></clause> <clause id="H7A688E066E8A4DE78797C2EB34E538A7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Other forms of support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances or the proceeds of the sale of allowances may be provided for other forms of support for programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></clause> <clause id="HB1E750EAFF714389A7B7132F08EBBCDC"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Except to the extent provided in Federal law authorizing or allocating allowances deposited in a SEED Account, not more than 5 percent of the allowance value in a SEED Account in any year may be used to cover administrative expenses of the SEED Account.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H640131F1F45049368EAEBF17EABD1658"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Subaccounts</header><text>A State may request that the Administrator establish accounts for local governments that request such subaccounts to hold allowances distributed to local governments for renewable energy or energy efficiency programs authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1EDDC03A7A748B2B9B81593BD55DE14"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Intended use plans</header> <clause id="HC042EF863EF04D6390E472571C9E53FA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After providing for public review and comment, each State administering a SEED Account shall annually prepare a plan that identifies the intended uses of the allowances or proceeds from the sale of allowances in its SEED Account.</text></clause> <clause id="H84C7C1AF99EE4CCFBB7735CB3B50DB73"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An intended use plan shall include—</text> <subclause id="HE86734A639CA4D088BC31ABF4EF69F6B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list of the projects or programs for which withdrawals from the SEED Account are intended in the next fiscal year that begins after the date of the plan, including a description of each project;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6C121ABCE00D4B98AB69B9231A8001E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the relationship of each of the projects or programs to an identified Federal purpose authorized by this Act, or any other Federal statute;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7593B0FAE0F341D491DB06B77779EF2C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the expected terms of use of allowance value to provide assistance;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF54719C1DA6746C7932CBB6C8A2D41A9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the criteria and methods established for the distribution of allowances or allowance value;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE755C8D4C0684CD691F2895D846B236A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a description of the equivalent financial value and status of the SEED Account; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H70327F932E2448F6AA158D36495168E6"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a statement of the mid-term and long-term goals of the State for use of its SEED Account.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D359F55F97B44A5BBDBDBA55404D1F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Accountability and transparency</header> <subparagraph id="H45BF2FF26CE54384AC664F341EFA988F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Controls and procedures</header><text>Any State that has a SEED Account shall establish fiscal controls and recordkeeping and accounting procedures for the SEED Account sufficient to ensure proper accounting during appropriate accounting periods for distributions into the SEED Account, transfers from the SEED Account, and SEED Account balances, including any related financial accounts. Such controls and procedures shall conform to generally accepted government accounting principles. Any State that has a SEED Account shall retain records for a period of at least 5 years.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA7A3797B89EE4DB89F01EC937B38E410"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>Any State that has a SEED Account shall have an annual audit conducted of the SEED Account by an independent public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and shall transmit the results of that audit to the Administrator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D1A243DC287466784C197395A309F86"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State report</header><text>Each State administering a SEED Account shall make publicly available and submit to the Administrator a report every 2 years on its activities related to its SEED Account.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6014D2F0D61441CA410532E974937CC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any—</text> <clause id="H28CCC5D4C51A41DDA7CD6A3A8B7FF5FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>controls and procedures established under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause> <clause id="H451B1F8B0CF34D4A846000EC24DD9122"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information obtained through audits conducted under subparagraph (B), except to the extent that it would be protected from disclosure, if it were information held by the Federal Government, under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">shall be made publicly available.</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21DF16CD38B143FEB5194079E6DF58A0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Other protections</header><text>The Administrator shall require such additional procedures and protections as are necessary to ensure that any State that has a SEED Account will operate the SEED Account in an accountable and transparent manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBB58EBAD64A046D4A08ABCC0EA40474D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements for eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State’s eligibility to receive allowances in its SEED Account shall depend on that State’s compliance with the requirements of this Act (and the amendments made by this Act).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE5B82349BD874430AF7911B94E80D1E3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary for SEED Account operations.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEEB6B6F25CC64E008E65BC27075EF1F9"><enum>132.</enum><header>Support of State renewable energy and energy efficiency programs</header> <subsection id="HA0AAD5D07C5740C3B8B41A557BBBBB5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H35A696CF8C0643169948C03664FE94CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text>The term <quote>allowance</quote> means an emission allowance established under section 721 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H686FB619DB104C8694C52E65FDC54C38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-effective</header><text>The term <quote>cost-effective</quote>, with respect to an energy efficiency program, means that the program meets the Total Resource Cost Test, which requires that the net present value of economic benefits over the life of the program or measure, including avoided supply and delivery costs and deferred or avoided investments, is greater than the net present value of the economic costs over the life of the program, including program costs and incremental costs borne by the energy consumer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H767ACABE8B84436BA886E938846142FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource</header><text>The term <quote>renewable energy resource</quote> shall have the meaning given that term in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by section 101 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EAE60456B9D4C9289D53F83D14A29F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vintage year</header><text>The term <quote>vintage year</quote> shall the meaning given that term in section 700 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3595DF6DE9CA446E90F518BDF046433F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution among states</header><text>Not later than September 30 of each calendar year from 2011 through 2049, the Administrator shall, in accordance with this section, distribute allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act) for the following vintage year. The Administrator shall distribute 0.5 percent of such allowances pursuant to section 133 of this Act. The Administrator shall distribute the remaining allowances to States for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs to be deposited in and administered through the State Energy and Environment Development (SEED) Accounts established pursuant to section 131. The Administrator shall distribute allowances among the States under this section each year in accordance with the following formula:</text> <paragraph id="H19A6AB094B2949D6904E577096F4C757"><enum>(1)</enum><text>One third of the allowances shall be divided equally among the States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8BBFE02EB0948DFAA721E437E15AA90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>One third of the allowances shall be distributed ratably among the States based on the population of each State, as contained in the most recent reliable census data available from the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, for all States at the time the Administrator calculates the formula for distribution.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9303050C49C41209FC1CA5CFA64AB60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>One third of the allowances for shall be distributed ratably among the States on the basis of the energy consumption of each State as contained in the most recent State Energy Data Report available from the Energy Information Administration (or such alternative reliable source as the Administrator may designate).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H699107F6568E442DA3D8AD84AC3D599E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>The allowances distributed to each State pursuant to this section shall be used exclusively in accordance with the following requirements:</text> <paragraph id="H57949362CEE14144B13176BE46865001"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not less than 12.5 percent shall be distributed by the State to units of local government within such State to be used exclusively to support the energy efficiency and renewable energy purposes listed in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D9EA42596AD4BECAE851A5B8EDB2EAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than 20 percent shall be used exclusively for the following energy efficiency purposes, provided that not less than 1 percent shall be used for the purpose described in subparagraph (D) and not less than 5.5 percent shall be used for the purpose described in subparagraph (E):</text> <subparagraph id="H482640740DE44021AF95DBEF055D7750"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Implementation and enforcement of building codes adopted in compliance with section 201.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99B5AC7D2E4647D2A849ABE2D588259D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Implementation of the energy efficient manufactured homes program established pursuant to section 203.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD3FBAEB39DF9484CB6F259507E3472F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Implementation of the building energy performance labeling program established pursuant to section 204.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H616AA1CF82B547F0987256445EFBCE22"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Low-income community energy efficiency programs that are consistent with the grant program established under section 264 of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H614EF82510E446898940A3F45FF26EC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Implementation of the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program established pursuant to section 202.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9A54726B59044C89888F03BF02EEAD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 20 percent shall be used exclusively for capital grants, tax credits, production incentives, loans, loan guarantees, forgivable loans, direct provision of allowances, and interest rate buy-downs for—</text> <subparagraph id="HB76F027748294C679CC7064A33736F16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>re-equipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility that receives certification from the Secretary of Energy pursuant to section 1302 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the production of—</text> <clause id="H5C80C93272E94FFDA5FD4FA1EFB40612"><enum>(i)</enum><text>property designed to be used to produce energy from renewable energy sources; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2ADD5286B3F743F6BB5AE2528814BEBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>electricity storage systems;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3F3B830529741A5848B0EA3B53641C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy sources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCECD07B2FBBB4E0D8700FABCB0F260E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>deployment of facilities or equipment, such as solar panels, to generate electricity or thermal energy from renewable energy resources in and on buildings in an urban environment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A175E6BAB7946FBA875F35A69023800"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The remaining 47.5 percent shall be used exclusively for any of the following purposes:</text> <subparagraph id="H734DF22909F4407A8E7BB4A65A8011F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Energy efficiency purposes described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0E8914F6E1E4B418C0FA3BC7AEC244A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Renewable energy purposes described in paragraph (3)(B) and (C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36D8C8F56E7E4006962CD5C1EB8D6FA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Cost-effective energy efficiency programs for end-use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane, including, where appropriate, programs or mechanisms administered by local governments and entities other than the State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0D11549EE564629AE3DD0CE8EB65066"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Enabling the development of a Smart Grid (as described in section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17381">42 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>)) for State, local government, and other public buildings and facilities, including integration of renewable energy resources and distributed generation, demand response, demand side management, and systems analysis.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71318D66DF634A888EAC2100A4ED2F20"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Providing the non-Federal share of support for surface transportation capital projects under—</text> <clause id="HA97464BD1A3141DB8A0D4E980853D65C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sections 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311 and 5319 of title 49, United States Code; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA83DEFCCB9C446379D89F4AF43C5CF1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sections 142, 146, and 149 of title 23, United States Code,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">provided that not more than 10 percent of allowances distributed to each State pursuant to this section shall be used for such purpose.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF913F9FC32344454820551980312DAF8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For any allowances used for the purpose described in paragraph (4)(C), the State shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HA0099CE1438341D2AD1B29F2C12C397D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prioritize expansion of existing energy efficiency programs approved and overseen by the State or the appropriate State regulatory authority; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D019E9272F24A4188B3982FBA278879"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrate that such allowances have been used to supplement, and not to supplant, existing and otherwise available State, local, and ratepayer funding for such purpose.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC736781B4B3C4CB1957612B3CA7C6FED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Each State receiving allowances under this section shall include in its biennial reports required under section 131, in accordance with such requirements as the Administrator may prescribe—</text> <paragraph id="H7FF0316437834A389710B9DC5079CCEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of entities receiving allowances or allowance value under this section, including entities receiving such allowances or allowance value from units of local government pursuant to subsection (c)(1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96A0324CE9DF49F0908C6D376D4BF4FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount and nature of allowances or allowance value received by each such recipient;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F6B6681298C4A5B9E6658D74704E4B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the specific purposes for which such allowances or allowance value was conveyed to each such recipient;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30018C60AF104EDF9D4D49E0BF397A60"><enum>(4)</enum><text>documentation of the amount of energy savings, emission reductions, renewable energy deployment, and new or retooled manufacturing capacity resulting from the use of such allowances or allowance value; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CD4C686C2724A24AF086FAA4CA53741"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for any energy efficiency program supported under subsection (c)(4)(C)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA9AC83770BB14E48926B4F128EBE66A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of such program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2D77C64D5034BE5AC956BC81691191B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a demonstration that the requirements set forth in subsection (c)(5) have been satisfied.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6BEC0C0EBC7843598269B86197C03677"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If the Administrator determines that a State is not in compliance with this section, the Administrator may withhold up to twice the number of allowances that the State failed to use in accordance with the requirements of this section, that such State would otherwise be eligible to receive under this section in later years. Allowances withheld pursuant to this subsection shall be distributed among the remaining States in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H503D653A277345929F5025D1C430449B"><enum>133.</enum><header>Support of Indian renewable energy and energy efficiency programs</header> <subsection id="HB04B5806EAF7494F9D2A6913A8901851"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2C3387324D9742249728D62493E0F259"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance; cost-effective; renewable energy resource</header><text>The terms <quote>allowance</quote>, <quote>cost-effective</quote>, and <quote>renewable energy resource</quote> have the meaning given those terms in section 132 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0B25A3E9B134251BD7CD8BCF627E0F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <quote>Indian tribe</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25. U.S.C. 450b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H967ADB84708648CEA788778D2ACBF6EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H75E8F284D0864C05817DBAB42207BB0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of the Interior, promulgate regulations establishing a program to distribute allowances to Indian tribes on a competitive basis for the following purposes:</text> <paragraph id="H7D243B3B5D014170B2367B751CA3F6FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy efficiency</header><text>Cost-effective energy efficiency programs for end-use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADF277BE09BC4C9E8EC2FD81D1C41E73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable energy</header><text>Deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy resources.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4342B9FFE35647509B8AE8DBAA42C0F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) shall prescribe design elements and requirements of the program established under this section, including—</text> <paragraph id="H17455333864140B4AF685F36E55FFD56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>objective criteria for evaluating proposals submitted by Indian tribes, and for selecting projects and programs to receive support, under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7F4DBE36B5B438B90AE692718BED548"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reporting requirements for Indian tribes that receive allowances under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H520D0B59DA6C4BF3AE35333C8BE37FF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>other appropriate elements and requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7100B6C66FB4078AA7482EE273360F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall, at the direction of the Secretary, distribute to Indian tribes allowances that are set aside, pursuant to section 132, for use under this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H4B06B2130FDE4930B098A33295786ABB"><enum>E</enum><header>Smart Grid Advancement</header> <section id="H859B8B6EA76B42C79020E47B63144431"><enum>141.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H2BFD9A6A3D984B56B966DFDB58053175"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>applicable baseline</quote> means the average of the highest three annual peak demands a load-serving entity has experienced during the 5 years immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC79DC63474F4651B14AD9970060B30D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Commission</quote> means Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C72890EF86C4A49AACD8CDF642276ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>load-serving entity</quote> means an entity that provides electricity directly to retail consumers with the responsibility to assure power quality and reliability, including such entities that are investor-owned, publicly owned, owned by rural electric cooperatives, or other entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D2CB61C2FBB4A70B016A5BB37EFD584"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak demand</quote> means the highest point of electricity demand, net of any distributed electricity generation or storage from sources on the load-serving entity’s customers’ premises, during any hour on the system of a load serving entity during a calendar year, expressed in Megawatts (MW), or more than one such high point as a function of seasonal demand changes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95135944A1E94682A57C6BFBD761148F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak demand reduction</quote> means the reduction in annual peak demand as compared to a previous baseline year or period, expressed in Megawatts (MW), whether accomplished by—</text> <subparagraph id="H051280F1B8574818AFA8190278FD1920"><enum>(A)</enum><text>diminishing the end-use requirements for electricity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92DC7096BE82462B8C4E1977946EA623"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use of locally stored energy or generated electricity to meet those requirements from distributed resources on the load-serving entity’s customers’ premises and without use of high-voltage transmission; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95C84CEB1540419ABF3503E3BE0C3EB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>energy savings from efficient operation of the distribution grid resulting from the use of a Smart Grid.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD299467C918B409883EA5F3E569BC171"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak demand reduction plan</quote> means a plan developed by or for a load-serving entity that it will implement to meet its peak demand reduction goals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FD4EAF13F504544AB1C2E126A11D2F2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak period</quote> means the time period on the system of a load-serving entity relative to peak demand that may warrant special measures or electricity resources to maintain system reliability while meeting peak demand.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H560BD9B5D2F64B8290FAE35FB4045254"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC39C6C81546B41619B773EF85ABBBBFA"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Smart Grid</quote> has the meaning provided by section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/17381">15 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD34427752D344F17A8F041C8F40F1D63"><enum>142.</enum><header> Assessment of Smart Grid cost effectiveness in products</header> <subsection id="H23DA3D291899402887C1E0FEE75F0B4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall each assess the potential for cost-effective integration of Smart Grid technologies and capabilities in all products that are reviewed by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, respectively, for potential designation as Energy Star products.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H577F3350116F4B7CBDB178C1008C067B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis</header> <paragraph id="HDC4F2D5DE61B4EE3B3EE06B65770DDA0" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall each prepare an analysis of the potential energy savings, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and electricity cost savings that could accrue for each of the products identified by the assessment in subsection (a) in the following optimal circumstances:</text> <subparagraph id="HDA1A5AF770C94767A588C4907425F108" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The products possessed Smart Grid capability and interoperability that is tested and proven reliable.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF8767D0BB994713800809F2697E1D07" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The products were utilized in an electricity utility service area which had Smart Grid capability and offered customers rate or program incentives to use the products.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2EFE1FC8BB6141849123E807014A940D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The utility’s rates reflected national average costs, including average peak and valley seasonal and daily electricity costs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD8242A238D149BCA0BBCF42B3766024" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Consumers using such products took full advantage of such capability.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7D8D4B5C3FB4A5699146EE3A684F6B3" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The utility avoided incremental investments and rate increases related to such savings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5DA738DD5F840B48709DE110DC769A4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis under paragraph (1) shall be considered the <quote>best case</quote> Smart Grid analysis. On the basis of such an analysis for each product, the Secretary and the Administrator shall determine whether the installation of Smart Grid capability for such a product would be cost effective. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>cost effective</quote> means that the cumulative savings from using the product under the best case Smart Grid circumstances for a period of one-half of the product’s expected useful life will be greater than the incremental cost of the Smart Grid features included in the product.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64A361D2CBA64CAFA3F01977A1780F5E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To the extent that including Smart Grid capability in any products analyzed under paragraph (2) is found to be cost effective in the best case, the Secretary and the Administrator shall, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act take each of the following actions:</text> <subparagraph id="HD04057692C014816865FF2D8BBD5E417"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Inform the manufacturer of such product of such finding of cost effectiveness.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H73E588D996104820B497E1D8D858E390"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Assess the potential contributions the development and use of products with Smart Grid technologies bring to reducing peak demand and promoting grid stability.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1599E698A3A427C84464E4FC7B568FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Assess the potential national energy savings and electricity cost savings that could be realized if Smart Grid potential were installed in the relevant products reviewed by the Energy Star program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF0EF796A74F44BA9977177B28409FC3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Assess and identify options for providing consumers information on products with Smart Grid capabilities, including the necessary conditions for cost-effective savings.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0062CA7D741049589FEB6A5F19019792"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submit a report to Congress summarizing the results of the assessment for each class of products, and presenting the potential energy and greenhouse gas savings that could result if Smart Grid capability were installed and utilized on such products.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H97E274F4599D420A833DA615C287BBDF"><enum>143.</enum><header>Inclusions of Smart Grid capability on appliance ENERGY GUIDE labels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 324(a)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6294">42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FBF87DB768A48539B4AF7B63331C040"> <subparagraph id="HB78EE552A58A419EA6426E2EC7B38500"><enum>(J)</enum> <clause id="HD087480164E6480DAE6216D66F746DCA" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text> Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Federal Trade Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to consider making a special note in a prominent manner on any ENERGY GUIDE label for any product actually including Smart Grid capability that—</text> <subclause id="HC68323B1CF9F442AA1D54ACAA9C9C4F6" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Smart Grid capability is a feature of that product;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H75DADE43424D43A8A52E0DD7BC5575AA" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the use and value of that feature depended on the Smart Grid capability of the utility system in which the product was installed and the active utilization of that feature by the customer; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H33F489F80A454BC8A48305B3AF4717CF" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>on a utility system with Smart Grid capability, the use of the product’s Smart Grid capability could reduce the customer’s cost of the product’s annual operation by an estimated dollar amount range representing the result of incremental energy and electricity cost savings that would result from the customer taking full advantage of such Smart Grid capability.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H1BD9C420888D4F9ABC59FE22D48AC6C4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall complete the rulemaking initiated under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3455709E225F4DC1BE653E4AE547572E"><enum>144.</enum><header>Smart Grid peak demand reduction goals</header> <subsection id="H5E1737344FF049B7A327C96B66466F9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, each load-serving entity, or, at the option of the State, each State with respect to load-serving entities that the State regulates, shall determine and publish peak demand reduction goals for any load-serving entities that have an applicable baseline in excess of 250 megawatts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0278D62409DF49CAA3D339DD7DFFC494"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Baselines</header> <paragraph id="H8055D5AF04644551806A24D7BAE37E92" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission, in consultation with the Secretary and the Administrator, shall develop and publish, after an opportunity for public comment, but not later than 180 days after enactment of this section, a methodology to provide for adjustments or normalization to a load-serving entity’s applicable baseline over time to reflect changes in the number of customers served, weather conditions, general economic conditions, and any other appropriate factors external to peak demand management, as determined by the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFFD913A6D5147C386C864AAFA4C6A36" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall support load-serving entities (including any load-serving entities with an applicable baseline of less than 250 megawatts that volunteer to participate in achieving the purposes of this section) in determining their applicable baselines, and in developing their peak demand reduction goals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F670F715F35421BAD0ED19604436048" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, the Administrator, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, shall develop a system and rules for measurement and verification of demand reductions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE4CB8BDFC33D4663B59AE8DB2FD98778"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Peak demand reduction goals</header> <paragraph id="H46F1FF440788446BBE991ECF60412BB3" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peak demand reduction goals may be established for an individual load-serving entity, or, at the determination of a State, tribal, or regional entity, by that State, tribal, or regional entity for a larger region that shares a common system peak demand and for which peak demand reduction measures would offer regional benefit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CC7A73AA1934A6FA0E452002CB1BB13" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or regional entity establishing peak demand reduction goals shall cooperate, as necessary and appropriate, with the Commission, the Secretary, State regulatory commissions, State energy offices, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and other relevant authorities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB272CDECB8F14EE283FA6FCDC5FE9D21" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In determining the applicable peak demand reduction goals—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC9B7D150A67436DB6734B91D7B952F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>States and other jurisdictional entities may utilize the results of the 2009 National Demand Response Potential Assessment, as authorized by section 571 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8279">42 U.S.C. 8279</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8A566A760F04445859D2FC2AD2CFC6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relative economics of peak demand reduction and generation required to meet peak demand shall be evaluated in a neutral and objective manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDBDBB21E06E48D2A18D3FCC34E413BE" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The applicable peak demand reduction goals shall provide that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA58663DA881843D3828D4FA6818933C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>load-serving entities will reduce or mitigate peak demand by a minimum percentage amount from the applicable baseline to a lower peak demand during calendar year 2012;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H736B3E8522594363918DEEF84D42427B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>load-serving entities will reduce or mitigate peak demand by a minimum percentage greater amount from the applicable baseline to a lower peak demand during calendar year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H81E9AF31ECAC47ADB412830F05C8DC9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the minimum percentage reductions established as peak demand reduction goals shall be the maximum reductions that are realistically achievable with an aggressive effort to deploy Smart Grid and peak demand reduction technologies and methods, including but not limited to those listed in subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H692A9BEB21AF4A87B789E6F43C605A1F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Each load-serving entity shall prepare a peak demand reduction plan that demonstrates its ability to meet each applicable goal by any or a combination of the following options: </text> <paragraph id="H4D1F794C5A2C40EEB91278E1C96D2856"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Direct reduction in megawatts of peak demand through—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F3DEF5DFFFB48659C32AA23FB711957"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy efficiency measures (including efficient transmission wire technologies which significantly reduce line loss compared to traditional wire technology) with reliable and continued application during peak demand periods; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EB2E1B7182D4680A51E3C3437A64AE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use of a Smart Grid.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2770E2861D947E2B934AC11CDA00C84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Demonstration that an amount of megawatts equal to a stated portion of the applicable goal is contractually committed to be available for peak reduction through one or more of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HCC5E61E0C4D848379C247EB2C14D7766"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Megawatts enrolled in demand response programs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FEE822E133848158F61C1A6E52EDD9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Megawatts subject to the ability of a load-serving entity to call on demand response programs, smart appliances, smart electricity or energy storage devices, distributed generation resources on the entity’s customers’ premises, or other measures directly capable of actively, controllably, reliably, and dynamically reducing peak demand (<quote>dynamic peak management control</quote>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DAC167B349D4512BF436FE8986247DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Megawatts available from distributed dynamic electricity or energy storage under agreement with the owner of that storage.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0F1EFC5395D498BA7465D26BDAD7E5F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Megawatts committed from dispatchable distributed generation demonstrated to be reliable under peak period conditions and in compliance with air quality regulations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD935C5267534B21A9220EA64ADA934D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Megawatts available from smart appliances and equipment with Smart Grid capability available for direct control by the utility through agreement with the customer owning the appliances or equipment or with a third party pursuant to such agreements.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99FFFE380E4045E78ABCE1B19464B111"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Megawatts from a demonstrated and assured minimum of distributed solar electric generation capacity in instances where peak period and peak demand conditions are directly related to solar radiation and accompanying heat.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66F524D458D64D6F806C21061CB222F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If any of the methods listed in subparagraph (C), (D), or (E) of paragraph (2) are relied upon to meet its peak demand reduction goals, the load-serving entity must demonstrate this capability by operating a test during the applicable calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FE243140F9444049F6BAB38C1ACF5F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall require the publication in peak demand reduction goals or in any peak demand reduction plan of any information that is confidential for competitive or other reasons or that identifies individual customers. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H45FF0EE154FF46618FBCF1B26CB06F28"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Existing authority and requirements</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes or supersedes any authority of a State or political subdivision of a State to adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting peak demand management, demand response, distributed energy storage, use of distributed generation, or the regulation of load-serving entities. The Commission, in consultation with States and Indian tribes having such peak management, demand response and distributed energy storage programs, shall to the maximum extent practicable, facilitate coordination between the Federal program and such State and tribal programs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9652E19873BF4600B6132B7254977173"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relief</header><text>The Commission may, for good cause, grant relief to load-serving entities from the requirements of this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H939E09DFFA1642388A43850B3F6F795F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Other laws</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), no law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement otherwise applicable under this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H7C392C58AA24416AAE30DBB09175176D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="HF44855E65E254EAF9F30DBD451F55F48" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission shall within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act establish a public website where the Commission will provide information and data demonstrating compliance by States, Indian tribes regional entities, and load-serving entities with this section, including the success of load-serving entities in meeting applicable peak demand reduction goals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC130CF2F311842699F66B3E7874CDCD4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall, by April 1 of each year beginning in 2012, provide a report to Congress on compliance with this section and success in meeting applicable peak demand reduction goals and, as appropriate, shall make recommendations as to how to increase peak demand reduction efforts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2599679F1ADF49A89319FEC3EC1A5CAC" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Commission shall note in each such report any State, political subdivision of a State, or load-serving entity that has failed to comply with this section, or is not a part of any region or group of load-serving entities serving a region that has complied with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F39C9EDA60641D7B2D7B729192725BF" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Commission shall have and exercise the authority to take reasonable steps to modify the process of establishing peak demand reduction goals and to accept adjustments to them as appropriate when sought by load-serving entities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF495B577B89E492B8BB371DC662719C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Assistance and funding</header> <paragraph id="H63B096D17D0D4BFCBD5AEC5104ACDD07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance to States and tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any costs incurred by States for activities undertaken pursuant to this section shall be supported by the use of emission allowances allocated to the States’ SEED Accounts or to the tribes pursuant to section 132 of this Act. To the extent that a State provides allowances to local governments within the State to implement this program, that shall be deemed a distribution of such allowances to units of local government pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of that section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F6D2D5BAD214523912CE96EDCD938BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission, the Secretary, and the Administrator to carry out the provisions of this section. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC60CFD0E7FB84C49B5618E4A52741C34"><enum>145.</enum><header> Reauthorization of energy efficiency public information program to include Smart Grid information</header> <subsection id="H9378A6293E0B451B916553667A10903C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 134 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15832">42 U.S.C. 15832</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H93288E2726434951B9E8A91B53B3A0BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Energy efficiency and Smart Grid public information initiative</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C132B9C7BD1472492683C29360411ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In paragraph (1) of subsection (a) by striking <quote>reduce energy consumption during the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>increase energy efficiency and to adopt Smart Grid technology and practices</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFCA84B757024A178FB229BA71BCC29A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In paragraph (2) of subsection (a) by striking <quote>benefits to consumers of reducing</quote> and inserting <quote>economic and environmental benefits to consumers and the United States of optimizing</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5711126B954A4AE0A6E31A58136576B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In subsection (a) by inserting at the beginning of paragraph (3) <quote>the effect of energy efficiency and Smart Grid capability in reducing energy and electricity prices throughout the economy, together with</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A474865F995459CA3C34873B49A20A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In subsection (a)(4) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C), and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68F76FBDF38A4F2BAB2FB267053DB2A7"> <subparagraph id="HD667DA061793421CBB6AAB954F60501D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing and utilizing equipment that includes Smart Grid features and capability; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF3A3F0AA06F42658FFB3C4CD2446D0A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In subsection (c), by striking <quote>Not later than July 1, 2009,” and inserting, “For each year when appropriations pursuant to the authorization in this section exceed $10,000,000,</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4409EB95DC1A4498A3E8044AF37C434C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In subsection (d) by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F5EF859097C46968BE762860E9808F6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In subsection (e) by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEF8F5920781B4BC59E2A13C8102A2E57" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 134 in the table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801 and following) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26DC637F8C8345BF9A5990276655E33B"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 134. Energy efficiency and Smart Grid public information initiative.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HC5495A6462F542D0ADCBF1E59946B397"><enum>146.</enum><header>Inclusion of Smart Grid features in appliance rebate program</header> <subsection id="H1196FE6866624A82A54803DAAE0AE914"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 124 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15821">42 U.S.C. 15821</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HAF28E506921F4FE2ABB9B132C7B0ABDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Energy efficient and smart appliance rebate program</header-in-text>.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H984FA43669D04AABA49F23FE587317D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1547640D43144C2AC93D7A6FD1F343B"> <paragraph id="H46E4666DD51B4DDEB405B4873EA47360"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Smart appliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>smart appliance</quote> means a product that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Secretary of Energy has determined qualifies for such a designation in the Energy Star program pursuant to section 142 of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>, or that the Secretary or the Administrator has separately determined includes the relevant Smart Grid capabilities listed in section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/17381">15 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC8DC935FD074156B25CD92B29BC3BFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In subsection (b)(1) by inserting <quote>and smart</quote> after <quote>efficient</quote> and by inserting after <quote>products</quote> the first place it appears <quote>, including products designated as being smart appliances</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82CCEF28E62A457494A49ABD67010716"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In subsection (b)(3), by inserting <quote>the administration of</quote> after <quote>carry out</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBDFE8263C04343F39C17FA18092138F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In subsection (d), by inserting <quote>the administration of</quote> after <quote>carrying out</quote> and by inserting <quote>, and up to 100 percent of the value of the rebates provided pursuant to this section</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2B16993D2F5404EACC1FF29BA75ED9B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In subsection (e)(3), by inserting <quote>, with separate consideration as applicable if the product is also a smart appliance,</quote> after <quote>Energy Star product</quote> the first place it appears and by inserting <quote>or smart appliance</quote> before the period at the end. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD19B39C7393D44B1B18D567E6B9F0736"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In subsection (f), by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> through the period at the end and inserting <quote>$100,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2010 through 2015.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1493B093D4B940DA926F84E992A43103"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 124 in the table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801 and following) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5B5B3D403D44F13A279431A90219B07"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 124. Energy efficient and smart appliance rebate program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HFDC5CD08A129472DBBE4C375190AEFBB"><enum>F</enum><header>Transmission Planning</header> <section id="H650CA37B74E74FD79E2B6192A65E6927"><enum>151.</enum><header>Transmission planning and siting</header> <subsection id="H48E24DEDC6994A7C9AE8099D1BDA4E3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 216 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824p">16 U.S.C. 824p</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H5C4562F025DF4250AF1B1A21BBC28C74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsection (b), in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon, in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote> and by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="HD39D7F7351EA47F8ACCA196BC4188B5D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB1F191EC6D2A4751BDC084DF23D21C3C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the facility is interstate in nature or is an intrastate segment integral to a proposed interstate facility;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5434B5DA1CA439381112360A4078CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subsection (k), by inserting at the end the following: <quote>Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (h) of this section shall not apply in the Western interconnection.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18C10B7F4F474E958A8971021D636769"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In subsections (d) and (e), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> in each place and inserting <quote>subsection (b) or section 216B</quote>, and by striking <quote>permit</quote> and inserting <quote>permit or certificate</quote> in each place it appears.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A1FFD7760CA48B493AAD110862DEC88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New sections</header><text>The Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824p">16 U.S.C. 824p</external-xref>) is amended by inserting the following new sections after section 216:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE4DE6B72CCD4487281AA443BE5BAD73E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HB2ADE5232EB849669DF4FDD8CA9E728A"><enum>216A.</enum><header>Transmission planning</header> <subsection id="H26B1207CA57C4E14992FF5BC4C6EA711"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal policy for transmission planning</header> <paragraph id="H522525091EDF4FB095F1A37DA22039AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>It is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning should facilitate the deployment of renewable and other zero-carbon and low-carbon energy sources for generating electricity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring reliability, reducing congestion, ensuring cyber-security, minimizing environmental harm, and providing for cost-effective electricity services throughout the United States, in addition to serving the objectives stated in section 217(b)(4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EF995158FFF4588B12824FA7B82ACE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Options</header><text>In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand-side and supply-side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero-carbon electricity generation technologies, smart-grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H83C0EBB6D4E949BA9206043DF82738D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Planning</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HC573D9EBC9EB404E849FB4B283A1F520"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Planning principles</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall adopt, after notice and opportunity for comment, national electricity grid planning principles derived from the Federal policy established under subsection (a) to be applied in ongoing and future transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE516FD998194E418800BF27379FA8EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regional planning entities</header><text>Not later than 3 months after the date of adoption by the Commission of national electricity grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), entities that conduct or may conduct transmission planning pursuant to State, tribal, or Federal law or regulation, including States, Indian tribes, entities designated by States and Indian tribes, Federal Power Marketing Administrations, transmission providers, operators and owners, regional organizations, and electric utilities, and that are willing to incorporate the national electricity grid planning principles adopted by the Commission in their electric grid planning, shall identify themselves and the regions for which they propose to develop plans to the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45388BBBB87E4516A8ACAEF3F2D2F365"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination of regional planning entities</header><text>The Commission shall encourage regional planning entities described under paragraph (2) to cooperate and coordinate across regions and to harmonize regional electric grid planning with planning in adjacent or overlapping jurisdictions to the maximum extent feasible. The Commission shall work with States, Indian tribes, Federal land management agencies, State energy, environment, natural resources, and land management agencies and commissions, Federal power marketing administrations, electric utilities, transmission providers, load-serving entities, transmission operators, regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, and other organizations to resolve any conflict or competition among proposed planning entities in order to build consensus and promote the Federal policy established under subsection (a). The Commission shall seek to ensure that planning that is consistent with the national electricity grid planning principles adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) is conducted in all regions of the United States and the territories, but in a manner that, to the extent feasible, avoids uncoordinated planning by more than one planning entity for the same area.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4472C5B1CA6746DF9A3EE39F80C90107"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Relation to existing planning policy</header><text>In implementing the Federal policy established under subsection (a), the Commission shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H95F528BF34DF4E019441EA0880212918"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate and coordinate with any ongoing planning efforts undertaken pursuant to section 217 and Commission Order No. 890;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52F2272AE037476EB4D542497190EC1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with the Secretary of Energy in providing to the regional planning entities an annual summary of national energy policy priorities and goals; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A3D05A6848F4DB6BA221F4956D78D63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate with corridor designation and planning functions carried out pursuant to section 216 by the Secretary of Energy, who shall provide financial support from available funds to support the purposes of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H953E69400852408F9EAB3963EE9BA572"><enum>(D)</enum><text>coordinate with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture and Indian tribes in carrying out the Secretaries’ or tribal governments’ existing responsibilities for the planning or siting of transmission facilities on Federal or tribal lands, consistent with law, policy, and regulations relating to the management of federal public lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B2AF399DBBA45438929B210DF113554"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="HFFBD0B9043594A2292FA3B67C4027174"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall provide support to and may participate if invited to do so in the regional grid planning processes conducted by regional planning entities. The Secretary of Energy and the Commission may provide planning resources and assistance as required or as requested by regional planning entities, including system data, cost information, system analysis, technical expertise, modeling support, dispute resolution services, and other assistance to regional planning entities, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77EB70910F2B4C698AC90736FA45C8CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29BB4A34BE3F4C93A056912DD696ECFC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Conflict resolution</header><text>In the event that regional grid plans conflict, the Commission shall assist the regional planning entities in resolving such conflicts in order to achieve the objectives of the Federal policy established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CF8838A033B4BB299C57F3C3339099C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Submission of plans</header><text>The Commission shall require regional planning entities to submit initial regional electric grid plans to the Commission not later than 18 months after the date the Commission promulgates national electricity grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), with updates to such plans not less than every 3 years thereafter. The Commission shall review such plans for consistency with the national grid planning principles and may return a plan to one or more planning entities for further consideration, along with the Commission’s own recommendations for resolution of any conflict or for improvement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D3D61429ABD406394BBFC1CA09E578C"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Integration of plans</header><text>Regional electric grid plans should, in general, be developed from sub-regional requirements and plans, including planning input reflecting individual utility service areas. Regional plans may then in turn be combined into larger regional plans, up to interconnection-wide and national plans, as appropriate and necessary as determined by the Commission. In no case shall a multi-regional plan impose inclusion of a facility on a region that has submitted a valid plan that, after efforts to resolve the conflict, does not include such facility. To the extent practicable, all plans submitted to the Commission shall be public documents and available on the Commission’s Web site.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H399AC92F01D84F0A8A90C167355B0BE4"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Multi-regional meetings</header><text>As regional grid plans are submitted to the Commission, the Commission may convene multi-regional meetings to discuss regional grid plan consistency and integration, including requirements for multi-regional projects, and to resolve any conflicts that emerge from such multi-regional projects. The Commission shall provide its recommendations for eliminating any inter-regional conflicts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E39630A4EB64935A795FD4444D5F65F"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section and each 3 years thereafter, the Commission shall provide a report to Congress containing the results of the regional grid planning process, including summaries of the adopted regional plans and the extent to which the Federal policy objectives in subsection (a) have been successfully achieved. The Commission shall provide an electronic version of its report on its website with links to all regional and sub-regional plans taken into account. The Commission shall note and provide its recommended resolution for any conflicts not resolved during the planning process. The Commission shall make any recommendations to Congress on the appropriate Federal role or support required to address the needs of the electric grid, including recommendations for addressing any needs that are beyond the reach of existing State, tribal, and Federal authority.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4C1A4071CE39418987C63374A02E5C79"><enum>216B.</enum><header>Siting and construction in the Western Interconnection</header> <subsection id="H9BAD9DA997454A658FEB9F8538C73BE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section applies only to States located in the Western Interconnection and does not apply to States located in the Eastern Interconnection, to the States of Alaska or Hawaii, or to ERCOT.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H366129B9891F45869619E509F7AA91D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certificate of public convenience and necessity</header><text>The Commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction or modification of a transmission facility if the Commission finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H5F5BDF0AAF184B3F90BCA6BC8E097A76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the facility was identified and included in one or more relevant and final regional or interconnection-wide electric grid plans submitted to the Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of 216A;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H802B58EE160F46FDA78D6735BC298831"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any conflict among regional electric grid plans concerning the need for the facility was resolved;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C032437114A4CAB9BA639137E3D11A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such relevant regional electric grid plans are consistent with the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65F879AC6CA34CCC8214D00F55E486FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the facility was identified as needed in significant measure to meet demand for renewable energy in such plans;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57F93454E276471FA72D2C5E6C79C505"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the facility is a multistate facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H433285C279C0498C935DD380023590D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the developer of such facility filed a complete application seeking approval for the siting of the facility with a state commission or other entity that has authority to approve the siting of the facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FCF4D4E116E43C98235CAA847B82955"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a State commission or other entity that has authority to approve the siting of the facility—</text> <subparagraph id="HE951C6F401264E9B8E428DF1399F8D10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>did not issue a decision on an application seeking approval for the siting of the facility within 1 year after the date the applicant submitted a completed application to the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D0F0316A2E74DC996A69BF36A7EECB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>denied a complete application seeking approval for the siting of the facility; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9CA3E4774774EAE940D6C1CC4677B93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>authorized the siting of the facility subject to conditions that unreasonably interfere with the development of the facility; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80D23BBC1F6A4A5BBAB622606623FD85"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the siting of the facility can be accomplished in a manner consistent with the Federal policy established in subsection (a) of section 216A and the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of section 216A.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7220911F35134F66B8B5324F9ADF2D4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State recommendations on resource protection</header><text>In issuing a final certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to subsection (b), the Commission shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3307BD47FE1E439BB34CA0EA62731DD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider any siting constraints and mitigation measures based on habitat protection, health and safety considerations, environmental considerations, or cultural site protection identified by relevant State or local authorities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9E155F6A8DB48D3AC72903EC1711050"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incorporate those identified siting constraints or mitigation measures, including recommendations related to project routing, as conditions in the final certificate of public convenience and necessity, or if the Commission determines that a recommended siting constraint or mitigation measure is infeasible, excessively costly, or inconsistent with the Federal policy established in subsection (a) of section 216A or the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of section 216A—</text> <subparagraph id="H17122601FA4F43A4B79B54426A049EBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consult with State regulatory agencies to seek to resolve the issue;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDCE43B3FA11A450180ED3CFC6C22C932"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate as conditions on the certificate such recommended siting constraints or mitigation measures as are determined to be appropriate by the Commission, based on consultation by the Commission with State regulatory agencies, the Federal policy established in subsection (a) of section 216A and the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b)of section 216A, and the record before the Commission; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H665B4ACF700642CA9F6BADC9858D749E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if, after consultation, the Commission does not adopt in whole or in part a recommendation of an agency, publish a finding that the adoption of the recommendation is infeasible, not cost effective, or inconsistent with this section or other applicable provisions of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DC0F0C3C6FC4F83A699D5FE2E509264"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certificate applications</header> <paragraph id="H9A7DEE4A4BCC4DE1A98F8030E1A99B77" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An application for a preliminary or final certificate of public convenience and necessity under this subsection shall be made in writing to the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H90754AA3219F4E7F88462F3958E2A8F1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall issue rules specifying—</text> <subparagraph id="HB65099F18B9D4CDD985DDC58BCEC2FE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the form of the application;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50B2DA79ECFB448CA6936BB190FD0F07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the information to be contained in the application; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ED35079036D4ED9B65CED1FA0A85310"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the manner of service of notice of the application on interested persons.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA6004D81E0046AF992277A97D7ABF2F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination of Federal authorizations for transmission facilities</header> <paragraph id="HC3E9898611CC42EF86D8C5656B26119C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>Federal authorization</quote> shall have the same meaning and include the same actions as in section 216(h).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CAB9134FA754763A625D53919CD4701"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall act as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations and related environmental reviews of the facility, provided, however, that to the extent the facility is proposed to be sited on Federal lands, the Department of the Interior will assume such lead-agency duties as agreed between the Commission and the Department of Interior.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H069DFB8F1DD244B2A7EC8E4F2194CF9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To the maximum extent practicable under applicable Federal law, the Commission, and to the extent agreed, the Secretary of Interior, shall coordinate the Federal authorization and review process under this subsection with any Indian tribes, multistate entities, and State agencies that are responsible for conducting any separate permitting and environmental reviews of the facility, to ensure timely and efficient review and permit decisions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02083A2C414A4300949CC49602D90299"><enum>(4)</enum> <subparagraph id="H326641A588A54CB4A73652710A8F5FD7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>As head of the lead agency, the Chairman of the Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Interior and with those entities referred to in paragraph (3) that are willing to coordinate their own separate permitting and environmental reviews with the Federal authorization and environmental reviews, shall establish prompt and binding intermediate milestones and ultimate deadlines for the review of, and Federal authorization decisions relating to, the proposed facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9553675CEF5B46B6B72B2EB12C74E768" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Chairman of the Commission, or the Secretary of Interior, as agreed under paragraph (2), shall ensure that, once an application has been submitted with such data as the lead agency considers necessary, all permit decisions and related environmental reviews under all applicable Federal laws shall be completed—</text> <clause id="HB28A42B6056540DEA06042B23CDD00B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within 1 year; or</text></clause> <clause id="H4D92610B98B2409DB703528DC79FC09C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if a requirement of another provision of Federal law does not permit compliance with clause (i), as soon thereafter as is practicable.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83F354FD3A774916B716FFF12BEF1726" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Commission shall provide an expeditious pre-application mechanism for prospective applicants to confer with the agencies involved to have each such agency determine and communicate to the prospective applicant not later than 60 days after the prospective applicant submits a request for such information concerning—</text> <clause id="HFDAE95D57E334033BC9830A12A3361BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the likelihood of approval for a potential facility; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3E6A9FE40FA0433F884D815FE1108646"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>key issues of concern to the agencies and public.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DFC1CAA020E4B4996CF12C309680B7F"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph id="HE5E9196138244FC6A54D83386B0AFA46" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>As lead agency head, the Chairman of the Commission, in consultation with the affected agencies, shall prepare a single environmental review document, which shall be used as the basis for all decisions on the proposed project under Federal law.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4DFD1B5E3C21497391417C1D4B8374B6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Chairman of the Commission and the heads of other agencies shall streamline the review and permitting of transmission within corridors designated under section 503 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1763">43 U.S.C. 1763</external-xref>) by fully taking into account prior analyses and decisions relating to the corridors.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4EF809ABC60B454593246EBE03D1C51D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The document shall include consideration by the relevant agencies of any applicable criteria or other matters as required under applicable law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61E3E399342C4C4ABF871B120E3E8A15"><enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph id="H0D0579A42FF944F5A0F6F4E1EC937DCD" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If any agency has denied a Federal authorization required for a transmission facility, or has failed to act by the deadline established by the Commission pursuant to this section for deciding whether to issue the authorization, the applicant or any State in which the facility would be located may file an appeal with the President, who shall, in consultation with the affected agency, review the denial or failure to take action on the pending application.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0A3A03997674410A6C9524FAD34A758" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Based on the overall record and in consultation with the affected agency, the President may—</text> <clause id="H01729DE342274ABF9D9C7D74E9FB1AB9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>issue the necessary authorization with any appropriate conditions; or</text></clause> <clause id="HEEC8343C7C954A73A533D3E29DF359ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deny the application.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE48DFB9E81A453690CA030AAB7762FE" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The President shall issue a decision not later than 90 days after the date of the filing of the appeal.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA8DEE4FD13C4A69B8EA01586A695F34" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In making a decision under this paragraph, the President shall comply with applicable requirements of Federal law, including any requirements of—</text> <clause id="H2D2F49D24C2842A18732B8182CC087B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H7D81F7B83B3A47E397DCECB7FA6AC85A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="HEF549B2B2BDB407B9FE0DA503A8C9AEF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H1C9178581679446382E4E7EB8271CF84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></clause> <clause id="HAB1A06601C72457BAEE5B476F4A56B3B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE0D88876E7F4CBAADF25A487865DC13"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph id="H9BF54CAE3FF84E97B8E9E3E8AE141622" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 18 months after August 8, 2005, the Commission or, as requested, the Secretary or Interior, shall issue any regulations necessary to implement this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16445699EA9C417A855324D357373EF8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="H1DE8C92008484453998CEF39061C6230" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after August 8, 2005, the Commission, the Secretary of Interior, and the heads of all Federal agencies with authority to issue Federal authorizations shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to ensure the timely and coordinated review and permitting of electricity transmission facilities.</text></clause> <clause id="HB6A8629D7A784230B15357AEFB89C4A1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Interested Indian tribes, multistate entities, and State agencies may enter the memorandum of understanding.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C330A74976E477890A74991238D2A85" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The head of each Federal agency with authority to issue a Federal authorization shall designate a senior official responsible for, and dedicate sufficient other staff and resources to ensure, full implementation of the regulations and memorandum required under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H934CE7D1FC4A4BD2AE9A71F827BEA620"><enum>(8)</enum> <subparagraph id="HE624B1087621479E8751DA7D1790A417" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each Federal land use authorization for an electricity transmission facility shall be issued—</text> <clause id="H7859E2F4E58D4D1CADCA9B6F7C865A36" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for a duration, as determined by the Secretary of Interior, commensurate with the anticipated use of the facility; and</text></clause> <clause id="H228C86D739574707A85FDD20490E3495" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with appropriate authority to manage the right-of-way for reliability and environmental protection.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8CC25E2D88541FDA6B36FE7D13255C1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>On the expiration of the authorization (including an authorization issued before August 8, 2005), the authorization shall be reviewed for renewal taking fully into account reliance on such electricity infrastructure, recognizing the importance of the authorization for public health, safety, and economic welfare and as a legitimate use of Federal land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EE35277DB8546A3ABF34FEB94AEDCB0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In exercising the responsibilities under this section, the Commission shall consult regularly with—</text> <subparagraph id="HFDFE4F3FCDBC416F92645F7B63F97374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>electric reliability organizations (including related regional entities) approved by the Commission; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF67E2766B42949C2BC6B7A06FE0CE7B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Transmission Organizations approved by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H790F5D6F6D9D4C7DA31A10955CCB3551"><enum>152.</enum><header>Net metering for Federal agencies</header> <subsection id="H42DE02FF4BBD44DD82A2D38BFE465FEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standard</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 113 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2623">16 U.S.C. 2623</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFFECD464848B44138709D4C3A93B4D88" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA0F2D6390BA14099AADF977EE2C8ECDB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Net metering for Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electric utility shall offer to arrange (either directly or through a third party) to make interconnection and net metering available to Federal Government agencies, offices, or facilities in accordance with the requirements of section 115(j). The standard under this paragraph shall apply only to electric utilities that sold over 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity in the preceding year to the ultimate consumers thereof. In the case of a standard under this paragraph, a period of 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section shall be substituted for the 2-year period referred to in other provisions of this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4B0BB64E457542418532326B2F3504B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 115 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2625">16 U.S.C. 2625</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFA81DF072AC2471B92F7BF71ADE2352A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H8826674AD4684DE38811FD2EE1AD2E8D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Net metering for Federal agencies</header> <paragraph id="HA772026B85D640FE95D8F7692B3863B5" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that rates and charges and contract terms and conditions for the sale of electric energy to the Federal Government or agency shall be the same as the rates and charges and contract terms and conditions that would be applicable if the agency did not own or operate a qualified generation unit and use a net metering system.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76199DA17EFA4CEF9907B4385B8A0670" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="HB8F3988187D3430A810E63E8D51B35C8" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that each electric utility shall arrange to provide to the Government office or agency that qualifies for net metering an electrical energy meter capable of net metering and measuring, to the maximum extent practicable, the flow of electricity to or from the customer, using a single meter and single register, the cost of which shall be recovered from the customer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H194DC370BABE41B39C41378933364EBF" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In a case in which it is not practicable to provide a meter under subparagraph (A), the utility (either directly or through a third party) shall, at the expense of the utility install 1 or more of those electric energy meters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D63D192F4A1414EB5B0E7AA75286E13" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph id="H4E60DDF74D744048B6A0AD1055124516" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that each electric utility shall calculate the electric energy consumption for the Government office or agency using a net metering system that meets the requirements of this subsection and paragraph (6) of section 113(b) and shall measure the net electricity produced or consumed during the billing period using the metering installed in accordance with this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB72FEFECC2B641EEB1FAF9F3DB386867" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the electricity supplied by the retail electric supplier exceeds the electricity generated by the Government office or agency during the billing period, the Government office or agency shall be billed for the net electric energy supplied by the retail electric supplier in accordance with normal billing practices.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB9AB3F864C344076BFB1B3CB221C7B66" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If electric energy generated by the Government office or agency exceeds the electric energy supplied by the retail electric supplier during the billing period, the Government office or agency shall be billed for the appropriate customer charges for that billing period and credited for the excess electric energy generated during the billing period, with the credit appearing as a kilowatt-hour credit on the bill for the following billing period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E818EE740AB494E89D6858D39644434" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any kilowatt-hour credits provided to the Government office or agency as provided in this subsection shall be applied to the Government office or agency electric energy consumption on the following billing period bill (except for a billing period that ends in the next calendar year). At the beginning of each calendar year, any unused kilowatt-hour credits remaining from the preceding year will carry over to the new year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB08F00E200FB42099FC0E74D471180DE" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that each electric utility shall offer a meter and retail billing arrangement that has time-differentiated rates. The kilowatt-hour credit shall be based on the ratio representing the difference in retail rates for each time-of-use rate, or the credits shall be reflected on the bill of the Government office or agency as a monetary credit reflecting retail rates at the time of generation of the electric energy by the customer-generator.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20C18651D9C849E9B87257AFDC768783" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that the qualified generation unit, interconnection standards, and net metering system used by the Government office or agency shall meet all applicable safety and performance and reliability standards established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, and the American National Standards Institute.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EE70FBA9ED74793899846E777CA2E05" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that electric utilities shall not make additional charges, including standby charges, for equipment or services for safety or performance that are in addition to those necessary to meet the other standards and requirements of this subsection and paragraph (6) of section 113(b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97B413466CDC4FDA959283566AC1C7D2" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection and paragraph (6) of section 113(b):</text> <subparagraph id="HBA8895BF451D48EE9B9757E393025BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term ‘Government’ means any office, facility, or agency of the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97040EDB6C144656A1C62B3AC7F0468D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term ‘customer-generator’ means the owner or operator of a electricity generation unit.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE81DF08EC4F843F7B964C726CA539374"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term ‘electric generation unit’ means any renewable electric generation unit that is owned, operated, or sited on a Federal Government facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AB64172E609426E90A28A6AF10D66BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The term ‘net metering’ means the process of—</text> <clause id="H955FA6EE798149A4A5408C07D7247B3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to a customer-generator and the electricity generated by the customer-generator that is delivered to a utility at the same point of interconnection during an applicable billing period; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA7B73ACD2D29448790FED4FBC361A7F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing an energy credit to the customer-generator in the form of a kilowatt-hour credit for each kilowatt-hour of electricity produced by the customer-generator from an electric generation unit.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC03C40F318764FC9B45FF2561BA571A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>If this section or a portion of this section is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Act. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HBD8AEDCACC7B4C6D9BE06A2B69480FB9"><enum>153.</enum><header>Support for qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plants, qualified high efficiency transmission property, and qualified advanced electric transmission property</header> <subsection id="H6F894067CAF3462FA756DC484C63554B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Loan Guarantees Prior to September 30, 2011</header><text>Section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16515">42 U.S.C. 16515(a)</external-xref>), as added by section 406 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 594) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="H2B99C1F04FA6461994DC7073C27A0C5E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H04104027C503453884FBC06CD455C21E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The development, construction, acquisition, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant or the construction of a qualified high efficiency transmission property or a qualified advanced electric transmission property (whether by construction of new facilities or the modification of existing facilities). For purposes of this paragraph:</text> <subparagraph id="HB335CC6F3E144124BEEA5DDA0D9316FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission property</quote> means any high voltage electric transmission cable, related substation, converter station, or other integrated facility that—</text> <clause id="HC376F8552A264E1FB7BB3CD866C26A3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>utilizes advanced ultra low resistance superconductive material or other advanced technology that has been determined by the Secretary of Energy as—</text> <subclause id="HDCD93A434D774D07A1EFF6E900099F3F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reasonably likely to become commercially viable within 10 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFDDFBB0AA44F4955973ECF3D1AEC0EB4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>capable of reliably transmitting at least 5 gigawatts of high-voltage electric energy for distances greater than 300 miles with energy losses not exceeding 3 percent of the total power transported; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAF7323D1AB494E41955112AAB98E916C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not creating an electromagnetic field;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H97EB3411C1A2410EAB9A57684AA19ED2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been determined by an appropriate energy regulatory body, upon application, to be in the public interest and thereby eligible for inclusion in regulated rates; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDE165AB115704FA79135ECF387EB4D4F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>can be located safely and economically in a permanent underground right of way not to exceed 25 feet in width.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The term <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission property</quote> shall not include any property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H914BB83ED4CE4429B0B9AB987FA3D977"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="H9896624539CC48BE949C9147794A8CA0" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified high efficiency transmission property</quote> means any high voltage overhead electric transmission line, related substation, or other integrated facility that—</text> <subclause id="HAFC2146B158645629C6704047388C894" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>utilizes advanced conductor core technology that—</text> <item id="HD2EFF97BB2FC49CAB8C1FB560A346EE8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>has been determined by the Secretary of Energy as reasonably likely to become commercially viable within 10 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph;</text></item> <item id="HAD3C71F79C6A4B29974408D5489F53F6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is suitable for use on transmission lines up to 765kV; and</text></item> <item id="H54F68480D6094EE2A956D6D44E5C5619"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>exhibits power losses at least 30 percent lower than that of transmission lines using conventional <quote>ACSR</quote> conductors;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H8766D6BD5B0E4AB4B206F36517126562" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has been determined by an appropriate energy regulatory body, upon application, to be in the public interest and thereby eligible for inclusion in regulated rates; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9EB864E3A8644E21B39C5A0A2AD2212C" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>can be located safely and economically in a right of way not to exceed that used by conventional <quote>ACSR</quote> conductors; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H90D6D7B1A49F40129596F8866025AEF2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified high efficiency transmission property</quote> shall not include any property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B950BBE61D345B79E2296728B466A60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant</quote> means any industrial facility located in the United States which can be equipped, re-equipped, expanded, or established to produce in whole or in part qualified advanced electric transmission property.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7C235A4AAFC84BBF8A44208FB8F320C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional Loan Guarantee Authority</header><text>Section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16513">42 U.S.C. 16513</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (b):</text> <quoted-block id="HCCF3840E2B394DD3BA47131C9B8BEEC1" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB6C9E543D9C3474FBE9F1208D8F8181E"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The development, construction, acquisition, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant or the construction of a qualified advanced electric transmission property (whether by construction of new facilities or the modification of existing facilities). For purposes of this paragraph, the terms <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission property</quote> and <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant</quote> have the meanings provided by section 1705(a)(5).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3A072564723444359AB79FBCED5FB1D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary of Energy is authorized to provide grants for up to 50 percent of costs incurred in connection with the development, construction, acquisition of components for, or engineering of a qualified advanced electric transmission property defined in paragraph (5) of section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16515">42 U.S.C. 16515(a)</external-xref>). Such grants may only be made to the first project which qualifies under that paragraph. There are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of this subsection not more than $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. The United States shall take no equity or other ownership interest in the qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant or qualified advanced electric transmission property for which funding is provided under this subsection.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HC1529D6FD5614F6183E6849D6FDCCFB5"><enum>G</enum><header>Technical Corrections to Energy Laws</header> <section id="H23E23C7BC06D466FADD82A611F5A1DD8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>161.</enum><header>Technical corrections to Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</header> <subsection id="H521F798E5C014E7C9438C3261EDA5F51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title III—Energy savings through improved standards for appliance and lighting</header> <paragraph id="H13E1A2028CCD441B9B3C58A1ABDB6AA7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(u)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 301(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1550)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H87A0F5589A4440ACB7758A8B70077209"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB26E23667284D0F913F38B14BBAA7B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>supplies is</quote> and inserting <quote>supply is</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B1B625878414218854C6AB4DCBF8144" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 302 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1551)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC7CE3E770394566B4978D941F53B7FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>end of the paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>end of subparagraph (A)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD932F10F7A8843A3B9F76E76D89FEFD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>6313(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>6314(a)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48D890E285294FD6A6BC5F254D88214A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 343(a)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(1)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 302(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1551)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H006F23AA9BD74DEF8D3D272A51C94205"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Test procedures</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>At least once</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Test procedures</header-in-text>.—At least once</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4541E0C905654AB9BC05AD386AE08F87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the left).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA4D28D8A9D5472ABC669043B5105D2B" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 342(a)(6) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 305(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1554)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H77F36EC57CDF4967BCDE284452173AEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HEF9D607420934A61A0B1A68C3DA713A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If the Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D8EFAB2BF21463781044BE97F2D121F" style="OLC"> <clause id="H0D9509D08C7E438DA89039BC3E78503D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="H831A6F94E9AB400DBEE930BA7576C66A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (ii)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(ii)(II)</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HAC6E0F64C73B47588EE841DF1AF4164A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(i)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H75AE0550E734477396C9E55BF85D9FDA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAC00D3F38B542F3BEB0BBEC315CFDD9" style="OLC"> <clause id="HE2D727D7319E40459A68FF77D6A792B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In determining whether a standard is economically justified for the purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), the Secretary shall, after receiving views and comments furnished with respect to the proposed standard, determine whether the benefits of the standard exceed the burden of the proposed standard by, to the maximum extent practicable, considering—</text> <subclause id="HD88707FE33E1418A88C2A33236246BB2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the economic impact of the standard on the manufacturers and on the consumers of the products subject to the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2D648B759BD1472AB7C16A506DCA95D5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the savings in operating costs throughout the estimated average life of the product in the type (or class) compared to any increase in the price of, or in the initial charges for, or maintenance expenses of, the products that are likely to result from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF3ADD260F34440F691BAC99DAC7AEA51"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the total projected quantity of energy savings likely to result directly from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCDF43E9D4AF64647B1722D104B040A09"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any lessening of the utility or the performance of the products likely to result from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H44D22893E34D4FFD9ACF0E3579B0448E"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the impact of any lessening of competition, as determined in writing by the Attorney General, that is likely to result from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6764897F1D9242F395F598FADD1EDD99"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the need for national energy conservation; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1A260D892D544DA8BF171F6CC9B9CA2C"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>other factors the Secretary considers relevant.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7F4AF6073F5448C0A92937D0F8C6ED13"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Administration</header> <subclause id="H44344B54E1814C19912646A340F06EB2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Energy use and efficiency</header><text>The Secretary may not prescribe any amended standard under this paragraph that increases the maximum allowable energy use, or decreases the minimum required energy efficiency, of a covered product.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H424F3BB630E748E1B7DE47E6FCF99A35"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Unavailability</header> <item id="HC7CE232B68DB448AA4BC3D4B93F7156A"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may not prescribe an amended standard under this subparagraph if the Secretary finds (and publishes the finding) that interested persons have established by a preponderance of the evidence that a standard is likely to result in the unavailability in the United States in any product type (or class) of performance characteristics (including reliability, features, sizes, capacities, and volumes) that are substantially the same as those generally available in the United States at the time of the finding of the Secretary.</text></item> <item id="HC81132F335D44B168C2B4A176C5C5A15"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Other types or classes</header><text>The failure of some types (or classes) to meet the criterion established under this subclause shall not affect the determination of the Secretary on whether to prescribe a standard for the other types or classes.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9564706B1D3640C39B7D2771CD8477B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by striking <quote>An amendment prescribed under this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding subparagraph (D), an amendment prescribed under this subparagraph</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DABB5ED273D45D7AB1A60EBDDD02989" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 342(a)(6)(B)(iii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (as added by section 306(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) is transferred and redesignated as clause (vi) of section 342(a)(6)(C) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (as amended by section 305(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2262720C03049EA85F9E26BC8C0DFB8" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 340 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6311">42 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref>) (as amended by sections 312(a)(2) and 314(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1564, 1569)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (22) and (23) (as added by section 314(a) of that Act) as paragraphs (23) and (24), respectively.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C214107BF4E4BB0A43A1C39DB363E1A" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 345 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6316">42 U.S.C. 6316</external-xref>) (as amended by section 312(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1567)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H47AD63E801F447C3A587E274FDA0348B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraphs (B) through (G)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (I), (J), and (K)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FC0438A62624107AA86C5C893318392"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part A</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>part B</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1B1438BC4284F01976E500E5C91E70C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)(3), by striking <quote>section 342(f)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 342(f)(4)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9CA049CE1C345F2A1C7C3FE4A9C9207" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 340(13) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6311">42 U.S.C. 6311(13)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 313(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1568)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2D96D89748854154B4CB9B48BC541947"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38E2FBFEC26B454894977A95548B0F0B" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HF5A1ED2EA2534C0B90A86924CF13AD70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>electric motor</term> means any motor that is—</text> <clause id="H425FD5D60CAE469799A7CEFD819E7394"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a general purpose T-frame, single-speed, foot-mounting, polyphase squirrel-cage induction motor of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Design A and B, continuous rated, operating on 230/460 volts and constant 60 Hertz line power as defined in NEMA Standards Publication MG1–1987; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA88B5B567EB347648A9B469C4BEEC357"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a motor incorporating the design elements described in clause (i), but is configured to incorporate one or more of the following variations—</text> <subclause id="HC43FDE3616344B4091E8DB534C2C4B49"><enum>(I)</enum><text>U-frame motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1800D72B9C44452894C05FD3A0F0282E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>NEMA Design C motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4EA04663A22B4FC9805B20036C1D56A5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>close-coupled pump motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H65C92952C1134D2C84C84A237C81C83E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>footless motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB4B1A5AEDB8F4500842E74BF7264F719"><enum>(V)</enum><text>vertical solid shaft normal thrust motor (as tested in a horizontal configuration);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4D31488320CE44559B344CD3C62B763A"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>8-pole motor; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6926A7EE4C3A4ABD88823DFC484CF9CB"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>poly-phase motor with a voltage rating of not more than 600 volts (other than 230 volts or 460 volts, or both, or can be operated on 230 volts or 460 volts, or both).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA18BB6102E7C4F44852BBDA083FEEAB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (I) as subparagraphs (B) through (H), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67B4EA8D948646BDA3563FCE346BAE7E" indent="up1"><enum>(9)(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 342(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42DF25B0EAD8469896CA640004E63AC5" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF038E7183A17407B92CDE04FD352FCF1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE75E0879E3ED4838B12A8056952D607C" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H99ED5B0276E24BC9BEE9E17218AFE076" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1D10E606774241F581099A90A44B8CC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards effective beginning December 19, 2010</header> <subparagraph id="H356A7DE71E6044CCB0758A16D72C4A4D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except for definite purpose motors, special purpose motors, and those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3) and except as provided for in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), each electric motor manufactured with power ratings from 1 to 200 horsepower (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–12.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCAB11D5582EF459780C56D49C7CB9B27"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fire pump electric motors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), each fire pump electric motor manufactured with power ratings from 1 to 200 horsepower (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency that is not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–11.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A4D9A3E444B4A1D978A20427E45A436"><enum>(C)</enum><header>NEMA Design B electric motors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), each NEMA Design B electric motor with power ratings of more than 200 horsepower, but not greater than 500 horsepower, manufactured (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–11.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2603DA9830046E5A0EC2E872B63E8BF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Motors incorporating certain design elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), each electric motor described in section 340(13)(A)(ii) manufactured with power ratings from 1 to 200 horsepower (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–11.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9134904A67441ED9C393685A36F6E70" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) and (D) and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote>.</text> <subparagraph id="H6B765DFFEF3943D181D5E790E9BCC79A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 313 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1568) is repealed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8E0749154FB4840BD695651A53CD0E6" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The amendments made by—</text> <clause id="H9D4BE3943B3C4C848BF300DC42EBC172"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subparagraph (A) shall take effect on December 19, 2010; and</text></clause> <clause id="H77F05486CFE347E286562CFD8E741E3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subparagraph (B) shall take effect on December 19, 2007.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87522E2495C24C2D8197A86C28A74067" indent="up1"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 321(30)(D)(i)(III) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(D)(i)(III)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(a)(1)(A) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1574)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>or, in the case of a modified spectrum lamp, not less than 232 lumens and not more than 1,950 lumens</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72BA73DEF0804C3981AFA2570F1D071A" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 321(30)(T) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(T)</external-xref> (as amended by section 321(a)(1)(B) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1574)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H33B10FBA53154E3A900F7229C8DBB3D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <clause id="H5603A2B315E1424C8E6307EBE6B1451F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the comma after <quote>household appliance</quote> and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA6E13DA51AC64A0ABB335994CAAE861B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and is sold at retail,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB211D30821374466A79547AE33E72896"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>when sold at retail,</quote> before <quote>is designated</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB45A3ACAC76A4899B181B4D6715C1856" indent="up1"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295</external-xref>) (as amended by sections 321(a)(3)(A) and 322(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1577, 1588)) is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0964A31F22434ABDA4540F1E0875FA35" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAC2ADE2B0484464E9703AAA7E7D79327"><enum>(i)</enum><header>General service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, intermediate base incandescent lamps, candelabra base incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps</header> <paragraph id="HF3F47784ECCC4F72AC5EC081865CFFF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy efficiency standards</header> <subparagraph id="HD996B759901F4FAB81C030C5C726658A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each of the following general service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, intermediate base incandescent lamps, candelabra base incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps manufactured after the effective date specified in the tables listed in this subparagraph shall meet or exceed the following lamp efficacy, new maximum wattage, and CRI standards:</text> <table blank-lines-before="2" line-rules="hor"><ttitle>FLUORESCENT LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="5" grid-typeface="1.1" min-space="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="8.8.9" ttitle-size="8"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="col1" min-data-value="30"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col2" min-data-value="40"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col3" min-data-value="40"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col4" min-data-value="72"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col5" min-data-value="40"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1">Lamp Type</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2">Nominal Lamp Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3">Minimum CRI</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4">Minimum Average Lamp Efficacy (LPW)</entry><entry align="center" colname="col5">Effective Date (Period of Months)</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4-foot medium bi-pin</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">>35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">75.0</entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">≤35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">75.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2-foot U-shaped</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">>35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">68.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable"> ≤35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">64.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">8-foot slimline</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable"> 65 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">≤65 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">8-foot high output</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">>100 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">≤100 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <table line-rules="hor"><ttitle>INCANDESCENT REFLECTOR LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" min-space="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="8.8.9" ttitle-size="8"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="col1" min-data-value="30"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col2" min-data-value="72"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col3" min-data-value="40"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1">Nominal Lamp Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2">Minimum Average Lamp Efficacy (LPW)</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3">Effective Date (Period of Months)</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 40–50</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">10.5</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 51–66</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">11.0</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 67–85</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">12.5</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 86–115</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">14.0</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">116–155</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">14.5</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">156–205</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">15.0</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" frame="topbot" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-type="4-Generic:-1-text,-3-num"><ttitle>GENERAL SERVICE INCANDESCENT LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" grid-typeface="1.1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec align="center" coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colsep="1" colwidth="186" min-data-value="120" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col2" colsep="1" colwidth="140" min-data-value="15" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col3" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col4" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" rowsep="1">Rated Lumen Ranges</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" rowsep="1">Maximum Rated Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" rowsep="1">Minimum Rated Lifetime</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" rowsep="1">Effective Date</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">1490–2600</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">72</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2012</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">1050–1489</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">53</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2013</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">750–1049</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">43</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">310–749</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">29</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" frame="topbot" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-type="4-Generic:-1-text,-3-num"><ttitle>MODIFIED SPECTRUM GENERAL SERVICE INCANDESCENT LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" grid-typeface="1.1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec align="center" coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colsep="1" colwidth="186" min-data-value="120" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col2" colsep="1" colwidth="140" min-data-value="15" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col3" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col4" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" rowsep="1">Rated Lumen Ranges</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" rowsep="1">Maximum Rated Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" rowsep="1">Minimum Rated Lifetime</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" rowsep="1">Effective Date</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">1118–1950</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">72</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2012</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">788–1117</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">53</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2013</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">563–787</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">43</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">232–562</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">29</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1F65ED3405C477BBA6FF9AEA44E729D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header> <clause id="H0A6194C9DA704C188506258190A3A6E4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application criteria</header><text>This subparagraph applies to each lamp that—</text> <subclause id="H24891F2EFBA341FB87CFEA74D2550EE1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is intended for a general service or general illumination application (whether incandescent or not);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE4EA9670871B4D8B89431B505B920793"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has a medium screw base or any other screw base not defined in ANSI C81.61–2006;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9BDA90E21D7747CA8563EA1D36A2B77A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is capable of being operated at a voltage at least partially within the range of 110 to 130 volts; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H525A7494E547487E936B18421A08AD1E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is manufactured or imported after December 31, 2011.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3E35DDB9AB0B48708C81F5E526E75273"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, each lamp described in clause (i) shall have a color rendering index that is greater than or equal to—</text> <subclause id="H7137C69AE1BA410B90450C1E27855445"><enum>(I)</enum><text>80 for nonmodified spectrum lamps; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H56F2E178940849579D84A575A3FE17C1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>75 for modified spectrum lamps.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B7468B4CCE747F7852481183E4C2193"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Candelabra incandescent lamps and intermediate base incandescent lamps</header> <clause commented="no" id="H89ABE06CA2EA4EC5BB0E4EAA0DE4054C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Candelabra base incandescent lamps</header><text>Effective beginning January 1, 2012, a candelabra base incandescent lamp shall not exceed 60 rated watts.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HA50DFF9AAED84A44BACB98BA9AE2C8E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Intermediate base incandescent lamps</header><text>Effective beginning January 1, 2012, an intermediate base incandescent lamp shall not exceed 40 rated watts.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCA231B888D9486788612055E7C2DABB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exemptions</header> <clause id="H265C3A5AA1494792B65D3A419742159A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Statutory exemptions</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the following types of incandescent reflector lamps:</text> <subclause id="H358B4316DDD24AE894198D421B6BB53D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Lamps rated at 50 watts or less that are ER30, BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H019C598844C34540BD5B7DC22D1B5FCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Lamps rated at 65 watts that are BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA7D7690556E3448D8FD43C421437893D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>R20 incandescent reflector lamps rated 45 watts or less.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF57758268A95463C802789D72EF8D288"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Administrative exemptions</header> <subclause id="H53C3BCCDACEF495487CC6A725796CB2B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>Any person may petition the Secretary for an exemption for a type of general service lamp from the requirements of this subsection.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6D740FCEC7B14E6EA31F397D81021A11"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary may grant an exemption under subclause (I) only to the extent that the Secretary finds, after a hearing and opportunity for public comment, that it is not technically feasible to serve a specialized lighting application (such as a military, medical, public safety, or certified historic lighting application) using a lamp that meets the requirements of this subsection.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFC5B7052BB084CB5914A6212BBE1E862"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Additional criterion</header><text>To grant an exemption for a product under this clause, the Secretary shall include, as an additional criterion, that the exempted product is unlikely to be used in a general service lighting application.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4195AD8EA9D45DB9AEFB2EB001D8128"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Extension of coverage</header> <clause id="H52183C0D7014415B9C79DD3345705792"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>Any person may petition the Secretary to establish standards for lamp shapes or bases that are excluded from the definition of general service lamps.</text></clause> <clause id="HBDF8147EAE094FD5BD34F43A3A6D0EC5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Increased sales of exempted lamps</header><text>The petition shall include evidence that the availability or sales of exempted incandescent lamps have increased significantly since the date on which the standards on general service incandescent lamps were established.</text></clause> <clause id="H141B9CC5C1FC46EE9EE86800DAA01B2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall grant a petition under clause (i) if the Secretary finds that—</text> <subclause id="HAB5383789A894EE786A435E3328A8620"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the petition presents evidence that demonstrates that commercial availability or sales of exempted incandescent lamp types have increased significantly since the standards on general service lamps were established and likely are being widely used in general lighting applications; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H46E45A7019364065A1D378E49128A37D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>significant energy savings could be achieved by covering exempted products, as determined by the Secretary based in part on sales data provided to the Secretary from manufacturers and importers.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF712E2359EB34488BE237B71A0B2E1CF"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>No presumption</header><text>The grant of a petition under this subparagraph shall create no presumption with respect to the determination of the Secretary with respect to any criteria under a rulemaking conducted under this section.</text></clause> <clause id="H0114340F33D7416A8B11D7B691551332"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Expedited proceeding</header><text>If the Secretary grants a petition for a lamp shape or base under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="H003E10A178964380AA98F5F937F979B8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>conduct a rulemaking to determine standards for the exempted lamp shape or base; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFE32BC2BA5734E1D8666928EE1F68F85"><enum>(II)</enum><text>complete the rulemaking not later than 18 months after the date on which notice is provided granting the petition.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA22ED5707A97492FB982D91DBC4328F2"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Effective dates</header> <clause id="H1FE050EAA14E4D04904D4ED463D041CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this paragraph, except as otherwise provided in a table contained in subparagraph (A) or in clause (ii), the term <term>effective date</term> means the last day of the month specified in the table that follows October 24, 1992.</text></clause> <clause id="HB472E3BB310947A7B31E0413930742CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Special effective dates</header> <subclause id="HE789A5F9D5684DD7B82F769DF1E3AA3B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>ER, br, and bpar lamps</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to ER incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, and similar bulb shapes on and after January 1, 2008, or the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H190B44EDD2D44A2894CAC4FDE74FBAAE"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Lamps between 2.25–2.75 inches in diameter</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to incandescent reflector lamps with a diameter of more than 2.25 inches, but not more than 2.75 inches, on and after the later of January 1, 2008, or the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF18692FCDDBE4F4DA9BB2D6F142DD7B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance with existing law</header><text>Notwithstanding section 332(a)(5) and section 332(b), it shall not be unlawful for a manufacturer to sell a lamp that is in compliance with the law at the time the lamp was manufactured.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H121BEE3E78554AC4B6338964DE85D49F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking before October 24, 1995</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE1F0D7A4937404AB67290D7E2BD53BD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 36 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure and shall publish a final rule not later than the end of the 54-month period beginning on October 24, 1992, to determine whether the standards established under paragraph (1) should be amended.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B7D7DD9083B4BFBAE2B8AD893A353BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rule shall contain the amendment, if any, and provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured on or after the 36-month period beginning on the date on which the final rule is published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3EA9C4E77B8468DB28C5D3E61B3435D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rulemaking before October 24, 2000</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C599F5F4BD74140A7E80713F6DCA976"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 8 years after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure and shall publish a final rule not later than 9 years and 6 months after October 24, 1992, to determine whether the standards in effect for fluorescent lamps and incandescent lamps should be amended.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71B700B0AEC142BC984AFB5A7761941C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rule shall contain the amendment, if any, and provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured on or after the 36-month period beginning on the date on which the final rule is published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C994786855D4EFBB53DAE43E1F94A15"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rulemaking for additional general service fluorescent lamps</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8086B54D0A34E1BA2EE312AEA3DA3C9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date labeling requirements under section 324(a)(2)(C) become effective, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E40F4494C534F0AAC0B66916D7B5CE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine whether the standards in effect for fluorescent lamps and incandescent lamps should be amended so that the standards would be applicable to additional general service fluorescent lamps; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B8319E8108D480FA7BA139DC961839E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish, not later than 18 months after initiating the rulemaking, a final rule including the amended standards, if any.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74DBB3CAC7984823BBA0D2DDE3803DE7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rule shall provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured after a date which is 36 months after the date on which the rule is published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8F9148D31B8479398ACA353F43B6795"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Standards for general service lamps</header> <subparagraph id="H3753804A7FCB41F3A513E32F7060DAAA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rulemaking before January 1, 2014</header> <clause id="H985A9214713045E18093A4E0C90A7EFF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2014, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine whether—</text> <subclause id="H414254DE9E364BC8A11598F5958874A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0100D4BED8944898B1E26D6FB1B7339B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the exclusions for certain incandescent lamps should be maintained or discontinued based, in part, on excluded lamp sales collected by the Secretary from manufacturers.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HACA43B73E7EE4EEEAF5A212C442193B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The rulemaking—</text> <subclause id="HEEAB7C2C2C3843A78DDB83CFD2289CF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall not be limited to incandescent lamp technologies; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD7A298D399F14E118E08F81E5AB4368D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall include consideration of a minimum standard of 45 lumens per watt for general service lamps.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H70F1E82CB3774DBCBF7FF2B0692AB492"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Amended standards</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended, the Secretary shall publish a final rule not later than January 1, 2017, with an effective date that is not earlier than 3 years after the date on which the final rule is published.</text></clause> <clause id="H26586D71F22F4FB0BBBAD2D65EF1D7C5"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Phased-in effective dates</header><text>The Secretary shall consider phased-in effective dates under this subparagraph after considering—</text> <subclause id="H9F32A9094E8E44318A81DE5E75D395B5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the impact of any amendment on manufacturers, retiring and repurposing existing equipment, stranded investments, labor contracts, workers, and raw materials; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H980D84DFC72542C5A2C3EA9D8F191FEA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the time needed to work with retailers and lighting designers to revise sales and marketing strategies.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H088B4CE5A3754E54A52C321CB57BA2D0"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Backstop requirement</header><text>If the Secretary fails to complete a rulemaking in accordance with clauses (i) through (iv) or if the final rule does not produce savings that are greater than or equal to the savings from a minimum efficacy standard of 45 lumens per watt, effective beginning January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall prohibit the manufacture of any general service lamp that does not meet a minimum efficacy standard of 45 lumens per watt.</text></clause> <clause id="H9789327B76E8402185B4885047B80491"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>State preemption</header><text>Neither section 327(c) nor any other provision of law shall preclude California or Nevada from adopting, effective beginning on or after January 1, 2018—</text> <subclause id="HC635DE06C5984750AD6938B05DE7ADB6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a final rule adopted by the Secretary in accordance with clauses (i) through (iv);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5CF7C908726846E1A559A9CA3E1AE960"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if a final rule described in subclause (I) has not been adopted, the backstop requirement under clause (v); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9DCB2BF19DBF4FD49B4209497DB8655C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of California, if a final rule described in subclause (I) has not been adopted, any California regulations relating to these covered products adopted pursuant to State statute in effect as of the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E20492BB8AB4D64927D5B67A5B3C907"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rulemaking before January 1, 2020</header> <clause id="H4A0B9CDECE544A35BC7AD38A64A63E80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine whether—</text> <subclause id="H5DBF4FFF4A0E40EC94A6D85618E0E9CC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8A526EF67A5F4058BD3EC59A96797979"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the exclusions for certain incandescent lamps should be maintained or discontinued based, in part, on excluded lamp sales data collected by the Secretary from manufacturers.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H0533AD98E3834E5FB2AC0E06E8F36408"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The rulemaking shall not be limited to incandescent lamp technologies.</text></clause> <clause id="H9C83C4C8527B4951977A5E4F8647176B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Amended standards</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended, the Secretary shall publish a final rule not later than January 1, 2022, with an effective date that is not earlier than 3 years after the date on which the final rule is published.</text></clause> <clause id="H137B3F55420248ADA6BA2EF177592CAD"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Phased-in effective dates</header><text>The Secretary shall consider phased-in effective dates under this subparagraph after considering—</text> <subclause id="H16B2623E959D4523B4791EC557E88D02"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the impact of any amendment on manufacturers, retiring and repurposing existing equipment, stranded investments, labor contracts, workers, and raw materials; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H03C3E40029C04B13AEA647BAC41705E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the time needed to work with retailers and lighting designers to revise sales and marketing strategies.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25DA001A2C8041CD954B08294CEB543C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal actions</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEC638E791524D96B4C30C94571B449C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Comments of Secretary</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD018A7903AE40DC816AAFB18E06F182"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to any lamp to which standards are applicable under this subsection or any lamp specified in section 346, the Secretary shall inform any Federal entity proposing actions that would adversely impact the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the lamp of the energy conservation consequences of the action.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAA221D50D8B43649AE9A68C858A13F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Federal entity shall carefully consider the comments of the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE959849E2A14E17AF43DCD8FCD0F295"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amendment of standards</header><text>Notwithstanding section 325(n)(1), the Secretary shall not be prohibited from amending any standard, by rule, to permit increased energy use or to decrease the minimum required energy efficiency of any lamp to which standards are applicable under this subsection if the action is warranted as a result of other Federal action (including restrictions on materials or processes) that would have the effect of either increasing the energy use or decreasing the energy efficiency of the product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2943058B24864AFFB6CF7FB09B219A92"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE76BF88E1944804AD177727A6C56D44"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the date on which standards established pursuant to this subsection become effective, or, with respect to high-intensity discharge lamps covered under section 346, the effective date of standards established pursuant to that section, each manufacturer of a product to which the standards are applicable shall file with the Secretary a laboratory report certifying compliance with the applicable standard for each lamp type.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BDDA7360CE3422186D8CA5A18EFC850"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include the lumen output and wattage consumption for each lamp type as an average of measurements taken over the preceding 12-month period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE76AEA53A745F2A943E8F75DAF3C1C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other lamp types</header><text>With respect to lamp types that are not manufactured during the 12-month period preceding the date on which the standards become effective, the report shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EF2757C5E2044BC9F4DAA513129AC7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be filed with the Secretary not later than the date that is 12 months after the date on which manufacturing is commenced; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB332F50118C343CEBC2128148C4CFBA8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include the lumen output and wattage consumption for each such lamp type as an average of measurements taken during the 12-month period.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2FF9B0A1FE8489EBAAA00265511ACFC" indent="up1"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325(l)(4)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(A)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(a)(3)(B) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1581)) is amended by striking <quote>only</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2593F7954C354E1E9A882F9FE3295F1F" indent="up1"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Section 327(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(d)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1585)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H45DDDE7728944B298053600D4CE8FF25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5AF4A6A49534DF4A9AC2C8CEFB6C999"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6693D00784504350ACEDAD3BD2927B6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD8F05D34DB94DB885075715456B3D31" indent="up1"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Section 321(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1586) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H5356DDEC86BB4A7F86A6B9A24BCBDD67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>is amended</quote> and inserting <quote>(as amended by section 306(b)) is amended</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC27F9EAFD86F4553A0FF4C7C6F142926"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4792C89FB6FA41C89E9BC48413CB9930" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9FA78D4561DC44C382B58A0E49AB1914"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25E6B1DEE18F4B77AA0468C3888FDE09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B18864282B04A888F0426E80A2B8582" indent="up1"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Section 332(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6302">42 U.S.C. 6302(a)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1586)) is amended by redesignating the second paragraph (6) as paragraph (7).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F667BE0ADBC4CE99835188958D6822B" indent="up1"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Section 321(30)(C)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 322(a)(1)(B) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1587)) is amended by inserting a period after <quote>40 watts or higher</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32A4032D7C8D4876B7C84FAC14699260" indent="up1"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Section 322(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1588)) is amended by striking <quote>6995(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>6295(i)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED302A623DFD491783E237C4299A7157" indent="up1"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 327(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297(c)</external-xref>) (as amended by sections 324(f) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1594)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H909C382CBD3F46B284CC603ADC8E55FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35E7D14B0DD242348AA05ADC4140F11B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4914F5FF62DA4361BEC4590B1A5FE941"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text> <clause id="H7B88417706824E0E92D9FB23FABB8FD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>except that—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>if the Secretary fails to issue</quote> and inserting <quote>except that if the Secretary fails to issue</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H1F59A85984A549B4A35E69671A8C5840"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the left); and</text></clause> <clause id="H31C31BBE1171499E8EA21FEAB454B115"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDACFB2A99CA9464DBD083D7E14BE2B3E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D7EA5257EE457B8908D588D116FAAD" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBE3D7EDD8E104C669DBF3D98A71E36A6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>is a regulation for general service lamps that conforms with Federal standards and effective dates; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE425FA7D22F04F9FAB74BC7821ECDA75"><enum>(11)</enum><text>is an energy efficiency standard for general service lamps enacted into law by the State of Nevada prior to December 19, 2007, if the State has not adopted the Federal standards and effective dates pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii); or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69C3D0D783F9451F9BD7A86E6A52FCEC" indent="up1"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Section 325(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1596)) is amended by striking <quote>6924(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>6294(c)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H11A8A16F9FE544B892899109E01F725D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title IV—Energy savings in buildings and industry</header> <paragraph id="HC7B3CFC03837482FA091916D2E5584CE" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17061">42 U.S.C. 17061</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2E7E260822D043DCA01377B39C3A518D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>484</quote> and inserting <quote>494</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41109E2599BB47B7B0EFF0A8352EE59B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>Agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Administration</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCE0DED1E2D24F6EBE175B2D4F9F83E6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6872">42 U.S.C. 6872</external-xref>) (as amended by section 411(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1600)) is amended by striking 1 of the 2 periods at the end of paragraph (5).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09E592F9BB0E465C869689619DC10CA6" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 305(a)(3)(D)(i) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6834">42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)(i)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 433(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1612)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6AE08385792F432694DFF8687E56C9BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I)—</text> <clause id="H11FEDE4CA65D4CC7A15F53C9D34CFF52"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in fiscal year 2003 (as measured by Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Agency</quote> and inserting <quote>as measured by the calendar year 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or the calendar year 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Administration</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1420C9C4BF334C19BCB407A7A4B40CF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the table at the end, by striking <header-in-text level="section" style="USC"><quote>Fiscal Year</quote></header-in-text> and inserting <header-in-text level="section" style="USC"><quote>Calendar Year</quote></header-in-text>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA55D4E587527401E9538C1B633E44FBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (II)—</text> <clause id="H168FAA177A854750A3050883E12857DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(II) Upon petition</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BC6ADBC2CEB40C6A1A3625A2D278DCE" style="OLC"> <subclause id="H2433EBCA46794016914CB90C7BD297BC"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Downward adjustment of numeric requirement</header> <item id="H478800D79A0D43CF8675D65FDBC51810"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On petition</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="HBC50A4FB0C05435DB5D67B4C2E51A075"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the last sentence and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18B7DF8526CC465B8787BD625D660E16" style="OLC"> <item id="HD9506D02CC894B53AF59103BCFD3C63F"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Exceptions to requirement for concurrence of Secretary</header> <subitem id="H8344B8EA682640488273D31464F34C6C"><enum>(AA)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The requirement to petition and obtain the concurrence of the Secretary under this subclause shall not apply to any Federal building with respect to which the Administrator of General Services is required to transmit a prospectus to Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3307">section 3307</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, or to any other Federal building designed, constructed, or renovated by the Administrator if the Administrator certifies, in writing, that meeting the applicable numeric requirement under subclause (I) with respect to the Federal building would be technically impracticable in light of the specific functional needs for the building.</text></subitem> <subitem id="H0E53619D79DC4BAC8F6D99879C987610"><enum>(BB)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>In the case of a building described in subitem (AA), the Administrator may adjust the applicable numeric requirement of subclause (I) downward with respect to the building.</text></subitem></item><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45703CAB722845C89AA8D1DC686FCD1A" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 436(c)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17092">42 U.S.C. 17092(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>474</quote> and inserting <quote>494</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9B894ABA03341DE90B999ED3B95EA06" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 440 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17096">42 U.S.C. 17096</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and 482</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD600A1FD5F3433E9A386D020B65E9BD" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 373(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6343">42 U.S.C. 6343(c)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 451(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1628)) is amended by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB59350D26DD44A37A30544D5AD31C434" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Date of enactment</header><text>Section 1302 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17382">42 U.S.C. 17382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>enactment</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of enactment of this Act</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEBA9182E8CA4430D9AE8B1497F467D8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reference</header><text>Section 1306(c)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17386">42 U.S.C. 17386(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 1307 (paragraph (17) of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (19) of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H53EF2A06314B405486065C55EBE6369C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendments made by this section take effect as if included in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1492).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEDAF528AE9F94D6182234340C94A8ABD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>162.</enum><header>Technical corrections to Energy Policy Act of 2005</header> <subsection id="H4D4DCAE8DC8B4F49BC7CC116E9D3C199"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title I—Energy efficiency</header><text>Section 325(g)(8)(C)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(8)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) (as added by section 135(c)(2)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) is amended by striking <quote>20°F</quote> and inserting <quote>−20°F</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF08AC2238DE14432B9019E9E599C9EF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendments made by this section take effect as if included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 594).</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H5016D606A271476EB4384A7DEF65EBD2"><enum>H</enum><header>Energy and Efficiency Centers and Research</header> <section id="HB85CED7AD93E4E35B9A2B16C5E355138"><enum>171.</enum><header>Energy Innovation Hubs</header> <subsection id="HAC99E064034D421A93189585A8B64370"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to establish Energy Innovation Hubs to enhance the Nation’s economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean, indigenous energy alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring that the United States maintains a technological lead in the development and commercial application of state-of-the-art energy technologies. To achieve these purposes the program shall—</text> <paragraph id="H42CF8BAE3B084511BE20A74C01BB0CE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>leverage the expertise and resources of the university and private research communities, industry, venture capital, national laboratories, and other participants in energy innovation to support cross-disciplinary research and development in areas not being served by the private sector in order to develop and transfer innovative clean energy technologies into the marketplace;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF77109438EA4DBA95777C0C142791D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand the knowledge base and human capital necessary to transition to a low-carbon economy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7687DCA7D4AD4FAC980DFF890EFD655C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote regional economic development by cultivating clusters of clean energy technology firms, private research organizations, suppliers, and other complementary groups and businesses.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3CB9B5CDF51C41269C653F74BBB38074"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H78E1908D1D744A4099D4D15A559621F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text>The term <quote>allowance</quote> means an emission allowance established under section 721 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE82C134596CF45768872249F203F8E14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clean energy technology</header><text>The term <quote>clean energy technology</quote> means a technology that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA965403DFEDB491EA557D9602F5A5ADB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>produces energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, and other renewable energy resources (as such term is defined in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F1D3E3069194D99AE14E1FA6B5B1BA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more efficiently transmits, distributes, or stores energy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD058E61914543AFBF0C5F2ACEFABE60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhances energy efficiency for buildings and industry, including combined heat and power;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0EC2F15800164D4CAA76D6E03224E4F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enables the development of a Smart Grid (as described in section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17381">42 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>)), including integration of renewable energy resources and distributed generation, demand response, demand side management, and systems analysis;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97CEC2AA257C474A9164A865A6CEF889"><enum>(E)</enum><text>produces an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB796207DE2E44BF6BCD04EE455833CB8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>enhances water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, and end use applications; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF2EEEB1167E443BB76F69E88DA779DB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>improves energy efficiency for transportation, including electric vehicles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63A44A46F16547129686800BF48987AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cluster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>cluster</quote> means a network of entities directly involved in the research, development, finance, and commercialization of clean energy technologies whose geographic proximity facilitates utilization and sharing of skilled human resources, infrastructure, research facilities, educational and training institutions, venture capital, and input suppliers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE303552062848198FD712925BD97C5E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hub</header><text>The term <quote>Hub</quote> means an Energy Innovation Hub established in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFD79080A50142969F4F6D96447CE558"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <quote>project</quote> means an activity with respect to which a Hub provides support under subsection (e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48147FEE73AD45E18AE7859FD183ED0D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualifying entity</header><text>The term <quote>qualifying entity</quote> means each of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H9EEB7C206FB5471EBC922A4418FAC799"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A research university.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4D52B583A034591BBA1029AEAE7DE0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State or Federal institution with a focus on the advancement of clean energy technologies.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0DC070E15964483B247CC8EC3F1DBAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A nongovernmental organization with research or commercialization expertise in clean energy technology development.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4B3FEA4DB1F4A7CBE7A504F2C12D4B7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7ABFA4A266B4433BAF83D490659E5FB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Technology development focus</header><text>The term <quote>technology development focus</quote> means the unique technology development areas in which a Hub will specialize, and may include solar electricity, fuels from solar energy, batteries and energy storage, electricity grid systems and devices, energy efficient building systems and design, advanced materials, modeling and simulation, and other clean energy technology development areas designated by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC35AFD7C13FE4B7B9998874388CA0DCE"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Translational research</header><text>The term <quote>translational research</quote> means coordination of basic or applied research with technical and commercial applications to enable promising discoveries or inventions to attract investment sufficient for market penetration and diffusion.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62D2C164EBA54C989D06D6B6ACE7A707"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Vintage year</header><text>The term <quote>vintage year</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 700 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 312 of this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H183CFBF3DBCC4E05A2776D59CEA2ACA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Role of the secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H02EC14C2B0824D3F9C5ED5D9307B0BAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight of, all aspects of the program under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54A4FEB0A2064E5AAB264ACDB6D0743A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the distribution of allowances allocated under section 782(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act) to support the establishment of 8 Hubs, each with a unique designated technology development focus, pursuant to this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76879D14F06142B2BBF90FC75E1D713E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the innovation activities of Hubs with those occurring through other Department of Energy entities, including the National Laboratories, the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, and Energy Frontier Research Collaborations, and within industry, including by annually—</text> <subparagraph id="H60B3748057FE48E9A16CB46443F127BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issuing guidance regarding national energy research and development priorities and strategic objectives; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EBAF78BA14D46DF9DA183C22762CC40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>convening a conference of staff of the Department of Energy and representatives from such other entities to share research results, program plans, and opportunities for collaboration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6EF143D47A114582932800B5FD4F7931"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Entities eligible for support</header><text>A consortium shall be eligible to receive allowances to support the establishment of a Hub under this section if—</text> <paragraph id="H88E7C19E019E4D78A5F2016A7427095F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it is composed of—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E2FA11BC1AF41FC9FBB59C0AD4FA33A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>2 research universities with a combined annual research budget of $500,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF17A97A829214E12B3191095A470D3E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more additional qualifying entities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BA54955C5C747C3A06C2D62A0984D14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>its members have established a binding agreement that documents—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C79D83B390A41C7B6D6B4C1DDE5F993"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the structure of the partnership agreement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08613B79DE9A4AC4B1A9AF51861E05F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a governance and management structure to enable cost-effective implementation of the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24A07789A0F14C3FA8F26394668286E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an intellectual property management policy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AEAA710894148F69ABD9F0F29A77BEC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a conflicts of interest policy consistent with subsection (e)(4);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H368E5CDDFEEB48D49EE8295219FA6424"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an accounting structure that meets the requirements of the Department of Energy and can be audited under subsection (f)(5); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27C11739A51B4580AE0D7034014C2541"><enum>(F)</enum><text>that it has an Advisory Board consistent with subsection (e)(3);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E21EBF66CC546CEA99A51AA60918A5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>it receives financial contributions from States, consortium participants, or other non-Federal sources, to be used to support project awards pursuant to subsection (e);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE26C98A6B8ED43F9B924C3A50AA2280E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>it is part of an existing cluster or demonstrates high potential to develop a new cluster; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB22EA6EA20FD4E28B6C16C64C22F395E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>it operates as a nonprofit organization.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F218E8F6868445EB93EE5FEE98DA52B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy innovation hubs</header> <paragraph id="H33A27C8CBEB84F0498DAC19C45C8112A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Role</header><text>Hubs receiving allowances under this section shall support translational research activities leading to commercial application of clean energy technologies, in accordance with the purposes of this section, through issuance of awards to projects managed by qualifying entities and other entities meeting the Hub’s project criteria, including national laboratories. Each such Hub shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE0A69AC85A594AA6A319CC80F3DCD847"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and publish for public review and comment proposed plans, programs, project selection criteria, and terms for individual project awards under this subsection;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CBE12F52830486B814BE4D43116B503"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit an annual report to the Secretary summarizing the Hub’s activities, organizational expenditures, and Board members, which shall include a certification of compliance with conflict of interest policies and a description of each project in the research portfolio;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC62CDA5C27BF48FA90702888FCDD12AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish policies—</text> <clause id="HE28B1989AFCE48E6AA28B458CA9B736E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>regarding intellectual property developed as a result of Hub awards and other forms of technology support that encourage individual ingenuity and invention while speeding technology transfer and facilitating the establishment of rapid commercialization pathways;</text></clause> <clause id="H25107FE547484734912276D4E251F0EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to prevent resources provided to the Hub from being used to displace private sector investment otherwise likely to occur, including investment from private sector entities that are members of the consortium;</text></clause> <clause id="HA12FC9398AEE47DBB8E43650A4A79BE4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to facilitate the participation of private investment firms or other private entities that invest in clean energy technologies to perform due diligence on award proposals, to participate in the award review process, and to provide guidance to projects supported by the Hub; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6E6D3DC7728F4940B4F240F1368944A8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to facilitate the participation of entrepreneurs with a demonstrated history of developing and commercializing clean energy technologies;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1ABA8E57E034015AE55D1FDD35866DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>oversee project solicitations, review proposed projects, and select projects for awards; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54F41E4170AE462981EAD923955441AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>monitor project implementation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD623C13256474B4AB13BD6DA97C7EFD1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution of awards by hubs</header><text>A Hub shall distribute awards under this subsection to support clean energy technology projects conducting translational research and related activities, provided that at least 50 percent of such support shall be provided to projects related to the Hub’s technology development focus.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AB8DE16611F4076A00B0722FB21E7BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Advisory boards</header> <subparagraph id="H9D7C066110024DB49B47EDF2C4A19B90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Hub shall establish an Advisory Board, the members of which shall have extensive and relevant scientific, technical, industry, financial, or research management expertise. The Advisory Board shall review the Hub’s proposed plans, programs, project selection criteria, and projects and shall ensure that projects selected for awards meet the conflict of interest policies of the Hub. Advisory Board members other than those representing consortium members shall serve for no more than 3 years. All Advisory Board members shall comply with the Hub’s conflict of interest policies and procedures.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D6D5940E1BC4A01B6BFEE0F9F936175"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Members</header><text>Each Advisory Board shall consist of—</text> <clause id="HB4685E9C00544B9892434CC9A59B73C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>5 members selected by the consortium’s research universities;</text></clause> <clause id="H44B8411B25094951B29BDFF3D62DC4C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2 members selected by the consortium’s other qualifying entities; </text></clause> <clause id="H8186C6A53BB1410F8B51C97894C38068"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2 members selected at large by other Advisory Board members to represent the entrepreneur and venture capital communities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1248704CD76A4419ABE50923FBEFBCF7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 member appointed by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F3FC9F514BB4FAE86823A2DB1F4D0C6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members of an Advisory Board may receive reimbursement for travel expenses and a reasonable stipend.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EC71B9C10764E089245E8F277D6E255"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conflict of interest</header> <subparagraph id="H3A46DB8723FC47B5962DC4F4655CECD6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Hubs shall establish procedures to ensure that any employee or consortia designee for Hub activities who serves in a decisionmaking capacity shall—</text> <clause id="H37877EE2361647E7814FD2039A71997D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disclose any financial interests in, or financial relationships with, applicants for or recipients of awards under this subsection, including those of his or her spouse or minor child, unless such relationships or interests would be considered to be remote or inconsequential; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1933FB1614D4403FAF9DA943E8B75C20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recuse himself or herself from any funding decision for projects in which he or she has a personal financial interest.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDABB13FA8DE04320856398D76C238DA1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disqualification and revocation</header><text>The Secretary may disqualify an application or revoke allowances distributed to the Hub or awards provided under this subsection, if cognizant officials of the Hub fail to comply with procedures required under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBE606968CB0248D8ABDA49CCDC988ECD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Distribution of allowances to energy innovation hubs</header> <paragraph id="H6891C5E76C754A60977709CA426A56C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distribution of allowances</header><text>Not later than September 30 of 2011 and each calendar year thereafter through 2049, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, distribute to eligible consortia allowances allocated for the following vintage year under section 782(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act). Not less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of the allowances available for distribution in any given year shall be distributed to support any individual Hub under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EF7C53EB727455D929328AFCE6BB22F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection and schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances to support the establishment of a Hub shall be distributed to eligible consortia (as defined in subsection (d)) selected through a competitive process. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from eligible consortia to establish Hubs, which shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall select the program consortia not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. For at least 3 awards to consortia under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications in which 1 or more of the institutions under subsection (d)(1)(A) are 1890 Land Grant Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7061">7 U.S.C. 7061</external-xref>)), Predominantly Black Institutions (as defined in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059e">20 U.S.C. 1059e</external-xref>)), Tribal Colleges or Universities (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>), or Hispanic Serving Institutions (as defined in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059e">20 U.S.C. 1059e</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEE71539720A443A90D1E4E72DA23470"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount and term of awards</header><text>For each Hub selected to receive an award under this subsection, the Secretary shall define a quantity of allowances that shall be distributed to such Hub each year for an initial period not to exceed 5 years. The Secretary may extend the term of such award by up to 5 additional years, and a Hub may compete to receive an increase in the quantity of allowances per year that it shall receive during any such extension. A Hub shall be eligible to compete for a new award after the expiration of the term of any award, including any extension of such term, under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76CD67AA3C914C068121FE57EFE23828"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of allowances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances distributed under this section shall be used exclusively to support project awards pursuant to subsection (e)(1) and (2), provided that a Hub may use not more than 10 percent of the value of such allowances for its administrative expenses related to making such awards. Allowances distributed under this section shall not be used for construction of new buildings or facilities for Hubs, and construction of new buildings or facilities shall not be considered as part of the non-Federal share of a cost sharing agreement under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE65C3FAAF55F4416955B3B6CAE66A4FA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>Each Hub shall conduct, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe, an annual audit to determine the extent to which allowances distributed to the Hub under this subsection, and awards under subsection (e), have been utilized in a manner consistent with this section. The auditor shall transmit a report of the results of the audit to the Secretary and to the Government Accountability Office. The Secretary shall include such report in an annual report to Congress, along with a plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report. The Government Accountability Office may review such audits as appropriate and shall have full access to the books, records, and personnel of the Hub to ensure that allowances distributed to the Hub under this subsection, and awards made under subsection (e), have been utilized in a manner consistent with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFB2E9CF3731467BBB9A313E04B99304"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Revocation of allowances</header><text>The Secretary shall have authority to review awards made under this subsection and to revoke such awards if the Secretary determines that a Hub has used the award in a manner not consistent with the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCF8D9388ED9F4BB49A0C4E93E5D0EE7D"><enum>172.</enum><header>Advanced energy research</header> <subsection id="HAF0C082FA3EE4F44A9B52C0F6DE17501"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2A998E1E36E14A009AF057262022F3EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>allowance</quote> means an emission allowance established under section 721 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA55E12F1FA346A1B28E8900C7698FB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <quote>Director</quote> means Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6951A50E99FF4620BC5F97CF35602CD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of 2011 and each calendar year thereafter through 2049, the Director shall distribute allowances allocated for the following vintage year under section 782(h)(2) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act). Such allowances shall be distributed on a competitive basis to institutions of higher education, companies, research foundations, trade and industry research collaborations, or consortia of such entities, or other appropriate research and development entities to achieve the goals of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (as described in section 5012(c) of the America COMPETES Act) through targeted acceleration of—</text> <paragraph id="HBD0C1B86899B42A182F5727B52BB1F1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>novel early-stage energy research with possible technology applications;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92A644CC9C94480F98553C721082BBFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>development of techniques, processes, and technologies, and related testing and evaluation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H719BF28CA0B4434CAC2A1D34BA9870AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>development of manufacturing processes for technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9721C13CDB6B462F99761E51E9A4D9A8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>demonstration and coordination with nongovernmental entities for commercial applications of technologies and research applications.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H02E8EFC6455545D0AC9301D205B09C51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall be responsible for assessing the success of programs and terminating programs carried out under this section that are not achieving the goals of the programs, consistent with 5012(e)(2) and (4) of the America COMPETES Act. The Director shall designate program managers whose responsibilities are consistent with 5012(f)(1)(B) of the America COMPETES Act. The Director’s reporting and coordination requirements established through 5012(g) and (h) of the America COMPETES Act shall apply to activities funded through this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFD2196F8B73E4AFF9F2EB77C19171A63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text>Assistance provided under this section shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, any other Federal resources available to carry out activities described in this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HCBE8128C68CC4487AD45D47219C75DBE"><enum>173.</enum><header>Building Assessment Centers</header> <subsection id="HC0F6B7E93B9544F1A317974B1FE31A80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall provide funding to institutions of higher education for Building Assessment Centers to—</text> <paragraph id="H011B1C6FA650477E988D358D37E3CC11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities for optimizing energy efficiency and environmental performance in existing buildings; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC139AB493E094628A3FFE718F08065C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote high-efficiency building construction techniques and materials options;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED95D0FC5BB441CBAF9CBDC7EB210602"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote applications of emerging concepts and technologies in commercial and institutional buildings; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H063F8DDA7FE6482E8AEC92F84006530C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>train engineers, architects, building scientists, and building technicians in energy-efficient design and operation; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B33D00BE22141B481142F8785FAA6A5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assist local community colleges, trade schools, registered apprenticeship programs and other accredited training programs in training building technicians; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12E76A9FF1AE495088B76A4D0AB72D8B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>promote research and development for the use of alternative energy sources to supply heat and power, for buildings, particularly energy-intensive buildings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BD8E0EB1AD743C0B980E94FD38C995A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>coordinate with and assist State-accredited technical training centers and community colleges, while ensuring appropriate services to all regions of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB410D32B0CCC4971AD089CCC69261FFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination with regional Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Building Assessment Center may serve as a Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach established pursuant to section 174. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HD64343C7309C49B39950BD4DB346BC5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination and duplication</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate efforts under this section with other programs of the Department of Energy and other Federal agencies to avoid duplication of effort.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6C1E5782F4B04835B879398024E1CB41"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H705846449EC14A069924E8BE00A1925A"><enum>174.</enum><header>Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header> <subsection id="H2D1EC244B1844C23A297C7582F7EB907"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regional Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header> <paragraph id="H76D4C6754D2C45D5A0F8BAA7E7A825F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish not more than 10 regional Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach at institutions of higher education to coordinate with and advise industrial research and assessment centers, Building Assessment Centers, and Clean Energy Application Centers located in the region of such Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA911906FB1E245D7BC9579F4D89DBD01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance programs</header><text>Each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall consist of at least one, new or existing, high performing, of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HFC4F6138E1AD42A6BD9FB29CD1C9F9E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An industrial research and assessment center.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97A6E31DB64A47098F952055278B1774"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A Clean Energy Application Center.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4E7E555998244B4814D582651CF8105"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A Building Assessment Center.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6990DA0AE3684E2EA81443B6C9AEA371"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach through a competitive process, based on the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H24F21C293D834A3EA385BB6A878F7BB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of the highest performing industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC422F6A5F604D1FB7B6C6409C4A9BDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The degree to which an institution of higher education maintains credibility among regional private sector organizations such as trade associations, engineering associations, and environmental organizations. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB621827C578448AB484B419958A8252"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The degree to which an institution of higher education is providing or has provided technical assistance, academic leadership, and market leadership in the energy arena in a manner that is consistent with the areas of focus of industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60D777E9376C4A7CB6FF93CDD84EC64C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The presence of an additional industrial research and assessment center, Clean Energy Application Center, or Building Assessment Center at the institution of higher education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5267BF92D7E40AFBEE9B0E131F4B43D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure such Centers are distributed geographically in a relatively uniform manner to ensure all regions of the Nation are represented.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30B5BA4DB48742F78322CA0644F5541B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regional leadership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall, to the extent possible, provide leadership to all other industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers located in the Center's geographic region, as determined by the Secretary. Such leadership shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H31D7082A29A64556A83C7108977D11AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing regional goals specific to the purview of the industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers programs; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15C660C2632E43F194B6B3086F3B6C8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing regionally specific technical resources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7ABD13B2608341ABA50D1807136C358A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach to interested parties in the region to inform them of the information, resources, and services available through the associated industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H970E9A535EF84B159FE61E1E935C1C00"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Further coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To increase the value and capabilities of the regionally associated industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers programs, Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF4EB2AFF73E495EB770F5BF78EE0133"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers of the National Institute of Science and Technology;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52A3443DB73B49A3BE553FE043BD154E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with the relevant programs in the Department of Energy, including the Building Technology Program and Industrial Technologies Program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50A458D2299841F8BC283E43E8198E0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase partnerships with the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy to leverage the expertise and technologies of the National Laboratories to achieve the goals of the industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H581FE9F82E224556A5E63AD7D393A8FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>work with relevant municipal, county, and State economic development entities to leverage relevant financial incentives for capital investment and other policy tools for the protection and growth of local business and industry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD61453EF7B374C6D8116619EA5F0B50F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partner with local professional and private trade associations and business development interests to leverage existing knowledge of local business challenges and opportunities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AFD7BDC33DB438089554E7FD9626B89"><enum>(F)</enum><text>work with energy utilities and other administrators of publicly funded energy programs to leverage existing energy efficiency and clean energy programs; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B534F8F33AE482ABB0C340DF46085CB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2A7575326B741888087959E28EF6ED6"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote sustainable business practices for those served by the industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA9FF2B0EF73403CAAAD2BC038438119"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Workforce Training</header> <subparagraph id="H7C0DF933231F45F3856848F67E2B137C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall require each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach to establish or maintain an internship program for the region of such Center, designed to encourage students who perform energy assessments to continue working with a particular company, building, or facility to help implement the recommendations contained in any such assessment provided to such company, building, or facility. Each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall act as internship coordinator to help match students to available opportunities. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H729E0547CD6A4A37A309490612B6D1EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal Share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out internship programs described under subparagraph (A) shall be 50 percent.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77BE6D00E7E54FC48E41B64F456AA329"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, of the funds made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use to carry out this paragraph not less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E146410BE194528A5FBEF275BFA1E5D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Small Business Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall, to the maximum practicable, expedite consideration of applications from eligible small business concerns for loans under the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>) for loans to implement recommendations of any industrial research and assessment center, Clean Energy Application Center, or Building Assessment Center.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BC3D29F5E2140D0B83B7B761A918791" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H672738EE85A14C6EA6443F996939925E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Industrial research and assessment center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>industrial research and assessment center</term> means a center established or maintained pursuant to section 452(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17111">42 U.S.C. 17111(e)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FA2EDD39FC14B74BE1FB0CA85E18586" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clean Energy Application Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Clean Energy Application Center</term> means a center redesignated and described section under section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6345">42 U.S.C. 6345</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H436CE33FE54E4A0C83F77FC57C7FC63D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Building Assessment Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Building Assessment Center</term> means an institution of higher education-based center established pursuant to section 173.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26E9BFA8878D46CAAC9B00548EA8571F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11F1E6F42EAE443E9E10BB2195E62F98"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter. Subject to the availability of appropriations, of the funds made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach not less than $500,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H871B7A24E10F49F9AA248D01A0A24304"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integration of other technical assistance programs</header> <paragraph id="H081A7991FF3A48FE9A8307F0CEB7FA82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clean Energy Application Centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6345">42 U.S.C. 6345</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD051B32A94234C25AA0ED5AEC55FE164"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B9CBC45B9384E0994DB47CCD6D842F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding after subsection (e) the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEF3A124D1AEE4CCF813307F69370741E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H2FD2B7C56BBC4D05BE77793A251841E7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination with Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Clean Energy Application Center may serve as a Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach established pursuant to section 174 of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE8202CCF2C64AFD940EBAA030689DB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Industrial research and assessment centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 452(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17111">42 U.S.C. 17111(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC1165EA4554646C38A7B178BE10E8D96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be—</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H024CA93E74A54B3BB31C89AEB1BB3D84" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA42E79B41C854AA0A6BFA33BD2753B6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide funding to institution of higher education-based industrial research and assessment centers, whose purposes shall be—</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H475F3494BD114911AB06BE5BA5F1915F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively (and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF941B0070B7F4FC5B57D7AE19461B914"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6293289195F4DA7AD980DA34260A883" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE126CAFF576E4B9E991A34F50C899131"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination with Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An industrial research and assessment center may serve as a Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach established pursuant to section 174 of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3C69086460004B518DB752099A29EAA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional funding for Clean Energy Application Centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6345">42 U.S.C. 6345(f)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H9AD18A2BE37246E5A42EC022268C581B"><enum>175.</enum><header>High efficiency gas turbine research, development, and demonstration</header> <subsection id="H41493DE7EB90462B858ED472633156C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall carry out a multiyear, multiphase program of research, development, and technology demonstration to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems and to identify the technologies that ultimately will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65 percent.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA3297C5E9A8C4752A863B6382038A514"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program elements</header><text>The program under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H58FC61AE58B24A84B887F08785F1858A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support first-of-a-kind engineering and detailed gas turbine design for utility-scale electric power generation, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H89AE0DC2C1FD4B64BDDE55CE1716E4F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>high temperature materials, including superalloys, coatings, and ceramics;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ADBFAD81A0F4F999042820BFB5BD080"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improved heat transfer capability;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H858E955113B7418FB0021FEDB283BD1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>manufacturing technology required to construct complex three-dimensional geometry parts with improved aerodynamic capability;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB9D5C62CCC84095A2DF18291CB4CCB6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>combustion technology to produce higher firing temperature while lowering nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions per unit of output;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA07D77D22B414E3080204805F6C3212E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>advanced controls and systems integration;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10382A4E6105443CAD715347A1B24C50"><enum>(F)</enum><text>advanced high performance compressor technology; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B247317C99942239BCD1CC30BFA1F28"><enum>(G)</enum><text>validation facilities for the testing of components and subsystems;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC44E6F8A98F4CA2913D923358AB4432"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include technology demonstration through component testing, subscale testing, and full scale testing in existing fleets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE88F564A9DCB41C680E08A0900D1F70A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include field demonstrations of the developed technology elements so as to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9B7EB2134F64A1382176DCE5F8D17DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess overall combined cycle system performance.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39DF1A34BC6F4DCF80D1960A5E967EB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program goals</header><text>The goals of the multiphase program established under subsection (a) shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H70F23DD7BCC842DAAABD9ACEB283149C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in phase I—</text> <subparagraph id="H9979F4F476BD4374B8B364E701C2ABF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop the conceptual design of advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAAA2CEF48E814E11966AC24C24A73E98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop and demonstrate the technology required for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECAC698821D540EF8CC356DCD3F5F7F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H382137E578A24E01B027D72D41279B1A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Proposals</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section. In selecting proposals, the Secretary shall emphasize—</text> <paragraph id="H0E755DFE0BE044319CE1A2AB9FE10C35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to which the proposal will stimulate the creation or increased retention of jobs in the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3511A8A3DD134DA9BBA495C4294E2F4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the proposal will promote and enhance United States technology leadership.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6EF27861DE1E43E6BB96DA06AC450A4B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>) shall apply to an award of financial assistance made under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAD3C4569554A4C7485B3764ACD719E36"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limits on participation</header><text>The limits on participation applicable under section 999E of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16375">42 U.S.C. 16375</external-xref>) shall apply to financial assistance awarded under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H560CCDB35B174504A6D92498DC97A39B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H8CF9A4D50C7C4D3A926F0613D66D93BE"><enum>I</enum><header>Nuclear and Advanced Technologies</header> <section id="H5F43F2F381BB4E3980BFEBDD72594A52"><enum>181.</enum><header>Revisions to loan guarantee program authority</header> <subsection id="H4D3C3328964147FC8ED011481FCA0AFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of conditional commitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1701 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16511">42 U.S.C. 16511</external-xref>), as amended by section 130(a) of this Act, is amended by adding after paragraph (7) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H20ED14F2B7314659BC756715C46743ED" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H549B9A3BF04A4947AD8547A04C07116B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Conditional commitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>conditional commitment</quote> means a final term sheet negotiated between the Secretary and a project sponsor or sponsors, which term sheet shall be binding on both parties and become a final loan guarantee agreement if all conditions precedent established in the term sheet, which shall include the acquisition of all necessary permits and licenses, are satisfied.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEF505375BEA8443580F62C8861C0FDB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific appropriation or contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD2750DC7B4B84E50A9ADFCAD3D65024F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HB85958EE96EC485A83AE3E84D63C1918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific appropriation or contribution</header> <paragraph id="HAD9BC31589E74942AFE5B098E80AC295"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No guarantee shall be made unless—</text> <subparagraph id="H84E376A0EC88400A826CDAABB7F7B8AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an appropriation for the cost has been made; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10EE4314DA344A2287B5DD882B19380C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary has received from the borrower a payment in full for the cost of the obligation and deposited the payment into the Treasury; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0790C177912142869D25BBCC9DBA2B5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a combination of appropriations or payments from the borrower has been made sufficient to cover the cost of the obligation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4762594C82C14FDDB5E61EE7086DA4AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The source of payments received from a borrower under paragraph (1)(B) shall not be a loan or other debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal Government.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H79A3DC6D0E8F47128D943D405EA7CB5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDD8C94D1071B42C88C9AB32AE590422A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1AA6373335AC4E938BC538261207F450"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees collected under this subsection shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B323B1601EB406588AA9A4C9451F34F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be deposited by the Secretary into a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the ‘Incentives For Innovative Technologies Fund’; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF08C4711304F48D0BBBF2BCD943B3FEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB190B21F39214632BA16064B3CDB822B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wage rate requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9BA48EAE1FE54BF79F8EF663E1561041" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H37BA220B57644FC580757E93702317E7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Wage Rate Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No loan guarantee shall be made under this title unless the borrower has provided to the Secretary reasonable assurances that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed in whole or in part by the guaranteed loan will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar to the contract work in the civil subdivision of the State in which the contract work is to be performed as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3145">section 3145</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7833A4FF85E44CB3AB4552B1796EA987"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Subrogation</header><text>Section 1702(g)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H9043CE17B0804567A7BB333515090052" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3893600A96984D6996CA68FD93F3A05A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Superiority of rights</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the rights of the Secretary, with respect to any property acquired pursuant to a guarantee or related agreements, shall be superior to the rights of any other person with respect to the property.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED4D9AFCF15847DFA4238C380A5B96D3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>A guarantee agreement shall include such detailed terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate to—</text> <clause id="H2E81C1A9242A415183B633270FF6796D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>protect the financial interests of the United States in the case of default;</text></clause> <clause id="HBFE1C84C1CC74BA18BA543E1AA0BC01B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have available all the patents and technology necessary for any person selected, including the Secretary, to complete and operate the project;</text></clause> <clause id="HDCDD224DE180404E93E4816FFD9193C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide for sharing the proceeds received from the sale of project assets with other creditors or control the disposition of project assets if necessary to protect the financial interests of the United States in the case of default; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE28BC5D488F340948C22E2241A8FA1C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide such lien priority in project assets as necessary to protect the financial interests of the United States in the case of a default.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H581466546F994910B705A7A8223CED8E"><enum>182.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of sections 183 through 189 of this subtitle is to promote the domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies required for the 21st century through the establishment of a self-sustaining Clean Energy Deployment Administration that will provide for an attractive investment environment through partnership with and support of the private capital market in order to promote access to affordable financing for accelerated and widespread deployment of—</text> <paragraph id="HAB018B9799564816AE5F39A5B3F39304"><enum>(1)</enum><text>clean energy technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24CA574D6B6A436FA0BFA3A8EF1DD37E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advanced or enabling energy infrastructure technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H542E5183005B4A5FBF66A05BA8FEBEF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>energy efficiency technologies in residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including end-use efficiency in buildings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEE399451FD94180B9569A43ABE71A77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>manufacturing technologies for any of the technologies or applications described in this section.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H9147E7DBE22642F985CDCF49CEB81290"><enum>183.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HF3A64E11638B4046A8B6AD0544056F9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The term <term>Administration</term> means the Clean Energy Deployment Administration established by section 186.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00FD6AF3E70A48A384B01A465D48C691"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advisory council</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Council</term> means the Energy Technology Advisory Council of the Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA497BFD635E64A79B7003D62E4DF755D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Breakthrough technology</header><text>The term <term>breakthrough technology</term> means a clean energy technology that—</text> <subparagraph id="H767CF14F7F6242BBA2C4197E1DDE7BEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>presents a significant opportunity to advance the goals developed under section 185, as assessed under the methodology established by the Advisory Council; but</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBA683DA7190441BB22D5CBE14B2DDC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has generally not been considered a commercially ready technology as a result of high perceived technology risk or other similar factors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3029E09CFF047828BC97D1C6F978630"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clean energy technology</header><text>The term <term>clean energy technology</term> means a technology related to the production, use, transmission, storage, control, or conservation of energy—</text> <subparagraph id="H08D080CBB37E4D678360B1FCFF8D7F72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that will contribute to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations thorough reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related emissions and—</text> <clause id="H6569EC77C0DA4BEA93FDCE1AE2B9B250"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reduce the need for additional energy supplies by using existing energy supplies with greater efficiency or by transmitting, distributing, or transporting energy with greater effectiveness through the infrastructure of the United States; or</text></clause> <clause id="HE9EB4D858AAA4452A2F77099D78C7CD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>diversify the sources of energy supply of the United States to strengthen energy security and to increase supplies with a favorable balance of environmental effects if the entire technology system is considered; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HADD431D2F1F64DB59E48BB2FC0794804"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which, as determined by the Administrator, insufficient commercial lending is available at affordable rates to allow for widespread deployment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95612CDB090B4FC9BA469A51BCEAADD8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cost</header><text>The term <term>cost</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F2B374AB8654BE19A517A7FA4178B47"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Direct loan</header><text>The term <term>direct loan</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61205E8A739A42AA9DFADAE9275F271F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Clean Energy Investment Fund established by section 184(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62A4C81FB6BB4FE3A9F579A7705A1797"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Green bonds</header><text>The term <term>Green Bonds</term> means bonds issued pursuant to section 184.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC876A0C9D77C4B4B83CB175539388ACB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Loan guarantee</header><text>The term <term>loan guarantee</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25CF72C91E8540428AD45904CFB7043B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>National laboratory</header><text>The term <term>National Laboratory</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4F21A1881FC4C8A8C19D4448C6F6F85"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46A27BF0260A42549DF462E25A803CE2"><enum>(11)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HB24C8B2AF62F46C29643C68C8D22365B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2955DDED86CC4810A5FB9EA913947445"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of Columbia;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H197FF18AEAC04484845ACEB37AC8A477"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H419DC885F2B441CC8BDCAC1261CCE9AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48733A4D415941B0A977C911F231DCED"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Technology risk</header><text>The term <term>technology risk</term> means the risks during construction or operation associated with the design, development, and deployment of clean energy technologies (including the cost, schedule, performance, reliability and maintenance, and accounting for the perceived risk), from the perspective of commercial lenders, that may be increased as a result of the absence of adequate historical construction, operating, or performance data from commercial applications of the technology.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HF9BDC34290974B1BBA39AB0A5903366D"><enum>184.</enum><header>Clean energy investment fund</header> <subsection id="H8F04E75B02AC40BF81B5BBE2EE0DA8BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be known as the <quote>Clean Energy Investment Fund</quote>, consisting of—</text> <paragraph id="HD05819134F6543C59174439A9331243F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such amounts as are deposited in the Fund under this subtitle; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5944DD56832949388769D286BF1D177B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such sums as may be appropriated to supplement the Fund.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB1A59354727043A1B03D66DC33D60F14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC0C5A0A284E54A7FAEEA63608023C8E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures from fund</header> <paragraph id="H9B39245305E64AC2A828CBE0A27D5180"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Administrator of the Administration for obligation without fiscal year limitation, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CC4020EC0D94DD299F2E99908DF8FBB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header> <subparagraph id="H77EE1FA0777F4A6FA41CF3B8D4FB2C25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>Fees collected for administrative expenses shall be available without limitation to cover applicable expenses.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H668724F71C8C4EFB9CD15B7952187D1A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>To the extent that administrative expenses are not reimbursed through fees, an amount not to exceed 1.5 percent of the amounts in the Fund as of the beginning of each fiscal year shall be available to pay the administrative expenses for the fiscal year necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5102F0CE34AF4A61966739F1E92FBD01"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfers of amounts</header> <paragraph id="H299C605F3F4D41FE8EA9ED85EC10102B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts required to be transferred to the Fund under this section shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE67A3F45C2A4DA0AFADFE93FDC52290"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Proper adjustment shall be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be transferred.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDE21F2B53624998A71AD379B35803C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cash flows</header><text>Cash flows associated with costs of the Fund described in section 502(5)(B) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(B)</external-xref>) shall be transferred to appropriate credit accounts.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4C185304B0844EA8F9F2E16921BD34F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Green bonds</header> <paragraph id="HD09916A198C247A28B5C284168F2662D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial capitalization</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue Green Bonds in the amount of $7,500,000,000 on the credit of the United States to acquire capital stock of the Administration. Stock certificates evidencing ownership in the Administration shall be issued by the Administration to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the extent of payments made for the capital stock of the Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE661B8D4AA04BFF97BE40AD7652C83D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denominations and maturity</header><text>Green Bonds shall be in such forms and denominations, and shall mature within such periods, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC01CC5AF49E34F738956B17FECE1D89C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>Green Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not less than the current average yield on outstanding market obligations of the United States of comparable maturity during the month preceding the issuance of the obligation as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF860A1D163D645749E7C8F4075EBAAF7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Lawful investments</header><text>Green Bonds shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H792B18514DEA4E7C8853FFC429254E03"><enum>185.</enum><header>Energy technology deployment goals</header> <subsection id="H55794C0923114BA582A8E366AC7E9362"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with the Advisory Council, shall develop and publish for review and comment in the Federal Register recommended near-, medium-, and long-term goals (including numerical performance targets at appropriate intervals to measure progress toward those goals) for the deployment of clean energy technologies through the credit support programs established by section 187 to promote—</text> <paragraph id="H9C3730F8B0904B4790E03DA362D30461"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sufficient electric generating capacity using clean energy technologies to meet the energy needs of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFD5C7F32F264AE39FBBDA034BFD391B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>clean energy technologies in vehicles and fuels that will substantially reduce the reliance of the United States on foreign sources of energy and insulate consumers from the volatility of world energy markets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCF1561DFAC043699B514C17F73350E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a domestic commercialization and manufacturing capacity that will establish the United States as a world leader in clean energy technologies across multiple sectors;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C7E0F807C0B423D84C5730908573267"><enum>(4)</enum><text>installation of sufficient infrastructure to allow for the cost-effective deployment of clean energy technologies appropriate to each region of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25C4EB2F9D28468DADE2532A393A1ACE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the transformation of the building stock of the United States to zero net energy consumption;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEA471A0968F4CB7BF69330FB1D8248F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the recovery, use, and prevention of waste energy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H238844C9D2F049CCAF71DF6A5380EAD8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies on a scale that is sufficient to achieve price parity with conventional energy sources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6355F23379934688B2D959AFD468F29E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>domestic production of commodities and materials (such as steel, chemicals, polymers, and cement) using clean energy technologies so that the United States will become a world leader in environmentally sustainable production of the commodities and materials;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAC7D710BF7D498BBF40C9615E0E5AF6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a robust, efficient, and interactive electricity transmission grid that will allow for the incorporation of clean energy technologies, distributed generation, and demand-response in each regional electric grid;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC73DC2A5FF5C43D684204ABE9B829DCD"><enum>(10)</enum><text>sufficient availability of financial products to allow owners and users of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial buildings to make energy efficiency and distributed generation technology investments with reasonable payback periods;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H792458B2058D4547837E6B62A189ECF7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sufficient availability of financial services and support to small businesses developing and deploying clean energy technologies through partnerships with private entities that have relevant credit expertise; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE886E8F2B62A44E79BA662F83BBF1CD2"><enum>(12)</enum><text>such other goals as the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Council, determines to be consistent with the purpose stated in section 182.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9F1705E5563D48889A82BD853ACD55FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>The Secretary shall revise the goals established under subsection (a), from time to time as appropriate, to account for advances in technology and changes in energy policy.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H44FC70C72BFB44EEBE74F5CD2ADC425F"><enum>186.</enum><header>Clean energy deployment administration</header> <subsection id="H0B9F72D31A194ADC8609CB21DF3050C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H8B71E2B38D2F45458687C6C4DEAD0FEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of corporation</header><text>There is established a corporation to be known as the Clean Energy Deployment Administration that shall be wholly owned by the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1E8094ED5524645BC1EE5F21E50A56B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Independent corporation</header><text>The Administration shall be an independent corporation. Neither the Administration nor any of its functions, powers, or duties shall be transferred to or consolidated with any other department, agency, or corporation of the Government unless the Congress provides otherwise.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE1330BA248D4A9FA1F94267BED25648"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Charter</header><text>The Administration shall be chartered for 20 years from the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H322A04813E03424DAD42F4A75F8AE4C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Status</header> <subparagraph id="HF20408949AC7496596E503DE0A5D8A20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Inspector general</header><text>Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text> <clause id="H3642DC7D7728419A83962434A4E21E83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>the Administrator of the Clean Energy Deployment Administration;</quote> after <quote>Export-Import Bank;</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF06E5D08FA3B46FB8E09C4A3FD4DE48A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>the Clean Energy Deployment Administration,</quote> after <quote>Export-Import Bank,</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B3DCB62175F41A5A18CE2F44F517271"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Offices</header> <subparagraph id="HE79E6D96F84746799AAC573878D2E6D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Principal office</header><text>The Administration shall—</text> <clause id="HCB6743389FF64789911D0325ECD770DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maintain the principal office of the Administration in the national capital region; and</text></clause> <clause id="H235FCF7D68D3463C966662D84557111A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for purposes of venue in civil actions, be considered to be a resident of the District of Columbia.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21FFF299C6BB44A2A6CB44433F06243A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other offices</header><text>The Administration may establish other offices in such other places as the Administration considers necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA0BC7BD5A7AE4F19B1669E0BEAF283BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrator</header> <paragraph id="H56157B8D9B564F918D8B8EEEDA2C54F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator of the Administration shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HF909161557D949D794243DE0284FD879"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a 5-year term; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8B857FB0D04472794D1B4B4E85B615A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compensa

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Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

Sec. 3. International participation.

Title I—Clean Energy

Subtitle A—Combined Efficiency and Renewable Electricity Standard

Sec. 101. Combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard.

Sec. 610. Combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard.

Sec. 102. Clarifying State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives.

Sec. 103. Federal renewable energy purchases.

Subtitle B—Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Sec. 111. National strategy.

Sec. 112. Regulations for geologic sequestration sites.

Sec. 813. Geologic sequestration sites.

Sec. 113. Studies and reports.

Sec. 114. Carbon capture and sequestration demonstration and early deployment program.

Sec. 115. Commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies.

Sec. 786. Commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies.

Sec. 116. Performance standards for coal-fueled power plants.

Sec. 812. Performance standards for new coal-fired power plants.

Subtitle C—Clean Transportation

Sec. 121. Electric vehicle infrastructure.

Sec. 122. Large-scale vehicle electrification program.

Sec. 123. Plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturing.

Sec. 124. Investment in clean vehicles.

Sec. 125. Advanced technology vehicle manufacturing incentive loans.

Sec. 126. Definition of renewable biomass.

Sec. 127. Open fuel standard.

Sec. 32920. Open fuel standard for transportation.

Sec. 128. Diesel emissions reduction.

Sec. 129. Loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel pipelines.

Sec. 130. Fleet vehicles.

Sec. 130A. Report on natural gas vehicle emissions reductions.

Subtitle D—State Energy and Environment Development Accounts

Sec. 131. Establishment of SEED Accounts.

Sec. 132. Support of State renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.

Sec. 133. Support of Indian renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.

Subtitle E—Smart Grid Advancement

Sec. 141. Definitions.

Sec. 142. Assessment of Smart Grid cost effectiveness in products.

Sec. 143. Inclusions of Smart Grid capability on appliance ENERGY GUIDE labels.

Sec. 144. Smart Grid peak demand reduction goals.

Sec. 145. Reauthorization of energy efficiency public information program to include Smart Grid information.

Sec. 146. Inclusion of Smart Grid features in appliance rebate program.

Subtitle F—Transmission Planning

Sec. 151. Transmission planning and siting.

Sec. 216A Transmission planning.

Sec. 216B. Siting and construction in the Western Interconnection.

Sec. 152. Net metering for Federal agencies.

Sec. 153. Support for qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plants, qualified high efficiency transmission property, and qualified advanced electric transmission property.

Subtitle G—Technical Corrections to Energy Laws

Sec. 161. Technical corrections to Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

Sec. 162. Technical corrections to Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Subtitle H—Energy and Efficiency Centers and Research

Sec. 171. Energy Innovation Hubs.

Sec. 172. Advanced energy research.

Sec. 173. Building Assessment Centers.

Sec. 174. Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach.

Sec. 175. High efficiency gas turbine research, development, and demonstration.

Subtitle I—Nuclear and Advanced Technologies

Sec. 181. Revisions to loan guarantee program authority.

Sec. 182. Purpose.

Sec. 183. Definitions.

Sec. 184. Clean energy investment fund.

Sec. 185. Energy technology deployment goals.

Sec. 186. Clean energy deployment administration.

Sec. 187. Direct support.

Sec. 188. Indirect support.

Sec. 189. Federal credit authority.

Sec. 190. General provisions.

Sec. 191. Conforming amendments.

Subtitle J—Miscellaneous

Sec. 195. Increased hydroelectric generation at existing Federal facilities.

Sec. 196. Clean technology business competition grant program.

Sec. 197. National Bioenergy Partnership.

Sec. 198. Office of Consumer Advocacy.

Sec. 319. Office of Consumer Advocacy.

Sec. 199. Development corporation for renewable power borrowing authority.

Sec. 199A. Study.

Title II—Energy Efficiency

Subtitle A—Building Energy Efficiency Programs

Sec. 201. Greater energy efficiency in building codes.

Sec. 304. Greater energy efficiency in building codes.

Sec. 202. Building retrofit program.

Sec. 203. Energy efficient manufactured homes.

Sec. 204. Building energy performance labeling program.

Sec. 205. Tree planting programs.

Sec. 206. Energy efficiency for data center buildings.

Sec. 207. Community building code administration grants.

Sec. 208. Solar energy systems building permit requirements for receipt of community development block grant funds.

Sec. 209. Prohibition of restrictions on residential installation of solar energy system.

Subtitle B—Lighting and Appliance Energy Efficiency Programs

Sec. 211. Lighting efficiency standards.

Sec. 212. Other appliance efficiency standards.

Sec. 213. Appliance efficiency determinations and procedures.

Sec. 334. Jurisdiction and venue.

Sec. 214. Best-in-Class Appliances Deployment Program.

Sec. 215. WaterSense.

Sec. 216. Federal procurement of water efficient products.

Sec. 217. Early adopter water efficient product incentive programs.

Sec. 218. Certified stoves program.

Sec. 219. Energy Star standards.

Subtitle C—Transportation Efficiency

Sec. 221. Emissions standards.

Part B—Mobile Sources

Sec. 821. Greenhouse gas emission standards for mobile sources.

Sec. 222. Greenhouse gas emissions reductions through transportation efficiency.

Part D—Transportation Emissions

Sec. 841. Greenhouse gas emissions reductions through transportation efficiency.

Sec. 223. SmartWay transportation efficiency program.

Sec. 822. SmartWay transportation efficiency program.

Sec. 224. State vehicle fleets.

Subtitle D—Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs

Sec. 241. Industrial plant energy efficiency standards.

Sec. 242. Electric and thermal waste energy recovery award program.

Sec. 243. Clarifying election of waste heat recovery financial incentives.

Sec. 244. Motor market assessment and commercial awareness program.

Sec. 245. Motor efficiency rebate program.

Sec. 347. Motor efficiency rebate program.

Sec. 246. Clean energy manufacturing revolving loan fund program.

Sec. 27. Clean energy manufacturing revolving loan fund program.

Sec. 247. Clean energy and efficiency manufacturing partnerships.

Sec. 248. Technical amendments.

Subtitle E—Improvements in energy savings performance contracting

Sec. 251. Energy savings performance contracts.

Subtitle F—Public Institutions

Sec. 261. Public institutions.

Sec. 262. Community energy efficiency flexibility.

Sec. 263. Small community joint participation.

Sec. 264. Low income community energy efficiency program.

Sec. 265. Consumer behavior research.

Subtitle G—Miscellaneous

Sec. 271. Energy efficient information and communications technologies.

Sec. 543. Energy efficient information and communications technologies.

Sec. 272. National energy efficiency goals.

Sec. 273. Affiliated island energy independence team.

Sec. 274. Product carbon disclosure program.

Sec. 275. Industrial energy efficiency education and training initiative.

Sec. 276. Sense of Congress.

Subtitle H—Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods

Sec. 281. Short title.

Sec. 282. Definitions.

Sec. 283. Implementation of energy efficiency participation incentives for HUD programs.

Sec. 284. Basic HUD energy efficiency standards and standards for additional credit.

Sec. 285. Energy efficiency and conservation demonstration program for multifamily housing projects assisted with project-based rental assistance.

Sec. 286. Additional credit for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac housing goals for energy-efficient and location-efficient mortgages.

Sec. 287. Duty to serve underserved markets for energy-efficient and location-efficient mortgages.

Sec. 288. Consideration of energy efficiency under FHA mortgage insurance programs and Native American and Native Hawaiian loan guarantee programs.

Sec. 543. Consideration of energy efficiency.

Sec. 289. Energy-efficient mortgages and location-efficient mortgages education and outreach campaign.

Sec. 290. Collection of information on energy-efficient and location-efficient mortgages through Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

Sec. 291. Ensuring availability of homeowners insurance for homes not connected to electricity grid.

Sec. 292. Mortgage incentives for energy-efficient multifamily housing.

Sec. 293. Energy-efficient certifications for manufactured housing with mortgages.

Sec. 294. Assisted housing energy loan pilot program.

Sec. 295. Making it green.

Sec. 296. Residential energy efficiency block grant program.

Sec. 123. Residential energy efficiency block grant program.

Sec. 297. Including sustainable development and transportation strategies in comprehensive housing affordability strategies.

Sec. 298. Grant program to increase sustainable low-income community development capacity.

Sec. 299. HOPE VI green developments requirement.

Sec. 299A. Consideration of energy efficiency improvements in appraisals.

Sec. 299B. Housing Assistance Council.

Sec. 299C. Rural housing and economic development assistance.

Sec. 299D. Loans to States and Indian tribes to carry out renewable energy sources activities.

Sec. 299E. Green banking centers.

Sec. 299F. GAO reports on availability of affordable mortgages.

Sec. 299G. Public housing energy cost report.

Sec. 299H. Secondary market for residential renewable energy lease instruments.

Sec. 299I. Green guarantees.

Title III—Reducing Global Warming Pollution

Sec. 301. Short title.

Subtitle A—Reducing Global Warming Pollution

Sec. 311. Reducing global warming pollution.

Title VII—Global Warming Pollution Reduction Program

Part A—Global Warming Pollution Reduction Goals and Targets

Sec. 701. Findings and purpose.

Sec. 702. Economy-wide reduction goals.

Sec. 703. Reduction targets for specified sources.

Sec. 704. Supplemental pollution reductions.

Sec. 705. Review and program recommendations.

Sec. 706. National Academy review.

Sec. 707. Presidential response and recommendations.

Part B—Designation and registration of greenhouse gases

Sec. 711. Designation of greenhouse gases.

Sec. 712. Carbon dioxide equivalent value of greenhouse gases.

Sec. 713. Greenhouse gas registry.

Part C—Program rules

Sec. 721. Emission allowances.

Sec. 722. Prohibition of excess emissions.

Sec. 723. Penalty for noncompliance.

Sec. 724. Trading.

Sec. 725. Banking and borrowing.

Sec. 726. Strategic reserve.

Sec. 727. Permits.

Sec. 728. International emission allowances.

Part D—Offsets

Sec. 731. Offsets Integrity Advisory Board.

Sec. 732. Establishment of offsets program.

Sec. 733. Eligible project types.

Sec. 734. Requirements for offset projects.

Sec. 735. Approval of offset projects.

Sec. 736. Verification of offset projects.

Sec. 737. Issuance of offset credits.

Sec. 738. Audits.

Sec. 739. Program review and revision.

Sec. 740. Early offset supply.

Sec. 741. Environmental considerations.

Sec. 742. Trading.

Sec. 743. International offset credits.

Part E—Supplemental Emissions Reductions from Reduced Deforestation

Sec. 751. Definitions.

Sec. 752. Findings.

Sec. 753. Supplemental emissions reductions through reduced deforestation.

Sec. 754. Requirements for international deforestation reduction program.

Sec. 755. Reports and reviews.

Sec. 756. Legal effect of part.

Sec. 312. Definitions.

Sec. 700. Definitions.

Subtitle B—Disposition of allowances

Sec. 321. Disposition of allowances for global warming pollution reduction program.

Part H—Disposition of allowances

Sec. 781. Allocation of allowances for supplemental reductions.

Sec. 782. Allocation of emission allowances.

Sec. 783. Electricity consumers.

Sec. 784. Natural gas consumers.

Sec. 785. Home heating oil, propane, and kerosene consumers.

Sec. 787. Allocations to refineries.

Sec. 788. Supplemental agriculture and renewable energy incentives programs.

Sec. 789. Climate change consumer refunds.

Sec. 790. Exchange for State-issued allowances.

Sec. 791. Auction procedures.

Sec. 792. Auctioning allowances for other entities.

Sec. 793. Establishment of funds.

Sec. 794. Oversight of allocations.

Sec. 795. Exchange for early action offset credits.

Subtitle C—Additional greenhouse gas standards

Sec. 331. Greenhouse gas standards.

Title VIII—Additional Greenhouse Gas Standards

Sec. 801. Definitions.

Part A—Stationary Source Standards

Sec. 811. Standards of performance.

Part C—Exemptions From Other Programs

Sec. 831. Criteria pollutants.

Sec. 832. International air pollution.

Sec. 833. Hazardous air pollutants.

Sec. 834. New source review.

Sec. 835. Title V permits.

Sec. 332. HFC Regulation.

Sec. 619. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Sec. 333. Black carbon.

Part E—Black Carbon

Sec. 851. Black carbon.

Sec. 334. States.

Sec. 335. State programs.

Part F—Miscellaneous

Sec. 861. State programs.

Sec. 862. Grants for support of air pollution control programs.

Sec. 336. Enforcement.

Sec. 337. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 338. Davis-Bacon compliance.

Sec. 339. National strategy for domestic biological carbon sequestration.

Sec. 340. Reducing acid rain and mercury pollution.

Subtitle D—Carbon Market Assurance

Sec. 341. Carbon market assurance.

Part IV—Carbon Market Assurance

Sec. 401. Oversight and assurance of carbon markets.

Sec. 402. Applicability of Part III provisions.

Sec. 1041. Fraud and false statements in connection with regulated allowances.

Sec. 342. Carbon derivative markets.

Subtitle E—Additional Market Assurance

Sec. 351. Regulation of certain transactions in derivatives involving energy commodities.

Sec. 352. No effect on authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Sec. 353. Inspector General of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Sec. 354. Settlement and clearing through registered derivatives clearing organizations.

Sec. 355. Limitation on eligibility to purchase a credit default swap.

Sec. 356. Transaction fees.

Sec. 357. No effect on antitrust law or authority of the Federal Trade Commission.

Sec. 358. Effect of derivatives regulatory reform legislation.

Sec. 359. Cease-and-desist authority.

Sec. 360. Presidential review of regulations.

Title IV—Transitioning to a Clean Energy Economy

Subtitle A—Ensuring real reductions in industrial emissions

Sec. 401. Ensuring real reductions in industrial emissions.

Part F—Ensuring real reductions in industrial emissions

Sec. 761. Purposes.

Sec. 762. Definitions.

Subpart 1—Emission allowance rebate program

Sec. 763. Eligible industrial sectors.

Sec. 764. Distribution of emission allowance rebates.

Subpart 2—Promoting international reductions in industrial emissions

Sec. 765. International negotiations.

Sec. 766. United States negotiating objectives with respect to multilateral environmental negotiations.

Sec. 767. Presidential reports and determinations.

Sec. 768. International reserve allowance program.

Sec. 769. Iron and steel sector.

Subtitle B—Green Jobs and Worker Transition

Part 1—Green Jobs

Sec. 421. Clean energy curriculum development grants.

Sec. 422. Increased funding for energy worker training program.

Sec. 423. Development of Information and Resources clearinghouse for vocational education and job training in renewable energy sectors.

Sec. 424. Monitoring program effectiveness.

Sec. 424A. Green construction careers demonstration project.

Part 2—Climate Change Worker Adjustment Assistance

Sec. 425. Petitions, eligibility requirements, and determinations.

Sec. 426. Program benefits.

Sec. 427. General provisions.

Subtitle C—Consumer assistance

Sec. 431. Energy refund program.

Title XXII—Energy refund program

Sec. 2201. Energy refund program.

Sec. 432. Modification of earned income credit amount for individuals with no qualifying children.

Sec. 433. Protection of Social Security and Medicare trust funds.

Subtitle D—Exporting Clean Technology

Sec. 441. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 442. Definitions.

Sec. 443. Governance.

Sec. 444. Determination of eligible countries.

Sec. 445. Qualifying activities.

Sec. 446. Assistance.

Subtitle E—Adapting to Climate Change

Part 1—Domestic Adaptation

Subpart A—National Climate Change Adaptation Program

Sec. 451. Global change research and data management.

Sec. 452. National Climate Service.

Sec. 453. State programs to build resilience to climate change impacts.

Subpart B—Public Health and Climate Change

Sec. 461. Sense of Congress on public health and climate change.

Sec. 462. Relationship to other laws.

Sec. 463. National strategic action plan.

Sec. 464. Advisory board.

Sec. 465. Reports.

Sec. 466. Definitions.

Sec. 467. Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Fund.

Subpart C—Natural resource adaptation

Sec. 471. Purposes.

Sec. 472. Natural resources climate change adaptation policy.

Sec. 473. Definitions.

Sec. 474. Council on Environmental Quality.

Sec. 475. Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel.

Sec. 476. Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy.

Sec. 477. Natural resources adaptation science and information.

Sec. 478. Federal natural resource agency adaptation plans.

Sec. 479. State natural resources adaptation plans.

Sec. 480. Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Fund.

Sec. 481. National Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information Program.

Sec. 482. Additional provisions regarding Indian tribes.

Part 2—International Climate Change Adaptation Program

Sec. 491. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 492. Definitions.

Sec. 493. International Climate Change Adaptation Program.

Sec. 494. Distribution of allowances.

Sec. 495. Bilateral assistance.

Title V—Agricultural and Forestry Related Offsets

Subtitle A—Offset Credit Program From Domestic Agricultural and Forestry Sources

Sec. 501. Definitions.

Sec. 502. Establishment of offset credit program from domestic agricultural and forestry sources.

Sec. 503. List of eligible domestic agricultural and forestry offset practice types.

Sec. 504. Requirements for domestic agricultural and forestry practices.

Sec. 505. Project plan submission and approval.

Sec. 506. Verification of offset practices.

Sec. 507. Certification of offset credits.

Sec. 508. Ownership and transfer of offset credits.

Sec. 509. Program review and revision.

Sec. 510. Environmental considerations.

Sec. 511. Audits.

Subtitle B—USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee

Sec. 531. Establishment of USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee.

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous

Sec. 551. International indirect land use changes.

Sec. 552. Biomass-based diesel.

Sec. 553. Modification of definition of renewable biomass.

Definitions

For purposes of this Act: (1)

Administrator

The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2)

State

The term State has the meaning given that term in section 302 of the Clean Air Act.

International participation

The Administrator, in consultation with the Department of State and the United States Trade Representative, shall annually prepare and certify a report to the Congress regarding whether China and India have adopted greenhouse gas emissions standards at least as strict as those standards required under this Act. If the Administrator determines that China and India have not adopted greenhouse gas emissions standards at least as stringent as those set forth in this Act, the Administrator shall notify each Member of Congress of his determination, and shall release his determination to the media.

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and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9978469C1FCA4C77B178F2E996C62185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the net sales of electricity by the facility to customers not consuming the thermal output from that facility will not exceed 50 percent of total annual electric generation by the facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4388D10AE804678AEADC832FCE21351"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Customer facility savings</header><text>The term <quote>customer facility savings</quote> means a reduction in end-use electricity consumption (including recycled energy savings) at a facility of an end-use consumer of electricity served by a retail electric supplier, as compared to—</text> <subparagraph id="HE0FA2FBD11E6469CB42D7D18DF9B6DC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a new facility, consumption at a reference facility of average efficiency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D4FBD722667415795BB86625311E0D7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an existing facility, consumption at such facility during a base period, except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF5FA9F156404613818F1B0A397C2060"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of new equipment that replaces existing equipment with remaining useful life, the projected consumption of the existing equipment for the remaining useful life of such equipment, and thereafter, consumption of new equipment of average efficiency of the same equipment type; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3CCA8332C1CE4EC185F5B4F75318FC09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of new equipment that replaces existing equipment at the end of the useful life of the existing equipment, consumption by new equipment of average efficiency of the same equipment type.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BFD417BECB540FD85851533377086E3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Distributed renewable generation facility</header><text>The term <quote>distributed renewable generation facility</quote> means a facility that—</text> <subparagraph id="HC0F26325F97941B4AD1770EA3697FEFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>generates renewable electricity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80D2BCB0D7F84AA7AE8AEC135124B9A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>primarily serves 1 or more electricity consumers at or near the facility site; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD472EB313E5E4380A6604E4578C007BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> is no greater than—</text> <clause id="H2BD71BCEA5B14A13B1ACFF8D6C5F3784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>2 megawatts in capacity; or </text></clause> <clause id="H71EF7C94BBB14157A0CBAC514A0FFFB8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>4 megawatts in capacity, in the case of a facility that is placed in service after the date of enactment of this section and generates electricity from a renewable energy resource other than by means of combustion. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F34BBD424A644A596E591C2453AF20A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Electricity savings</header><text>The term <quote>electricity savings</quote> means reductions in electricity consumption, relative to business-as-usual projections, achieved through measures implemented after the date of enactment of this section, limited to—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8AE1280FFE849F3ADAA74AEBEE5454C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>customer facility savings of electricity, adjusted to reflect any associated increase in fuel consumption at the facility;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2A121C44AE974245BCF34BF6F8521B68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reductions in distribution system losses of electricity achieved by a retail electricity distributor, as compared to losses attributable to new or replacement distribution system equipment of average efficiency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F3AFA61713548F4BC20B3B75F5F540F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>CHP savings; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H811698B938404E4CB30B0E569A906124"><enum>(D)</enum><text>fuel cell savings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6DB7A91EF30400CA8483C7EE9156B9C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Central procurement State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘central procurement State’ means a State that, as of January 1, 2009, had adopted and implemented a legally enforceable mandate that, in lieu of requiring utilities to submit credits or certificates issued based on generation of electricity from (or to purchase or generate electricity from) resources defined by the State as renewable, requires retail electric suppliers to collect payments from electricity ratepayers within the State that are used for central procurement, by a State agency or a public benefit corporation established pursuant to State law, of credits or certificates issued based on generation of electricity from resources defined by the State as renewable.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H087B73EFE0D44397834A95DB0035586F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal renewable electricity credit</header><text>The term <quote>Federal renewable electricity credit</quote> means a credit, representing one megawatt hour of renewable electricity, issued pursuant to subsection (e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC81EA28FE0F415D920832475DCAA4E1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Fuel cell</header><text>The term <quote>fuel cell</quote> means a device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electricity by electrochemical processes occurring at separate electrodes in the device.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A0BE803E3DE4898AFB42CF0BA00F9C4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Fuel cell savings</header><text>The term ‘fuel cell savings’ means the electricity saved by a fuel cell that is installed after the date of enactment of this section, or by upgrading a fuel cell that commenced operation on or before the date of enactment of this section, as a result of the greater efficiency with which the fuel cell transforms fuel into electricity as compared with sources of electricity delivered through the grid, provided that—</text> <subparagraph id="HB8DB2304D1FF42999A990C709676239D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the fuel cell meets such requirements relating to efficiency and other operating characteristics as the Commission may promulgate by regulation; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3243DE7CC5A94B03AE2EF2D94006CB46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the net sales of electricity from the fuel cell to customers not consuming the thermal output from the fuel cell, if any, do not exceed 50 percent of the total annual electricity generation by the fuel cell.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD127DF50DF844DF9ACE78B11688A5D1C"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Other qualifying energy resource</header><text>The term <quote>other qualifying energy resource</quote> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HDF1B5473FC794CA58B032EBA233DDA37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Landfill gas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBBC71BAE1A6747519D97C0AC2E38C0A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Wastewater treatment gas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DB07FC3F036402CBB366D317FCB5ADD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Coal mine methane used to generate electricity at or near the mine mouth.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB992C4B37C51494687B79ADCA0900C23"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Qualified waste-to-energy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08A37D9ACB944039B6EE5B85F8E34051"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Qualified hydropower</header><text>The term <quote>qualified hydropower</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H69C7724ED4A84BF39567DF90EA978793"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy produced from increased efficiency achieved, or additions of capacity made, on or after January 1, 1988, at a hydroelectric facility that was placed in service before that date and does not include additional energy generated as a result of operational changes not directly associated with efficiency improvements or capacity additions; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB60DF146AD064ACEB3B7F3873F434F90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>energy produced from generating capacity added to a dam on or after January 1, 1988, provided that the Commission certifies that—</text> <clause id="H60FA8BD35B3B4A97981D64C09BF83AEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the dam was placed in service before the date of the enactment of this section and was operated for flood control, navigation, or water supply purposes and was not producing hydroelectric power prior to the addition of such capacity;</text></clause> <clause id="H3F96AB65BE1943E3A60F86934A2524C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the hydroelectric project installed on the dam is licensed (or is exempt from licensing) by the Commission and is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the license or exemption, and with other applicable legal requirements for the protection of environmental quality, including applicable fish passage requirements; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE0D3E15D19CF4AB3B7DA6DEBB8812491"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the hydroelectric project installed on the dam is operated so that the water surface elevation at any given location and time that would have occurred in the absence of the hydroelectric project is maintained, subject to any license or exemption requirements that require changes in water surface elevation for the purpose of improving the environmental quality of the affected waterway.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA39B97B3FB8D4D0780D41596F354983A"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Qualified waste-to-energy</header><text>The term <quote>qualified waste-to-energy</quote> means energy from the combustion of municipal solid waste or construction, demolition, or disaster debris, or from the gasification or pyrolization of such waste or debris and the combustion of the resulting gas at the same facility, provided that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD4237008EA014EB7A6C29B9689E59F4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such term shall include only the energy derived from the non-fossil biogenic portion of such waste or debris;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5716B22FEC46413AA175E2629B77BB2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commission determines, with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, that the total lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the generation of electricity from such waste or debris are lower than those attributable to the likely alternative method of disposing of such waste or debris; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3AE45394100C4110B82C478CACB49055"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the owner or operator of the facility generating electricity from such energy provides to the Commission, on an annual basis—</text> <clause id="H94F458760EFC474880CEC23BCF6C034F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a certification that the facility is in compliance with all applicable State, tribal, and Federal environmental permits;</text></clause> <clause id="H343CF25C823C48D1963691C7D58D98B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a facility that commenced operation before the date of enactment of this section, a certification that the facility meets emissions standards promulgated under section 112 or 129 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412 or 7429) that apply as of the date of enactment of this section to new facilities within the relevant source category; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB35EDA5EAC744CDC8139219FA1C5C457"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of the combustion, pyrolization, or gasification of municipal solid waste, a certification that each local government unit from which such waste originates operates, participates in the operation of, contracts for, or otherwise provides for, recycling services for its residents.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4FE32BF4F7E4A9CB3D4FBADE9763528"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Recycled energy savings</header><text>The term <quote>recycled energy savings</quote> means a reduction in electricity consumption that results from a modification of an industrial or commercial system that commenced operation before the date of enactment of this section, in order to recapture electrical, mechanical, or thermal energy that would otherwise be wasted.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBB68D2BF16D4D5FB473DBC66C5854AC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>renewable biomass</quote> means any of the following: </text> <subparagraph id="HE8E51C4462CE4627856BF4B3F83C846A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or removed invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)), including those that are byproducts of preventive treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash), that are removed as part of a federally recognized timber sale, or that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health, and that are—</text> <clause id="HD0C6690799824EC5A9E3C666E9AD874B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not from components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, Wilderness Study Areas, Inventoried Roadless Areas, old growth stands, late-successional stands (except for dead, severely damaged, or badly infested trees), components of the National Landscape Conservation System, National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Designated Primitive Areas, or Wild and Scenic Rivers corridors; </text></clause> <clause id="H998FEE1F9D6B48B295A86E34FA5739C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>harvested in environmentally sustainable quantities, as determined by the appropriate Federal land manager; and </text></clause> <clause id="HCDBADAD3D5A14179BB54AD47F7E5899E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>harvested in accordance with Federal and State law, and applicable land management plans.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E058C19F4A1490197E8CFA355B83751"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including—</text> <clause id="H6B8D67FA2DDF41D7881D69F0B27016AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>renewable plant material, including—</text> <subclause id="HE7908040A4A64B0899C8F7754C0E83E5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>feed grains;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2E936BF6B2634A259ED6EBBAF49B4EA9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other agricultural commodities;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD9FD50EA08664C0CA2ABE9DEFE22C3EF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other plants and trees; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H00CB4C4B407C49A5BE6BB9E18A0C5252"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>algae; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HFBE78147834743229341F77142BF11CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>waste material, including—</text> <subclause id="H9F524692FEA646379ABF2FA7D0575C9C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>crop residue;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC17BAA0D6495439096E91B44DF97DD12"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other vegetative waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HC5B007CBB7DE4A17852EEE4DB2600319"><enum>(III)</enum><text>animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1D7C96C9920140D6A59154440C394C3D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>construction waste; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBE20EAC2D68140ACB9E6C933C35EB48A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>food waste and yard waste.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF35357D26AD749C79464EAB32FBE7B22"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Residues and byproducts from wood, pulp, or paper products facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC253AA319A04441E837EDFECCF23E4EF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Renewable electricity</header><text>The term <quote>renewable electricity</quote> means electricity generated (including by means of a fuel cell) from a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H729A30E787DB490F93063D7AE03898DE"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource</header><text>The term <quote>renewable energy resource</quote> means each of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7671C120F2654B43886B6B3883CA4247"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Wind energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8794613908AC4211B64295F3750AD9D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Solar energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6DC3D59F2944E2FB35394E41B897FFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Geothermal energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E212DBA849441CF825399026ADBC49A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Renewable biomass.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF3F0A5F476E483A9B6263F15023033A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Biogas derived exclusively from renewable biomass.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3AFF2FBE4D54E8299082CAB949FF14B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Biofuels derived exclusively from renewable biomass.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB2A0F426ACB4C0EA3F130C6E2C64491"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Qualified hydropower.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8166CBF4CA54D15AFE88729489A10CF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy, as that term is defined in section 632 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17211">42 U.S.C. 17211</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83D285233F37451DB49E63E9FD4EDFAB"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Retail electric supplier</header> <subparagraph id="H5BF02E43B216449C9743974107B62AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>retail electric supplier</quote> means, for any given year, an electric utility that sold not less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale during the preceding calendar year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE1DBB7BA49A4A32B3A6F3F240DCA5BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions and limitations</header><text>For purposes of determining whether an electric utility qualifies as a retail electric supplier under subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="HB58F95E242334AF4B34DEC0A5B2A0EF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sales of any affiliate of an electric utility to electric consumers, other than sales to the affiliate’s lessees or tenants, for purposes other than resale shall be considered to be sales of such electric utility; and</text></clause> <clause id="H116891CD60474CF5BAD439931AB0EE86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sales by any electric utility to an affiliate, lessee, or tenant of such electric utility shall not be treated as sales to electric consumers.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H213CE2BE3C714CC68021DB8E6A967E0B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Affiliate</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>affiliate</quote> when used in relation to a person, means another person that directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such person, as determined under regulations promulgated by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3E5A9E53D4C4D8198AFCB9FA14B6CB6"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Retail electric supplier’s base amount</header><text>The term <quote>retail electric supplier’s base amount</quote> means the total amount of electric energy sold by the retail electric supplier, expressed in megawatt hours, to electric customers for purposes other than resale during the relevant calendar year, excluding—</text> <subparagraph id="HC3D64B8B10604F39B40DB13EBAEEFCC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>electricity generated by a hydroelectric facility that is not qualified hydropower;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCFDD3C5FE623451FA1B11632B9F5859F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>electricity generated by a nuclear generating unit placed in service after the date of enactment of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3617DFBACED54C568E600CD61F5CCE5A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the proportion of electricity generated by a fossil-fueled generating unit that is equal to the proportion of greenhouse gases produced by such unit that are captured and geologically sequestered.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4A59FA82D2443888B06B4112F9B062F"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Retire and retirement</header><text>The terms <quote>retire</quote> and <quote>retirement</quote> with respect to a Federal renewable electricity credit, means to disqualify such credit for any subsequent use under this section, regardless of whether the use is a sale, transfer, exchange, or submission in satisfaction of a compliance obligation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AB380B2483544B49011CD1DFECF3C54"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Third-party efficiency provider</header><text>The term <quote>third-party efficiency provider</quote> means any retailer, building owner, energy service company, financial institution or other commercial, industrial or nonprofit entity that is capable of providing electricity savings in accordance with the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE3E36DE9F234E528AB6286FE7B892FC"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Total annual electricity savings</header><text>The term <quote>total annual electricity savings</quote> means electricity savings during a specified calendar year from measures implemented since the date of the enactment of this section, taking into account verified measure lifetimes or verified annual savings attrition rates, as determined in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may promulgate and measured in megawatt hours.</text></paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H978AAA138A9E489FBF5EB48006B10DB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual compliance obligation</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HE1B99A02A6574EC58A77EEAD6FA457FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, not later than March 31 of the following calendar year, each retail electric supplier shall submit to the Commission an amount of Federal renewable electricity credits and demonstrated total annual electricity savings that, in the aggregate, is equal to such retail electric supplier’s annual combined target as set forth in subsection (d), except as otherwise provided in subsection (h).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61E0FE9F585D4E3F9793B037D608A192"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration of savings</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, submission of demonstrated total annual electricity savings means submission of a report that demonstrates, in accordance with the requirements of subsection (f), the total annual electricity savings achieved by the retail electric supplier within the relevant compliance year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74A00F8F09F74AD29F6801C0D59E6211"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Renewable electricity credits portion</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4), each retail electric supplier must submit Federal renewable electricity credits equal to at least three quarters of the retail electric supplier’s annual combined target.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1AC6EC993A44446B9D4E02961574FA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State petition</header> <subparagraph id="H7D5E28DDF2FD4D918862886BED3CC79E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon written request from the Governor of any State (including, for purposes of this paragraph, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), the Commission shall increase, to not more than two fifths, the proportion of the annual combined targets of retail electric suppliers located within such State that may be met through submission of demonstrated total annual electricity savings, provided that such increase shall be effective only with regard to the portion of a retail electric supplier’s annual combined target that is attributable to electricity sales within such State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3678421CD0E3477A91E9F08A097C7E73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A Governor’s request under this paragraph shall include an explanation of the Governor’s rationale for determining, after consultation with the relevant State regulatory authority and other retail electricity ratemaking authorities within the State, to make such request. The request shall specify the maximum proportion of annual combined targets (not more than two fifths) that can be met through demonstrated total annual electricity savings, and the period for which such proportion shall be effective.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5F21F9ED89E46DE816272626F895FEA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>The Governor of any State may, after consultation with the relevant State regulatory authority and other retail electricity ratemaking authorities within the State, submit a written request for revocation or revision of a previous request submitted under this paragraph. The Commission shall grant such request, provided that—</text> <clause id="H334654DFCEC440719E93E76CD405B711"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any revocation or revision shall not apply to the combined annual target for any year that is any earlier than 2 calendar years after the calendar year in which such request is submitted, so as to provide retail electric suppliers with adequate notice of such change; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1E193C486F664717A83E06589F2197A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any revision shall meet the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H924151CC38B5478FB4703E803B44D64C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement and enforce the requirements of this section. In promulgating such regulations, the Commission shall, to the extent practicable—</text> <paragraph id="H0FE6282E1A5748B3A783C7BC4D4E7FC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preserve the integrity, and incorporate best practices, of existing State and tribal renewable electricity and energy efficiency programs;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H591D6278B39A407F8A9C65CEFDA53370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>rely upon existing and emerging State, tribal, or regional tracking systems that issue and track non-Federal renewable electricity credits; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC716AFCB7B9E4FF1A33445E58AED25E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>cooperate with the States and Indian tribes to facilitate coordination between State, tribal, and Federal renewable electricity and energy efficiency programs and to minimize administrative burdens and costs to retail electric suppliers.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H05E907FA79194D0E91CA98FFC0AC447F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual compliance requirement</header> <paragraph id="H7CC60C90BB49475D820AAB35C03F968D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual combined targets</header><text>For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, a retail electric supplier’s annual combined target shall be the product of—</text> <subparagraph id="H24FB943764D44F818B2D55221E122DE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the required annual percentage for such year, as set forth in paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0BE33097233B49F3B981AEFCD6AC25B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the retail electric supplier’s base amount for such year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C87F8511D3C4846A1BFBA8216072888"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required annual percentage</header><text>For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, the required annual percentage shall be as follows: </text> <table table-type="" table-template-name="Entry: 2 text, bold hds" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0"> <tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.10.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" rowsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="190" colwidth="230pts"/><colspec colname="column2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" min-data-value="95" colwidth="95pts"/><thead> <row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column2"><bold>Required annual percentage</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2012</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2013</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2014</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2015</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2021 through 2039</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAD3E7439B81D46A3B25DBD2498AB76A6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal renewable electricity credits</header> <paragraph id="H69D01F85C7F04EFE95C28292858E63D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The regulations promulgated under this section shall include provisions governing the issuance, tracking, and verification of Federal renewable electricity credits. Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, the Commission shall issue to each generator of renewable electricity, 1 Federal renewable electricity credit for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by such generator after December 31, 2011. The Commission shall assign a unique serial number to each Federal renewable electricity credit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17B795DDD12043C593E44C4B428D9A7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Generation from certain State renewable electricity programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), where renewable electricity is generated with the support of payments from a retail electric supplier pursuant to a State renewable electricity program (whether through State alternative compliance payments or through payments to a State renewable electricity procurement fund or entity), the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits to such retail electric supplier for the proportion of the relevant renewable electricity generation that is attributable to the retail electric supplier’s payments, as determined pursuant to regulations issued by the Commission. For any remaining portion of the relevant renewable electricity generation, the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits to the generator, as provided in paragraph (1), except that in no event shall more than 1 Federal renewable electricity credit be issued for the same megawatt hour of electricity. In determining how Federal renewable electricity credits will be apportioned among retail electric suppliers and generators in such circumstances, the Commission shall consider information and guidance furnished by the relevant State or States.</text> <subparagraph id="H0B506589817B487FB187C3B6220FFEDE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> In the case of a central procurement State that pursuant to subsection (g) has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), the Commission shall issue directly to the State Federal renewable electricity credits for any renewable electricity for which the State, pursuant to a mandate described in subsection (a)(7), has centrally procured credits or certificates issued based on generation of such renewable electricity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC623A005C2D4A4697FADC89EF691C13"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certain power sales contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), when a generator has sold renewable electricity to a retail electric supplier under a contract for power from a facility placed in service before the date of enactment of this section, and the contract does not provide for the determination of ownership of the Federal renewable electricity credits associated with such generation, the Commission shall issue such Federal renewable electricity credits to the retail electric supplier for the duration of the contract.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA62131D74BE4963A6453AE027DD47D5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Credit multiplier for distributed renewable generation</header> <subparagraph id="HC4E6A0748348461A9EFDB4AA17934C38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Commission shall issue 3 Federal renewable electricity credits for each megawatt hour of renewable electricity generated by a distributed renewable generation facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B592423A4494F52A5D081448A05D089"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), not later than January 1, 2014, and not less frequently than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall review the effect of this paragraph and shall, as necessary, reduce the number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour issued under this paragraph for any given energy source or technology, but not below 1, to ensure that such number is no higher than the Commission determines is necessary to make distributed renewable generation facilities using such source or technology cost competitive with other sources of renewable electricity generation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A8076EBE1D04BFCB126BE0F77346FF4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Facilities placed in service after enactment</header><text>For any distributed renewable generation facility placed in service after the date of enactment of this section, subparagraph (B) shall not apply for the first 10 years after the date on which the facility is placed in service. For each year during such 10-year period, the Commission shall issue to the facility the same number of Federal renewable electricity credits per megawatt hour as are issued to that facility in the year in which such facility is placed in service. After such 10-year period, the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits to the facility in accordance with the current multiplier as determined pursuant to subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EB0E9AA4AF44CC387A7BBE30805102F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Credits based on qualified hydropower</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the number of Federal renewable electricity credits issued for qualified hydropower shall be calculated—</text> <subparagraph id="HA4001532634B4808BB6889049368E576"><enum>(A)</enum><text>based solely on the increase in average annual generation directly resulting from the efficiency improvements or capacity additions described in subsection (a)(13)(A); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HACDA323E567C45F791A811BE1459AA38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>using the same water flow information used to determine a historic average annual generation baseline for the hydroelectric facility, as certified by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06FA45CA8204431AB676026903C82950"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Generation from qualified waste-to-energy</header><text>In the case of electricity generated from the combustion of any municipal solid waste or construction, demolition, or disaster debris that is included in the definition of renewable biomass, or from the gasification or pyrolization of such waste or debris and the combustion of the resulting gas at the same facility, the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits only for electricity generated from qualified waste-to-energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64B361D0FAC146AC9525D05844311745"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Generation from mixed renewable and nonrenewable resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If electricity is generated using both a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource and an energy source that is not a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource (as, for example, in the case of co-firing of renewable biomass and fossil fuel), the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits based on the proportion of the electricity that is attributable to the renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4AF9FC5F61D54EAFB3ADF47C839D1406"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Prohibition against double-counting</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Commission shall ensure that no more than 1 Federal renewable electricity credit will be issued for any megawatt hour of renewable electricity and that no Federal renewable electricity credit will be used more than once for compliance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF4DC0D607E94CC0A5F3CB7915FA88D3"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Trading</header><text>The lawful holder of a Federal renewable electricity credit may sell, exchange, transfer, submit for compliance in accordance with subsection (b), or submit such credit for retirement by the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AD4FCD8CB2643F1B1C23E0CE3C80C7E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Banking</header><text>A Federal renewable electricity credit may be submitted in satisfaction of the compliance obligation set forth in subsection (b) for the compliance year in which the credit was issued or for any of the 3 immediately subsequent compliance years. The Commission shall retire any Federal renewable electricity credit that has not been retired by April 2 of the calendar year that is 3 years after the calendar year in which the credit was issued.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F486A955E8A483E87773A19E2C8D0ED"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Retirement</header><text>The Commission shall retire a Federal renewable electricity credit immediately upon submission by the lawful holder of such credit, whether in satisfaction of a compliance obligation under subsection (b) or on some other basis.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8323CEDFABF84A38B6DD6D3E341109C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Electricity savings</header> <paragraph id="H66671DD90B544CD8BF3BC6D5B5E69BAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards for measurement of savings</header><text>As part of the regulations promulgated under this section, the Commission shall prescribe standards and protocols for defining and measuring electricity savings and total annual electricity savings that can be counted towards the compliance obligation set forth in subsection (b). Such protocols and standards shall, at minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="H1E08F242534043A8A58F6672643E9155"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specify the types of energy efficiency and energy conservation measures that can be counted;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H842A7D38D7404563BD79548006880B2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require that energy consumption estimates for customer facilities or portions of facilities in the applicable base and current years be adjusted, as appropriate, to account for changes in weather, level of production, and building area;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFEC118655AF642C193215E2FB12A55E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>account for the useful life of measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H767AE48398974EE795BA100F6FF49293"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include deemed savings values for specific, commonly used measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D6CC656E47A44CC83556DA428A9EAFE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>allow for savings from a program to be estimated based on extrapolation from a representative sample of participating customers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86FF234F34824A8D96BA14BBB4753DDA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include procedures for counting CHP savings, recycled energy savings, and fuel cell savings;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F2F8B0C51D74A128B3BAA9A40136386"><enum>(G)</enum><text>include procedures for documenting measurable and verifiable electricity savings achieved as a result of market transformation efforts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDCF979AEF69A44DA9F88CFCDCB195C68" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include procedures for counting electricity savings achieved by solar water heating and solar light pipe technology that has the capability to provide measurable data on the amount of megawatt-hours displaced; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC065A922AF544F838CE34C4B0D2C5958"><enum>(I)</enum><text>avoid double-counting of savings used for compliance with this section, including savings that are transferred pursuant to paragraph (3); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4E1BC4971D4146D4B7834B0C66F2DCC9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>ensure that, except as provided in subparagraph (L), the retail electric supplier claiming the savings played a significant role in achieving the savings (including through the activities of a designated agent of the supplier or through the purchase of transferred savings);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H540A7FFFB5DD45AFA0059263D34D675D"><enum>(K)</enum><text>include savings from programs administered by a retail electric supplier (or a retail electricity distributor that is not a retail electric supplier) that are funded by State, Federal, or other sources;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ABC7E07242E4DB3908035F964DCCC4A"><enum>(L)</enum><text>in any State in which the State regulatory authority has designated 1 or more entities to administer electric ratepayer-funded efficiency programs approved by such State regulatory authority, provide that electricity savings achieved through such programs shall be distributed equitably among retail electric suppliers in accordance with the direction of the relevant State regulatory authority; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB17E65D04C64A559D6F5D663096968A"><enum>(M)</enum><text>exclude savings achieved as a result of compliance with mandatory appliance and equipment efficiency standards or building codes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61DC88A864CC4882913F0CC97B53A292"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards for third-party verification of savings</header><text>The regulations promulgated under this section shall establish procedures and standards requiring third-party verification of all reported electricity savings, including requirements for accreditation of third-party verifiers to ensure that such verifiers are professionally qualified and have no conflicts of interest.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB59DB97451AB40EA9559E461FF91ABAA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfers of savings</header> <subparagraph id="H60F7B65B4C704C99928E8D5E71E4E95F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bilateral contracts for savings transfers</header><text>Subject to the limitations of this paragraph, a retail electric supplier may use electricity savings transferred, pursuant to a bilateral contract, from another retail electric supplier, an owner of an electric distribution facility that is not a retail electric supplier, a State, or a third-party efficiency provider to meet the applicable compliance obligation under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E9733711F46495A85D67F4EE42EFB9C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Electricity savings transferred and used for compliance pursuant to this paragraph shall be—</text> <clause id="H3CEB9B7E5F2D4C3FA6AA07933C8A1745"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measured and verified in accordance with the procedures specified under this subsection;</text></clause> <clause id="H9E21126A50964CEA834BBEF483122D65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reported in accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE4B8B609B22048AFB6D54F9C248D5246"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>achieved within the same State as is served by the retail electric supplier.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ACE9152EE754011BB466372524256C2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulatory approval</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall limit or affect the authority of a State regulatory authority to require a retail electric supplier that is regulated by such authority to obtain such authority’s authorization or approval of a contract for transfer of savings under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F7F08C7F0C348ACBDAFC863402AC722"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting savings</header> <subparagraph id="H089035FCB97540D5A2D58EBBFA242EF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations promulgated under this section shall establish requirements governing the submission of reports to demonstrate, in accordance with the protocols and standards for measurement and third-party verification established under this subsection, the total annual electricity savings achieved by a retail electric supplier within the relevant year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BEA71FA29EE429BA4D11AEF5C7BE597"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review and approval</header><text>The Commission shall review each report submitted to the Commission by a retail electric supplier and shall exclude any electricity savings that have not been adequately demonstrated in accordance with the requirements of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA02497989204444EA8B90A0DEB701C81"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State administration</header> <subparagraph id="H3BCF9814512B40E68332C25BB32DD0A6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Delegation of authority</header><text>Upon receipt of an application from the Governor of a State (including, for purposes of this subsection, the Mayor of the District of Columbia), the Commission may delegate to the State the authority to review and verify reported electricity savings for purposes of determining demonstrated total annual electricity savings that may be counted towards a retail electric supplier’s compliance obligation under subsection (b). The Commission shall make a substantive determination approving or disapproving a State application under this subparagraph, after notice and comment, within 180 days of receipt of a complete application.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40CD00E5C2B24993A0061AEE203DCC83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alternative measurement and verification procedures and standards</header><text>As part of an application submitted under subparagraph (A), a State may request to use alternative measurement and verification procedures and standards to those specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), provided the State demonstrates that such alternative procedures and standards provide a level of accuracy of measurement and verification at least equivalent to the Federal procedures and standards promulgated under paragraphs (1) and (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF0FD11024F3C4207B8992B9CB92B9EC4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review of State implementation</header><text>The Commission shall, not less frequently than once every 4 years, review each State’s implementation of delegated authority under this paragraph to ensure conformance with the requirements of this section. The Commission may, at any time, revoke the delegation of authority under this section upon a finding that the State is not implementing its delegated responsibilities in conformity with this paragraph. As a condition of maintaining its delegated authority under this paragraph, the Commission may require a State to submit a revised application under subparagraph (A) if the Commission has—</text> <clause id="H9A5953FD118440349A6A8E34D3330549"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promulgated new or substantially revised measurement and verification procedures and standards under this subsection; or</text></clause> <clause id="H5584F30ECB3B4D068778FA6F9866BFD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise substantially revised the program established under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H451B27BE024A490D9B0F666CD80C4BE2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Alternative compliance payments</header> <paragraph id="H5CD12091EF2E420D9575E1A503BC755D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A retail electric supplier, or a central procurement State that, pursuant to subsection (g), has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), may satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) in whole or in part by submitting in accordance with this subsection, in lieu of each Federal renewable electricity credit or megawatt hour of demonstrated total annual electricity savings that would otherwise be due, a payment equal to $25, adjusted for inflation on January 1 of each year following calendar year 2009, in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may promulgate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2196221F8BF4CF58CB2AA80CFF83823"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment to State funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and paragraph (4), payments made under this subsection shall be made directly to the State or States in which the retail electric supplier is located, in proportion to the portion of the retail electric supplier’s base amount that is sold within each relevant State, provided that such payments are deposited directly into a fund in the State treasury established for this purpose and that the State uses such funds in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (5) and with paragraph (4), where applicable. If the Commission determines at any time that a State is in substantial noncompliance with paragraph (3) or (5), or with paragraph (4), where applicable, the Commission shall direct that any future alternative compliance payments that would otherwise be paid to such State under this subsection shall instead be paid to the Commission and deposited in the United States Treasury. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3CE4028C25C44CB8A0C1996C16BFA7C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State use of funds</header><text>As a condition of continued receipt of alternative compliance payments pursuant to this subsection, a State shall use such payments exclusively for the purposes of—</text> <subparagraph id="H71590C427EB44E5A925D373017041D3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deploying technologies that generate electricity from renewable energy resources; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6CAA68BAA1414E05AFEAE3ED1477EB7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implementing cost-effective energy efficiency programs to achieve electricity savings. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA7F6B2D9ECA3423D966777F6FC0EA743" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Central procurement states</header> <subparagraph id="HD06A74B0BACF4D8CBC8A29C4F3B36182"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A central procurement State that, pursuant to subsection (g), has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) shall deposit any alternative compliance payments under this subsection in a unique fund in the State treasury created and used solely for this purpose.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H063A3C5D69114FB086224AEFAD2128C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>As a precondition of making alternative compliance payments under this subsection, a central procurement State shall certify to the Commission, in accordance with such requirements as the Commission may prescribe, that—</text> <clause id="H6B5FECB802EC41D49C276B04459D0816"><enum>(i)</enum><text>making such payments is the lowest cost alternative to meet the requirements of subsection (b); and</text></clause> <clause id="H42609FDCD5974CF6BDF829E4CC65A9B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>moneys used by the State to make such payments are in addition to any spending that the State, and any separate entity charged with administering the State central procurement requirement identified under subsection (a)(7), otherwise collectively would direct to the purposes identified in paragraph (3).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD61B42B365BE4440A20CFF0A28FC77D2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>A central procurement State that makes alternative compliance payments under this subsection shall certify to the Commission that, in using such payments in accordance with paragraph (3), it has, to the extent practicable, maximized the level of deployment of renewable electricity generation (measured in megawatt hours) and electricity savings per dollar that are achieved through such expenditures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E135F68458B413CBF9F71A43C9BCE55"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of continued receipt of alternative compliance payments pursuant to this subsection, a State shall, within 12 months of receipt of any such payments and at 12-month intervals thereafter until such payments are expended, provide a report to the Commission, in accordance with such regulations as the Commission may prescribe, giving a full accounting of the use of such payments, including a detailed description of the activities funded thereby and demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DC80A8B363941358175EFC2783BC256" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Central procurement States</header> <paragraph id="H8B397FF0FCAF4DCD872A0D87C892A586"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A central procurement State may, upon submission of a written request by the Governor of such State to the Commission, assume responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) on behalf of retail electric suppliers located in such State, exclusively with regard to the portion of such retail electric suppliers’ base amount that is sold within the State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BB93FBAF493401AB257D2920BA4B066"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration of electricity savings</header><text>If a central procurement State opts to meet any part of the requirements of subsection (b) based on the achievement of demonstrated total annual electricity savings, regardless of whether such State has received delegated authority pursuant to subsection (f)(5), such State shall submit such demonstrated total annual electricity savings to the Commission through an annual report in accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission by regulation, which shall be of equivalent stringency to those applicable to retail electric suppliers under subsection (f).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9125D50E1B0C44BE989B6A80141C1C27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If a central procurement State that pursuant to this subsection has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), fails to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) or (h) for any year, the State’s assumption of responsibility under this subsection shall be discontinued immediately, and retail electric suppliers located in such State henceforth shall be directly subject to the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD84188F76B3B48AF8FCAAF50732F7EB9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Information collection</header><text>The Commission may require any retail electric supplier, renewable electricity generator, or such other entities as the Commission deems appropriate, to provide any information the Commission determines appropriate to carry out this section. Failure to submit such information or submission of false or misleading information under this subsection shall be a violation of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H84BB9F359C064941BD4E3DE4AC698938"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Enforcement and judicial review</header> <paragraph id="H4A53FD88285C4B088622743EECEDAD62"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Failure to submit credits or demonstrate savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any person, other than any central procurement State that pursuant to subsection (g) has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (b) or (h), such person shall be liable to pay to the Commission a civil penalty equal to the product of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE316FC2F61864B028052099A68C94396"><enum>(A)</enum><text>double the alternative compliance payment calculated under subsection (h)(1), and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H761AD43C65E34F2CA359C007DBC0B53F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the aggregate quantity of Federal renewable electricity credits, total annual electricity savings, or equivalent alternative compliance payments that the person failed to submit in violation of the requirements of subsections (b) and (h).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE83CFBE61924309B0C60C6A7E26BF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The Commission shall assess a civil penalty under paragraph (1) in accordance with the procedures described in section 31(d) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/823b">16 U.S.C. 823b(d)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE06743BEA13748D68AB1B567758E39C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Violation of requirement of regulations or orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person, other than any central procurement State that pursuant to subsection (g) has assumed responsibility for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b), who violates, or fails or refuses to comply with, any requirement of a regulation promulgated or order issued under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty under section 316A(b) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825o-1">16 U.S.C. 825o–1</external-xref>). Such penalty shall be assessed by the Commission in the same manner as in the case of a violation referred to in section 316A(b) of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCC886C6075BF428CB5D0D9DEFE70C961"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Any person aggrieved by a final action taken by the Commission under this section, other than the assessment of a civil penalty under subsection (j), may use the procedures for review described in section 313 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/825l">16 U.S.C. 825l</external-xref>). For purposes of this paragraph, references to an order in section 313 of such Act shall be deemed to refer also to all other final actions of the Commission under this section other than the assessment of a civil penalty under subsection (i).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9C7577F9798D48FF91ED54A49FDC6ACF"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>Nothing in this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H0F72DC0D193B4B179D0BDDEFB33B28B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>diminish or qualify any authority of a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe to—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B949AC519DD4614B1F453A4AE99AF7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting renewable electricity or energy efficiency, including any law or regulation establishing requirements more stringent than those established by this section, provided that no such law or regulation may relieve any person of any requirement otherwise applicable under this section; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D092E7B5A7E455686A985D12134B16F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regulate the acquisition and disposition of Federal renewable electricity credits by retail electric suppliers within the jurisdiction of such State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe, including the authority to require such retail electric supplier to acquire and submit to the Secretary for retirement Federal renewable electricity credits in excess of those submitted under this section; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79BCC9F0990D49ADA48A8DAFC8A81B60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affect the application of, or the responsibility for compliance with, any other provision of law or regulation, including environmental and licensing requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAB977BC906BF4924B00890636CEA573C"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This section expires on December 31, 2040.</text></subsection> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB85A5710289A4CA7ADD7E6185D492AA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 609 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3ECC247A0C646629052BE829E9FB04C"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 610. Combined efficiency and renewable electricity standard.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> </section> <section id="H70AC4B53F95B4501A1CDCACC2F1277F0"><enum>102.</enum><header>Clarifying State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H70920FD0658F4CFC9263656431EB4C52" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HFA5CE452D5A8467E9974FB82A41814D7"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Clarification of State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Federal Power Act, a State legislature or regulatory authority may set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a State-approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily sells electric energy. For purposes of this subsection, <quote>State-approved production incentive program</quote> means a requirement imposed pursuant to State law, or by a State regulatory authority acting within its authority under State law, that an electric utility purchase renewable energy (as defined in section 609 of this Act) at a specified rate.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5624F22A3F8243C8A2BC66881C11C8BA"><enum>103.</enum><header>Federal renewable energy purchases</header> <subsection id="H3E893EFB3E3E4E1DBC68164435B241E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of calendar years 2012 through 2039, the President shall ensure that, of the total amount of electricity Federal agencies consume in the United States during each calendar year, the following percentage shall be renewable electricity:</text> <table table-type="" table-template-name="Entry: 2 text, bold hds" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0"> <tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.10.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" rowsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="190" colwidth="230pts"/><colspec colname="column2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" min-data-value="95" colwidth="95pts"/><thead> <row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>Calendar year</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column2"><bold>Required annual percentage</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2012</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2013</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">6.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2014</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2015</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">9.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2016</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2017</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">13.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2018</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2019</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">16.5</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2020</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row> <row><entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">2021 through 2039</entry><entry rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">20.0</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subsection> <subsection id="H842057BD9B2A4FE2A52F30D7D1AE8105"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="HCF8B72DF555E42B190CDA99A0F077808"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Renewable electricity</header><text>The term “renewable electricity” shall have the meaning given in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB68333C1C63C4B858149BEBD7E2061D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource</header><text>The term “renewable energy resource” shall have the meaning given in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 and following).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2C665CE2F1004421920DEA4D76D7E550"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modification of requirement</header><text>If the President determines that the Federal Government cannot feasibly meet the requirement established in subsection (a) in a specific calendar year, the President may, by written order, reduce such requirement for such calendar year to a percentage the President determines the Federal Government can feasibly meet.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5F7063240E774128933F19768E431656"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than April 1, 2013, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall provide a report to Congress on the percentage of each Federal agency’s electricity consumption in the United States that was renewable electricity in the previous calendar year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAB2E689E1C7549DDBA2AFE675EF14594"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contracts for renewable energy</header> <paragraph id="HE8D54DA8303F4AF599E93380E1DB7764" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/501">section 501(b)(1)(B)</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, a contract for the acquisition of electricity generated from a renewable energy resource for the Federal Government may be made for a period of not more than 20 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2994EFE1AA0349C49E388923D09B090C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Energy, through the Federal Energy Management Program, shall publish a standardized renewable energy purchase agreement, setting forth commercial terms and conditions, that Federal agencies may use to acquire electricity generated from a renewable energy resource.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EB14091F39C41EB8DFDF0C9D8B778DE" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy shall provide technical assistance to assist Federal agencies in implementing this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H3D7491F0F7A14F74B0BD5EAF2D7C6763"><enum>B</enum><header>Carbon Capture and Sequestration</header> <section id="H51F862ED8F3F4932A4A91059C043F986" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>National strategy</header> <subsection id="H08B481838C6A479AAD33B8940566C138"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of such other relevant Federal agencies as the President may designate, shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a unified and comprehensive strategy to address the key legal, regulatory and other barriers to the commercial-scale deployment of carbon capture and sequestration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H60B1C58348C9459AB09C275508F3FB36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Barriers</header><text> The report under this section shall— </text> <paragraph id="HCB4FC3A6C2C64AEAB8B4817544525FF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify those regulatory, legal, and other gaps and barriers that could be addressed by a Federal agency using existing statutory authority, those, if any, that require Federal legislation, and those that would be best addressed at the State, tribal, or regional level;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC4F0E9F53544F99A8AC05C82ADD18F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify regulatory implementation challenges, including those related to approval of State and tribal programs and delegation of authority for permitting; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BF5D50181CD41718AE94DC86F5A05CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend rulemakings, Federal legislation, or other actions that should be taken to further evaluate and address such barriers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4D8015BEE4CB4DC292F87DBF898A7617"><enum>112.</enum><header>Regulations for geologic sequestration sites</header> <subsection id="HC04981F920F74F30BAF606A7CE9DB7D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordinated Certification and Permitting Process</header><text>Title VIII of the Clean Air Act, as added by section 331 of this Act, is amended by adding after section 812 (as added by section 116 of this Act) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36A12354BF0A48628E24CB23947F2617"> <section id="H072CCF604C67429F975B4C58F609DA4E"><enum>813.</enum><header>Geologic sequestration sites</header> <subsection id="H8FEAB9F6B61445289EC517E9CAFEA3E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordinated process</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a coordinated approach to certifying and permitting geologic sequestration, taking into consideration all relevant statutory authorities. In establishing such approach, the Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph id="HCE31139C60E84A5CBB83336F966DA534"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into account, and reduce redundancy with, the requirements of section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h</external-xref>), as amended by section 112(b) of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>, including the rulemaking for geologic sequestration wells described at 73 Fed. Reg. 43491–541 (July 25, 2008); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD653D8A0FC14500948B4788896AB775"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, reduce the burden on certified entities and implementing authorities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E515DDD5C8E4C28B03E4BBE753C89D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to protect human health and the environment by minimizing the risk of escape to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide injected for purposes of geologic sequestration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD9DB48F577094D87A2A95A03A6FE4CEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations under subsection (b) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H4ACD00579DE34A4B8066FD79A8645D02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a process to obtain certification for geologic sequestration under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H77BC518EE3A54667B12A2051E13D6796"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requirements for—</text> <subparagraph id="H805142C5E9E2445D9192FA1EC3E1D840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitoring, record keeping, and reporting for emissions associated with injection into, and escape from, geologic sequestration sites, taking into account any requirements or protocols developed under section 713;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB76E37A4D7D44BCEAFE07EB7F8840645"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public participation in the certification process that maximizes transparency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C51C0F87379408EB7C5B9F7A39517F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the sharing of data between States, Indian tribes, and the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H567165FC174E490E817C749CDA6CDB5D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other elements or safeguards necessary to achieve the purpose set forth in subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3F7C3AEFD66A4532B9948684F74B465A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the promulgation of regulations under subsection (b), and at 3-year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall deliver to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on geologic sequestration in the United States, and, to the extent relevant, other countries in North America. Such report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H6B433FA616464219ACEFF68C0FFFA09E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>data regarding injection, emissions to the atmosphere, if any, and performance of active and closed geologic sequestration sites, including those where enhanced hydrocarbon recovery operations occur;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF59CD90E060C41B1AE8469305264D357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation of the performance of relevant Federal environmental regulations and programs in ensuring environmentally protective geologic sequestration practices;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CA8C79BA4044BE2812D4EEC0DF0D6CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations on how such programs and regulations should be improved or made more effective; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40327B18533545DC9D487AD7D884BCED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other relevant information.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6A22294D769B4308A11839DC90A7C3B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safe Drinking Water Act standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300h">42 U.S.C. 300h</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27031D93DB744B5B8C9937F0B3BF5EBE"> <subsection id="HD6CD6B5A3C8B41E2BEC36F8A3B00CEAC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells</header> <paragraph id="HE2C7E8F12889411DA6298D8EA2C5E70D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations under subsection (a) for carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9966C5453F6C43C981664F1835E2BB3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Financial responsibility</header><text>The regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall include requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility, including financial responsibility for emergency and remedial response, well plugging, site closure, and post-injection site care. Financial responsibility may be established for carbon dioxide geologic sequestration wells in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator by any one, or any combination, of the following: insurance, guarantee, trust, standby trust, surety bond, letter of credit, qualification as a self-insurer, or any other method satisfactory to the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HA71D74CEBF3D4972B1E1F2BB57CF0814"><enum>113.</enum><header>Studies and reports</header> <subsection id="H5028CEFA8A4E4B38AE1096C6512F129D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study of legal framework for geologic sequestration sites</header> <paragraph id="H1724CDB723214A1BA00DD378A374908B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable, but not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a task force to be composed of an equal number of subject matter experts, nongovernmental organizations with expertise in environmental policy, academic experts with expertise in environmental law, State and tribal officials with environmental expertise, representatives of State and tribal Attorneys General, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and other relevant Federal agencies, and members of the private sector, to conduct a study of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE09DC23BBC724F55BB167AEF7D4C56E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>existing Federal environmental statutes, State environmental statutes, and State common law that apply to geologic sequestration sites for carbon dioxide, including the ability of such laws to serve as risk management tools;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7370BF59AD0747A9AA83D0A1730EC199"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the existing statutory framework, including Federal and State laws, that apply to harm and damage to the environment or public health at closed sites where carbon dioxide injection has been used for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54FB0E21920941C4AC88CAB02B63732C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the statutory framework, environmental health and safety considerations, implementation issues, and financial implications of potential models for Federal, State, or private sector assumption of liabilities and financial responsibilities with respect to closed geologic sequestration sites;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ADAFAF118FF49D689A78EEABAE369C6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>private sector mechanisms, including insurance and bonding, that may be available to manage environmental, health and safety risk from closed geologic sequestration sites; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97912182BA514CAD9CBE858E0BC5DEEA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the subsurface mineral rights, water rights, or property rights issues associated with geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, including issues specific to Federal lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EA40105382947ECA3578C2276ACD1BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the task force established under paragraph (1) shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under that paragraph including any consensus recommendations of the task force.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4E18524591E14137A23294F6D1CEBE19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental statutes</header> <paragraph id="HF4C90F251EF84FF6A34B9D194571144C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Administrator shall conduct a study examining how, and under what circumstances, the environmental statutes for which the Environmental Protection Agency has responsibility would apply to carbon dioxide injection and geologic sequestration activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6EEC47BBBEE04B88A956160F6B69F2DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6EF853A67D51412FB348804F24F11E2E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>114.</enum><header>Carbon capture and sequestration demonstration and early deployment program</header> <subsection id="HC70191E565924C84821FAB469BA53608"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H48177F0DA14F43468D28D50F5D14C408"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary </quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40BAEF79480D4CA0B30A1FFDC6690E9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution utility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>distribution utility</quote> means an entity that distributes electricity directly to retail consumers under a legal, regulatory, or contractual obligation to do so.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24B867FD4AC840DE92C723740A97E34C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Electric utility</header><text>The term <quote>electric utility</quote> has the meaning provided by section 3(22) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/796">16 U.S.C. 796(22)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5E03C3B62BD434AB73EF15723D990AE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fossil fuel-based electricity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>fossil fuel-based electricity</quote> means electricity that is produced from the combustion of fossil fuels.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FAC0228F4E74375B430464601D17556"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Fossil fuel</header><text>The term <quote>fossil fuel</quote> means coal, petroleum, natural gas or any derivative of coal, petroleum, or natural gas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF12CA9F603BD46878750EB7D5FFFF5FD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Corporation</header><text>The term <quote>Corporation</quote> means the Carbon Storage Research Corporation established in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDDAFEB8F44E49779549233C17493856"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Qualified industry organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>qualified industry organization</quote> means the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a successor organization of such organizations, or a group of owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel-based electricity who collectively represent at least 20 percent of the volume of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered by distribution utilities to consumers in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE3ED095D33E4FD8B7F1D2C2BEEB05C9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Retail consumer</header><text>The term “retail consumer” means an end-user of electricity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H75260C61B76148EC83D211F2D7F567CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Carbon Storage Research Corporation</header> <paragraph id="H3DC487521B7C491CBF1A206B457A52A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <subparagraph id="HAB9F5CDEE6A9448EB5DCC1955FF44C1E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Referendum</header><text>Qualified industry organizations may conduct, at their own expense, a referendum among the owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel-based electricity for the creation of a Carbon Storage Research Corporation. Such referendum shall be conducted by an independent auditing firm agreed to by the qualified industry organizations. Voting rights in such referendum shall be based on the quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to consumers in the previous calendar year or other representative period as determined by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (f). Upon approval of those persons representing two-thirds of the total quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to retail consumers, the Corporation shall be established unless opposed by the State regulatory authorities pursuant to subparagraph (B). All distribution utilities voting in the referendum shall certify to the independent auditing firm the quantity of fossil fuel-based electricity represented by their vote.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H436DC0D3E5504429A55B2EB423352532"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State regulatory authorities</header><text>Upon its own motion or the petition of a qualified industry organization, each State regulatory authority shall consider its support or opposition to the creation of the Corporation under subparagraph (A). State regulatory authorities may notify the independent auditing firm referred to in subparagraph (A) of their views on the creation of the Corporation within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. If 40 percent or more of the State regulatory authorities submit to the independent auditing firm written notices of opposition, the Corporation shall not be established notwithstanding the approval of the qualified industry organizations as provided in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98772C287A0E437EB2C1F6271FC78074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall be authorized to collect assessments and conduct operations pursuant to this section for a 10-year period from the date 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. After such 10-year period, the Corporation is no longer authorized to collect assessments and shall be dissolved on the date 15 years after such date of enactment, unless the period is extended by an Act of Congress.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0800B59D57574E068C3AF9A36C0C2A1B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Governance</header><text>The Corporation shall operate as a division or affiliate of the Electric Power Research Institute (referred to in this section as <quote>EPRI</quote>) and be managed by a Board of not more than 15 voting members responsible for its operations, including compliance with this section. EPRI, in consultation with the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association shall appoint the Board members under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) from among candidates recommended by those organizations. At least a majority of the Board members appointed by EPRI shall be representatives of distribution utilities subject to assessments under subsection (d).</text> <subparagraph id="HB1D2A8DD2AE64A8FA785DC9FE783D24A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The Board shall include at least one representative of each of the following:</text> <clause id="HF0F84AF83B8746208912921CEC9DF844"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Investor-owned utilities.</text></clause> <clause id="H9B9C3855D4F9482B9961466DED5081DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Utilities owned by a State agency, a municipality, and an Indian tribe.</text></clause> <clause id="H608F563D61394D76966A19A50F3A40A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Rural electric cooperatives.</text></clause> <clause id="H1A71B401C8C04D5B891953CF2FA3FB86"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Fossil fuel producers.</text></clause> <clause id="H96127B16C4744D9FB9B82A1247409633"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Nonprofit environmental organizations.</text></clause> <clause id="HAF7C70495AD34726A527D8DE4CF02F29"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Independent generators or wholesale power providers.</text></clause> <clause id="H49416DCC97C34C1780D21A2CD4F81608"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Consumer groups.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H257B5836B6D54DC3BEB65565326DD0D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonvoting Members</header><text>The Board shall also include as additional nonvoting Members the Secretary of Energy or his designee and 2 representatives of State regulatory authorities as defined in section 3(17) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2602">16 U.S.C. 2602(17)</external-xref>), each designated by the National Association of State Regulatory Utility Commissioners from States that are not within the same transmission interconnection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E6C3E12DBD74D8D905574BFFA69E7CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporation Board members shall receive no compensation for their services, nor shall Corporation Board members be reimbursed for expenses relating to their service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0DECE4E80A8440CA8A98D4347FCFE846"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corporation Board members shall serve terms of 4 years and may serve not more than 2 full consecutive terms. Members filling unexpired terms may serve not more than a total of 8 consecutive years. Former members of the Corporation Board may be reappointed to the Corporation Board if they have not been members for a period of 2 years. Initial appointments to the Corporation Board shall be for terms of 1, 2, 3, and 4 years, staggered to provide for the selection of 3 members each year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A24E368EEDA455ABA290AB2CB9FCF13"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Status of Corporation</header><text>The Corporation shall not be considered to be an agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States, and no officer or director or employee of the Corporation shall be considered to be an officer or employee of the United States Government, for purposes of title 5 or title 31 of the United States Code, or for any other purpose, and no funds of the Corporation shall be treated as public money for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/33">chapter 33</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, or for any other purpose.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBC0DC7328BB4659B39D0520FBCCBF53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions and administration of the Corporation</header> <paragraph id="H72B7583190D64B95BFED7FC75CCA0718"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall establish and administer a program to accelerate the commercial availability of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies and methods, including technologies which capture and store, or capture and convert, carbon dioxide. Under such program competitively awarded grants, contracts, and financial assistance shall be provided and entered into with eligible entities. Except as provided in paragraph (8), the Corporation shall use all funds derived from assessments under subsection (d) to issue grants and contracts to eligible entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BA0A7C680094C55BBE5C35A9961AE6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the grants, contracts, and assistance under this subsection shall be to support commercial-scale demonstrations of carbon capture or storage technology projects capable of advancing the technologies to commercial readiness. Such projects should encompass a range of different coal and other fossil fuel varieties, be geographically diverse, involve diverse storage media, and employ capture or storage, or capture and conversion, technologies potentially suitable either for new or for retrofit applications. The Corporation shall seek, to the extent feasible, to support at least 5 commercial-scale demonstration projects integrating carbon capture and sequestration or conversion technologies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CBC9055416240389FDAD7DA6E2E6661"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entities eligible for grants, contracts or assistance under this subsection may include distribution utilities, electric utilities and other private entities, academic institutions, national laboratories, Federal research agencies, State and tribal research agencies, nonprofit organizations, or consortiums of 2 or more entities. Pilot-scale and similar small-scale projects are not eligible for support by the Corporation. Owners or developers of projects supported by the Corporation shall, where appropriate, share in the costs of such projects.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DB55949037240F9A3464A7504DD3E6E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grants for early movers</header><text>Fifty percent of the funds raised under this section shall be provided in the form of grants to electric utilities that had, prior to the award of any grant under this section, committed resources to deploy a large scale electricity generation unit with integrated carbon capture and sequestration or conversion applied to a substantial portion of the unit’s carbon dioxide emissions. Grant funds shall be provided to defray costs incurred by such electricity utilities for at least 5 such electricity generation units.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7392655163464171A40A649E3ABF93A3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall elect a Chairman and other officers as necessary, may establish committees and subcommittees of the Corporation, and shall adopt rules and bylaws for the conduct of business and the implementation of this section. The Board shall appoint an Executive Director and professional support staff who may be employees of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). After consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee established under subsection (j), the Secretary, and the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory to obtain advice and recommendations on plans, programs, and project selection criteria, the Board shall establish priorities for grants, contracts, and assistance; publish requests for proposals for grants, contracts, and assistance; and award grants, contracts, and assistance competitively, on the basis of merit, after the establishment of procedures that provide for scientific peer review by the Technical Advisory Committee. The Board shall give preference to applications that reflect the best overall value and prospect for achieving the purposes of the section, such as those which demonstrate an integrated approach for capture and storage or capture and conversion technologies. The Board members shall not participate in making grants or awards to entities with whom they are affiliated.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFB2D43CC12248A8ADE52ED21E3F9B75"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Uses of grants, contracts, and assistance</header><text>A grant, contract, or other assistance provided under this subsection may be used to purchase carbon dioxide when needed to conduct tests of carbon dioxide storage sites, in the case of established projects that are storing carbon dioxide emissions, or for other purposes consistent with the purposes of this section. The Corporation shall make publicly available at no cost information learned as a result of projects which it supports financially.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFA3A2D1318C49A6B06DCD7BF581E655"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Intellectual property</header><text>The Board shall establish policies regarding the ownership of intellectual property developed as a result of Corporation grants and other forms of technology support. Such policies shall encourage individual ingenuity and invention.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BB11CEA43AA4207AA4DCFA5F71E4F78"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 5 percent of the funds collected in any fiscal year under subsection (d) may be used for the administrative expenses of operating the Corporation (not including costs incurred in the determination and collection of the assessments pursuant to subsection (d)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC4F981965E3477F89AFDE09EDEA04C1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Programs and budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before August 1 each year, the Corporation, after consulting with the Technical Advisory Committee and the Secretary and the Director of the Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory and other interested parties to obtain advice and recommendations, shall publish for public review and comment its proposed plans, programs, project selection criteria, and projects to be funded by the Corporation for the next calendar year. The Corporation shall also publish for public review and comment a budget plan for the next calendar year, including the probable costs of all programs, projects, and contracts and a recommended rate of assessment sufficient to cover such costs. The Secretary may recommend programs and activities the Secretary considers appropriate. The Corporation shall include in the first publication it issues under this paragraph a strategic plan or roadmap for the achievement of the purposes of the Corporation, as set forth in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H381EB7AB58ED4241AE03F7414A39AF17"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Records; audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall keep minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect all of the acts and transactions of the Corporation and make public such information. The books of the Corporation shall be audited by a certified public accountant at least once each fiscal year and at such other times as the Corporation may designate. Copies of each audit shall be provided to the Congress, all Corporation board members, all qualified industry organizations, each State regulatory authority and, upon request, to other members of the industry. If the audit determines that the Corporation’s practices fail to meet generally accepted accounting principles the assessment collection authority of the Corporation under subsection (d) shall be suspended until a certified public accountant renders a subsequent opinion that the failure has been corrected. The Corporation shall make its books and records available for review by the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H660DD1DB6B1A4979A2ABE726F9684A28"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Public Access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation Board’s meetings shall be open to the public and shall occur after at least 30 days advance public notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be closed to the public where the agenda of such meetings includes only confidential matters pertaining to project selection, the award of grants or contracts, personnel matters, or the receipt of legal advice. The minutes of all meetings of the Corporation shall be made available to and readily accessible by the public.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04C3CADC56FD466E9EAF82DF187F28A2"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each year the Corporation shall prepare and make publicly available a report which includes an identification and description of all programs and projects undertaken by the Corporation during the previous year. The report shall also detail the allocation or planned allocation of Corporation resources for each such program and project. The Corporation shall provide its annual report to the Congress, the Secretary, each State regulatory authority, and upon request to the public. The Secretary shall, not less than 60 days after receiving such report, provide to the President and Congress a report assessing the progress of the Corporation in meeting the objectives of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C05F72EC3434974A2059F4FA8EAFDDA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assessments</header> <paragraph id="H458E49AA608545BCB8AC06AE08E5C94F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount</header> <subparagraph id="H9C689B1C80C647B68B7AD0FE00E92A71" commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In all calendar years following its establishment, the Corporation shall collect an assessment on distribution utilities for all fossil fuel-based electricity delivered directly to retail consumers (as determined under subsection (f)). The assessments shall reflect the relative carbon dioxide emission rates of different fossil fuel-based electricity, and initially shall be not less than the following amounts for coal, natural gas, and oil:</text> <table table-type="" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-template-name="Entry: 2 text, bold hds"> <tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.10.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="column1" colwidth="214pts" colsep="0" rowsep="0" coldef="txt" min-data-value="190"/><colspec colname="column2" colwidth="111pts" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center" char="" charoff="0" coldef="txt-no-ldr" min-data-value="98"/> <tbody> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr"><bold>Fuel type</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"><bold>Rate of assessment per kilowatt hour</bold></entry></row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Coal</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.00043</entry></row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Natural Gas</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.00022</entry></row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Oil</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.00032.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98EA17DD9F9B4657B84300259B816A34" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Corporation is authorized to adjust the assessments on fossil fuel-based electricity to reflect changes in the expected quantities of such electricity from different fuel types, such that the assessments generate not less than $1.0 billion and not more than $1.1 billion annually. The Corporation is authorized to supplement assessments through additional financial commitments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC47AE14BD46B4C56BE961BAEF7701F86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investment of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pending disbursement pursuant to a program, plan, or project, the Corporation may invest funds collected through assessments under this subsection, and any other funds received by the Corporation, only in obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, in general obligations of any State or any political subdivision thereof, in any interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, or in obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF632DFDD074435F845352B1F216E0F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reversion of unused funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Corporation does not disburse, dedicate or assign 75 percent or more of the available proceeds of the assessed fees in any calendar year 7 or more years following its establishment, due to an absence of qualified projects or similar circumstances, it shall reimburse the remaining undedicated or unassigned balance of such fees, less administrative and other expenses authorized by this section, to the distribution utilities upon which such fees were assessed, in proportion to their collected assessments.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD539BFECBD8E443C98A3A835AD41F90C"><enum>(e)</enum><header> ERCOT</header> <paragraph id="HF2F2C73891D24D2D9A65BB3FDF3C491E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment, collection, and remittance</header> <subparagraph id="H68A6B2EED3114858862D6FA3602E39E4" commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, within ERCOT, the assessment provided for in subsection (d) shall be—</text> <clause id="H516E364F397B44118D7FEF551A9D397C" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>levied directly on qualified scheduling entities, or their successor entities;</text></clause> <clause id="H79BB934B252A4F97818F9AD5D049F230" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>charged consistent with other charges imposed on qualified scheduling entities as a fee on energy used by the load-serving entities; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDF1788E74BC5449AAF956F84F3C0A7BF" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>collected and remitted by ERCOT to the Corporation in the amounts and in the same manner as set forth in subsection (d).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0EA31052DF445D6BF698EB53D3FE8B9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be—</text> <clause id="H507D5D5303CF4E0DB41D8102C76B46CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determined by the amount and types of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered directly to all retail customers in the prior calendar year beginning with the year ending immediately prior to the period described in subsection (b)(2); and</text></clause> <clause id="H01F02F21AB6840408386AED478CADF97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>take into account the number of renewable energy credits retired by the load-serving entities represented by a qualified scheduling entity within the prior calendar year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87A805B97550497C82B34F42EC7E4DB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 1 percent of the funds collected in any fiscal year by ERCOT under the provisions of this subsection may be used for the administrative expenses incurred in the determination, collection and remittance of the assessments to the Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86B535CCD62C4459B1E6C429DAF2836A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>ERCOT shall provide a copy of its annual audit pertaining to the administration of the provisions of this subsection to the Corporation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFE43916000140E68523E65FBB4D2398"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H14708C0D1DA0416CA275FB9729DC26E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term “ERCOT” means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29C87DC9DA2E42A2AC75E479B1F46949"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term “load-serving entities” has the meaning adopted by ERCOT Protocols and in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H18B5A2D344F04164B12036651CD6C9BB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term “qualified scheduling entities” has the meaning adopted by ERCOT Protocols and in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94EA552A3B8F473F8E62E4AE0681F861"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The term “renewable energy credit” has the meaning as promulgated and adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas pursuant to section 39.904(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act of 1999, and in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA8C4E7A43D5241128E57467A9B6DBB65"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Determination of fossil fuel-based electricity deliveries</header> <paragraph id="HCC57A67F36E3410DB8D82608386D3283"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that:</text> <subparagraph id="HF9C21CE47E6A4CC59C9475A31E6358B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The assessments under subsection (d) are to be collected based on the amount of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered by each distribution utility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0C93A5A06E7446CA7E7671C78FDDE54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Since many distribution utilities purchase all or part of their retail consumer’s electricity needs from other entities, it may not be practical to determine the precise fuel mix for the power sold by each individual distribution utility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC177C0B4A894452B432B28DA0A602D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>It may be necessary to use average data, often on a regional basis with reference to Regional Transmission Organization (<quote>RTO</quote>) or NERC regions, to make the determinations necessary for making assessments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47916BF3EDF44825826200EE3377181F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>DOE proposed rule</header><text>The Secretary, acting in close consultation with the Energy Information Administration, shall issue for notice and comment a proposed rule to determine the level of fossil fuel electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States during the most recent calendar year or other period determined to be most appropriate. Such proposed rule shall balance the need to be efficient, reasonably precise, and timely, taking into account the nature and cost of data currently available and the nature of markets and regulation in effect in various regions of the country. Different methodologies may be applied in different regions if appropriate to obtain the best balance of such factors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB07B82D42433451CA07A613EDB6199CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and after opportunity for comment, the Secretary shall issue a final rule under this subsection for determining the level and type of fossil fuel-based electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States during the appropriate period. In issuing such rule, the Secretary may consider opportunities and costs to develop new data sources in the future and issue recommendations for the Energy Information Administration or other entities to collect such data. After notice and opportunity for comment the Secretary may, by rule, subsequently update and modify the methodology for making such determinations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FF5561777624F7F85557940435C9FB3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual determinations</header><text>Pursuant to the final rule issued under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall make annual determinations of the amounts and types for each such utility and publish such determinations in the Federal Register. Such determinations shall be used to conduct the referendum under subsection (b) and by the Corporation in applying any assessment under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CF91B178EC94E0FB20DFC3F2923F8A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rehearing and judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or operator of any distribution utility that believes that the Secretary has misapplied the methodology in the final rule in determining the amount and types of fossil fuel electricity delivered by such distribution utility may seek rehearing of such determination within 30 days of publication of the determination in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall decide such rehearing petitions within 30 days. The Secretary’s determinations following rehearing shall be final and subject to judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54F5F357A8414A20BCADAD1DA9C89D0C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Compliance with Corporation assessments</header><text>The Corporation may bring an action in the appropriate court of the United States to compel compliance with an assessment levied by the Corporation under this section. A successful action for compliance under this subsection may also require payment by the defendant of the costs incurred by the Corporation in bringing such action.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6FA6C20FD2F545EFAA39640A0A9EFB38"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Midcourse review</header><text>Not later than 5 years following establishment of the Corporation, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare an analysis, and report to Congress, assessing the Corporation’s activities, including project selection and methods of disbursement of assessed fees, impacts on the prospects for commercialization of carbon capture and storage technologies, adequacy of funding, and administration of funds. The report shall also make such recommendations as may be appropriate in each of these areas. The Corporation shall reimburse the Government Accountability Office for the costs associated with performing this midcourse review.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC9F8AEF28CB94585B1AE638445CEA388"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header> <paragraph id="H1E2C49F1F326414780725CF4ABDC88CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A distribution utility whose transmission, delivery, or sales of electric energy are subject to any form of rate regulation shall not be denied the opportunity to recover the full amount of the prudently incurred costs associated with complying with this section, consistent with applicable State or Federal law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46F5E849B62A445B96770F61D02D4D1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratepayer Rebates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory authorities that approve cost recovery pursuant to paragraph (1) may order rebates to ratepayers to the extent that distribution utilities are reimbursed undedicated or unassigned balances pursuant to subsection (d)(3).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7D8940EB4CC94854BED61D8BD8F6B436"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Technical Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph id="H7F25BD68A2E149B08329D346193464C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established an advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>Technical Advisory Committee</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF82009F0FEB948DF8897785F5793C694"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Technical Advisory Committee shall be comprised of not less than 7 members appointed by the Board from among academic institutions, national laboratories, independent research institutions, and other qualified institutions. No member of the Committee shall be affiliated with EPRI or with any organization having members serving on the Board. At least one member of the Committee shall be appointed from among officers or employees of the Department of Energy recommended to the Board by the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20B161F44F1243A6A180FD376570B381"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson and Vice Chairperson</header><text>The Board shall designate one member of the Technical Advisory Committee to serve as Chairperson of the Committee and one to serve as Vice Chairperson of the Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61E78D738A934963BE391ED947E318CA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Board shall provide compensation to members of the Technical Advisory Committee for travel and other incidental expenses and such other compensation as the Board determines to be necessary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3461EE3FDD4F4823AF2EBC47772C9CC8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Technical Advisory Committee shall provide independent assessments and technical evaluations, as well as make non-binding recommendations to the Board, concerning Corporation activities, including but not limited to the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H8AAE06CB0BA045898A86BBA0D9ED1BC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reviewing and evaluating the Corporation’s plans and budgets described in subsection (c)(9), as well as any other appropriate areas, which could include approaches to prioritizing technologies, appropriateness of engineering techniques, monitoring and verification technologies for storage, geological site selection, and cost control measures.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3CD650CBBBBC4221A47F769C3FCD0DF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Making annual non-binding recommendations to the Board concerning any of the matters referred to in subparagraph (A), as well as what types of investments, scientific research, or engineering practices would best further the goals of the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3991C125EE894882B8028C8CB621DAAA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>All reports, evaluations, and other materials of the Technical Advisory Committee shall be made available to the public by the Board, without charge, at time of receipt by the Board.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6C9AD568ED46491097CDF13295B55927"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Lobbying restrictions</header><text>No funds collected by the Corporation shall be used in any manner for influencing legislation or elections, except that the Corporation may recommend to the Secretary and the Congress changes in this section or other statutes that would further the purposes of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H71C79910566F47FF92954979A169EE39"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Davis-Bacon Compliance</header><text>The Corporation shall ensure that entities receiving grants, contracts, or other financial support from the Corporation for the project activities authorized by this section are in compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC7782483F7424BEDAACBD53E99628CD6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header>Commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part H of title VII of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act) is amended by adding the following new section after section 785:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1B277506233243DAA6F18F2C221F2A69" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HF9DF251CDA464C17A73C1DF4316AA23E"><enum>786.</enum><header>Commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies</header> <subsection id="H5292DFD96B2D4AF8B180CA425CD8A171"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations providing for the distribution of emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(f), pursuant to the requirements of this section, to support the commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies in both electric power generation and industrial operations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDEEA5121B82E4006A6B1FFC0E7206CF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility criteria</header><text>For an owner or operator of a project to be eligible to receive emission allowances under this section, the project must—</text> <paragraph id="H99BE3B89D74F44339A94ECECF3ACFBCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implement carbon capture and sequestration technology—</text> <subparagraph id="HB522AB6AD78B44DA8A987A3A0AEDD55B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at an electric generating unit that—</text> <clause id="HA79E344C3E16473D99E1164ABF135D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a nameplate capacity of 200 megawatts or more;</text></clause> <clause id="HBD6227169E704624A29B9BE94099499E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a retrofit application, applies the carbon capture and sequestration technology to the flue gas from at least 200 megawatts of the total nameplate generating capacity of the unit, provided that clause (i) shall apply without exception;</text></clause> <clause id="H4388F9114A844850AECE6D3A19EC05E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>derives at least 50 percent of its annual fuel input from coal, petroleum coke, or any combination of these 2 fuels; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD6D6BBFAB210460B8ABFE34811FB2208"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>upon implementation of capture and sequestration technology, will achieve an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by—</text> <subclause id="HAAF19EAAAA44455C9499B768EE8B2653"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> the unit, measured on an annual basis, determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H57F8B8A9C4DA49F194EC06AA5D8FA5EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of retrofit applications under clause (ii), the treated portion of flue gas from the unit, measured on an annual basis, determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2); or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBB715CC481B40F281F7B5A3FAF6F68A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at an industrial source that—</text> <clause id="H8E278ACEA5D640929CF006291158D671"><enum>(i)</enum><text>absent carbon capture and sequestration, would emit greater than 50,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide;</text></clause> <clause id="H905B1614BF1F42DFBA8F39A7F984D684"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon implementation, will achieve an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the emission point, measured on an annual basis, determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2); and</text></clause> <clause id="HD6CBD1893999460BB5478EFA0B7BB3ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>does not produce a liquid transportation fuel from a solid fossil-based feedstock;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE584B8B7C1C4D9285AEC2166B88E6A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>geologically sequester carbon dioxide at a site that meets all applicable permitting and certification requirements for geologic sequestration, or, pursuant to such requirements as the Administrator may prescribe by regulation, convert captured carbon dioxide to a stable form that will safely and permanently sequester such carbon dioxide;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H514B481B4DB245868F782EB21040851C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>meet all other applicable State, tribal, and Federal permitting requirements; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7931AC528A1D4A0888ABDB0C3DD72E83"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be located in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2FD154C9D4EC43D7A0D68C76AC972CBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Phase I distribution to electric generating units</header> <paragraph id="H623EC6C8EA9D43EBA252FF8C0B7D95FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection shall apply only to projects at the first 6 gigawatts of electric generating units, measured in cumulative generating capacity of such units, that receive allowances under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE90444068C7D43B48C6AEC549DA33CD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute emission allowances allocated under section 782(f) to the owner or operator of each eligible project at an electric generating unit in a quantity equal to the quotient obtained by dividing—</text> <subparagraph id="HD0A57C3527004470AB1DCAC3B47EDD0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying—</text> <clause id="HED08969F531341BC8D4F04EE4ED67670"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions avoided through capture and sequestration of emissions by the project, as determined pursuant to such methodology as the Administrator shall prescribe by regulation; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE207A58243E844DD9D24739FC8D2BB40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a bonus allowance value, pursuant to paragraph (3); by</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB170E9C2208A4EA381BEE880903855F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average fair market value of an emission allowance during the preceding year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23033E46056B456BA8B0C27BD81488B4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bonus allowance values</header> <subparagraph id="H60D2FA252A754108B10AD2734E0595E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For a generating unit achieving the capture and sequestration of 85 percent or more of the carbon dioxide that otherwise would be emitted by such unit, the bonus allowance value shall be $90 per ton.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H002FDD2418EB4C56A195EAE0F8E0B4B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Administrator shall by regulation establish a bonus allowance value for each rate of lower capture and sequestration achieved by a generating unit, from a minimum of $50 per ton for a 50 percent rate and varying directly with increasing rates of capture and sequestration up to $90 per ton for an 85 percent rate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAEB6F657B8C467D83AEA990A8E2BED9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a generating unit that achieves the capture and sequestration of at least 50 percent of the carbon dioxide that otherwise would be emitted by such unit by not later than January 1, 2017, the otherwise applicable bonus allowance value under this paragraph shall be increased by $10, provided that the owner of such unit notifies the Administrator by not later than January 1, 2012, of its intent to achieve such rate of capture and sequestration.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC96696B69284BD0A6F6A39F691E1B3B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For a carbon capture and sequestration project sequestering in a geological formation for purposes of enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, the Administrator shall, by regulation, reduce the applicable bonus allowance value under this paragraph to reflect the lower net cost of the project when compared to sequestration into geological formations solely for purposes of sequestration.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3842ABCD1C754E81BE3ACE38CA88A14C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Administrator shall annually adjust for inflation the bonus allowance values established under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H330ED4F6B2E1418D936BE197B928FF15"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Phase II distribution to electric generating units</header> <paragraph id="HAEA54CB98BA44BFC8F76AF0870DC04BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection shall apply only to the distribution of emission allowances for carbon capture and sequestration projects at electric generating units after the capacity threshold identified in subsection (c)(1) is reached.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD58B8E271332469BA4DFA6E123D2D9D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years prior to the date on which the capacity threshold identified in subsection (c)(1) is projected to be reached, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to govern the distribution of emission allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H603988A9E8DE4D2F84286A1E892BBEDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reverse auctions</header> <subparagraph id="H89DEB8A7651E47A3B74E25E9161287A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (4), the regulations promulgated under paragraph (2) shall provide for the distribution of emission allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects under this subsection through reverse auctions, which shall be held no less frequently than once each calendar year. The Administrator may establish a separate auction for each of no more than 5 different project categories, defined on the basis of coal type, capture technology, geological formation type, new unit versus retrofit application, such other factors as the Administrator may prescribe, or any combination thereof. The Administrator may establish appropriate minimum rates of capture and sequestration in implementing this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3448210F29F6442CA3926BCA960DDBDA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Auction process</header><text>At each reverse auction—</text> <clause id="H0D28E46A4C6D4EE9A64D5998D89F7DB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Administrator shall solicit bids from eligible projects;</text></clause> <clause id="H6BABA665515D486597670B5FA6640CD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligible projects participating in the auction shall submit a bid including the desired level of carbon dioxide sequestration incentive per ton and the estimated quantity of carbon dioxide that the project will permanently sequester over 10 years; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF732ED511C1440788015D58611560FEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Administrator shall select bids, within each auction, for the sequestration amount submitted, beginning with the eligible project submitting the bid for the lowest level of sequestration incentive on a per ton basis and meeting such other requirements as the Administrator may specify, until the amount of funds available for the reverse auction is committed.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCFA2567867E14BC88770814DD6F9156B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Form of distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute emission allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects selected through a reverse auction under this paragraph pursuant to a formula equivalent to that described in subsection (c)(2), except that the bonus allowance value that is bid by the entity shall be substituted for the bonus allowance values set forth in subsection (c)(3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H084ED87456BA47E38990E365FC9F5E9E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative distribution method</header> <subparagraph id="H3E984D94D2E54607919DF64DBD3A001C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Administrator determines that reverse auctions would not provide for efficient and cost-effective commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies, the Administrator may instead, through regulations promulgated under paragraph (2) or (5), prescribe a schedule for the award of bonus allowances to the owners or operators of eligible projects under this subsection, in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD03B07D0ACAB4234990869EA62EF15DB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Multiple tranches</header><text>The Administrator shall divide emission allowances available for distribution to the owners or operators of eligible projects into a series of tranches, each supporting the deployment of a specified quantity of cumulative electric generating capacity utilizing carbon capture and sequestration technology, each of which shall not be greater than 6 gigawatts.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3CD5CF7C49E4B2880605A02EA1F8E39"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Method of distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall distribute emission allowances within each tranche, on a first-come, first-served basis—</text> <clause id="H8510C9A970F14D1F9E3165D14B674523"><enum>(i)</enum><text>based on the date of full-scale operation of capture and sequestration technology; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4770D3089E2346FAB3802B5997663FAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pursuant to a formula, similar to that set forth in subsection (c)(2) (except that the Administrator shall prescribe bonus allowance values different than those set forth in subsection (c)(3)), establishing the number of allowances to be distributed per ton of carbon dioxide sequestered by the project.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55D0FE0E56E84123A5DB3E7E680D10D0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>For each tranche established pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall establish a schedule for distributing emission allowances that—</text> <clause id="HDD15E414FB304D25973208CC88B2C1AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is based on a sliding scale that provides higher bonus allowance values for projects achieving higher rates of capture and sequestration;</text></clause> <clause id="H8428C0C0D44A48BFB8A52775CB0D7B85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each capture and sequestration rate, establishes a bonus allowance value that is lower than that established for such rate in the previous tranche (or, in the case of the first tranche, than that established for such rate under subsection (c)(3)); and</text></clause> <clause id="H43402B1C45A94548A4F64489428AB0C5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may establish different bonus allowance levels for no more than 5 different project categories, defined by coal type, capture technology, geological formation type, new unit versus retrofit application, such other factors as the Administrator may prescribe, or any combination thereof.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4553F98718244D3B8C8D0655E62ADF17"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Criteria for establishing bonus allowance values</header><text>In setting bonus allowance values under this paragraph, the Administrator shall seek to cover no more than the reasonable incremental capital and operating costs of a project that are attributable to implementation of carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration technologies, taking into account—</text> <clause id="H2958E58544674809B2AAB428C098EE1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the reduced cost of compliance with section 722 of this Act;</text></clause> <clause id="H840E183B488F492DAE539DE2B2BA53AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reduced cost associated with sequestering in a geological formation for purposes of enhanced hydrocarbon recovery when compared to sequestration into geological formations solely for purposes of sequestration;</text></clause> <clause id="H52B374824DCA439797E1C2B8F24AA538"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the relevant factors defining the project category; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD626DF3705BB41D499D48B5528BAD7C8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>such other factors as the Administrator determines are appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2045D75025054985A0EEC309C2B6DB3E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Revision of regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall review, and as appropriate revise, the applicable regulations under this subsection no less frequently than every 8 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8CAB52466ABD4798BCE419A162460E47"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limits for certain electric generating units</header> <paragraph id="H0C20E18DCD664925A919190965DA0840"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the terms <quote>covered EGU</quote> and <quote>initially permitted</quote> shall have the meaning given those terms in section 812 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H70471F77AC1645B2B357F4D683F83888"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered egus initially permitted from 2009 through 2014</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a covered EGU that is initially permitted on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2015, the Administrator shall reduce the quantity of emission allowances that the owner or operator of such covered EGU would otherwise be eligible to receive under this section as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HB2774B2039EC402084ABD79C7B853E5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a unit commencing operation on or before January 1, 2019, if the date in clause (ii)(I) is earlier than the date in clause (ii)(II), by the product of—</text> <clause id="H84AC26EC327846E7A70F6762926B438C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent; and</text></clause> <clause id="HED4E2323D16E4D8FB1C9672905E2F5BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of years, if any, that have elapsed between—</text> <subclause id="HA0226D1C39784438A6D805E0DE669946"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the earlier of January 1, 2020, or the date that is 5 years after the commencement of operation of such covered EGU; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBA6B46DEB85C466089E3C0E48971EB4E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the first year that such covered EGU achieves (and thereafter maintains) an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, measured on an annual basis, as determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H494656F4A7F04C548C1CB7D573873CDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a unit commencing operation after January 1, 2019, by the product of—</text> <clause id="H7800F89E95314781B2C93F395004B1CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent; and</text></clause> <clause id="H966D7BAEEB404C60996B183CDB90638D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of years between—</text> <subclause id="HAD887C79DE2D44868EF9E0A680440A56"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the commencement of operation of such covered EGU; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5211A2EE3EDB48B6AFB95AADCD9B2E9D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the first year that such covered EGU achieves (and thereafter maintains) an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, measured on an annual basis, as determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD07E5298FAD9487DAD3C4DF569A8ABBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered egus initially permitted from 2015 through 2019</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The owner or operator of a covered EGU that is initially permitted on or after January 1, 2015, and before January 1, 2020, shall be ineligible to receive emission allowances pursuant to this section if such unit, upon commencement of operations (and thereafter), does not achieve and maintain an emission limit that is at least a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, measured on an annual basis, as determined in accordance with section 812(b)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H729BDCD006274DB088947AD9DB9110C1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Industrial sources</header> <paragraph id="HEFDD819469C14DCCA890836F2F77D108"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowances</header><text>The Administrator may distribute not more than 15 percent of the allowances allocated under section 782(f) for any vintage year to the owners or operators of eligible industrial sources to support the commercial-scale deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies at such sources.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BA5B9915C494E9C9F1015A6938AF7CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall, by regulation, prescribe requirements for the distribution of emission allowances to the owners or operators of industrial sources under this subsection, based on a bonus allowance formula that awards allowances to qualifying projects on the basis of tons of carbon dioxide captured and permanently sequestered. The Administrator may provide for the distribution of emission allowances pursuant to—</text> <subparagraph id="HA81F9096BC084568BAA5147FECABF705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a reverse auction method, similar to that described under subsection (d)(3), including the use of separate auctions for different project categories; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49707A90A4D24316B1325A465EFA3328"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an incentive schedule, similar to that described under subsection (d)(4), which shall ensure that incentives are set so as to satisfy the requirement described in subsection (d)(4)(E).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE37D27AAB6D54D299FE6CB87F993D0ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revision of regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall review, and as appropriate revise, the applicable regulations under this subsection no less frequently than every 8 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9CAA9C1C8674221BBC63A2AD0122B2B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances may be distributed under this section only for tons of carbon dioxide emissions that have already been captured and sequestered. A qualifying project may receive annual emission allowances under this section only for the first 10 years of operation. No greater than 72 gigawatts of total cumulative generating capacity (including industrial applications, measured by such equivalent metric as the Administrator may designate) may receive emission allowances under this section. Upon reaching the limit described in the preceding sentence, any emission allowances that are allocated for carbon capture and sequestration deployment under section 782(f) and are not yet obligated under this section shall be treated as allowances not designated for distribution for purposes of section 782(r).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA2CA07275C7F4EE985EA9276BE044C46"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Exhaustion of account and annual roll-over of surplus allowances</header> <paragraph id="H44586F1FCC674AFBB4392DA19A1C521B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In distributing emission allowances under this section, the Administrator shall ensure that qualifying projects receiving allowances receive distributions for 10 years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55BF68DFF5414E0D92153970039123C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the Administrator determines that the emission allowances allocated under section 782(f) with a vintage year that matches the year of distribution will be exhausted once the estimated full 10-year distributions will be provided to current eligible participants, the Administrator shall provide to new eligible projects allowances from vintage years after the year of the distribution.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H90C874E7B3314DF695E32C8E2EA9D2A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Retrofit applications</header> <paragraph id="H87C67547D09A4292AECEAE0A407215F4" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text> In calculating bonus allowance values for retrofit applications eligible under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iv)(II), the Administrator shall apply the required capture rates with respect to the treated portion of flue gas from the unit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00C96BFC11D048F9A12D6610159B2B28" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No additional projects shall be eligible for allowances under subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iv)(II) as of such time as the Administrator reports, pursuant to section 812(d), that carbon capture and sequestration retrofit projects at electric generating units that are eligible for allowances under this section have been applied, in the aggregate, to the flue gas generated by 1 gigawatt of total cumulative generating capacity. The limitation in the preceding sentence shall not apply to projects that meet the eligibility criteria in subsection (b)(1)(A)(iv)(I).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1762289BED3948B29D617C3A0D9A4C48"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Davis-Bacon Compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All laborers and mechanics employed on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by this section through the use of emission allowances shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV, chapter 31, part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3145">section 3145</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H0C20D866F5D44AE0AAFB828FD3337640"><enum>116.</enum><header>Performance standards for coal-fueled power plants</header> <subsection id="HF2EB102C06BF4102B0A7BEA196DEE8A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VIII of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 331 of this Act) is amended by adding the following new section after section 811:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6F278F5001747438638A5FF31CDE7E5"> <section id="H0D9B1F07DF0A45058555B7A7AE1015EF"><enum>812.</enum><header>Performance standards for new coal-fired power plants</header> <subsection id="HA246DE2183F74411BA1585E690B34D57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H20C3613691554557B1093882D8EEA68A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered EGU</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘covered EGU’ means a utility unit that is required to have a permit under section 503(a) and is authorized under state or federal law to derive at least 30 percent of its annual heat input from coal, petroleum coke, or any combination of these fuels.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92CF95D2D6554860938A64233172046C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initially permitted</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘initially permitted’ means that the owner or operator has received a Clean Air Act preconstruction approval or permit, for the covered EGU as a new (not a modified) source, but administrative review or appeal of such approval or permit has not been exhausted. A subsequent modification of any such approval or permits, ongoing administrative or court review, appeals, or challenges, or the existence or tolling of any time to pursue further review, appeals, or challenges shall not affect the date on which a covered EGU is considered to be initially permitted under this paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9659E11591A4527B16FEF715A8EDE93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header> <paragraph id="H1F40067A2C99410F9EC5DF45EC23D34B" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered EGU that is initially permitted on or after January 1, 2020, shall achieve an emission limit that is a 65 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, as measured on an annual basis, or meet such more stringent standard as the Administrator may establish pursuant to subsection (c). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50A12C942A3349708D0077FB0B9E3539" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered EGU that is initially permitted after January 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2020, shall, by the applicable compliance date established under this paragraph, achieve an emission limit that is a 50 percent reduction in emissions of the carbon dioxide produced by the unit, as measured on an annual basis. Compliance with the requirement set forth in this paragraph shall be required by the earliest of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H736959C62CAB4AA8A8DDEB0DAE754371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Four years after the date the Administrator has published pursuant to subsection (d) a report that there are in commercial operation in the United States electric generating units or other stationary sources equipped with carbon capture and sequestration technology that, in the aggregate—</text> <clause id="HDCF0B7BB5BBD4E73958B740023E13BD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have a total of at least 4 gigawatts of nameplate generating capacity of which—</text> <subclause id="HE33C856A997249C5BC4D3962DF49D80C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least 3 gigawatts must be electric generating units; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H99DB6EC115EE485D9ECB31ABB5D3D1E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">up to 1 gigawatt may be industrial applications, for which capture and sequestration of 3 million tons of carbon dioxide per year on an aggregate annualized basis shall be considered equivalent to 1 gigawatt;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H40CBE376846843EABE36A0D4AAD33328"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include at least 2 electric generating units, each with a nameplate generating capacity of 250 megawatts or greater, that capture, inject, and sequester carbon dioxide into geologic formations other than oil and gas fields; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1058F207DE7348CC80FD551A28BCD877"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are capturing and sequestering in the aggregate at least 12 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, calculated on an aggregate annualized basis.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC6037A693894EE0AE49AD85CC1504E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">January 1, 2025.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4F72234973F4E309A954E1D300A465C" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the deadline for compliance with paragraph (2) is January 1, 2025, the Administrator may extend the deadline for compliance by a covered EGU by up to 18 months if the Administrator makes a determination, based on a showing by the owner or operator of the unit, that it will be technically infeasible for the unit to meet the standard by the deadline. The owner or operator must submit a request for such an extension by no later than January 1, 2022, and the Administrator shall provide for public notice and comment on the extension request.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H442F17C6EBC949EEAFEDC8BC508EF11D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review and revision of standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2025 and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H88CC192FC3E7412CAB2250C1AF0A82A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header> Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date 18 months after the date of enactment of this title and semiannually thereafter, the Administrator shall publish a report on the nameplate capacity of units (determined pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A)) in commercial operation in the United States equipped with carbon capture and sequestration technology, including the information described in subsection (b)(2)(A) (including the cumulative generating capacity to which carbon capture and sequestration retrofit projects meeting the criteria described in section 786(b)(1)(A)(ii) and (b)(1)(A)(iv)(II) has been applied and the quantities of carbon dioxide captured and sequestered by such projects).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCFD48EA63E56478BBE9E4E93C92DC0C7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to carry out the requirements of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0C34F701FFA54AFB8A202ADFDA658693"><enum>C</enum><header>Clean Transportation</header> <section id="H5A05091D0EB44922874877143DA5C6FD"><enum>121.</enum><header>Electric vehicle infrastructure</header> <subsection id="H06DA6CA47B7546A8BCC2FF867856DF30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment of PURPA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAC842D58225E466DB814A024AED3968D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5B0BE99D38D343859B3FD8B04B7451E9"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle infrastructure</header> <subparagraph id="H32951B500F3D4BCAA6F085EF39CB39BE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Utility plan for infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electric utility shall develop a plan to support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles, including heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles. The plan may provide for deployment of electrical charging stations in public or private locations, including street parking, parking garages, parking lots, homes, gas stations, and highway rest stops. Any such plan may also include—</text> <clause id="H1F3DFF3887954A90B82A500847E2A0D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">battery exchange, fast charging infrastructure and other services;</text></clause> <clause id="HD4DFDDD36BF74B97AFDC2C694043012B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">triggers for infrastructure deployment based upon market penetration of plug-in electric drive vehicles; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDBECFA21D1C345A7BE08B819511814A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such other elements as the State determines necessary to support plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Each plan under this paragraph shall provide for the deployment of the charging infrastructure or other infrastructure necessary to adequately support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles.</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB57626AF4C2643BD986A0A653B6FBB27"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Support requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State regulatory authority (in the case of each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated utility) shall—</text> <clause id="H8DB0795CF42A47E1A14B5FF2559D8BFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text> require that charging infrastructure deployed is interoperable with products of all auto manufacturers to the extent possible; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCE7F43678F1247CABF7A5CE3B9A21A2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider adopting minimum requirements for deployment of electrical charging infrastructure and other appropriate requirements necessary to support the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F2FA3D4EB164081A39AC2FFEE2D66E0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cost recovery</header><text>Each State regulatory authority (in the case of each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated utility) shall consider whether, and to what extent, to allow cost recovery for plans and implementation of plans.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7363A96F01E4676B41A102156D4B1A8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Smart Grid integration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State regulatory authority (in the case of each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated utility) shall, in accordance with regulations issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to section 1305(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007—</text> <clause id="H406384465690464F8BD1ADBD81DC432E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish any appropriate protocols and standards for integrating plug-in electric drive vehicles into an electrical distribution system, including Smart Grid systems and devices as described in title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007;</text></clause> <clause id="HE296994024FE4E41884A97DB9835BEB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, to the extent feasible, the ability for each plug-in electric drive vehicle to be identified individually and to be associated with its owner’s electric utility account, regardless of the location that the vehicle is plugged in, for purposes of appropriate billing for any electricity required to charge the vehicle’s batteries as well as any crediting for electricity provided to the electric utility from the vehicle’s batteries; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF9E791DFB6664643A8D15EAB76842F27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the determination made in response to section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in light of this section, including whether time-of-use pricing should be employed to enable the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles to contribute to meeting peak-load and ancillary service power needs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA2117EFE38AC436E89F6B30588963FA7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="H116D99353F354902BAA3CDD115C413D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time limitations</header><text>Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4550D998216741378310B40B12219572" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDF1C4CB4A13F4313BB47F3F731860D66" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H24E39E95529E49EDA36129D13AE6C793"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated utility shall commence the consideration referred to in section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDC65746C3CC4DE59443D230C92B5360" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the consideration, and shall make the determination, referred to in section 111 with respect to the standard established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6AFBA521C417415096980417C451A87E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to comply</header><text>Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end: <quote>In the case of the standards established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of such paragraph.</quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49AF359E1746406990E91404669895E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior State actions</header><text>Section 112(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2622">16 U.S.C. 2622(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(19)</quote> and inserting <quote>(20)</quote> before <quote>of section 111(d)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1E569241084C47B18CC0779ED489127C" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>122.</enum><header>Large-scale vehicle electrification program</header> <subsection id="H442951A605FF4A2C8CA72DAF71C98048"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deployment Program</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to deploy and integrate plug-in electric drive vehicles into the electricity grid in multiple regions. In carrying out the program, the Secretary may provide financial assistance described under subsection (d), consistent with the goals under subsection (b). The Secretary shall select regions based upon applications for assistance received pursuant to subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H581D6DB8A0CA44A796FF8CECA4A52BF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The goals of the program established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H656DAB14C3FB4D449A2809280DB08CB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to demonstrate the viability of a vehicle-based transportation system that is not overly dependent on petroleum as a fuel and contributes to lower carbon emissions than a system based on conventional vehicles; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0960EBEEBF8C4DAF896C00E4A4118F63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to facilitate the integration of advanced vehicle technologies into electricity distribution areas to improve system performance and reliability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC4224D244C3411AB041EA1AF9AA1724"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to demonstrate the potential benefits of coordinated investments in vehicle electrification on personal mobility and a regional grid;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H217F3BFC24C64F8E975A8BEFEAC931B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to demonstrate protocols and standards that facilitate vehicle integration into the grid; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85ACB5D7FE664227955E9D563A33AD61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to investigate differences in each region and regulatory environment regarding best practices in implementing vehicle electrification.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H35AF5481E47A41C2AD818EFEA4512318"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State, Indian tribe, or local government (or group of State, Indian tribe, or local governments) may apply to the Secretary of Energy for financial assistance in furthering the regional deployment and integration into the electricity grid of plug-in electric drive vehicles. Such applications may be jointly sponsored by electric utilities, automobile manufacturers, technology providers, car sharing companies or organizations, or other persons or entities. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HCBAE57F7A7E642DFB07CD5A9AB0E2965"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to applications received under subsection (c), the Secretary may make financial assistance available to any applicant or joint sponsor of the application to be used for any of the following: </text> <paragraph id="H25B579B1A498480AADE4FBAD6107476C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Assisting persons located in the regional deployment area, including fleet owners, in the purchase of new plug-in electric drive vehicles by offsetting in whole or in part the incremental cost of such vehicles above the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23AF103FCFAE43A1A62CD34396BFF34C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Supporting the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles by funding projects for the deployment of any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE50107F48AEC46F1A7FEA6659216BED6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electrical charging infrastructure for plug-in electric drive vehicles, including battery exchange, fast charging infrastructure, and other services, in public or private locations, including street parking, parking garages, parking lots, homes, gas stations, and highway rest stops.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H000FE810CA254922BFC5033AC7B92A28"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Smart Grid equipment and infrastructure, as described in title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, to facilitate the charging and integration of plug-in electric drive vehicles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18016CBF4B934FA5AE0A127F05DD4822"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Such other projects as the Secretary determines appropriate to support the large-scale deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles in regional deployment areas.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDFC8073A11334045BB92585F53554249"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation, shall determine design elements and requirements of the program established pursuant to subsection (a), including—</text> <paragraph id="HE045B0A326B44576B237AA56212EA5A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the type of financial mechanism with which to provide financial assistance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11B9D08F36C94E5BA2FB2BF2B2FCF1D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criteria for evaluating applications submitted under subsection (c), including the anticipated ability to promote deployment and market penetration of vehicles that are less dependent on petroleum as a fuel source; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D213ECDF16147D091CD128CFD945E46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reporting requirements for entities that receive financial assistance under this section, including a comprehensive set of performance data characterizing the results of the deployment program. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE54655EC5ADC429989D275038EE57050"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Information Clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, as part of the program established pursuant to subsection (a), collect and make available to the public information regarding the cost, performance, and other technical data regarding the deployment and integration of plug-in electric drive vehicles. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H3BD3F3A1068D431C8D55E2E2E3FB9C4F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0D59ED21E59F443BBCE327C9CF0B1EBB" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturing</header> <subsection id="H5012E02D9F934CDA8788876FBDEDFCE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vehicle manufacturing assistance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to provide financial assistance to automobile manufacturers to facilitate the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles, as defined in section 131(a)(5) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, that are developed and produced in the United States. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H650F085C412D4036A27E943E7B1A50A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy may provide financial assistance to an automobile manufacturer under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) for the reconstruction or retooling of facilities for the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles or batteries for such vehicles that are developed and produced in the United States.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H944C242873CC4115B1BD77C3FCE65EDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with regional deployment</header><text>The Secretary may provide financial assistance under subsection (b) in conjunction with the award of financial assistance under the large scale vehicle electrification program established pursuant to section 122 of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDFE5E4CA08EB4694A969A11F3BA08B0B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine design elements and requirements of the program established pursuant to subsection (a), including—</text> <paragraph id="HE890500619AF4B38AE395327C26198C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the type of financial mechanism with which to provide financial assistance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF32F3BA2116E4AD0A1C2F5C93BA232DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>criteria, in addition to the criteria described under subsection (e), for evaluating applications for financial assistance; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C0DB4D9ABE845F0B1B89BD218D693DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reporting requirements for automobile manufacturers that receive financial assistance under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9CEBA8ADBE1640EDAC62D37FB19638D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>In selecting recipients of financial assistance from among applicant automobile manufacturers, the Secretary shall give preference to proposals that—</text> <paragraph id="HB65158FEFE95460DB51D16F37F55E23D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are most likely to be successful; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD578DC67E2824F7A9D67901C3DA0221C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are located in local markets that have the greatest need for the facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22B7972E5E3A4F4EBD74BD8E593BC372"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a report on the program established pursuant to this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H34572E0B5E5D4C2084C02859D5F91901"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HBEA0A0C71C0C4352926C2F1AC2363927"><enum>124.</enum><header>Investment in clean vehicles</header> <subsection id="H957FA323D88C4D6CA91C31DAC0A5CB8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H881E924DA3774762B89E1D298D0CD253"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicles and qualifying components</header><text>The terms <quote>advanced technology vehicles</quote> and <quote>qualifying components</quote> shall have the definition of such terms in section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, except that for purposes of this section, the average base year as described in such section 136(a)(1)(C) shall be the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE01A4AD04E1B49419CE2F85B755CF7B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In each of the years 2012 through 2016, model year 2009.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H07BD1CFDC263489B92D1B34386A8A2B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In 2017, the Administrator shall, notwithstanding such section 136(a)(1)(C), determine an appropriate baseline based on technological and economic feasibility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DAC453C79C64E069C0A85C6EB1A9DAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle</header><text>The term <quote>plug-in electric drive vehicle</quote> shall have the definition of such term in section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7402310D2EB442618EE38E053F0AAE6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of allowances</header><text>The Administrator shall, in accordance with this section, distribute emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) of the Clean Air Act not later than September 30 of 2012 and each calendar year thereafter through 2025.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7E8E12B06FB1432B9414A90526FF9D69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plug-in electric drive vehicle manufacturing and deployment</header> <paragraph id="HE4C815E4BF0D4EF0A452DA24ED1A1A85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall, at the direction of the Secretary of Energy, provide emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) to applicants, joint sponsors and automobile manufacturers pursuant to sections 122 and 123 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD3232A0F7EE46C8A9C0804C8B98D2B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual amount</header><text>In each of the years 2012 through 2017, one-quarter of the portion of the emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) of the Clean Air Act shall be available to carry out paragraph (1) such that—</text> <subparagraph id="H6087A4502FAC4094AC1366980A5C661F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-eighth of the portion shall be available to carry out section 122; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29A7B2A0B8D1485986109C9E7FF430D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-eighth of the portion shall be available to carry out section 123.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4586FE5468D04A69B778A528C190D5FF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In directing the provision of emission allowances under this subsection to carry out section 122, the Secretary shall give preference to applications under section 122(c) that are jointly sponsored by one or more automobile manufacturers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CD7D8A70F404CD9AE1EF2A7A24D525C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Multi-year commitments</header><text>The Administrator shall commit to providing emission allowances to an applicant, joint sponsor, or automobile manufacturer for up to five consecutive years if—</text> <subparagraph id="HF05639E6C6D1497D80A088CDBF99CFB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an application under section 122 or 123 of this Act requests a multi-year commitment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67D89FC2ADF74C3BBE09A227A461D5AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such application meets the criteria for support established by the Secretary of Energy under section 122 or 123 of this Act;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA6808962CDB44DEB0458C3A8A6A8F82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Administrator confirms to the Secretary that emission allowances will be available for a multi-year commitment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4892D6F1D03E4BA694CB8F11810D64C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy determines that a multi-year commitment for such application will advance the goals of section 122 or 123; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8CC8A89E0E642FA926D53FFB94A18EF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Secretary of Energy directs the Administrator to make a multi-year commitment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3EF0F48CA5348EFB5EFF7B94FDF856C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Insufficient applications</header><text>If, in any year, emission allowances available under paragraph (2) cannot be provided because of insufficient numbers of submitted applications that meet the criteria for support established by the Secretary of Energy under section 122 or 123 of this Act, the remaining emission allowances shall be distributed according to subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0CED49E7E9BF4589B1F626B0BC9524C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicles</header> <paragraph id="HEEB8839F751B43B38DA91262C7824844"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall, at the direction of the Secretary of Energy, provide any emission allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(i) of the Clean Air Act that are not provided under subsection (c) to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers to pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of—</text> <subparagraph id="H164FF06BB5784704888292F69D8B7FD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce—</text> <clause id="H024D5DBD7178428BA463A38C60F57011"><enum>(i)</enum><text>qualifying advanced technology vehicles; or</text></clause> <clause id="HD11EC9C0E653468895B8F71A0E625808"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>qualifying components; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FB088EDC3F741DBBBA968D14A314838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engineering integration performed in the United States of qualifying vehicles and qualifying components.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A46A56F227C47118CFB9A19F1AC8371"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In directing the provision of emission allowances under this subsection during the years 2012 through 2017, the Secretary shall give preference to applications for projects that save the maximum number of gallons of fuel.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7EB4065394434DB0AA8FF8014F58F1A8"><enum>125.</enum><header>Advanced technology vehicle manufacturing incentive loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 136(d)(1) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17013">42 U.S.C. 17013(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$25,000,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000,000</quote>. </text></section> <section id="HA5BA8717E7754EDB8E1D5516BA52EB3E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>126.</enum><header>Definition of renewable biomass</header> <subsection id="HB9EA741162E14881877D82701A1D101A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H371C83F6809849AF81DF32769438563B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HB7F841DCC15F400C81DDBE6F888452F2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>renewable biomass</quote> means any of the following: </text> <clause id="HD89E95D77400454897AA7B5B9056448F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or removed invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)), including those that are byproducts of preventive treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash), that are removed as part of a federally recognized timber sale, or that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health, and that are—</text> <subclause id="H9D0244065A78454BB9E531E419B00E8C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not from components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, Wilderness Study Areas, Inventoried Roadless Areas, old growth stands, late-successional stands (except for dead, severely damaged, or badly infested trees), components of the National Landscape Conservation System, National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Designated Primitive Areas, or Wild and Scenic Rivers corridors; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H95281DC0C5A64B9294BDA07514DE8055"><enum>(II)</enum><text>harvested in environmentally sustainable quantities, as determined by the appropriate Federal land manager; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H48C0E65E134A4EC8A87EE61D32DE5283"><enum>(III)</enum><text>harvested in accordance with Federal and State law, and applicable land management plans.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H9BA2B0DFAFC54A0D9692CEFE9E6643B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including—</text> <subclause id="HCDCE98F192634E46A40E0A50E8F1418C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>renewable plant material, including—</text> <item id="H65F16CA8E73B4A22BB3E870D558EE808"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>feed grains;</text></item> <item id="H18C3C3800AFD443BABC70BAA8EF7069B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other agricultural commodities;</text></item> <item id="H5408423427F74328A23F0F8D0FF79583"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>other plants and trees; and</text></item> <item id="HA55EC3F49D0F4554B09BB560C3854D0C"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>algae; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H55FEB415A9FD4AFD84A48BB3CFA5AF43"><enum>(II)</enum><text>waste material, including—</text> <item id="H286209B78CD2482AA02A7FE478DA2FC5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>crop residue;</text></item> <item id="H47BA361C88BE4AAE84B50BA53A376AEF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other vegetative waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text></item> <item id="HD2778A88E6A048A396D935B3D8C460C3"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure);</text></item> <item id="H3E7CF459AF1A4119B131C9616E0F7804"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>construction waste;</text></item> <item id="HF07F6E2AEB734530B471FC1D702957CC"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>food waste and yard waste; and</text></item> <item id="H6F872ACE08514B2598EF3F59CBB2EEE1"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>the non-fossil biogenic portion of municipal solid waste and construction, demolition, and disaster debris.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7D3A3B596E0B447FB5125DBD589315E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Residues and byproducts from wood, pulp, or paper products facilities.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3A074428A7A04307AE1D6D9F7A3F89C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The last sentence of section 211(o)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(7)(D)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: <quote>For any calendar year in which the Administrator makes such a reduction, the Administrator shall also reduce the applicable volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels requirement established under paragraph (2)(B) by the same volume.</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6389863763414AD7B7B6D600193DA064"><enum>127.</enum><header>Open fuel standard</header> <subsection id="HBA8645E3024B403D9F4FFEE8E185BDEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H870281AD3E214BA19AD4E00C5373F05A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of oil as a strategic commodity, which derives from its domination of the transportation sector, presents a clear and present danger to the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBB803AA34074AD2B11EE01AC3AFA6A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in a prior era, when salt was a strategic commodity, salt mines conferred national power and wars were fought over the control of such mines;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H966B82D417C146A7A11C1F166CCE0476"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technology, in the form of electricity and refrigeration, decisively ended salt’s monopoly of meat preservation and greatly reduced its strategic importance;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA51F2B6DDC84AD4BB08E4A20716E827"><enum>(4)</enum><text>fuel competition and consumer choice would similarly serve to end oil’s monopoly in the transportation sector and strip oil of its strategic status;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8A1753B2F8D4A9BB8F7F41A54D49027"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the current closed fuel market has allowed a cartel of petroleum exporting countries to inflate fuel prices, effectively imposing a harmful tax on the economy of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2A303C5B3D6404DB40F60B325C0A7FD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>much of the inflated petroleum revenues the oil cartel earns at the expense of the people of the United States are used for purposes antithetical to the interests of the United States and its allies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE5C3B25B2674F7BB64A8F6987102998"><enum>(7)</enum><text>alcohol fuels, including ethanol and methanol, could potentially provide significant supplies of additional fuels that could be produced in the United States and in many other countries in the Western Hemisphere that are friendly to the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC45078E55B814B0CA6FC2F35F7C6AD38"><enum>(8)</enum><text>alcohol fuels can only play a major role in securing the energy independence of the United States if a substantial portion of vehicles in the United States are capable of operating on such fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7969339727F14BA1B175526EAB044F40"><enum>(9)</enum><text>it is not in the best interest of United States consumers or the United States Government to be constrained to depend solely upon petroleum resources for vehicle fuels if alcohol fuels are potentially available;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5D76A27E56B4A1D995F2D92F207BA2F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>existing technology, in the form of flexible fuel vehicles, allows internal combustion engine cars and trucks to be produced at little or no additional cost, which are capable of operating on conventional gasoline, alcohol fuels, or any combination of such fuels, as availability or cost advantage dictates, providing a platform on which fuels can compete;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF997A1694B7487BAF65B6F6EC8A4F75"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the necessary distribution system for such alcohol fuels will not be developed in the United States until a substantial fraction of the vehicles in the United States are capable of operating on such fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H868FB1E84D9441C3A68171609D71C731"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97EB8104444E487E98AF25DDA021DA6F"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A99B0C26CB44E87AF487A5725DA0B03"><enum>(14)</enum><text>new cars sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H373C669567B340F3A58E18214C937FB0"><enum>(15)</enum><text>such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H711B744F0C414E41BEB186D70CA14731"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Open fuel standard for transportation</header> <paragraph id="H498B623E700343E7907767477B3CE05F" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/329">Chapter 329</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H904B5655C1914AFC81C7C7E9BFD80B98" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H14C601783B7A419C994BE7D962944DAB"><enum>32920.</enum><header>Open fuel standard for transportation</header> <subsection id="H704B6F9B02B644C39FFE68C0EB70E23A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H20E6A1EA841845688E181910DEEA41E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>E<enum-in-header>85</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <quote>E85</quote> means a fuel mixture containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline by volume.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80ACD7EFF6FB46CFBAE4EE40E6DD5BE8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexible fuel automobile</header><text>The term <quote>flexible fuel automobile</quote> means an automobile that has been warranted by its manufacturer to operate on gasoline, E85, and M85.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44CBB389F8484416B2E800EB5435230A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fuel choice-enabling automobile</header><text>The term <quote>fuel choice-enabling automobile</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HDE8DD1688B054574B0DD2DEA42A7DC94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a flexible fuel automobile; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35C51C777CC5435DBA453CF849959767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an automobile that has been warranted by its manufacturer to operate on biodiesel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED1B6CC3F9BD4B03A022F266CC0C09ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Light-duty automobile</header><text>The term <quote>light-duty automobile</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H3DA3A5AA319645A28E58E1F9B4AA605B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a passenger automobile; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4B49F60316D45989173FEA7E1D34B2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a non-passenger automobile.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11F6081C46544FFFBD817EFA40E7D475"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory</header><text>The term <quote>light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory</quote> means the number of light-duty automobiles powered by an internal combustion engine that a manufacturer, during a given calendar year, manufactures in the United States or imports from outside of the United States for sale in the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD1DAB1A7DB74B9FBFB2970B7D6CB9EB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>M<enum-in-header>85</enum-in-header></header><text>The term <quote>M85</quote> means a fuel mixture containing 85 percent methanol and 15 percent gasoline by volume.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBE8D58C8B2A404BA020599A15A17A7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Open fuel standard for transportation</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HA6B582126E30487CB36A44D76C693BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may promulgate regulations to require each light-duty automobile manufacturer’s annual covered inventory to be comprised of a minimum percentage of fuel-choice enabling automobiles, with sufficient lead time, if the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, determines such requirement is a cost-effective way to achieve the Nation’s energy independence and environmental objectives. The cost-effective determination shall consider the future availability of both alternative fuel supply and infrastructure to deliver the alternative fuel to the fuel-choice enabling vehicles.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF39639EBCB314A7BB7C1C3EACA01FF3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary exemption from requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H3CE759076C354DC28095F7997440BE71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A manufacturer may request an exemption from the requirement described in paragraph (1) by submitting an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require by regulation. Each such application shall specify the models, lines, and types of automobiles affected.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92691444257D4071AEBEA223F3CFDBFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>After evaluating an application received from a manufacturer, the Secretary may at any time, under such terms and conditions, and to such extent as the Secretary considers appropriate, temporarily exempt, or renew the exemption of, a light-duty automobile from the requirement described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that unavoidable events not under the control of the manufacturer prevent the manufacturer of such automobile from meeting its required production volume of fuel choice-enabling automobiles, including—</text> <clause id="H7486F24043824226A597029BD6822DAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a disruption in the supply of any component required for compliance with the regulations;</text></clause> <clause id="HA7E1625C848F49E0B5F53686D89C4D80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a disruption in the use and installation by the manufacturer of such component; or</text></clause> <clause id="HDE7804E3E2F8463C9C40988740AD193C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>application to plug-in electric drive vehicles causing such vehicles to fail to meet State air quality requirements.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2D88BC47AE44B859CB6B2BD072D35AF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consolidation</header><text>The Secretary may consolidate applications received from multiple manufacturers under subparagraph (A) if they are of a similar nature.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF661F41F756545F981EDF3834E82F7AD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Any exemption granted under subparagraph (B) shall be conditioned upon the manufacturer’s commitment to recall the exempted automobiles for installation of the omitted components within a reasonable time proposed by the manufacturer and approved by the Secretary after such components become available in sufficient quantities to satisfy both anticipated production and recall volume requirements.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5E460936C824DE580BC776AD1B98E6B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register—</text> <clause id="H6EB097BB6A6B406B8103583564C0155B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notice of each application received from a manufacturer;</text></clause> <clause id="HD3AC504E2E9C45F7A3AEB72305245474"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notice of each decision to grant or deny a temporary exemption; and</text></clause> <clause id="H18F82CBCA2AC48D9BD1DD8825939F2E0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reasons for granting or denying such exemptions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3896FAC07C474EC18E5E93940EE83D29" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents in chapter 329 of such title is amended adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H1E7C95FEF4A040C498384CFE281E7724" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">32920. Open fuel standard for transportation.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC503814872FB4A9192138BD96720F825" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>128.</enum><header>Diesel emissions reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16131">42 U.S.C. 16131 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFC21488E7DA2418EAE25A96E454C9FEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 791(3)(B), by inserting <quote>in any State</quote> after <quote>nonprofit organization or institution</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF60ABAF2BC7E4AF996719FD2C94A9981"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 791(9), by striking <quote>The term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia.</quote> and inserting <quote>The term <term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E934E3EFE814B028F86E10E4CD5C42F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 793(c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6C50AB4B43C4B75B156F6B880E9D1B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>51 States</quote> and inserting <quote>56 States</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF8141980A1647D2B036BAF31DE0E7BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>1.96 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>1.785 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0956F02994F444AF8D7E40337F6E059D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>51 States</quote> and inserting <quote>56 States</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F5C5A54D0E247F68F82807C879D1BF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1C06228754694CB89449CF0008387F39" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HB65BB6811C67498FB196ECC2B0A1B6DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of funds remaining after each State described in paragraph (1) receives the 1.785-percent allocation under this paragraph.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H903638F72F4646EBBF37876C6F8D4F79" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 797, by striking <quote>2011</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>. </text></paragraph> </section> <section id="H12BDCBA5651D45F9897680609B39D9C0"><enum>129.</enum><header>Loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel pipelines</header> <subsection id="H739271F29F5D4D5EB900F1B2550A64C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1701 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16511">42 U.S.C. 16511</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7D25C034FBA0487D82456C601129C608" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HD720EDEB01E0445899B06CC150CB54B5"><enum>(6) </enum><header>Renewable fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘renewable fuel’ has the meaning given the term in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)</external-xref>), except that the term shall include all ethanol and biodiesel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF5FD6EA2DE04CE292C4137BCD26F467"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Renewable fuel pipeline</header><text>The term ‘renewable fuel pipeline’ means a common carrier pipeline for transporting renewable fuel.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H582A453AF55345F2BDDAABF098FEAA42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable fuel pipeline eligibility</header><text>Section 1703(b) the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16513">42 U.S.C. 16513</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H46B11A20B90C4D36933D32B04E3D5467" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HFC03F1D9D5934549847CCE6B1595DDF5"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewable fuel pipelines.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HD6DEC27F57B343C5AE3B9F3D2A2AEBFB"><enum>130.</enum><header>Fleet vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13258">42 U.S.C. 13258</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H6F7E23337EAB49F09839D776E5AAD2C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (a):</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA339D14ED2FA410BA8745669C4C0CEC3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE161F80443DD49978D4DFB0AD0B30706"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Repowered or converted alternative fueled vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this paragraph, the term <quote>repowered or converted alternative fueled vehicle</quote> includes light-, medium- or heavy-duty motor vehicles that have been modified with an EPA or CARB compliant engine or vehicle or aftermarket system so that the vehicle or engine is capable of operating on an alternative fuel. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3235A2F3C5548D38C928FA1DFFD8DB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (b):</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0C9BAC5028EC412DA65C9F59596C5768" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6A30C65E5CE845429085C932A5A5E934"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repowered or converted vehicles. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall allocate credits to fleets that repower or convert an existing vehicle so that it is capable of operating on an alternative fuel. In the case of any medium- or heavy-duty vehicle that is repowered or converted so that it is capable of operating on an alternative fuel, the Secretary shall allocate additional credits for such vehicles if he determines that such vehicles displace more petroleum than light duty alternative fueled vehicles. Such rules shall also include a requirement that such vehicles remain in the fleet for a period of no less than 2 years in order to continue to qualify for credit. The Secretary also shall extend the flexibility afforded in this paragraph to Federal fleets subject to the purchase provisions contained in section 303 of this Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HF736276085DA4530A6D29083FA555120"><enum>130A.</enum><header>Report on natural gas vehicle emissions reductions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Transportation, and the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and after an examination of available scientific studies or analysis, shall submit to the Congress a report on—</text> <paragraph id="H21B7E0A5C9284D7AB1D0021B3BB5C5C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the contribution that light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles, by category and State, have made during the last decade to the reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and the reduced consumption of petroleum-based fuels;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14D5CF6FE3BE463BA3534A1290CB2CCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contribution that light and heavy duty natural gas vehicles are expected to make from 2010 to 2020 in reducing greenhouse gas and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act based, among other things, on additional Federal incentives for the manufacture and deployment of natural gas vehicles provided in this Act, and other Federal legislation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79FBA1F7132F46A79393CA5E683FCFC9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>additional Federal measures, including legislation, that could, if implemented, maximize the potential for natural gas used in both stationary and mobile sources to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB7B4F41FD87D4F379FDB71818EB9A7E7"><enum>D</enum><header>State Energy and Environment Development Accounts</header> <section id="H5186C862A4654B3CA5550B204B665EF4"><enum>131.</enum><header>Establishment of SEED Accounts</header> <subsection id="H51DF6CD88ECC4FCEA8F86FE7DDD9DB30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HA0CB2B2244A44079B17F488C9787512A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>SEED Account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>SEED Account</quote> means a State Energy and Environment Development Account established pursuant to this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02040A49B0714F58B497F86AC140B260"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State energy office</header><text>The term <quote>State Energy Office</quote> means a State entity eligible for grants under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6321">42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD98AB03027ED4A38A6A059EA39AF1BA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a program under which a State, through its State Energy Office or other State agency designated by the State, may operate a State Energy and Environment Development Account.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H99C8066CF60140658CFB56A24BE5DB89"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of each SEED Account is to serve as a common State-level repository for managing and accounting for emission allowances provided to States designated for renewable energy and energy efficiency purposes.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H79B6A8385A3D4CF5B13BA14B456A0671"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section, including regulations—</text> <paragraph id="HEDC496B5894C4933A84C588A1F49778B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to ensure that each State operates its SEED Account and any subaccounts thereof efficiently and in accordance with this Act and applicable State and Federal laws;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA36FA3E35A234E04ABA532F55319AE67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95CFA9B778694591A8EE097495CCCB9C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to indicate the emission allowances that may be deposited in a State’s SEED Account pending distribution or use;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50EA8A059F824F939941BCDCD9797F0F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to indicate the programs and objectives authorized by Federal law for which emission allowances in a SEED Account may be distributed or used;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE470D3B3F36843B29A7F43CDFF061162"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to identify the forms of financial assistance and incentives that States may provide through distribution or use of SEED Accounts; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB2B68C4838D42FEA9590696A120461A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to prescribe the form and content of reports that the States are required to submit under this section on the use of SEED Accounts.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDA61CE38822A4944A307C1BC08519070"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Operation</header> <paragraph id="H3AA8565BBF0D48909BE5470BEA3F229B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposits</header> <subparagraph id="H1480F05FBD61483E87A8F67F2EBC1821"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the allowance tracking system established pursuant to section 724(d) of the Clean Air Act, the Administrator shall establish a SEED Account for each State and place in it the allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(g) of the Clean Air Act to be distributed to States pursuant to sections 132 and 201 of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39EEFB94572B4BFEB8E077140344B580"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Financial account</header><text>A State may create a financial account associated with its SEED Account to deposit, retain, and manage any proceeds of any sale of any allowance provided pursuant to this Act pending expenditure or disbursement of those proceeds for purposes permitted under this section. The funds in such an account shall not be commingled with other funds not derived from the sale of allowances provided to the State; however, loans made by the State from such funds pursuant to paragraph (2)(C)(i) may be repaid into such a financial account, including any interest charged.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A92BEA75DE746FE98895DD53E84AE7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header> <subparagraph id="H313E2F7F880546A79C46C5766A3DAB63"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All allowances distributed pursuant to sections 132 and 201, including the proceeds of any sale of such allowances, shall support renewable energy and energy efficiency programs authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB119BC5B24D44D79C45F8AFBD114AA9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Dedicated allowances</header><text>Allowances distributed pursuant to sections 132 and 201 that are required by law to be used for specific purposes for a specified period shall be used according to those requirements during that period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF21F2DD20D44310BA54BEA4890BBE6C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Undedicated allowances</header><text>To the extent that allowances distributed pursuant to sections 132 and 201 are not required by law to be used for specific purposes for a specified period as described in subparagraph (B), such allowances or the proceeds of their sale may be used for any of the following purposes:</text> <clause id="H06E4B34F84234C019E32934A4502C3BD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Loans</header><text>Loans of allowances, or the proceeds from the sale of allowances, may be provided, interest on commercial loans may be subsidized at an interest rate as low as zero, and other credit support may be provided to support programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></clause> <clause id="H043460E49F324BB480D70190077700AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants of allowances or the proceeds of their sale may be provided to support programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></clause> <clause id="H7A688E066E8A4DE78797C2EB34E538A7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Other forms of support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances or the proceeds of the sale of allowances may be provided for other forms of support for programs authorized to use SEED Account allowance value or any other renewable energy or energy efficiency purpose authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></clause> <clause id="HB1E750EAFF714389A7B7132F08EBBCDC"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Except to the extent provided in Federal law authorizing or allocating allowances deposited in a SEED Account, not more than 5 percent of the allowance value in a SEED Account in any year may be used to cover administrative expenses of the SEED Account.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H640131F1F45049368EAEBF17EABD1658"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Subaccounts</header><text>A State may request that the Administrator establish accounts for local governments that request such subaccounts to hold allowances distributed to local governments for renewable energy or energy efficiency programs authorized or approved by the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1EDDC03A7A748B2B9B81593BD55DE14"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Intended use plans</header> <clause id="HC042EF863EF04D6390E472571C9E53FA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After providing for public review and comment, each State administering a SEED Account shall annually prepare a plan that identifies the intended uses of the allowances or proceeds from the sale of allowances in its SEED Account.</text></clause> <clause id="H84C7C1AF99EE4CCFBB7735CB3B50DB73"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An intended use plan shall include—</text> <subclause id="HE86734A639CA4D088BC31ABF4EF69F6B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list of the projects or programs for which withdrawals from the SEED Account are intended in the next fiscal year that begins after the date of the plan, including a description of each project;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6C121ABCE00D4B98AB69B9231A8001E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the relationship of each of the projects or programs to an identified Federal purpose authorized by this Act, or any other Federal statute;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7593B0FAE0F341D491DB06B77779EF2C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the expected terms of use of allowance value to provide assistance;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF54719C1DA6746C7932CBB6C8A2D41A9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the criteria and methods established for the distribution of allowances or allowance value;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE755C8D4C0684CD691F2895D846B236A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a description of the equivalent financial value and status of the SEED Account; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H70327F932E2448F6AA158D36495168E6"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a statement of the mid-term and long-term goals of the State for use of its SEED Account.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D359F55F97B44A5BBDBDBA55404D1F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Accountability and transparency</header> <subparagraph id="H45BF2FF26CE54384AC664F341EFA988F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Controls and procedures</header><text>Any State that has a SEED Account shall establish fiscal controls and recordkeeping and accounting procedures for the SEED Account sufficient to ensure proper accounting during appropriate accounting periods for distributions into the SEED Account, transfers from the SEED Account, and SEED Account balances, including any related financial accounts. Such controls and procedures shall conform to generally accepted government accounting principles. Any State that has a SEED Account shall retain records for a period of at least 5 years.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA7A3797B89EE4DB89F01EC937B38E410"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>Any State that has a SEED Account shall have an annual audit conducted of the SEED Account by an independent public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and shall transmit the results of that audit to the Administrator.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D1A243DC287466784C197395A309F86"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State report</header><text>Each State administering a SEED Account shall make publicly available and submit to the Administrator a report every 2 years on its activities related to its SEED Account.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6014D2F0D61441CA410532E974937CC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any—</text> <clause id="H28CCC5D4C51A41DDA7CD6A3A8B7FF5FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>controls and procedures established under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause> <clause id="H451B1F8B0CF34D4A846000EC24DD9122"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information obtained through audits conducted under subparagraph (B), except to the extent that it would be protected from disclosure, if it were information held by the Federal Government, under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">shall be made publicly available.</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21DF16CD38B143FEB5194079E6DF58A0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Other protections</header><text>The Administrator shall require such additional procedures and protections as are necessary to ensure that any State that has a SEED Account will operate the SEED Account in an accountable and transparent manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBB58EBAD64A046D4A08ABCC0EA40474D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements for eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State’s eligibility to receive allowances in its SEED Account shall depend on that State’s compliance with the requirements of this Act (and the amendments made by this Act).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE5B82349BD874430AF7911B94E80D1E3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary for SEED Account operations.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEEB6B6F25CC64E008E65BC27075EF1F9"><enum>132.</enum><header>Support of State renewable energy and energy efficiency programs</header> <subsection id="HA0AAD5D07C5740C3B8B41A557BBBBB5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H35A696CF8C0643169948C03664FE94CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text>The term <quote>allowance</quote> means an emission allowance established under section 721 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H686FB619DB104C8694C52E65FDC54C38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-effective</header><text>The term <quote>cost-effective</quote>, with respect to an energy efficiency program, means that the program meets the Total Resource Cost Test, which requires that the net present value of economic benefits over the life of the program or measure, including avoided supply and delivery costs and deferred or avoided investments, is greater than the net present value of the economic costs over the life of the program, including program costs and incremental costs borne by the energy consumer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H767ACABE8B84436BA886E938846142FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource</header><text>The term <quote>renewable energy resource</quote> shall have the meaning given that term in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by section 101 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EAE60456B9D4C9289D53F83D14A29F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vintage year</header><text>The term <quote>vintage year</quote> shall the meaning given that term in section 700 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3595DF6DE9CA446E90F518BDF046433F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution among states</header><text>Not later than September 30 of each calendar year from 2011 through 2049, the Administrator shall, in accordance with this section, distribute allowances allocated pursuant to section 782(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act) for the following vintage year. The Administrator shall distribute 0.5 percent of such allowances pursuant to section 133 of this Act. The Administrator shall distribute the remaining allowances to States for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs to be deposited in and administered through the State Energy and Environment Development (SEED) Accounts established pursuant to section 131. The Administrator shall distribute allowances among the States under this section each year in accordance with the following formula:</text> <paragraph id="H19A6AB094B2949D6904E577096F4C757"><enum>(1)</enum><text>One third of the allowances shall be divided equally among the States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8BBFE02EB0948DFAA721E437E15AA90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>One third of the allowances shall be distributed ratably among the States based on the population of each State, as contained in the most recent reliable census data available from the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, for all States at the time the Administrator calculates the formula for distribution.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9303050C49C41209FC1CA5CFA64AB60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>One third of the allowances for shall be distributed ratably among the States on the basis of the energy consumption of each State as contained in the most recent State Energy Data Report available from the Energy Information Administration (or such alternative reliable source as the Administrator may designate).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H699107F6568E442DA3D8AD84AC3D599E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>The allowances distributed to each State pursuant to this section shall be used exclusively in accordance with the following requirements:</text> <paragraph id="H57949362CEE14144B13176BE46865001"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not less than 12.5 percent shall be distributed by the State to units of local government within such State to be used exclusively to support the energy efficiency and renewable energy purposes listed in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D9EA42596AD4BECAE851A5B8EDB2EAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than 20 percent shall be used exclusively for the following energy efficiency purposes, provided that not less than 1 percent shall be used for the purpose described in subparagraph (D) and not less than 5.5 percent shall be used for the purpose described in subparagraph (E):</text> <subparagraph id="H482640740DE44021AF95DBEF055D7750"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Implementation and enforcement of building codes adopted in compliance with section 201.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99B5AC7D2E4647D2A849ABE2D588259D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Implementation of the energy efficient manufactured homes program established pursuant to section 203.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD3FBAEB39DF9484CB6F259507E3472F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Implementation of the building energy performance labeling program established pursuant to section 204.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H616AA1CF82B547F0987256445EFBCE22"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Low-income community energy efficiency programs that are consistent with the grant program established under section 264 of this Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H614EF82510E446898940A3F45FF26EC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Implementation of the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program established pursuant to section 202.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9A54726B59044C89888F03BF02EEAD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 20 percent shall be used exclusively for capital grants, tax credits, production incentives, loans, loan guarantees, forgivable loans, direct provision of allowances, and interest rate buy-downs for—</text> <subparagraph id="HB76F027748294C679CC7064A33736F16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>re-equipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility that receives certification from the Secretary of Energy pursuant to section 1302 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the production of—</text> <clause id="H5C80C93272E94FFDA5FD4FA1EFB40612"><enum>(i)</enum><text>property designed to be used to produce energy from renewable energy sources; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2ADD5286B3F743F6BB5AE2528814BEBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>electricity storage systems;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3F3B830529741A5848B0EA3B53641C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy sources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCECD07B2FBBB4E0D8700FABCB0F260E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>deployment of facilities or equipment, such as solar panels, to generate electricity or thermal energy from renewable energy resources in and on buildings in an urban environment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A175E6BAB7946FBA875F35A69023800"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The remaining 47.5 percent shall be used exclusively for any of the following purposes:</text> <subparagraph id="H734DF22909F4407A8E7BB4A65A8011F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Energy efficiency purposes described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0E8914F6E1E4B418C0FA3BC7AEC244A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Renewable energy purposes described in paragraph (3)(B) and (C).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36D8C8F56E7E4006962CD5C1EB8D6FA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Cost-effective energy efficiency programs for end-use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane, including, where appropriate, programs or mechanisms administered by local governments and entities other than the State.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0D11549EE564629AE3DD0CE8EB65066"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Enabling the development of a Smart Grid (as described in section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17381">42 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>)) for State, local government, and other public buildings and facilities, including integration of renewable energy resources and distributed generation, demand response, demand side management, and systems analysis.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71318D66DF634A888EAC2100A4ED2F20"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Providing the non-Federal share of support for surface transportation capital projects under—</text> <clause id="HA97464BD1A3141DB8A0D4E980853D65C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sections 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311 and 5319 of title 49, United States Code; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA83DEFCCB9C446379D89F4AF43C5CF1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sections 142, 146, and 149 of title 23, United States Code,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">provided that not more than 10 percent of allowances distributed to each State pursuant to this section shall be used for such purpose.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF913F9FC32344454820551980312DAF8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For any allowances used for the purpose described in paragraph (4)(C), the State shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HA0099CE1438341D2AD1B29F2C12C397D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prioritize expansion of existing energy efficiency programs approved and overseen by the State or the appropriate State regulatory authority; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D019E9272F24A4188B3982FBA278879"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrate that such allowances have been used to supplement, and not to supplant, existing and otherwise available State, local, and ratepayer funding for such purpose.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC736781B4B3C4CB1957612B3CA7C6FED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Each State receiving allowances under this section shall include in its biennial reports required under section 131, in accordance with such requirements as the Administrator may prescribe—</text> <paragraph id="H7FF0316437834A389710B9DC5079CCEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of entities receiving allowances or allowance value under this section, including entities receiving such allowances or allowance value from units of local government pursuant to subsection (c)(1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96A0324CE9DF49F0908C6D376D4BF4FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount and nature of allowances or allowance value received by each such recipient;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F6B6681298C4A5B9E6658D74704E4B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the specific purposes for which such allowances or allowance value was conveyed to each such recipient;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30018C60AF104EDF9D4D49E0BF397A60"><enum>(4)</enum><text>documentation of the amount of energy savings, emission reductions, renewable energy deployment, and new or retooled manufacturing capacity resulting from the use of such allowances or allowance value; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CD4C686C2724A24AF086FAA4CA53741"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for any energy efficiency program supported under subsection (c)(4)(C)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA9AC83770BB14E48926B4F128EBE66A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of such program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2D77C64D5034BE5AC956BC81691191B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a demonstration that the requirements set forth in subsection (c)(5) have been satisfied.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6BEC0C0EBC7843598269B86197C03677"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If the Administrator determines that a State is not in compliance with this section, the Administrator may withhold up to twice the number of allowances that the State failed to use in accordance with the requirements of this section, that such State would otherwise be eligible to receive under this section in later years. Allowances withheld pursuant to this subsection shall be distributed among the remaining States in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H503D653A277345929F5025D1C430449B"><enum>133.</enum><header>Support of Indian renewable energy and energy efficiency programs</header> <subsection id="HB04B5806EAF7494F9D2A6913A8901851"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2C3387324D9742249728D62493E0F259"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance; cost-effective; renewable energy resource</header><text>The terms <quote>allowance</quote>, <quote>cost-effective</quote>, and <quote>renewable energy resource</quote> have the meaning given those terms in section 132 of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0B25A3E9B134251BD7CD8BCF627E0F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <quote>Indian tribe</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25. U.S.C. 450b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H967ADB84708648CEA788778D2ACBF6EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H75E8F284D0864C05817DBAB42207BB0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of the Interior, promulgate regulations establishing a program to distribute allowances to Indian tribes on a competitive basis for the following purposes:</text> <paragraph id="H7D243B3B5D014170B2367B751CA3F6FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy efficiency</header><text>Cost-effective energy efficiency programs for end-use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADF277BE09BC4C9E8EC2FD81D1C41E73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable energy</header><text>Deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy resources.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4342B9FFE35647509B8AE8DBAA42C0F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) shall prescribe design elements and requirements of the program established under this section, including—</text> <paragraph id="H17455333864140B4AF685F36E55FFD56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>objective criteria for evaluating proposals submitted by Indian tribes, and for selecting projects and programs to receive support, under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7F4DBE36B5B438B90AE692718BED548"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reporting requirements for Indian tribes that receive allowances under this section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H520D0B59DA6C4BF3AE35333C8BE37FF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>other appropriate elements and requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7100B6C66FB4078AA7482EE273360F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text>The Administrator shall, at the direction of the Secretary, distribute to Indian tribes allowances that are set aside, pursuant to section 132, for use under this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H4B06B2130FDE4930B098A33295786ABB"><enum>E</enum><header>Smart Grid Advancement</header> <section id="H859B8B6EA76B42C79020E47B63144431"><enum>141.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H2BFD9A6A3D984B56B966DFDB58053175"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>applicable baseline</quote> means the average of the highest three annual peak demands a load-serving entity has experienced during the 5 years immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC79DC63474F4651B14AD9970060B30D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Commission</quote> means Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C72890EF86C4A49AACD8CDF642276ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>load-serving entity</quote> means an entity that provides electricity directly to retail consumers with the responsibility to assure power quality and reliability, including such entities that are investor-owned, publicly owned, owned by rural electric cooperatives, or other entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D2CB61C2FBB4A70B016A5BB37EFD584"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak demand</quote> means the highest point of electricity demand, net of any distributed electricity generation or storage from sources on the load-serving entity’s customers’ premises, during any hour on the system of a load serving entity during a calendar year, expressed in Megawatts (MW), or more than one such high point as a function of seasonal demand changes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95135944A1E94682A57C6BFBD761148F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak demand reduction</quote> means the reduction in annual peak demand as compared to a previous baseline year or period, expressed in Megawatts (MW), whether accomplished by—</text> <subparagraph id="H051280F1B8574818AFA8190278FD1920"><enum>(A)</enum><text>diminishing the end-use requirements for electricity;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92DC7096BE82462B8C4E1977946EA623"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use of locally stored energy or generated electricity to meet those requirements from distributed resources on the load-serving entity’s customers’ premises and without use of high-voltage transmission; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95C84CEB1540419ABF3503E3BE0C3EB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>energy savings from efficient operation of the distribution grid resulting from the use of a Smart Grid.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD299467C918B409883EA5F3E569BC171"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak demand reduction plan</quote> means a plan developed by or for a load-serving entity that it will implement to meet its peak demand reduction goals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FD4EAF13F504544AB1C2E126A11D2F2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peak period</quote> means the time period on the system of a load-serving entity relative to peak demand that may warrant special measures or electricity resources to maintain system reliability while meeting peak demand.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H560BD9B5D2F64B8290FAE35FB4045254"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC39C6C81546B41619B773EF85ABBBBFA"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Smart Grid</quote> has the meaning provided by section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/17381">15 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD34427752D344F17A8F041C8F40F1D63"><enum>142.</enum><header> Assessment of Smart Grid cost effectiveness in products</header> <subsection id="H23DA3D291899402887C1E0FEE75F0B4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall each assess the potential for cost-effective integration of Smart Grid technologies and capabilities in all products that are reviewed by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, respectively, for potential designation as Energy Star products.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H577F3350116F4B7CBDB178C1008C067B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis</header> <paragraph id="HDC4F2D5DE61B4EE3B3EE06B65770DDA0" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator shall each prepare an analysis of the potential energy savings, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and electricity cost savings that could accrue for each of the products identified by the assessment in subsection (a) in the following optimal circumstances:</text> <subparagraph id="HDA1A5AF770C94767A588C4907425F108" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The products possessed Smart Grid capability and interoperability that is tested and proven reliable.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF8767D0BB994713800809F2697E1D07" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The products were utilized in an electricity utility service area which had Smart Grid capability and offered customers rate or program incentives to use the products.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2EFE1FC8BB6141849123E807014A940D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The utility’s rates reflected national average costs, including average peak and valley seasonal and daily electricity costs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD8242A238D149BCA0BBCF42B3766024" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Consumers using such products took full advantage of such capability.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7D8D4B5C3FB4A5699146EE3A684F6B3" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The utility avoided incremental investments and rate increases related to such savings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5DA738DD5F840B48709DE110DC769A4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis under paragraph (1) shall be considered the <quote>best case</quote> Smart Grid analysis. On the basis of such an analysis for each product, the Secretary and the Administrator shall determine whether the installation of Smart Grid capability for such a product would be cost effective. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>cost effective</quote> means that the cumulative savings from using the product under the best case Smart Grid circumstances for a period of one-half of the product’s expected useful life will be greater than the incremental cost of the Smart Grid features included in the product.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64A361D2CBA64CAFA3F01977A1780F5E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To the extent that including Smart Grid capability in any products analyzed under paragraph (2) is found to be cost effective in the best case, the Secretary and the Administrator shall, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act take each of the following actions:</text> <subparagraph id="HD04057692C014816865FF2D8BBD5E417"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Inform the manufacturer of such product of such finding of cost effectiveness.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H73E588D996104820B497E1D8D858E390"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Assess the potential contributions the development and use of products with Smart Grid technologies bring to reducing peak demand and promoting grid stability.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1599E698A3A427C84464E4FC7B568FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Assess the potential national energy savings and electricity cost savings that could be realized if Smart Grid potential were installed in the relevant products reviewed by the Energy Star program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF0EF796A74F44BA9977177B28409FC3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Assess and identify options for providing consumers information on products with Smart Grid capabilities, including the necessary conditions for cost-effective savings.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0062CA7D741049589FEB6A5F19019792"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submit a report to Congress summarizing the results of the assessment for each class of products, and presenting the potential energy and greenhouse gas savings that could result if Smart Grid capability were installed and utilized on such products.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H97E274F4599D420A833DA615C287BBDF"><enum>143.</enum><header>Inclusions of Smart Grid capability on appliance ENERGY GUIDE labels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 324(a)(2) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6294">42 U.S.C. 6294(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following at the end: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FBF87DB768A48539B4AF7B63331C040"> <subparagraph id="HB78EE552A58A419EA6426E2EC7B38500"><enum>(J)</enum> <clause id="HD087480164E6480DAE6216D66F746DCA" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text> Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Federal Trade Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to consider making a special note in a prominent manner on any ENERGY GUIDE label for any product actually including Smart Grid capability that—</text> <subclause id="HC68323B1CF9F442AA1D54ACAA9C9C4F6" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Smart Grid capability is a feature of that product;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H75DADE43424D43A8A52E0DD7BC5575AA" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the use and value of that feature depended on the Smart Grid capability of the utility system in which the product was installed and the active utilization of that feature by the customer; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H33F489F80A454BC8A48305B3AF4717CF" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>on a utility system with Smart Grid capability, the use of the product’s Smart Grid capability could reduce the customer’s cost of the product’s annual operation by an estimated dollar amount range representing the result of incremental energy and electricity cost savings that would result from the customer taking full advantage of such Smart Grid capability.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H1BD9C420888D4F9ABC59FE22D48AC6C4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Commission shall complete the rulemaking initiated under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3455709E225F4DC1BE653E4AE547572E"><enum>144.</enum><header>Smart Grid peak demand reduction goals</header> <subsection id="H5E1737344FF049B7A327C96B66466F9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, each load-serving entity, or, at the option of the State, each State with respect to load-serving entities that the State regulates, shall determine and publish peak demand reduction goals for any load-serving entities that have an applicable baseline in excess of 250 megawatts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0278D62409DF49CAA3D339DD7DFFC494"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Baselines</header> <paragraph id="H8055D5AF04644551806A24D7BAE37E92" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission, in consultation with the Secretary and the Administrator, shall develop and publish, after an opportunity for public comment, but not later than 180 days after enactment of this section, a methodology to provide for adjustments or normalization to a load-serving entity’s applicable baseline over time to reflect changes in the number of customers served, weather conditions, general economic conditions, and any other appropriate factors external to peak demand management, as determined by the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFFD913A6D5147C386C864AAFA4C6A36" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall support load-serving entities (including any load-serving entities with an applicable baseline of less than 250 megawatts that volunteer to participate in achieving the purposes of this section) in determining their applicable baselines, and in developing their peak demand reduction goals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F670F715F35421BAD0ED19604436048" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, the Administrator, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, shall develop a system and rules for measurement and verification of demand reductions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE4CB8BDFC33D4663B59AE8DB2FD98778"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Peak demand reduction goals</header> <paragraph id="H46F1FF440788446BBE991ECF60412BB3" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peak demand reduction goals may be established for an individual load-serving entity, or, at the determination of a State, tribal, or regional entity, by that State, tribal, or regional entity for a larger region that shares a common system peak demand and for which peak demand reduction measures would offer regional benefit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CC7A73AA1934A6FA0E452002CB1BB13" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or regional entity establishing peak demand reduction goals shall cooperate, as necessary and appropriate, with the Commission, the Secretary, State regulatory commissions, State energy offices, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and other relevant authorities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB272CDECB8F14EE283FA6FCDC5FE9D21" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In determining the applicable peak demand reduction goals—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC9B7D150A67436DB6734B91D7B952F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>States and other jurisdictional entities may utilize the results of the 2009 National Demand Response Potential Assessment, as authorized by section 571 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8279">42 U.S.C. 8279</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8A566A760F04445859D2FC2AD2CFC6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relative economics of peak demand reduction and generation required to meet peak demand shall be evaluated in a neutral and objective manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDBDBB21E06E48D2A18D3FCC34E413BE" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The applicable peak demand reduction goals shall provide that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA58663DA881843D3828D4FA6818933C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>load-serving entities will reduce or mitigate peak demand by a minimum percentage amount from the applicable baseline to a lower peak demand during calendar year 2012;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H736B3E8522594363918DEEF84D42427B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>load-serving entities will reduce or mitigate peak demand by a minimum percentage greater amount from the applicable baseline to a lower peak demand during calendar year 2015; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H81E9AF31ECAC47ADB412830F05C8DC9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the minimum percentage reductions established as peak demand reduction goals shall be the maximum reductions that are realistically achievable with an aggressive effort to deploy Smart Grid and peak demand reduction technologies and methods, including but not limited to those listed in subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H692A9BEB21AF4A87B789E6F43C605A1F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Each load-serving entity shall prepare a peak demand reduction plan that demonstrates its ability to meet each applicable goal by any or a combination of the following options: </text> <paragraph id="H4D1F794C5A2C40EEB91278E1C96D2856"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Direct reduction in megawatts of peak demand through—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F3DEF5DFFFB48659C32AA23FB711957"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy efficiency measures (including efficient transmission wire technologies which significantly reduce line loss compared to traditional wire technology) with reliable and continued application during peak demand periods; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EB2E1B7182D4680A51E3C3437A64AE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use of a Smart Grid.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2770E2861D947E2B934AC11CDA00C84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Demonstration that an amount of megawatts equal to a stated portion of the applicable goal is contractually committed to be available for peak reduction through one or more of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HCC5E61E0C4D848379C247EB2C14D7766"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Megawatts enrolled in demand response programs.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FEE822E133848158F61C1A6E52EDD9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Megawatts subject to the ability of a load-serving entity to call on demand response programs, smart appliances, smart electricity or energy storage devices, distributed generation resources on the entity’s customers’ premises, or other measures directly capable of actively, controllably, reliably, and dynamically reducing peak demand (<quote>dynamic peak management control</quote>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5DAC167B349D4512BF436FE8986247DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Megawatts available from distributed dynamic electricity or energy storage under agreement with the owner of that storage.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0F1EFC5395D498BA7465D26BDAD7E5F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Megawatts committed from dispatchable distributed generation demonstrated to be reliable under peak period conditions and in compliance with air quality regulations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD935C5267534B21A9220EA64ADA934D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Megawatts available from smart appliances and equipment with Smart Grid capability available for direct control by the utility through agreement with the customer owning the appliances or equipment or with a third party pursuant to such agreements.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99FFFE380E4045E78ABCE1B19464B111"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Megawatts from a demonstrated and assured minimum of distributed solar electric generation capacity in instances where peak period and peak demand conditions are directly related to solar radiation and accompanying heat.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66F524D458D64D6F806C21061CB222F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If any of the methods listed in subparagraph (C), (D), or (E) of paragraph (2) are relied upon to meet its peak demand reduction goals, the load-serving entity must demonstrate this capability by operating a test during the applicable calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FE243140F9444049F6BAB38C1ACF5F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall require the publication in peak demand reduction goals or in any peak demand reduction plan of any information that is confidential for competitive or other reasons or that identifies individual customers. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H45FF0EE154FF46618FBCF1B26CB06F28"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Existing authority and requirements</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes or supersedes any authority of a State or political subdivision of a State to adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting peak demand management, demand response, distributed energy storage, use of distributed generation, or the regulation of load-serving entities. The Commission, in consultation with States and Indian tribes having such peak management, demand response and distributed energy storage programs, shall to the maximum extent practicable, facilitate coordination between the Federal program and such State and tribal programs.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9652E19873BF4600B6132B7254977173"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relief</header><text>The Commission may, for good cause, grant relief to load-serving entities from the requirements of this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H939E09DFFA1642388A43850B3F6F795F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Other laws</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), no law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement otherwise applicable under this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H7C392C58AA24416AAE30DBB09175176D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="HF44855E65E254EAF9F30DBD451F55F48" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Commission shall within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act establish a public website where the Commission will provide information and data demonstrating compliance by States, Indian tribes regional entities, and load-serving entities with this section, including the success of load-serving entities in meeting applicable peak demand reduction goals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC130CF2F311842699F66B3E7874CDCD4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall, by April 1 of each year beginning in 2012, provide a report to Congress on compliance with this section and success in meeting applicable peak demand reduction goals and, as appropriate, shall make recommendations as to how to increase peak demand reduction efforts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2599679F1ADF49A89319FEC3EC1A5CAC" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Commission shall note in each such report any State, political subdivision of a State, or load-serving entity that has failed to comply with this section, or is not a part of any region or group of load-serving entities serving a region that has complied with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F39C9EDA60641D7B2D7B729192725BF" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Commission shall have and exercise the authority to take reasonable steps to modify the process of establishing peak demand reduction goals and to accept adjustments to them as appropriate when sought by load-serving entities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF495B577B89E492B8BB371DC662719C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Assistance and funding</header> <paragraph id="H63B096D17D0D4BFCBD5AEC5104ACDD07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance to States and tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any costs incurred by States for activities undertaken pursuant to this section shall be supported by the use of emission allowances allocated to the States’ SEED Accounts or to the tribes pursuant to section 132 of this Act. To the extent that a State provides allowances to local governments within the State to implement this program, that shall be deemed a distribution of such allowances to units of local government pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of that section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F6D2D5BAD214523912CE96EDCD938BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission, the Secretary, and the Administrator to carry out the provisions of this section. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC60CFD0E7FB84C49B5618E4A52741C34"><enum>145.</enum><header> Reauthorization of energy efficiency public information program to include Smart Grid information</header> <subsection id="H9378A6293E0B451B916553667A10903C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 134 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15832">42 U.S.C. 15832</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H93288E2726434951B9E8A91B53B3A0BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Energy efficiency and Smart Grid public information initiative</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C132B9C7BD1472492683C29360411ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In paragraph (1) of subsection (a) by striking <quote>reduce energy consumption during the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>increase energy efficiency and to adopt Smart Grid technology and practices</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFCA84B757024A178FB229BA71BCC29A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In paragraph (2) of subsection (a) by striking <quote>benefits to consumers of reducing</quote> and inserting <quote>economic and environmental benefits to consumers and the United States of optimizing</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5711126B954A4AE0A6E31A58136576B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In subsection (a) by inserting at the beginning of paragraph (3) <quote>the effect of energy efficiency and Smart Grid capability in reducing energy and electricity prices throughout the economy, together with</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A474865F995459CA3C34873B49A20A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In subsection (a)(4) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C), and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68F76FBDF38A4F2BAB2FB267053DB2A7"> <subparagraph id="HD667DA061793421CBB6AAB954F60501D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purchasing and utilizing equipment that includes Smart Grid features and capability; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF3A3F0AA06F42658FFB3C4CD2446D0A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In subsection (c), by striking <quote>Not later than July 1, 2009,” and inserting, “For each year when appropriations pursuant to the authorization in this section exceed $10,000,000,</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4409EB95DC1A4498A3E8044AF37C434C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In subsection (d) by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F5EF859097C46968BE762860E9808F6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In subsection (e) by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEF8F5920781B4BC59E2A13C8102A2E57" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 134 in the table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801 and following) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26DC637F8C8345BF9A5990276655E33B"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 134. Energy efficiency and Smart Grid public information initiative.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HC5495A6462F542D0ADCBF1E59946B397"><enum>146.</enum><header>Inclusion of Smart Grid features in appliance rebate program</header> <subsection id="H1196FE6866624A82A54803DAAE0AE914"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 124 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15821">42 U.S.C. 15821</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HAF28E506921F4FE2ABB9B132C7B0ABDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Energy efficient and smart appliance rebate program</header-in-text>.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H984FA43669D04AABA49F23FE587317D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1547640D43144C2AC93D7A6FD1F343B"> <paragraph id="H46E4666DD51B4DDEB405B4873EA47360"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Smart appliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>smart appliance</quote> means a product that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Secretary of Energy has determined qualifies for such a designation in the Energy Star program pursuant to section 142 of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>, or that the Secretary or the Administrator has separately determined includes the relevant Smart Grid capabilities listed in section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/17381">15 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC8DC935FD074156B25CD92B29BC3BFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In subsection (b)(1) by inserting <quote>and smart</quote> after <quote>efficient</quote> and by inserting after <quote>products</quote> the first place it appears <quote>, including products designated as being smart appliances</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82CCEF28E62A457494A49ABD67010716"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In subsection (b)(3), by inserting <quote>the administration of</quote> after <quote>carry out</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBDFE8263C04343F39C17FA18092138F3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In subsection (d), by inserting <quote>the administration of</quote> after <quote>carrying out</quote> and by inserting <quote>, and up to 100 percent of the value of the rebates provided pursuant to this section</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2B16993D2F5404EACC1FF29BA75ED9B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In subsection (e)(3), by inserting <quote>, with separate consideration as applicable if the product is also a smart appliance,</quote> after <quote>Energy Star product</quote> the first place it appears and by inserting <quote>or smart appliance</quote> before the period at the end. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD19B39C7393D44B1B18D567E6B9F0736"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In subsection (f), by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> through the period at the end and inserting <quote>$100,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2010 through 2015.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1493B093D4B940DA926F84E992A43103"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 124 in the table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801 and following) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5B5B3D403D44F13A279431A90219B07"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 124. Energy efficient and smart appliance rebate program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HFDC5CD08A129472DBBE4C375190AEFBB"><enum>F</enum><header>Transmission Planning</header> <section id="H650CA37B74E74FD79E2B6192A65E6927"><enum>151.</enum><header>Transmission planning and siting</header> <subsection id="H48E24DEDC6994A7C9AE8099D1BDA4E3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 216 of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824p">16 U.S.C. 824p</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H5C4562F025DF4250AF1B1A21BBC28C74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsection (b), in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon, in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote> and by adding the following at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="HD39D7F7351EA47F8ACCA196BC4188B5D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB1F191EC6D2A4751BDC084DF23D21C3C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the facility is interstate in nature or is an intrastate segment integral to a proposed interstate facility;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5434B5DA1CA439381112360A4078CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subsection (k), by inserting at the end the following: <quote>Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (h) of this section shall not apply in the Western interconnection.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18C10B7F4F474E958A8971021D636769"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In subsections (d) and (e), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> in each place and inserting <quote>subsection (b) or section 216B</quote>, and by striking <quote>permit</quote> and inserting <quote>permit or certificate</quote> in each place it appears.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A1FFD7760CA48B493AAD110862DEC88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New sections</header><text>The Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/824p">16 U.S.C. 824p</external-xref>) is amended by inserting the following new sections after section 216:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE4DE6B72CCD4487281AA443BE5BAD73E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HB2ADE5232EB849669DF4FDD8CA9E728A"><enum>216A.</enum><header>Transmission planning</header> <subsection id="H26B1207CA57C4E14992FF5BC4C6EA711"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal policy for transmission planning</header> <paragraph id="H522525091EDF4FB095F1A37DA22039AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>It is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning should facilitate the deployment of renewable and other zero-carbon and low-carbon energy sources for generating electricity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring reliability, reducing congestion, ensuring cyber-security, minimizing environmental harm, and providing for cost-effective electricity services throughout the United States, in addition to serving the objectives stated in section 217(b)(4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EF995158FFF4588B12824FA7B82ACE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Options</header><text>In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand-side and supply-side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero-carbon electricity generation technologies, smart-grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H83C0EBB6D4E949BA9206043DF82738D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Planning</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HC573D9EBC9EB404E849FB4B283A1F520"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Planning principles</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall adopt, after notice and opportunity for comment, national electricity grid planning principles derived from the Federal policy established under subsection (a) to be applied in ongoing and future transmission planning that may implicate interstate transmission of electricity.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE516FD998194E418800BF27379FA8EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regional planning entities</header><text>Not later than 3 months after the date of adoption by the Commission of national electricity grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), entities that conduct or may conduct transmission planning pursuant to State, tribal, or Federal law or regulation, including States, Indian tribes, entities designated by States and Indian tribes, Federal Power Marketing Administrations, transmission providers, operators and owners, regional organizations, and electric utilities, and that are willing to incorporate the national electricity grid planning principles adopted by the Commission in their electric grid planning, shall identify themselves and the regions for which they propose to develop plans to the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45388BBBB87E4516A8ACAEF3F2D2F365"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination of regional planning entities</header><text>The Commission shall encourage regional planning entities described under paragraph (2) to cooperate and coordinate across regions and to harmonize regional electric grid planning with planning in adjacent or overlapping jurisdictions to the maximum extent feasible. The Commission shall work with States, Indian tribes, Federal land management agencies, State energy, environment, natural resources, and land management agencies and commissions, Federal power marketing administrations, electric utilities, transmission providers, load-serving entities, transmission operators, regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, and other organizations to resolve any conflict or competition among proposed planning entities in order to build consensus and promote the Federal policy established under subsection (a). The Commission shall seek to ensure that planning that is consistent with the national electricity grid planning principles adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) is conducted in all regions of the United States and the territories, but in a manner that, to the extent feasible, avoids uncoordinated planning by more than one planning entity for the same area.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4472C5B1CA6746DF9A3EE39F80C90107"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Relation to existing planning policy</header><text>In implementing the Federal policy established under subsection (a), the Commission shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H95F528BF34DF4E019441EA0880212918"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate and coordinate with any ongoing planning efforts undertaken pursuant to section 217 and Commission Order No. 890;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52F2272AE037476EB4D542497190EC1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with the Secretary of Energy in providing to the regional planning entities an annual summary of national energy policy priorities and goals; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A3D05A6848F4DB6BA221F4956D78D63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate with corridor designation and planning functions carried out pursuant to section 216 by the Secretary of Energy, who shall provide financial support from available funds to support the purposes of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H953E69400852408F9EAB3963EE9BA572"><enum>(D)</enum><text>coordinate with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture and Indian tribes in carrying out the Secretaries’ or tribal governments’ existing responsibilities for the planning or siting of transmission facilities on Federal or tribal lands, consistent with law, policy, and regulations relating to the management of federal public lands.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B2AF399DBBA45438929B210DF113554"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="HFFBD0B9043594A2292FA3B67C4027174"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall provide support to and may participate if invited to do so in the regional grid planning processes conducted by regional planning entities. The Secretary of Energy and the Commission may provide planning resources and assistance as required or as requested by regional planning entities, including system data, cost information, system analysis, technical expertise, modeling support, dispute resolution services, and other assistance to regional planning entities, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77EB70910F2B4C698AC90736FA45C8CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29BB4A34BE3F4C93A056912DD696ECFC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Conflict resolution</header><text>In the event that regional grid plans conflict, the Commission shall assist the regional planning entities in resolving such conflicts in order to achieve the objectives of the Federal policy established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CF8838A033B4BB299C57F3C3339099C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Submission of plans</header><text>The Commission shall require regional planning entities to submit initial regional electric grid plans to the Commission not later than 18 months after the date the Commission promulgates national electricity grid planning principles pursuant to paragraph (1), with updates to such plans not less than every 3 years thereafter. The Commission shall review such plans for consistency with the national grid planning principles and may return a plan to one or more planning entities for further consideration, along with the Commission’s own recommendations for resolution of any conflict or for improvement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D3D61429ABD406394BBFC1CA09E578C"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Integration of plans</header><text>Regional electric grid plans should, in general, be developed from sub-regional requirements and plans, including planning input reflecting individual utility service areas. Regional plans may then in turn be combined into larger regional plans, up to interconnection-wide and national plans, as appropriate and necessary as determined by the Commission. In no case shall a multi-regional plan impose inclusion of a facility on a region that has submitted a valid plan that, after efforts to resolve the conflict, does not include such facility. To the extent practicable, all plans submitted to the Commission shall be public documents and available on the Commission’s Web site.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H399AC92F01D84F0A8A90C167355B0BE4"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Multi-regional meetings</header><text>As regional grid plans are submitted to the Commission, the Commission may convene multi-regional meetings to discuss regional grid plan consistency and integration, including requirements for multi-regional projects, and to resolve any conflicts that emerge from such multi-regional projects. The Commission shall provide its recommendations for eliminating any inter-regional conflicts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E39630A4EB64935A795FD4444D5F65F"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section and each 3 years thereafter, the Commission shall provide a report to Congress containing the results of the regional grid planning process, including summaries of the adopted regional plans and the extent to which the Federal policy objectives in subsection (a) have been successfully achieved. The Commission shall provide an electronic version of its report on its website with links to all regional and sub-regional plans taken into account. The Commission shall note and provide its recommended resolution for any conflicts not resolved during the planning process. The Commission shall make any recommendations to Congress on the appropriate Federal role or support required to address the needs of the electric grid, including recommendations for addressing any needs that are beyond the reach of existing State, tribal, and Federal authority.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4C1A4071CE39418987C63374A02E5C79"><enum>216B.</enum><header>Siting and construction in the Western Interconnection</header> <subsection id="H9BAD9DA997454A658FEB9F8538C73BE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section applies only to States located in the Western Interconnection and does not apply to States located in the Eastern Interconnection, to the States of Alaska or Hawaii, or to ERCOT.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H366129B9891F45869619E509F7AA91D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certificate of public convenience and necessity</header><text>The Commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction or modification of a transmission facility if the Commission finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H5F5BDF0AAF184B3F90BCA6BC8E097A76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the facility was identified and included in one or more relevant and final regional or interconnection-wide electric grid plans submitted to the Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of 216A;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H802B58EE160F46FDA78D6735BC298831"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any conflict among regional electric grid plans concerning the need for the facility was resolved;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C032437114A4CAB9BA639137E3D11A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such relevant regional electric grid plans are consistent with the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65F879AC6CA34CCC8214D00F55E486FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the facility was identified as needed in significant measure to meet demand for renewable energy in such plans;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57F93454E276471FA72D2C5E6C79C505"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the facility is a multistate facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H433285C279C0498C935DD380023590D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the developer of such facility filed a complete application seeking approval for the siting of the facility with a state commission or other entity that has authority to approve the siting of the facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FCF4D4E116E43C98235CAA847B82955"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a State commission or other entity that has authority to approve the siting of the facility—</text> <subparagraph id="HE951C6F401264E9B8E428DF1399F8D10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>did not issue a decision on an application seeking approval for the siting of the facility within 1 year after the date the applicant submitted a completed application to the State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D0F0316A2E74DC996A69BF36A7EECB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>denied a complete application seeking approval for the siting of the facility; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9CA3E4774774EAE940D6C1CC4677B93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>authorized the siting of the facility subject to conditions that unreasonably interfere with the development of the facility; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80D23BBC1F6A4A5BBAB622606623FD85"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the siting of the facility can be accomplished in a manner consistent with the Federal policy established in subsection (a) of section 216A and the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of section 216A.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7220911F35134F66B8B5324F9ADF2D4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State recommendations on resource protection</header><text>In issuing a final certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to subsection (b), the Commission shall—</text> <paragraph id="H3307BD47FE1E439BB34CA0EA62731DD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider any siting constraints and mitigation measures based on habitat protection, health and safety considerations, environmental considerations, or cultural site protection identified by relevant State or local authorities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9E155F6A8DB48D3AC72903EC1711050"><enum>(2)</enum><text>incorporate those identified siting constraints or mitigation measures, including recommendations related to project routing, as conditions in the final certificate of public convenience and necessity, or if the Commission determines that a recommended siting constraint or mitigation measure is infeasible, excessively costly, or inconsistent with the Federal policy established in subsection (a) of section 216A or the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b) of section 216A—</text> <subparagraph id="H17122601FA4F43A4B79B54426A049EBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consult with State regulatory agencies to seek to resolve the issue;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDCE43B3FA11A450180ED3CFC6C22C932"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate as conditions on the certificate such recommended siting constraints or mitigation measures as are determined to be appropriate by the Commission, based on consultation by the Commission with State regulatory agencies, the Federal policy established in subsection (a) of section 216A and the national grid planning principles adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (b)of section 216A, and the record before the Commission; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H665B4ACF700642CA9F6BADC9858D749E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if, after consultation, the Commission does not adopt in whole or in part a recommendation of an agency, publish a finding that the adoption of the recommendation is infeasible, not cost effective, or inconsistent with this section or other applicable provisions of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DC0F0C3C6FC4F83A699D5FE2E509264"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certificate applications</header> <paragraph id="H9A7DEE4A4BCC4DE1A98F8030E1A99B77" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An application for a preliminary or final certificate of public convenience and necessity under this subsection shall be made in writing to the Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H90754AA3219F4E7F88462F3958E2A8F1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commission shall issue rules specifying—</text> <subparagraph id="HB65099F18B9D4CDD985DDC58BCEC2FE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the form of the application;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50B2DA79ECFB448CA6936BB190FD0F07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the information to be contained in the application; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2ED35079036D4ED9B65CED1FA0A85310"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the manner of service of notice of the application on interested persons.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA6004D81E0046AF992277A97D7ABF2F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination of Federal authorizations for transmission facilities</header> <paragraph id="HC3E9898611CC42EF86D8C5656B26119C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>Federal authorization</quote> shall have the same meaning and include the same actions as in section 216(h).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3CAB9134FA754763A625D53919CD4701"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall act as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations and related environmental reviews of the facility, provided, however, that to the extent the facility is proposed to be sited on Federal lands, the Department of the Interior will assume such lead-agency duties as agreed between the Commission and the Department of Interior.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H069DFB8F1DD244B2A7EC8E4F2194CF9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To the maximum extent practicable under applicable Federal law, the Commission, and to the extent agreed, the Secretary of Interior, shall coordinate the Federal authorization and review process under this subsection with any Indian tribes, multistate entities, and State agencies that are responsible for conducting any separate permitting and environmental reviews of the facility, to ensure timely and efficient review and permit decisions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02083A2C414A4300949CC49602D90299"><enum>(4)</enum> <subparagraph id="H326641A588A54CB4A73652710A8F5FD7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>As head of the lead agency, the Chairman of the Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Interior and with those entities referred to in paragraph (3) that are willing to coordinate their own separate permitting and environmental reviews with the Federal authorization and environmental reviews, shall establish prompt and binding intermediate milestones and ultimate deadlines for the review of, and Federal authorization decisions relating to, the proposed facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9553675CEF5B46B6B72B2EB12C74E768" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Chairman of the Commission, or the Secretary of Interior, as agreed under paragraph (2), shall ensure that, once an application has been submitted with such data as the lead agency considers necessary, all permit decisions and related environmental reviews under all applicable Federal laws shall be completed—</text> <clause id="HB28A42B6056540DEA06042B23CDD00B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within 1 year; or</text></clause> <clause id="H4D92610B98B2409DB703528DC79FC09C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if a requirement of another provision of Federal law does not permit compliance with clause (i), as soon thereafter as is practicable.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H83F354FD3A774916B716FFF12BEF1726" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Commission shall provide an expeditious pre-application mechanism for prospective applicants to confer with the agencies involved to have each such agency determine and communicate to the prospective applicant not later than 60 days after the prospective applicant submits a request for such information concerning—</text> <clause id="HFDAE95D57E334033BC9830A12A3361BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the likelihood of approval for a potential facility; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3E6A9FE40FA0433F884D815FE1108646"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>key issues of concern to the agencies and public.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DFC1CAA020E4B4996CF12C309680B7F"><enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph id="HE5E9196138244FC6A54D83386B0AFA46" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>As lead agency head, the Chairman of the Commission, in consultation with the affected agencies, shall prepare a single environmental review document, which shall be used as the basis for all decisions on the proposed project under Federal law.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4DFD1B5E3C21497391417C1D4B8374B6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Chairman of the Commission and the heads of other agencies shall streamline the review and permitting of transmission within corridors designated under section 503 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1763">43 U.S.C. 1763</external-xref>) by fully taking into account prior analyses and decisions relating to the corridors.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4EF809ABC60B454593246EBE03D1C51D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The document shall include consideration by the relevant agencies of any applicable criteria or other matters as required under applicable law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61E3E399342C4C4ABF871B120E3E8A15"><enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph id="H0D0579A42FF944F5A0F6F4E1EC937DCD" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If any agency has denied a Federal authorization required for a transmission facility, or has failed to act by the deadline established by the Commission pursuant to this section for deciding whether to issue the authorization, the applicant or any State in which the facility would be located may file an appeal with the President, who shall, in consultation with the affected agency, review the denial or failure to take action on the pending application.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0A3A03997674410A6C9524FAD34A758" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Based on the overall record and in consultation with the affected agency, the President may—</text> <clause id="H01729DE342274ABF9D9C7D74E9FB1AB9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>issue the necessary authorization with any appropriate conditions; or</text></clause> <clause id="HEEC8343C7C954A73A533D3E29DF359ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>deny the application.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE48DFB9E81A453690CA030AAB7762FE" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The President shall issue a decision not later than 90 days after the date of the filing of the appeal.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFA8DEE4FD13C4A69B8EA01586A695F34" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In making a decision under this paragraph, the President shall comply with applicable requirements of Federal law, including any requirements of—</text> <clause id="H2D2F49D24C2842A18732B8182CC087B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H7D81F7B83B3A47E397DCECB7FA6AC85A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="HEF549B2B2BDB407B9FE0DA503A8C9AEF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H1C9178581679446382E4E7EB8271CF84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></clause> <clause id="HAB1A06601C72457BAEE5B476F4A56B3B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE0D88876E7F4CBAADF25A487865DC13"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph id="H9BF54CAE3FF84E97B8E9E3E8AE141622" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 18 months after August 8, 2005, the Commission or, as requested, the Secretary or Interior, shall issue any regulations necessary to implement this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16445699EA9C417A855324D357373EF8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="H1DE8C92008484453998CEF39061C6230" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after August 8, 2005, the Commission, the Secretary of Interior, and the heads of all Federal agencies with authority to issue Federal authorizations shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to ensure the timely and coordinated review and permitting of electricity transmission facilities.</text></clause> <clause id="HB6A8629D7A784230B15357AEFB89C4A1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Interested Indian tribes, multistate entities, and State agencies may enter the memorandum of understanding.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C330A74976E477890A74991238D2A85" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The head of each Federal agency with authority to issue a Federal authorization shall designate a senior official responsible for, and dedicate sufficient other staff and resources to ensure, full implementation of the regulations and memorandum required under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H934CE7D1FC4A4BD2AE9A71F827BEA620"><enum>(8)</enum> <subparagraph id="HE624B1087621479E8751DA7D1790A417" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each Federal land use authorization for an electricity transmission facility shall be issued—</text> <clause id="H7859E2F4E58D4D1CADCA9B6F7C865A36" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for a duration, as determined by the Secretary of Interior, commensurate with the anticipated use of the facility; and</text></clause> <clause id="H228C86D739574707A85FDD20490E3495" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with appropriate authority to manage the right-of-way for reliability and environmental protection.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE8CC25E2D88541FDA6B36FE7D13255C1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>On the expiration of the authorization (including an authorization issued before August 8, 2005), the authorization shall be reviewed for renewal taking fully into account reliance on such electricity infrastructure, recognizing the importance of the authorization for public health, safety, and economic welfare and as a legitimate use of Federal land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EE35277DB8546A3ABF34FEB94AEDCB0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In exercising the responsibilities under this section, the Commission shall consult regularly with—</text> <subparagraph id="HFDFE4F3FCDBC416F92645F7B63F97374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>electric reliability organizations (including related regional entities) approved by the Commission; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF67E2766B42949C2BC6B7A06FE0CE7B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Transmission Organizations approved by the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H790F5D6F6D9D4C7DA31A10955CCB3551"><enum>152.</enum><header>Net metering for Federal agencies</header> <subsection id="H42DE02FF4BBD44DD82A2D38BFE465FEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standard</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 113 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2623">16 U.S.C. 2623</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFFECD464848B44138709D4C3A93B4D88" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA0F2D6390BA14099AADF977EE2C8ECDB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Net metering for Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each electric utility shall offer to arrange (either directly or through a third party) to make interconnection and net metering available to Federal Government agencies, offices, or facilities in accordance with the requirements of section 115(j). The standard under this paragraph shall apply only to electric utilities that sold over 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity in the preceding year to the ultimate consumers thereof. In the case of a standard under this paragraph, a period of 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section shall be substituted for the 2-year period referred to in other provisions of this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4B0BB64E457542418532326B2F3504B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 115 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2625">16 U.S.C. 2625</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFA81DF072AC2471B92F7BF71ADE2352A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H8826674AD4684DE38811FD2EE1AD2E8D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Net metering for Federal agencies</header> <paragraph id="HA772026B85D640FE95D8F7692B3863B5" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that rates and charges and contract terms and conditions for the sale of electric energy to the Federal Government or agency shall be the same as the rates and charges and contract terms and conditions that would be applicable if the agency did not own or operate a qualified generation unit and use a net metering system.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76199DA17EFA4CEF9907B4385B8A0670" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="HB8F3988187D3430A810E63E8D51B35C8" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that each electric utility shall arrange to provide to the Government office or agency that qualifies for net metering an electrical energy meter capable of net metering and measuring, to the maximum extent practicable, the flow of electricity to or from the customer, using a single meter and single register, the cost of which shall be recovered from the customer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H194DC370BABE41B39C41378933364EBF" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In a case in which it is not practicable to provide a meter under subparagraph (A), the utility (either directly or through a third party) shall, at the expense of the utility install 1 or more of those electric energy meters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D63D192F4A1414EB5B0E7AA75286E13" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph id="H4E60DDF74D744048B6A0AD1055124516" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that each electric utility shall calculate the electric energy consumption for the Government office or agency using a net metering system that meets the requirements of this subsection and paragraph (6) of section 113(b) and shall measure the net electricity produced or consumed during the billing period using the metering installed in accordance with this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB72FEFECC2B641EEB1FAF9F3DB386867" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the electricity supplied by the retail electric supplier exceeds the electricity generated by the Government office or agency during the billing period, the Government office or agency shall be billed for the net electric energy supplied by the retail electric supplier in accordance with normal billing practices.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB9AB3F864C344076BFB1B3CB221C7B66" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If electric energy generated by the Government office or agency exceeds the electric energy supplied by the retail electric supplier during the billing period, the Government office or agency shall be billed for the appropriate customer charges for that billing period and credited for the excess electric energy generated during the billing period, with the credit appearing as a kilowatt-hour credit on the bill for the following billing period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E818EE740AB494E89D6858D39644434" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any kilowatt-hour credits provided to the Government office or agency as provided in this subsection shall be applied to the Government office or agency electric energy consumption on the following billing period bill (except for a billing period that ends in the next calendar year). At the beginning of each calendar year, any unused kilowatt-hour credits remaining from the preceding year will carry over to the new year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB08F00E200FB42099FC0E74D471180DE" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that each electric utility shall offer a meter and retail billing arrangement that has time-differentiated rates. The kilowatt-hour credit shall be based on the ratio representing the difference in retail rates for each time-of-use rate, or the credits shall be reflected on the bill of the Government office or agency as a monetary credit reflecting retail rates at the time of generation of the electric energy by the customer-generator.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20C18651D9C849E9B87257AFDC768783" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that the qualified generation unit, interconnection standards, and net metering system used by the Government office or agency shall meet all applicable safety and performance and reliability standards established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, and the American National Standards Institute.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EE70FBA9ED74793899846E777CA2E05" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard under paragraph (6) of section 113(b) shall require that electric utilities shall not make additional charges, including standby charges, for equipment or services for safety or performance that are in addition to those necessary to meet the other standards and requirements of this subsection and paragraph (6) of section 113(b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97B413466CDC4FDA959283566AC1C7D2" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection and paragraph (6) of section 113(b):</text> <subparagraph id="HBA8895BF451D48EE9B9757E393025BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term ‘Government’ means any office, facility, or agency of the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97040EDB6C144656A1C62B3AC7F0468D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term ‘customer-generator’ means the owner or operator of a electricity generation unit.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE81DF08EC4F843F7B964C726CA539374"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term ‘electric generation unit’ means any renewable electric generation unit that is owned, operated, or sited on a Federal Government facility.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AB64172E609426E90A28A6AF10D66BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The term ‘net metering’ means the process of—</text> <clause id="H955FA6EE798149A4A5408C07D7247B3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to a customer-generator and the electricity generated by the customer-generator that is delivered to a utility at the same point of interconnection during an applicable billing period; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA7B73ACD2D29448790FED4FBC361A7F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing an energy credit to the customer-generator in the form of a kilowatt-hour credit for each kilowatt-hour of electricity produced by the customer-generator from an electric generation unit.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HC03C40F318764FC9B45FF2561BA571A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>If this section or a portion of this section is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Act. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HBD8AEDCACC7B4C6D9BE06A2B69480FB9"><enum>153.</enum><header>Support for qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plants, qualified high efficiency transmission property, and qualified advanced electric transmission property</header> <subsection id="H6F894067CAF3462FA756DC484C63554B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Loan Guarantees Prior to September 30, 2011</header><text>Section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16515">42 U.S.C. 16515(a)</external-xref>), as added by section 406 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 594) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:</text> <quoted-block id="H2B99C1F04FA6461994DC7073C27A0C5E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H04104027C503453884FBC06CD455C21E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The development, construction, acquisition, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant or the construction of a qualified high efficiency transmission property or a qualified advanced electric transmission property (whether by construction of new facilities or the modification of existing facilities). For purposes of this paragraph:</text> <subparagraph id="HB335CC6F3E144124BEEA5DDA0D9316FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission property</quote> means any high voltage electric transmission cable, related substation, converter station, or other integrated facility that—</text> <clause id="HC376F8552A264E1FB7BB3CD866C26A3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>utilizes advanced ultra low resistance superconductive material or other advanced technology that has been determined by the Secretary of Energy as—</text> <subclause id="HDCD93A434D774D07A1EFF6E900099F3F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reasonably likely to become commercially viable within 10 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFDDFBB0AA44F4955973ECF3D1AEC0EB4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>capable of reliably transmitting at least 5 gigawatts of high-voltage electric energy for distances greater than 300 miles with energy losses not exceeding 3 percent of the total power transported; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAF7323D1AB494E41955112AAB98E916C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>not creating an electromagnetic field;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H97EB3411C1A2410EAB9A57684AA19ED2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has been determined by an appropriate energy regulatory body, upon application, to be in the public interest and thereby eligible for inclusion in regulated rates; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDE165AB115704FA79135ECF387EB4D4F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>can be located safely and economically in a permanent underground right of way not to exceed 25 feet in width.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The term <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission property</quote> shall not include any property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H914BB83ED4CE4429B0B9AB987FA3D977"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="H9896624539CC48BE949C9147794A8CA0" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified high efficiency transmission property</quote> means any high voltage overhead electric transmission line, related substation, or other integrated facility that—</text> <subclause id="HAFC2146B158645629C6704047388C894" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>utilizes advanced conductor core technology that—</text> <item id="HD2EFF97BB2FC49CAB8C1FB560A346EE8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>has been determined by the Secretary of Energy as reasonably likely to become commercially viable within 10 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph;</text></item> <item id="HAD3C71F79C6A4B29974408D5489F53F6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is suitable for use on transmission lines up to 765kV; and</text></item> <item id="H54F68480D6094EE2A956D6D44E5C5619"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>exhibits power losses at least 30 percent lower than that of transmission lines using conventional <quote>ACSR</quote> conductors;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H8766D6BD5B0E4AB4B206F36517126562" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has been determined by an appropriate energy regulatory body, upon application, to be in the public interest and thereby eligible for inclusion in regulated rates; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9EB864E3A8644E21B39C5A0A2AD2212C" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>can be located safely and economically in a right of way not to exceed that used by conventional <quote>ACSR</quote> conductors; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H90D6D7B1A49F40129596F8866025AEF2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified high efficiency transmission property</quote> shall not include any property placed in service after December 31, 2016.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B950BBE61D345B79E2296728B466A60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant</quote> means any industrial facility located in the United States which can be equipped, re-equipped, expanded, or established to produce in whole or in part qualified advanced electric transmission property.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7C235A4AAFC84BBF8A44208FB8F320C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional Loan Guarantee Authority</header><text>Section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16513">42 U.S.C. 16513</external-xref>) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (b):</text> <quoted-block id="HCCF3840E2B394DD3BA47131C9B8BEEC1" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB6C9E543D9C3474FBE9F1208D8F8181E"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The development, construction, acquisition, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant or the construction of a qualified advanced electric transmission property (whether by construction of new facilities or the modification of existing facilities). For purposes of this paragraph, the terms <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission property</quote> and <quote>qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant</quote> have the meanings provided by section 1705(a)(5).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3A072564723444359AB79FBCED5FB1D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary of Energy is authorized to provide grants for up to 50 percent of costs incurred in connection with the development, construction, acquisition of components for, or engineering of a qualified advanced electric transmission property defined in paragraph (5) of section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16515">42 U.S.C. 16515(a)</external-xref>). Such grants may only be made to the first project which qualifies under that paragraph. There are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of this subsection not more than $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010. The United States shall take no equity or other ownership interest in the qualified advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant or qualified advanced electric transmission property for which funding is provided under this subsection.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HC1529D6FD5614F6183E6849D6FDCCFB5"><enum>G</enum><header>Technical Corrections to Energy Laws</header> <section id="H23E23C7BC06D466FADD82A611F5A1DD8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>161.</enum><header>Technical corrections to Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</header> <subsection id="H521F798E5C014E7C9438C3261EDA5F51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title III—Energy savings through improved standards for appliance and lighting</header> <paragraph id="H13E1A2028CCD441B9B3C58A1ABDB6AA7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(u)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 301(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1550)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H87A0F5589A4440ACB7758A8B70077209"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB26E23667284D0F913F38B14BBAA7B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>supplies is</quote> and inserting <quote>supply is</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B1B625878414218854C6AB4DCBF8144" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 302 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1551)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC7CE3E770394566B4978D941F53B7FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>end of the paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>end of subparagraph (A)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD932F10F7A8843A3B9F76E76D89FEFD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>6313(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>6314(a)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48D890E285294FD6A6BC5F254D88214A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 343(a)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(1)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 302(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1551)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H006F23AA9BD74DEF8D3D272A51C94205"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Test procedures</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>At least once</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Test procedures</header-in-text>.—At least once</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4541E0C905654AB9BC05AD386AE08F87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the left).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA4D28D8A9D5472ABC669043B5105D2B" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 342(a)(6) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 305(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1554)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H77F36EC57CDF4967BCDE284452173AEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HEF9D607420934A61A0B1A68C3DA713A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If the Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D8EFAB2BF21463781044BE97F2D121F" style="OLC"> <clause id="H0D9509D08C7E438DA89039BC3E78503D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="H831A6F94E9AB400DBEE930BA7576C66A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (ii)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(ii)(II)</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HAC6E0F64C73B47588EE841DF1AF4164A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(i)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H75AE0550E734477396C9E55BF85D9FDA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAC00D3F38B542F3BEB0BBEC315CFDD9" style="OLC"> <clause id="HE2D727D7319E40459A68FF77D6A792B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>In determining whether a standard is economically justified for the purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), the Secretary shall, after receiving views and comments furnished with respect to the proposed standard, determine whether the benefits of the standard exceed the burden of the proposed standard by, to the maximum extent practicable, considering—</text> <subclause id="HD88707FE33E1418A88C2A33236246BB2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the economic impact of the standard on the manufacturers and on the consumers of the products subject to the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2D648B759BD1472AB7C16A506DCA95D5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the savings in operating costs throughout the estimated average life of the product in the type (or class) compared to any increase in the price of, or in the initial charges for, or maintenance expenses of, the products that are likely to result from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF3ADD260F34440F691BAC99DAC7AEA51"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the total projected quantity of energy savings likely to result directly from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCDF43E9D4AF64647B1722D104B040A09"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any lessening of the utility or the performance of the products likely to result from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H44D22893E34D4FFD9ACF0E3579B0448E"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the impact of any lessening of competition, as determined in writing by the Attorney General, that is likely to result from the imposition of the standard;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6764897F1D9242F395F598FADD1EDD99"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the need for national energy conservation; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1A260D892D544DA8BF171F6CC9B9CA2C"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>other factors the Secretary considers relevant.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7F4AF6073F5448C0A92937D0F8C6ED13"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Administration</header> <subclause id="H44344B54E1814C19912646A340F06EB2"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Energy use and efficiency</header><text>The Secretary may not prescribe any amended standard under this paragraph that increases the maximum allowable energy use, or decreases the minimum required energy efficiency, of a covered product.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H424F3BB630E748E1B7DE47E6FCF99A35"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Unavailability</header> <item id="HC7CE232B68DB448AA4BC3D4B93F7156A"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may not prescribe an amended standard under this subparagraph if the Secretary finds (and publishes the finding) that interested persons have established by a preponderance of the evidence that a standard is likely to result in the unavailability in the United States in any product type (or class) of performance characteristics (including reliability, features, sizes, capacities, and volumes) that are substantially the same as those generally available in the United States at the time of the finding of the Secretary.</text></item> <item id="HC81132F335D44B168C2B4A176C5C5A15"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Other types or classes</header><text>The failure of some types (or classes) to meet the criterion established under this subclause shall not affect the determination of the Secretary on whether to prescribe a standard for the other types or classes.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9564706B1D3640C39B7D2771CD8477B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by striking <quote>An amendment prescribed under this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding subparagraph (D), an amendment prescribed under this subparagraph</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DABB5ED273D45D7AB1A60EBDDD02989" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 342(a)(6)(B)(iii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (as added by section 306(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007) is transferred and redesignated as clause (vi) of section 342(a)(6)(C) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (as amended by section 305(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2262720C03049EA85F9E26BC8C0DFB8" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 340 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6311">42 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref>) (as amended by sections 312(a)(2) and 314(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1564, 1569)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (22) and (23) (as added by section 314(a) of that Act) as paragraphs (23) and (24), respectively.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4C214107BF4E4BB0A43A1C39DB363E1A" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 345 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6316">42 U.S.C. 6316</external-xref>) (as amended by section 312(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1567)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H47AD63E801F447C3A587E274FDA0348B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraphs (B) through (G)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (I), (J), and (K)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FC0438A62624107AA86C5C893318392"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>part A</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>part B</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1B1438BC4284F01976E500E5C91E70C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)(3), by striking <quote>section 342(f)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 342(f)(4)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9CA049CE1C345F2A1C7C3FE4A9C9207" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 340(13) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6311">42 U.S.C. 6311(13)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 313(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1568)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2D96D89748854154B4CB9B48BC541947"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38E2FBFEC26B454894977A95548B0F0B" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HF5A1ED2EA2534C0B90A86924CF13AD70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>electric motor</term> means any motor that is—</text> <clause id="H425FD5D60CAE469799A7CEFD819E7394"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a general purpose T-frame, single-speed, foot-mounting, polyphase squirrel-cage induction motor of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Design A and B, continuous rated, operating on 230/460 volts and constant 60 Hertz line power as defined in NEMA Standards Publication MG1–1987; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA88B5B567EB347648A9B469C4BEEC357"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a motor incorporating the design elements described in clause (i), but is configured to incorporate one or more of the following variations—</text> <subclause id="HC43FDE3616344B4091E8DB534C2C4B49"><enum>(I)</enum><text>U-frame motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1800D72B9C44452894C05FD3A0F0282E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>NEMA Design C motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4EA04663A22B4FC9805B20036C1D56A5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>close-coupled pump motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H65C92952C1134D2C84C84A237C81C83E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>footless motor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HB4B1A5AEDB8F4500842E74BF7264F719"><enum>(V)</enum><text>vertical solid shaft normal thrust motor (as tested in a horizontal configuration);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4D31488320CE44559B344CD3C62B763A"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>8-pole motor; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6926A7EE4C3A4ABD88823DFC484CF9CB"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>poly-phase motor with a voltage rating of not more than 600 volts (other than 230 volts or 460 volts, or both, or can be operated on 230 volts or 460 volts, or both).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA18BB6102E7C4F44852BBDA083FEEAB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (I) as subparagraphs (B) through (H), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67B4EA8D948646BDA3563FCE346BAE7E" indent="up1"><enum>(9)(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 342(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42DF25B0EAD8469896CA640004E63AC5" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF038E7183A17407B92CDE04FD352FCF1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE75E0879E3ED4838B12A8056952D607C" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H99ED5B0276E24BC9BEE9E17218AFE076" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1D10E606774241F581099A90A44B8CC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards effective beginning December 19, 2010</header> <subparagraph id="H356A7DE71E6044CCB0758A16D72C4A4D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except for definite purpose motors, special purpose motors, and those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3) and except as provided for in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), each electric motor manufactured with power ratings from 1 to 200 horsepower (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–12.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCAB11D5582EF459780C56D49C7CB9B27"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fire pump electric motors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), each fire pump electric motor manufactured with power ratings from 1 to 200 horsepower (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency that is not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–11.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A4D9A3E444B4A1D978A20427E45A436"><enum>(C)</enum><header>NEMA Design B electric motors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), each NEMA Design B electric motor with power ratings of more than 200 horsepower, but not greater than 500 horsepower, manufactured (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–11.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2603DA9830046E5A0EC2E872B63E8BF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Motors incorporating certain design elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for those motors exempted by the Secretary under paragraph (3), each electric motor described in section 340(13)(A)(ii) manufactured with power ratings from 1 to 200 horsepower (alone or as a component of another piece of equipment) on or after December 19, 2010, shall have a nominal full load efficiency of not less than the nominal full load efficiency described in NEMA MG–1 (2006) Table 12–11.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9134904A67441ED9C393685A36F6E70" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) and (D) and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote>.</text> <subparagraph id="H6B765DFFEF3943D181D5E790E9BCC79A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 313 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1568) is repealed.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8E0749154FB4840BD695651A53CD0E6" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The amendments made by—</text> <clause id="H9D4BE3943B3C4C848BF300DC42EBC172"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subparagraph (A) shall take effect on December 19, 2010; and</text></clause> <clause id="H77F05486CFE347E286562CFD8E741E3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subparagraph (B) shall take effect on December 19, 2007.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87522E2495C24C2D8197A86C28A74067" indent="up1"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 321(30)(D)(i)(III) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(D)(i)(III)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(a)(1)(A) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1574)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>or, in the case of a modified spectrum lamp, not less than 232 lumens and not more than 1,950 lumens</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72BA73DEF0804C3981AFA2570F1D071A" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 321(30)(T) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(T)</external-xref> (as amended by section 321(a)(1)(B) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1574)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H33B10FBA53154E3A900F7229C8DBB3D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text> <clause id="H5603A2B315E1424C8E6307EBE6B1451F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the comma after <quote>household appliance</quote> and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA6E13DA51AC64A0ABB335994CAAE861B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and is sold at retail,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB211D30821374466A79547AE33E72896"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>when sold at retail,</quote> before <quote>is designated</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB45A3ACAC76A4899B181B4D6715C1856" indent="up1"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295</external-xref>) (as amended by sections 321(a)(3)(A) and 322(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1577, 1588)) is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0964A31F22434ABDA4540F1E0875FA35" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAC2ADE2B0484464E9703AAA7E7D79327"><enum>(i)</enum><header>General service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, intermediate base incandescent lamps, candelabra base incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps</header> <paragraph id="HF3F47784ECCC4F72AC5EC081865CFFF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy efficiency standards</header> <subparagraph id="HD996B759901F4FAB81C030C5C726658A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each of the following general service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, intermediate base incandescent lamps, candelabra base incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps manufactured after the effective date specified in the tables listed in this subparagraph shall meet or exceed the following lamp efficacy, new maximum wattage, and CRI standards:</text> <table blank-lines-before="2" line-rules="hor"><ttitle>FLUORESCENT LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="5" grid-typeface="1.1" min-space="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="8.8.9" ttitle-size="8"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="col1" min-data-value="30"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col2" min-data-value="40"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col3" min-data-value="40"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col4" min-data-value="72"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col5" min-data-value="40"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1">Lamp Type</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2">Nominal Lamp Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3">Minimum CRI</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4">Minimum Average Lamp Efficacy (LPW)</entry><entry align="center" colname="col5">Effective Date (Period of Months)</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4-foot medium bi-pin</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">>35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">75.0</entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">≤35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">75.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2-foot U-shaped</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">>35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">68.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable"> ≤35 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">64.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">8-foot slimline</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable"> 65 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">≤65 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">8-foot high output</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">>100 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">69</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-clr-start-end"></entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">≤100 W</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">45</entry><entry colname="col4" entry-modify="ctr-variable">80.0 </entry><entry colname="col5" entry-modify="ctr-variable">18</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <table line-rules="hor"><ttitle>INCANDESCENT REFLECTOR LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" min-space="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="8.8.9" ttitle-size="8"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="col1" min-data-value="30"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col2" min-data-value="72"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="col3" min-data-value="40"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1">Nominal Lamp Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2">Minimum Average Lamp Efficacy (LPW)</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3">Effective Date (Period of Months)</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 40–50</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">10.5</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 51–66</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">11.0</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 67–85</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">12.5</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> 86–115</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">14.0</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">116–155</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">14.5</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">156–205</entry><entry colname="col2" entry-modify="ctr-variable">15.0</entry><entry colname="col3" entry-modify="ctr-variable">36</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" frame="topbot" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-type="4-Generic:-1-text,-3-num"><ttitle>GENERAL SERVICE INCANDESCENT LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" grid-typeface="1.1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec align="center" coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colsep="1" colwidth="186" min-data-value="120" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col2" colsep="1" colwidth="140" min-data-value="15" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col3" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col4" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" rowsep="1">Rated Lumen Ranges</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" rowsep="1">Maximum Rated Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" rowsep="1">Minimum Rated Lifetime</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" rowsep="1">Effective Date</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">1490–2600</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">72</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2012</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">1050–1489</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">53</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2013</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">750–1049</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">43</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">310–749</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">29</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> <table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" frame="topbot" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-type="4-Generic:-1-text,-3-num"><ttitle>MODIFIED SPECTRUM GENERAL SERVICE INCANDESCENT LAMPS</ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" grid-typeface="1.1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec align="center" coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colsep="1" colwidth="186" min-data-value="120" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col2" colsep="1" colwidth="140" min-data-value="15" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col3" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><colspec align="center" coldef="fig" colname="col4" colsep="1" colwidth="93" min-data-value="10" rowsep="0"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" rowsep="1">Rated Lumen Ranges</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" rowsep="1">Maximum Rated Wattage</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" rowsep="1">Minimum Rated Lifetime</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" rowsep="1">Effective Date</entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">1118–1950</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">72</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2012</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">788–1117</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">53</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2013</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">563–787</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">43</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1">232–562</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">29</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1,000 hrs</entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">1/1/2014</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1F65ED3405C477BBA6FF9AEA44E729D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header> <clause id="H0A6194C9DA704C188506258190A3A6E4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application criteria</header><text>This subparagraph applies to each lamp that—</text> <subclause id="H24891F2EFBA341FB87CFEA74D2550EE1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is intended for a general service or general illumination application (whether incandescent or not);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE4EA9670871B4D8B89431B505B920793"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has a medium screw base or any other screw base not defined in ANSI C81.61–2006;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9BDA90E21D7747CA8563EA1D36A2B77A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is capable of being operated at a voltage at least partially within the range of 110 to 130 volts; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H525A7494E547487E936B18421A08AD1E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is manufactured or imported after December 31, 2011.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3E35DDB9AB0B48708C81F5E526E75273"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, each lamp described in clause (i) shall have a color rendering index that is greater than or equal to—</text> <subclause id="H7137C69AE1BA410B90450C1E27855445"><enum>(I)</enum><text>80 for nonmodified spectrum lamps; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H56F2E178940849579D84A575A3FE17C1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>75 for modified spectrum lamps.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B7468B4CCE747F7852481183E4C2193"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Candelabra incandescent lamps and intermediate base incandescent lamps</header> <clause commented="no" id="H89ABE06CA2EA4EC5BB0E4EAA0DE4054C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Candelabra base incandescent lamps</header><text>Effective beginning January 1, 2012, a candelabra base incandescent lamp shall not exceed 60 rated watts.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HA50DFF9AAED84A44BACB98BA9AE2C8E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Intermediate base incandescent lamps</header><text>Effective beginning January 1, 2012, an intermediate base incandescent lamp shall not exceed 40 rated watts.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCA231B888D9486788612055E7C2DABB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exemptions</header> <clause id="H265C3A5AA1494792B65D3A419742159A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Statutory exemptions</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the following types of incandescent reflector lamps:</text> <subclause id="H358B4316DDD24AE894198D421B6BB53D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Lamps rated at 50 watts or less that are ER30, BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H019C598844C34540BD5B7DC22D1B5FCF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Lamps rated at 65 watts that are BR30, BR40, or ER40 lamps.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA7D7690556E3448D8FD43C421437893D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>R20 incandescent reflector lamps rated 45 watts or less.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF57758268A95463C802789D72EF8D288"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Administrative exemptions</header> <subclause id="H53C3BCCDACEF495487CC6A725796CB2B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>Any person may petition the Secretary for an exemption for a type of general service lamp from the requirements of this subsection.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6D740FCEC7B14E6EA31F397D81021A11"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary may grant an exemption under subclause (I) only to the extent that the Secretary finds, after a hearing and opportunity for public comment, that it is not technically feasible to serve a specialized lighting application (such as a military, medical, public safety, or certified historic lighting application) using a lamp that meets the requirements of this subsection.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFC5B7052BB084CB5914A6212BBE1E862"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Additional criterion</header><text>To grant an exemption for a product under this clause, the Secretary shall include, as an additional criterion, that the exempted product is unlikely to be used in a general service lighting application.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4195AD8EA9D45DB9AEFB2EB001D8128"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Extension of coverage</header> <clause id="H52183C0D7014415B9C79DD3345705792"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>Any person may petition the Secretary to establish standards for lamp shapes or bases that are excluded from the definition of general service lamps.</text></clause> <clause id="HBDF8147EAE094FD5BD34F43A3A6D0EC5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Increased sales of exempted lamps</header><text>The petition shall include evidence that the availability or sales of exempted incandescent lamps have increased significantly since the date on which the standards on general service incandescent lamps were established.</text></clause> <clause id="H141B9CC5C1FC46EE9EE86800DAA01B2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall grant a petition under clause (i) if the Secretary finds that—</text> <subclause id="HAB5383789A894EE786A435E3328A8620"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the petition presents evidence that demonstrates that commercial availability or sales of exempted incandescent lamp types have increased significantly since the standards on general service lamps were established and likely are being widely used in general lighting applications; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H46E45A7019364065A1D378E49128A37D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>significant energy savings could be achieved by covering exempted products, as determined by the Secretary based in part on sales data provided to the Secretary from manufacturers and importers.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF712E2359EB34488BE237B71A0B2E1CF"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>No presumption</header><text>The grant of a petition under this subparagraph shall create no presumption with respect to the determination of the Secretary with respect to any criteria under a rulemaking conducted under this section.</text></clause> <clause id="H0114340F33D7416A8B11D7B691551332"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Expedited proceeding</header><text>If the Secretary grants a petition for a lamp shape or base under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="H003E10A178964380AA98F5F937F979B8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>conduct a rulemaking to determine standards for the exempted lamp shape or base; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFE32BC2BA5734E1D8666928EE1F68F85"><enum>(II)</enum><text>complete the rulemaking not later than 18 months after the date on which notice is provided granting the petition.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA22ED5707A97492FB982D91DBC4328F2"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Effective dates</header> <clause id="H1FE050EAA14E4D04904D4ED463D041CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this paragraph, except as otherwise provided in a table contained in subparagraph (A) or in clause (ii), the term <term>effective date</term> means the last day of the month specified in the table that follows October 24, 1992.</text></clause> <clause id="HB472E3BB310947A7B31E0413930742CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Special effective dates</header> <subclause id="HE789A5F9D5684DD7B82F769DF1E3AA3B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>ER, br, and bpar lamps</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to ER incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, and similar bulb shapes on and after January 1, 2008, or the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H190B44EDD2D44A2894CAC4FDE74FBAAE"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Lamps between 2.25–2.75 inches in diameter</header><text>The standards specified in subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to incandescent reflector lamps with a diameter of more than 2.25 inches, but not more than 2.75 inches, on and after the later of January 1, 2008, or the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF18692FCDDBE4F4DA9BB2D6F142DD7B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance with existing law</header><text>Notwithstanding section 332(a)(5) and section 332(b), it shall not be unlawful for a manufacturer to sell a lamp that is in compliance with the law at the time the lamp was manufactured.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H121BEE3E78554AC4B6338964DE85D49F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking before October 24, 1995</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE1F0D7A4937404AB67290D7E2BD53BD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 36 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure and shall publish a final rule not later than the end of the 54-month period beginning on October 24, 1992, to determine whether the standards established under paragraph (1) should be amended.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B7D7DD9083B4BFBAE2B8AD893A353BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rule shall contain the amendment, if any, and provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured on or after the 36-month period beginning on the date on which the final rule is published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3EA9C4E77B8468DB28C5D3E61B3435D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rulemaking before October 24, 2000</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C599F5F4BD74140A7E80713F6DCA976"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 8 years after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure and shall publish a final rule not later than 9 years and 6 months after October 24, 1992, to determine whether the standards in effect for fluorescent lamps and incandescent lamps should be amended.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71B700B0AEC142BC984AFB5A7761941C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rule shall contain the amendment, if any, and provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured on or after the 36-month period beginning on the date on which the final rule is published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C994786855D4EFBB53DAE43E1F94A15"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rulemaking for additional general service fluorescent lamps</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8086B54D0A34E1BA2EE312AEA3DA3C9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date labeling requirements under section 324(a)(2)(C) become effective, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E40F4494C534F0AAC0B66916D7B5CE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine whether the standards in effect for fluorescent lamps and incandescent lamps should be amended so that the standards would be applicable to additional general service fluorescent lamps; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B8319E8108D480FA7BA139DC961839E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish, not later than 18 months after initiating the rulemaking, a final rule including the amended standards, if any.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74DBB3CAC7984823BBA0D2DDE3803DE7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rule shall provide that the amendment shall apply to products manufactured after a date which is 36 months after the date on which the rule is published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8F9148D31B8479398ACA353F43B6795"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Standards for general service lamps</header> <subparagraph id="H3753804A7FCB41F3A513E32F7060DAAA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rulemaking before January 1, 2014</header> <clause id="H985A9214713045E18093A4E0C90A7EFF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2014, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine whether—</text> <subclause id="H414254DE9E364BC8A11598F5958874A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0100D4BED8944898B1E26D6FB1B7339B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the exclusions for certain incandescent lamps should be maintained or discontinued based, in part, on excluded lamp sales collected by the Secretary from manufacturers.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HACA43B73E7EE4EEEAF5A212C442193B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The rulemaking—</text> <subclause id="HEEAB7C2C2C3843A78DDB83CFD2289CF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall not be limited to incandescent lamp technologies; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD7A298D399F14E118E08F81E5AB4368D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall include consideration of a minimum standard of 45 lumens per watt for general service lamps.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H70F1E82CB3774DBCBF7FF2B0692AB492"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Amended standards</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended, the Secretary shall publish a final rule not later than January 1, 2017, with an effective date that is not earlier than 3 years after the date on which the final rule is published.</text></clause> <clause id="H26586D71F22F4FB0BBBAD2D65EF1D7C5"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Phased-in effective dates</header><text>The Secretary shall consider phased-in effective dates under this subparagraph after considering—</text> <subclause id="H9F32A9094E8E44318A81DE5E75D395B5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the impact of any amendment on manufacturers, retiring and repurposing existing equipment, stranded investments, labor contracts, workers, and raw materials; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H980D84DFC72542C5A2C3EA9D8F191FEA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the time needed to work with retailers and lighting designers to revise sales and marketing strategies.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H088B4CE5A3754E54A52C321CB57BA2D0"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Backstop requirement</header><text>If the Secretary fails to complete a rulemaking in accordance with clauses (i) through (iv) or if the final rule does not produce savings that are greater than or equal to the savings from a minimum efficacy standard of 45 lumens per watt, effective beginning January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall prohibit the manufacture of any general service lamp that does not meet a minimum efficacy standard of 45 lumens per watt.</text></clause> <clause id="H9789327B76E8402185B4885047B80491"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>State preemption</header><text>Neither section 327(c) nor any other provision of law shall preclude California or Nevada from adopting, effective beginning on or after January 1, 2018—</text> <subclause id="HC635DE06C5984750AD6938B05DE7ADB6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a final rule adopted by the Secretary in accordance with clauses (i) through (iv);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5CF7C908726846E1A559A9CA3E1AE960"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if a final rule described in subclause (I) has not been adopted, the backstop requirement under clause (v); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9DCB2BF19DBF4FD49B4209497DB8655C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of California, if a final rule described in subclause (I) has not been adopted, any California regulations relating to these covered products adopted pursuant to State statute in effect as of the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E20492BB8AB4D64927D5B67A5B3C907"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rulemaking before January 1, 2020</header> <clause id="H4A0B9CDECE544A35BC7AD38A64A63E80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2020, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking procedure to determine whether—</text> <subclause id="H5DBF4FFF4A0E40EC94A6D85618E0E9CC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8A526EF67A5F4058BD3EC59A96797979"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the exclusions for certain incandescent lamps should be maintained or discontinued based, in part, on excluded lamp sales data collected by the Secretary from manufacturers.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H0533AD98E3834E5FB2AC0E06E8F36408"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The rulemaking shall not be limited to incandescent lamp technologies.</text></clause> <clause id="H9C83C4C8527B4951977A5E4F8647176B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Amended standards</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the standards in effect for general service lamps should be amended, the Secretary shall publish a final rule not later than January 1, 2022, with an effective date that is not earlier than 3 years after the date on which the final rule is published.</text></clause> <clause id="H137B3F55420248ADA6BA2EF177592CAD"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Phased-in effective dates</header><text>The Secretary shall consider phased-in effective dates under this subparagraph after considering—</text> <subclause id="H16B2623E959D4523B4791EC557E88D02"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the impact of any amendment on manufacturers, retiring and repurposing existing equipment, stranded investments, labor contracts, workers, and raw materials; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H03C3E40029C04B13AEA647BAC41705E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the time needed to work with retailers and lighting designers to revise sales and marketing strategies.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25DA001A2C8041CD954B08294CEB543C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal actions</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEC638E791524D96B4C30C94571B449C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Comments of Secretary</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD018A7903AE40DC816AAFB18E06F182"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to any lamp to which standards are applicable under this subsection or any lamp specified in section 346, the Secretary shall inform any Federal entity proposing actions that would adversely impact the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the lamp of the energy conservation consequences of the action.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAA221D50D8B43649AE9A68C858A13F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Federal entity shall carefully consider the comments of the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE959849E2A14E17AF43DCD8FCD0F295"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amendment of standards</header><text>Notwithstanding section 325(n)(1), the Secretary shall not be prohibited from amending any standard, by rule, to permit increased energy use or to decrease the minimum required energy efficiency of any lamp to which standards are applicable under this subsection if the action is warranted as a result of other Federal action (including restrictions on materials or processes) that would have the effect of either increasing the energy use or decreasing the energy efficiency of the product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2943058B24864AFFB6CF7FB09B219A92"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE76BF88E1944804AD177727A6C56D44"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the date on which standards established pursuant to this subsection become effective, or, with respect to high-intensity discharge lamps covered under section 346, the effective date of standards established pursuant to that section, each manufacturer of a product to which the standards are applicable shall file with the Secretary a laboratory report certifying compliance with the applicable standard for each lamp type.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BDDA7360CE3422186D8CA5A18EFC850"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include the lumen output and wattage consumption for each lamp type as an average of measurements taken over the preceding 12-month period.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE76AEA53A745F2A943E8F75DAF3C1C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other lamp types</header><text>With respect to lamp types that are not manufactured during the 12-month period preceding the date on which the standards become effective, the report shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EF2757C5E2044BC9F4DAA513129AC7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be filed with the Secretary not later than the date that is 12 months after the date on which manufacturing is commenced; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB332F50118C343CEBC2128148C4CFBA8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include the lumen output and wattage consumption for each such lamp type as an average of measurements taken during the 12-month period.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2FF9B0A1FE8489EBAAA00265511ACFC" indent="up1"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 325(l)(4)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(A)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(a)(3)(B) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1581)) is amended by striking <quote>only</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2593F7954C354E1E9A882F9FE3295F1F" indent="up1"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Section 327(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(d)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1585)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H45DDDE7728944B298053600D4CE8FF25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5AF4A6A49534DF4A9AC2C8CEFB6C999"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6693D00784504350ACEDAD3BD2927B6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD8F05D34DB94DB885075715456B3D31" indent="up1"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Section 321(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1586) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H5356DDEC86BB4A7F86A6B9A24BCBDD67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>is amended</quote> and inserting <quote>(as amended by section 306(b)) is amended</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC27F9EAFD86F4553A0FF4C7C6F142926"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4792C89FB6FA41C89E9BC48413CB9930" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9FA78D4561DC44C382B58A0E49AB1914"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25E6B1DEE18F4B77AA0468C3888FDE09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B18864282B04A888F0426E80A2B8582" indent="up1"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Section 332(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6302">42 U.S.C. 6302(a)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 321(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1586)) is amended by redesignating the second paragraph (6) as paragraph (7).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F667BE0ADBC4CE99835188958D6822B" indent="up1"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Section 321(30)(C)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6291">42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 322(a)(1)(B) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1587)) is amended by inserting a period after <quote>40 watts or higher</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32A4032D7C8D4876B7C84FAC14699260" indent="up1"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Section 322(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1588)) is amended by striking <quote>6995(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>6295(i)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED302A623DFD491783E237C4299A7157" indent="up1"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 327(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6297">42 U.S.C. 6297(c)</external-xref>) (as amended by sections 324(f) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1594)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H909C382CBD3F46B284CC603ADC8E55FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35E7D14B0DD242348AA05ADC4140F11B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(B), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4914F5FF62DA4361BEC4590B1A5FE941"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text> <clause id="H7B88417706824E0E92D9FB23FABB8FD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>except that—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>if the Secretary fails to issue</quote> and inserting <quote>except that if the Secretary fails to issue</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H1F59A85984A549B4A35E69671A8C5840"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the left); and</text></clause> <clause id="H31C31BBE1171499E8EA21FEAB454B115"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDACFB2A99CA9464DBD083D7E14BE2B3E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52D7EA5257EE457B8908D588D116FAAD" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBE3D7EDD8E104C669DBF3D98A71E36A6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>is a regulation for general service lamps that conforms with Federal standards and effective dates; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE425FA7D22F04F9FAB74BC7821ECDA75"><enum>(11)</enum><text>is an energy efficiency standard for general service lamps enacted into law by the State of Nevada prior to December 19, 2007, if the State has not adopted the Federal standards and effective dates pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii); or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69C3D0D783F9451F9BD7A86E6A52FCEC" indent="up1"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Section 325(b) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1596)) is amended by striking <quote>6924(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>6294(c)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H11A8A16F9FE544B892899109E01F725D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title IV—Energy savings in buildings and industry</header> <paragraph id="HC7B3CFC03837482FA091916D2E5584CE" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17061">42 U.S.C. 17061</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2E7E260822D043DCA01377B39C3A518D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>484</quote> and inserting <quote>494</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41109E2599BB47B7B0EFF0A8352EE59B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>Agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Administration</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDCE0DED1E2D24F6EBE175B2D4F9F83E6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6872">42 U.S.C. 6872</external-xref>) (as amended by section 411(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1600)) is amended by striking 1 of the 2 periods at the end of paragraph (5).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09E592F9BB0E465C869689619DC10CA6" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 305(a)(3)(D)(i) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6834">42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(D)(i)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 433(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1612)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6AE08385792F432694DFF8687E56C9BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I)—</text> <clause id="H11FEDE4CA65D4CC7A15F53C9D34CFF52"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in fiscal year 2003 (as measured by Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Agency</quote> and inserting <quote>as measured by the calendar year 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or the calendar year 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Administration</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1420C9C4BF334C19BCB407A7A4B40CF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the table at the end, by striking <header-in-text level="section" style="USC"><quote>Fiscal Year</quote></header-in-text> and inserting <header-in-text level="section" style="USC"><quote>Calendar Year</quote></header-in-text>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA55D4E587527401E9538C1B633E44FBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (II)—</text> <clause id="H168FAA177A854750A3050883E12857DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(II) Upon petition</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BC6ADBC2CEB40C6A1A3625A2D278DCE" style="OLC"> <subclause id="H2433EBCA46794016914CB90C7BD297BC"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Downward adjustment of numeric requirement</header> <item id="H478800D79A0D43CF8675D65FDBC51810"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On petition</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="HBC50A4FB0C05435DB5D67B4C2E51A075"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the last sentence and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18B7DF8526CC465B8787BD625D660E16" style="OLC"> <item id="HD9506D02CC894B53AF59103BCFD3C63F"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Exceptions to requirement for concurrence of Secretary</header> <subitem id="H8344B8EA682640488273D31464F34C6C"><enum>(AA)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The requirement to petition and obtain the concurrence of the Secretary under this subclause shall not apply to any Federal building with respect to which the Administrator of General Services is required to transmit a prospectus to Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3307">section 3307</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, or to any other Federal building designed, constructed, or renovated by the Administrator if the Administrator certifies, in writing, that meeting the applicable numeric requirement under subclause (I) with respect to the Federal building would be technically impracticable in light of the specific functional needs for the building.</text></subitem> <subitem id="H0E53619D79DC4BAC8F6D99879C987610"><enum>(BB)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>In the case of a building described in subitem (AA), the Administrator may adjust the applicable numeric requirement of subclause (I) downward with respect to the building.</text></subitem></item><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45703CAB722845C89AA8D1DC686FCD1A" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 436(c)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17092">42 U.S.C. 17092(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>474</quote> and inserting <quote>494</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9B894ABA03341DE90B999ED3B95EA06" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 440 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17096">42 U.S.C. 17096</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and 482</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD600A1FD5F3433E9A386D020B65E9BD" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 373(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6343">42 U.S.C. 6343(c)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 451(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1628)) is amended by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB59350D26DD44A37A30544D5AD31C434" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Date of enactment</header><text>Section 1302 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17382">42 U.S.C. 17382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>enactment</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of enactment of this Act</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEBA9182E8CA4430D9AE8B1497F467D8C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reference</header><text>Section 1306(c)(3) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17386">42 U.S.C. 17386(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 1307 (paragraph (17) of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (19) of section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2621">16 U.S.C. 2621(d)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H53EF2A06314B405486065C55EBE6369C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendments made by this section take effect as if included in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1492).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEDAF528AE9F94D6182234340C94A8ABD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>162.</enum><header>Technical corrections to Energy Policy Act of 2005</header> <subsection id="H4D4DCAE8DC8B4F49BC7CC116E9D3C199"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title I—Energy efficiency</header><text>Section 325(g)(8)(C)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6295">42 U.S.C. 6295(g)(8)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) (as added by section 135(c)(2)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) is amended by striking <quote>20°F</quote> and inserting <quote>−20°F</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF08AC2238DE14432B9019E9E599C9EF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendments made by this section take effect as if included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 594).</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H5016D606A271476EB4384A7DEF65EBD2"><enum>H</enum><header>Energy and Efficiency Centers and Research</header> <section id="HB85CED7AD93E4E35B9A2B16C5E355138"><enum>171.</enum><header>Energy Innovation Hubs</header> <subsection id="HAC99E064034D421A93189585A8B64370"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to establish Energy Innovation Hubs to enhance the Nation’s economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean, indigenous energy alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring that the United States maintains a technological lead in the development and commercial application of state-of-the-art energy technologies. To achieve these purposes the program shall—</text> <paragraph id="H42CF8BAE3B084511BE20A74C01BB0CE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>leverage the expertise and resources of the university and private research communities, industry, venture capital, national laboratories, and other participants in energy innovation to support cross-disciplinary research and development in areas not being served by the private sector in order to develop and transfer innovative clean energy technologies into the marketplace;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF77109438EA4DBA95777C0C142791D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand the knowledge base and human capital necessary to transition to a low-carbon economy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7687DCA7D4AD4FAC980DFF890EFD655C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote regional economic development by cultivating clusters of clean energy technology firms, private research organizations, suppliers, and other complementary groups and businesses.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3CB9B5CDF51C41269C653F74BBB38074"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H78E1908D1D744A4099D4D15A559621F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text>The term <quote>allowance</quote> means an emission allowance established under section 721 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE82C134596CF45768872249F203F8E14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clean energy technology</header><text>The term <quote>clean energy technology</quote> means a technology that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA965403DFEDB491EA557D9602F5A5ADB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>produces energy from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, and other renewable energy resources (as such term is defined in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F1D3E3069194D99AE14E1FA6B5B1BA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more efficiently transmits, distributes, or stores energy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD058E61914543AFBF0C5F2ACEFABE60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhances energy efficiency for buildings and industry, including combined heat and power;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0EC2F15800164D4CAA76D6E03224E4F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enables the development of a Smart Grid (as described in section 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17381">42 U.S.C. 17381</external-xref>)), including integration of renewable energy resources and distributed generation, demand response, demand side management, and systems analysis;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97CEC2AA257C474A9164A865A6CEF889"><enum>(E)</enum><text>produces an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB796207DE2E44BF6BCD04EE455833CB8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>enhances water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, and end use applications; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF2EEEB1167E443BB76F69E88DA779DB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>improves energy efficiency for transportation, including electric vehicles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63A44A46F16547129686800BF48987AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cluster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>cluster</quote> means a network of entities directly involved in the research, development, finance, and commercialization of clean energy technologies whose geographic proximity facilitates utilization and sharing of skilled human resources, infrastructure, research facilities, educational and training institutions, venture capital, and input suppliers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE303552062848198FD712925BD97C5E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hub</header><text>The term <quote>Hub</quote> means an Energy Innovation Hub established in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFD79080A50142969F4F6D96447CE558"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <quote>project</quote> means an activity with respect to which a Hub provides support under subsection (e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48147FEE73AD45E18AE7859FD183ED0D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualifying entity</header><text>The term <quote>qualifying entity</quote> means each of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H9EEB7C206FB5471EBC922A4418FAC799"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A research university.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4D52B583A034591BBA1029AEAE7DE0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State or Federal institution with a focus on the advancement of clean energy technologies.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0DC070E15964483B247CC8EC3F1DBAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A nongovernmental organization with research or commercialization expertise in clean energy technology development.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4B3FEA4DB1F4A7CBE7A504F2C12D4B7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7ABFA4A266B4433BAF83D490659E5FB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Technology development focus</header><text>The term <quote>technology development focus</quote> means the unique technology development areas in which a Hub will specialize, and may include solar electricity, fuels from solar energy, batteries and energy storage, electricity grid systems and devices, energy efficient building systems and design, advanced materials, modeling and simulation, and other clean energy technology development areas designated by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC35AFD7C13FE4B7B9998874388CA0DCE"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Translational research</header><text>The term <quote>translational research</quote> means coordination of basic or applied research with technical and commercial applications to enable promising discoveries or inventions to attract investment sufficient for market penetration and diffusion.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62D2C164EBA54C989D06D6B6ACE7A707"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Vintage year</header><text>The term <quote>vintage year</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 700 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 312 of this Act).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H183CFBF3DBCC4E05A2776D59CEA2ACA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Role of the secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H02EC14C2B0824D3F9C5ED5D9307B0BAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight of, all aspects of the program under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54A4FEB0A2064E5AAB264ACDB6D0743A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the distribution of allowances allocated under section 782(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act) to support the establishment of 8 Hubs, each with a unique designated technology development focus, pursuant to this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76879D14F06142B2BBF90FC75E1D713E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the innovation activities of Hubs with those occurring through other Department of Energy entities, including the National Laboratories, the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy, and Energy Frontier Research Collaborations, and within industry, including by annually—</text> <subparagraph id="H60B3748057FE48E9A16CB46443F127BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issuing guidance regarding national energy research and development priorities and strategic objectives; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EBAF78BA14D46DF9DA183C22762CC40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>convening a conference of staff of the Department of Energy and representatives from such other entities to share research results, program plans, and opportunities for collaboration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6EF143D47A114582932800B5FD4F7931"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Entities eligible for support</header><text>A consortium shall be eligible to receive allowances to support the establishment of a Hub under this section if—</text> <paragraph id="H88E7C19E019E4D78A5F2016A7427095F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it is composed of—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E2FA11BC1AF41FC9FBB59C0AD4FA33A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>2 research universities with a combined annual research budget of $500,000,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF17A97A829214E12B3191095A470D3E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 or more additional qualifying entities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BA54955C5C747C3A06C2D62A0984D14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>its members have established a binding agreement that documents—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C79D83B390A41C7B6D6B4C1DDE5F993"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the structure of the partnership agreement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08613B79DE9A4AC4B1A9AF51861E05F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a governance and management structure to enable cost-effective implementation of the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24A07789A0F14C3FA8F26394668286E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an intellectual property management policy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AEAA710894148F69ABD9F0F29A77BEC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a conflicts of interest policy consistent with subsection (e)(4);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H368E5CDDFEEB48D49EE8295219FA6424"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an accounting structure that meets the requirements of the Department of Energy and can be audited under subsection (f)(5); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27C11739A51B4580AE0D7034014C2541"><enum>(F)</enum><text>that it has an Advisory Board consistent with subsection (e)(3);</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E21EBF66CC546CEA99A51AA60918A5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>it receives financial contributions from States, consortium participants, or other non-Federal sources, to be used to support project awards pursuant to subsection (e);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE26C98A6B8ED43F9B924C3A50AA2280E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>it is part of an existing cluster or demonstrates high potential to develop a new cluster; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB22EA6EA20FD4E28B6C16C64C22F395E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>it operates as a nonprofit organization.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F218E8F6868445EB93EE5FEE98DA52B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy innovation hubs</header> <paragraph id="H33A27C8CBEB84F0498DAC19C45C8112A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Role</header><text>Hubs receiving allowances under this section shall support translational research activities leading to commercial application of clean energy technologies, in accordance with the purposes of this section, through issuance of awards to projects managed by qualifying entities and other entities meeting the Hub’s project criteria, including national laboratories. Each such Hub shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE0A69AC85A594AA6A319CC80F3DCD847"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and publish for public review and comment proposed plans, programs, project selection criteria, and terms for individual project awards under this subsection;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CBE12F52830486B814BE4D43116B503"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit an annual report to the Secretary summarizing the Hub’s activities, organizational expenditures, and Board members, which shall include a certification of compliance with conflict of interest policies and a description of each project in the research portfolio;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC62CDA5C27BF48FA90702888FCDD12AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish policies—</text> <clause id="HE28B1989AFCE48E6AA28B458CA9B736E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>regarding intellectual property developed as a result of Hub awards and other forms of technology support that encourage individual ingenuity and invention while speeding technology transfer and facilitating the establishment of rapid commercialization pathways;</text></clause> <clause id="H25107FE547484734912276D4E251F0EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to prevent resources provided to the Hub from being used to displace private sector investment otherwise likely to occur, including investment from private sector entities that are members of the consortium;</text></clause> <clause id="HA12FC9398AEE47DBB8E43650A4A79BE4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to facilitate the participation of private investment firms or other private entities that invest in clean energy technologies to perform due diligence on award proposals, to participate in the award review process, and to provide guidance to projects supported by the Hub; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6E6D3DC7728F4940B4F240F1368944A8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to facilitate the participation of entrepreneurs with a demonstrated history of developing and commercializing clean energy technologies;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF1ABA8E57E034015AE55D1FDD35866DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>oversee project solicitations, review proposed projects, and select projects for awards; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54F41E4170AE462981EAD923955441AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>monitor project implementation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD623C13256474B4AB13BD6DA97C7EFD1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution of awards by hubs</header><text>A Hub shall distribute awards under this subsection to support clean energy technology projects conducting translational research and related activities, provided that at least 50 percent of such support shall be provided to projects related to the Hub’s technology development focus.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AB8DE16611F4076A00B0722FB21E7BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Advisory boards</header> <subparagraph id="H9D7C066110024DB49B47EDF2C4A19B90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Hub shall establish an Advisory Board, the members of which shall have extensive and relevant scientific, technical, industry, financial, or research management expertise. The Advisory Board shall review the Hub’s proposed plans, programs, project selection criteria, and projects and shall ensure that projects selected for awards meet the conflict of interest policies of the Hub. Advisory Board members other than those representing consortium members shall serve for no more than 3 years. All Advisory Board members shall comply with the Hub’s conflict of interest policies and procedures.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D6D5940E1BC4A01B6BFEE0F9F936175"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Members</header><text>Each Advisory Board shall consist of—</text> <clause id="HB4685E9C00544B9892434CC9A59B73C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>5 members selected by the consortium’s research universities;</text></clause> <clause id="H44B8411B25094951B29BDFF3D62DC4C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2 members selected by the consortium’s other qualifying entities; </text></clause> <clause id="H8186C6A53BB1410F8B51C97894C38068"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2 members selected at large by other Advisory Board members to represent the entrepreneur and venture capital communities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1248704CD76A4419ABE50923FBEFBCF7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 member appointed by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F3FC9F514BB4FAE86823A2DB1F4D0C6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members of an Advisory Board may receive reimbursement for travel expenses and a reasonable stipend.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EC71B9C10764E089245E8F277D6E255"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conflict of interest</header> <subparagraph id="H3A46DB8723FC47B5962DC4F4655CECD6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Hubs shall establish procedures to ensure that any employee or consortia designee for Hub activities who serves in a decisionmaking capacity shall—</text> <clause id="H37877EE2361647E7814FD2039A71997D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disclose any financial interests in, or financial relationships with, applicants for or recipients of awards under this subsection, including those of his or her spouse or minor child, unless such relationships or interests would be considered to be remote or inconsequential; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1933FB1614D4403FAF9DA943E8B75C20"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recuse himself or herself from any funding decision for projects in which he or she has a personal financial interest.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDABB13FA8DE04320856398D76C238DA1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disqualification and revocation</header><text>The Secretary may disqualify an application or revoke allowances distributed to the Hub or awards provided under this subsection, if cognizant officials of the Hub fail to comply with procedures required under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBE606968CB0248D8ABDA49CCDC988ECD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Distribution of allowances to energy innovation hubs</header> <paragraph id="H6891C5E76C754A60977709CA426A56C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distribution of allowances</header><text>Not later than September 30 of 2011 and each calendar year thereafter through 2049, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, distribute to eligible consortia allowances allocated for the following vintage year under section 782(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act). Not less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of the allowances available for distribution in any given year shall be distributed to support any individual Hub under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EF7C53EB727455D929328AFCE6BB22F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection and schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances to support the establishment of a Hub shall be distributed to eligible consortia (as defined in subsection (d)) selected through a competitive process. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from eligible consortia to establish Hubs, which shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall select the program consortia not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. For at least 3 awards to consortia under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications in which 1 or more of the institutions under subsection (d)(1)(A) are 1890 Land Grant Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7061">7 U.S.C. 7061</external-xref>)), Predominantly Black Institutions (as defined in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059e">20 U.S.C. 1059e</external-xref>)), Tribal Colleges or Universities (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>), or Hispanic Serving Institutions (as defined in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059e">20 U.S.C. 1059e</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEE71539720A443A90D1E4E72DA23470"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount and term of awards</header><text>For each Hub selected to receive an award under this subsection, the Secretary shall define a quantity of allowances that shall be distributed to such Hub each year for an initial period not to exceed 5 years. The Secretary may extend the term of such award by up to 5 additional years, and a Hub may compete to receive an increase in the quantity of allowances per year that it shall receive during any such extension. A Hub shall be eligible to compete for a new award after the expiration of the term of any award, including any extension of such term, under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76CD67AA3C914C068121FE57EFE23828"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of allowances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances distributed under this section shall be used exclusively to support project awards pursuant to subsection (e)(1) and (2), provided that a Hub may use not more than 10 percent of the value of such allowances for its administrative expenses related to making such awards. Allowances distributed under this section shall not be used for construction of new buildings or facilities for Hubs, and construction of new buildings or facilities shall not be considered as part of the non-Federal share of a cost sharing agreement under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE65C3FAAF55F4416955B3B6CAE66A4FA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Audit</header><text>Each Hub shall conduct, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe, an annual audit to determine the extent to which allowances distributed to the Hub under this subsection, and awards under subsection (e), have been utilized in a manner consistent with this section. The auditor shall transmit a report of the results of the audit to the Secretary and to the Government Accountability Office. The Secretary shall include such report in an annual report to Congress, along with a plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report. The Government Accountability Office may review such audits as appropriate and shall have full access to the books, records, and personnel of the Hub to ensure that allowances distributed to the Hub under this subsection, and awards made under subsection (e), have been utilized in a manner consistent with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFB2E9CF3731467BBB9A313E04B99304"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Revocation of allowances</header><text>The Secretary shall have authority to review awards made under this subsection and to revoke such awards if the Secretary determines that a Hub has used the award in a manner not consistent with the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCF8D9388ED9F4BB49A0C4E93E5D0EE7D"><enum>172.</enum><header>Advanced energy research</header> <subsection id="HAF0C082FA3EE4F44A9B52C0F6DE17501"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2A998E1E36E14A009AF057262022F3EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>allowance</quote> means an emission allowance established under section 721 of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 311 of this Act).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA55E12F1FA346A1B28E8900C7698FB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <quote>Director</quote> means Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6951A50E99FF4620BC5F97CF35602CD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of 2011 and each calendar year thereafter through 2049, the Director shall distribute allowances allocated for the following vintage year under section 782(h)(2) of the Clean Air Act (as added by section 321 of this Act). Such allowances shall be distributed on a competitive basis to institutions of higher education, companies, research foundations, trade and industry research collaborations, or consortia of such entities, or other appropriate research and development entities to achieve the goals of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (as described in section 5012(c) of the America COMPETES Act) through targeted acceleration of—</text> <paragraph id="HBD0C1B86899B42A182F5727B52BB1F1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>novel early-stage energy research with possible technology applications;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92A644CC9C94480F98553C721082BBFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>development of techniques, processes, and technologies, and related testing and evaluation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H719BF28CA0B4434CAC2A1D34BA9870AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>development of manufacturing processes for technologies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9721C13CDB6B462F99761E51E9A4D9A8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>demonstration and coordination with nongovernmental entities for commercial applications of technologies and research applications.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H02E8EFC6455545D0AC9301D205B09C51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall be responsible for assessing the success of programs and terminating programs carried out under this section that are not achieving the goals of the programs, consistent with 5012(e)(2) and (4) of the America COMPETES Act. The Director shall designate program managers whose responsibilities are consistent with 5012(f)(1)(B) of the America COMPETES Act. The Director’s reporting and coordination requirements established through 5012(g) and (h) of the America COMPETES Act shall apply to activities funded through this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFD2196F8B73E4AFF9F2EB77C19171A63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text>Assistance provided under this section shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, any other Federal resources available to carry out activities described in this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HCBE8128C68CC4487AD45D47219C75DBE"><enum>173.</enum><header>Building Assessment Centers</header> <subsection id="HC0F6B7E93B9544F1A317974B1FE31A80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall provide funding to institutions of higher education for Building Assessment Centers to—</text> <paragraph id="H011B1C6FA650477E988D358D37E3CC11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities for optimizing energy efficiency and environmental performance in existing buildings; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC139AB493E094628A3FFE718F08065C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote high-efficiency building construction techniques and materials options;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED95D0FC5BB441CBAF9CBDC7EB210602"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote applications of emerging concepts and technologies in commercial and institutional buildings; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H063F8DDA7FE6482E8AEC92F84006530C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>train engineers, architects, building scientists, and building technicians in energy-efficient design and operation; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B33D00BE22141B481142F8785FAA6A5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assist local community colleges, trade schools, registered apprenticeship programs and other accredited training programs in training building technicians; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12E76A9FF1AE495088B76A4D0AB72D8B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>promote research and development for the use of alternative energy sources to supply heat and power, for buildings, particularly energy-intensive buildings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BD8E0EB1AD743C0B980E94FD38C995A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>coordinate with and assist State-accredited technical training centers and community colleges, while ensuring appropriate services to all regions of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB410D32B0CCC4971AD089CCC69261FFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination with regional Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Building Assessment Center may serve as a Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach established pursuant to section 174. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HD64343C7309C49B39950BD4DB346BC5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination and duplication</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate efforts under this section with other programs of the Department of Energy and other Federal agencies to avoid duplication of effort.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6C1E5782F4B04835B879398024E1CB41"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H705846449EC14A069924E8BE00A1925A"><enum>174.</enum><header>Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header> <subsection id="H2D1EC244B1844C23A297C7582F7EB907"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regional Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header> <paragraph id="H76D4C6754D2C45D5A0F8BAA7E7A825F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish not more than 10 regional Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach at institutions of higher education to coordinate with and advise industrial research and assessment centers, Building Assessment Centers, and Clean Energy Application Centers located in the region of such Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA911906FB1E245D7BC9579F4D89DBD01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance programs</header><text>Each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall consist of at least one, new or existing, high performing, of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HFC4F6138E1AD42A6BD9FB29CD1C9F9E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An industrial research and assessment center.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H97A6E31DB64A47098F952055278B1774"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A Clean Energy Application Center.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4E7E555998244B4814D582651CF8105"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A Building Assessment Center.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6990DA0AE3684E2EA81443B6C9AEA371"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach through a competitive process, based on the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H24F21C293D834A3EA385BB6A878F7BB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of the highest performing industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC422F6A5F604D1FB7B6C6409C4A9BDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The degree to which an institution of higher education maintains credibility among regional private sector organizations such as trade associations, engineering associations, and environmental organizations. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB621827C578448AB484B419958A8252"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The degree to which an institution of higher education is providing or has provided technical assistance, academic leadership, and market leadership in the energy arena in a manner that is consistent with the areas of focus of industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60D777E9376C4A7CB6FF93CDD84EC64C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The presence of an additional industrial research and assessment center, Clean Energy Application Center, or Building Assessment Center at the institution of higher education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF5267BF92D7E40AFBEE9B0E131F4B43D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure such Centers are distributed geographically in a relatively uniform manner to ensure all regions of the Nation are represented.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H30B5BA4DB48742F78322CA0644F5541B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regional leadership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall, to the extent possible, provide leadership to all other industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers located in the Center's geographic region, as determined by the Secretary. Such leadership shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H31D7082A29A64556A83C7108977D11AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing regional goals specific to the purview of the industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers programs; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15C660C2632E43F194B6B3086F3B6C8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing regionally specific technical resources; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7ABD13B2608341ABA50D1807136C358A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach to interested parties in the region to inform them of the information, resources, and services available through the associated industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H970E9A535EF84B159FE61E1E935C1C00"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Further coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To increase the value and capabilities of the regionally associated industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers programs, Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF4EB2AFF73E495EB770F5BF78EE0133"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers of the National Institute of Science and Technology;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52A3443DB73B49A3BE553FE043BD154E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with the relevant programs in the Department of Energy, including the Building Technology Program and Industrial Technologies Program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50A458D2299841F8BC283E43E8198E0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase partnerships with the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy to leverage the expertise and technologies of the National Laboratories to achieve the goals of the industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H581FE9F82E224556A5E63AD7D393A8FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>work with relevant municipal, county, and State economic development entities to leverage relevant financial incentives for capital investment and other policy tools for the protection and growth of local business and industry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD61453EF7B374C6D8116619EA5F0B50F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partner with local professional and private trade associations and business development interests to leverage existing knowledge of local business challenges and opportunities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AFD7BDC33DB438089554E7FD9626B89"><enum>(F)</enum><text>work with energy utilities and other administrators of publicly funded energy programs to leverage existing energy efficiency and clean energy programs; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9B534F8F33AE482ABB0C340DF46085CB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>identify opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC2A7575326B741888087959E28EF6ED6"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote sustainable business practices for those served by the industrial research and assessment centers, Clean Energy Application Centers, and Building Assessment Centers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA9FF2B0EF73403CAAAD2BC038438119"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Workforce Training</header> <subparagraph id="H7C0DF933231F45F3856848F67E2B137C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall require each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach to establish or maintain an internship program for the region of such Center, designed to encourage students who perform energy assessments to continue working with a particular company, building, or facility to help implement the recommendations contained in any such assessment provided to such company, building, or facility. Each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach shall act as internship coordinator to help match students to available opportunities. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H729E0547CD6A4A37A309490612B6D1EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal Share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of carrying out internship programs described under subparagraph (A) shall be 50 percent.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77BE6D00E7E54FC48E41B64F456AA329"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, of the funds made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall use to carry out this paragraph not less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E146410BE194528A5FBEF275BFA1E5D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Small Business Loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall, to the maximum practicable, expedite consideration of applications from eligible small business concerns for loans under the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>) for loans to implement recommendations of any industrial research and assessment center, Clean Energy Application Center, or Building Assessment Center.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BC3D29F5E2140D0B83B7B761A918791" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H672738EE85A14C6EA6443F996939925E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Industrial research and assessment center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>industrial research and assessment center</term> means a center established or maintained pursuant to section 452(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17111">42 U.S.C. 17111(e)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FA2EDD39FC14B74BE1FB0CA85E18586" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clean Energy Application Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Clean Energy Application Center</term> means a center redesignated and described section under section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6345">42 U.S.C. 6345</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H436CE33FE54E4A0C83F77FC57C7FC63D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Building Assessment Center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Building Assessment Center</term> means an institution of higher education-based center established pursuant to section 173.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26E9BFA8878D46CAAC9B00548EA8571F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11F1E6F42EAE443E9E10BB2195E62F98"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter. Subject to the availability of appropriations, of the funds made available to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to each Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach not less than $500,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H871B7A24E10F49F9AA248D01A0A24304"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integration of other technical assistance programs</header> <paragraph id="H081A7991FF3A48FE9A8307F0CEB7FA82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clean Energy Application Centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6345">42 U.S.C. 6345</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD051B32A94234C25AA0ED5AEC55FE164"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B9CBC45B9384E0994DB47CCD6D842F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding after subsection (e) the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEF3A124D1AEE4CCF813307F69370741E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H2FD2B7C56BBC4D05BE77793A251841E7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination with Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Clean Energy Application Center may serve as a Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach established pursuant to section 174 of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE8202CCF2C64AFD940EBAA030689DB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Industrial research and assessment centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 452(e) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17111">42 U.S.C. 17111(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC1165EA4554646C38A7B178BE10E8D96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be—</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H024CA93E74A54B3BB31C89AEB1BB3D84" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA42E79B41C854AA0A6BFA33BD2753B6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide funding to institution of higher education-based industrial research and assessment centers, whose purposes shall be—</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H475F3494BD114911AB06BE5BA5F1915F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively (and by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF941B0070B7F4FC5B57D7AE19461B914"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6293289195F4DA7AD980DA34260A883" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE126CAFF576E4B9E991A34F50C899131"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination with Centers for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An industrial research and assessment center may serve as a Center for Energy and Environmental Knowledge and Outreach established pursuant to section 174 of the <short-title>American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3C69086460004B518DB752099A29EAA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional funding for Clean Energy Application Centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6345">42 U.S.C. 6345(f)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H9AD18A2BE37246E5A42EC022268C581B"><enum>175.</enum><header>High efficiency gas turbine research, development, and demonstration</header> <subsection id="H41493DE7EB90462B858ED472633156C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall carry out a multiyear, multiphase program of research, development, and technology demonstration to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems and to identify the technologies that ultimately will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65 percent.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA3297C5E9A8C4752A863B6382038A514"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program elements</header><text>The program under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H58FC61AE58B24A84B887F08785F1858A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support first-of-a-kind engineering and detailed gas turbine design for utility-scale electric power generation, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H89AE0DC2C1FD4B64BDDE55CE1716E4F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>high temperature materials, including superalloys, coatings, and ceramics;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ADBFAD81A0F4F999042820BFB5BD080"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improved heat transfer capability;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H858E955113B7418FB0021FEDB283BD1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>manufacturing technology required to construct complex three-dimensional geometry parts with improved aerodynamic capability;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCB9D5C62CCC84095A2DF18291CB4CCB6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>combustion technology to produce higher firing temperature while lowering nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions per unit of output;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA07D77D22B414E3080204805F6C3212E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>advanced controls and systems integration;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10382A4E6105443CAD715347A1B24C50"><enum>(F)</enum><text>advanced high performance compressor technology; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B247317C99942239BCD1CC30BFA1F28"><enum>(G)</enum><text>validation facilities for the testing of components and subsystems;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC44E6F8A98F4CA2913D923358AB4432"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include technology demonstration through component testing, subscale testing, and full scale testing in existing fleets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE88F564A9DCB41C680E08A0900D1F70A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include field demonstrations of the developed technology elements so as to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9B7EB2134F64A1382176DCE5F8D17DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess overall combined cycle system performance.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H39DF1A34BC6F4DCF80D1960A5E967EB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program goals</header><text>The goals of the multiphase program established under subsection (a) shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H70F23DD7BCC842DAAABD9ACEB283149C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in phase I—</text> <subparagraph id="H9979F4F476BD4374B8B364E701C2ABF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop the conceptual design of advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAAA2CEF48E814E11966AC24C24A73E98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop and demonstrate the technology required for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 62 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECAC698821D540EF8CC356DCD3F5F7F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in phase II, to develop the conceptual design for advanced high efficiency gas turbines that can achieve at least 65 percent combined cycle efficiency on a lower heating value basis.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H382137E578A24E01B027D72D41279B1A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Proposals</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section. In selecting proposals, the Secretary shall emphasize—</text> <paragraph id="H0E755DFE0BE044319CE1A2AB9FE10C35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to which the proposal will stimulate the creation or increased retention of jobs in the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3511A8A3DD134DA9BBA495C4294E2F4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which the proposal will promote and enhance United States technology leadership.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6EF27861DE1E43E6BB96DA06AC450A4B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>Section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16352">42 U.S.C. 16352</external-xref>) shall apply to an award of financial assistance made under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAD3C4569554A4C7485B3764ACD719E36"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limits on participation</header><text>The limits on participation applicable under section 999E of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16375">42 U.S.C. 16375</external-xref>) shall apply to financial assistance awarded under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H560CCDB35B174504A6D92498DC97A39B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H8CF9A4D50C7C4D3A926F0613D66D93BE"><enum>I</enum><header>Nuclear and Advanced Technologies</header> <section id="H5F43F2F381BB4E3980BFEBDD72594A52"><enum>181.</enum><header>Revisions to loan guarantee program authority</header> <subsection id="H4D3C3328964147FC8ED011481FCA0AFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of conditional commitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1701 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16511">42 U.S.C. 16511</external-xref>), as amended by section 130(a) of this Act, is amended by adding after paragraph (7) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H20ED14F2B7314659BC756715C46743ED" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H549B9A3BF04A4947AD8547A04C07116B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Conditional commitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>conditional commitment</quote> means a final term sheet negotiated between the Secretary and a project sponsor or sponsors, which term sheet shall be binding on both parties and become a final loan guarantee agreement if all conditions precedent established in the term sheet, which shall include the acquisition of all necessary permits and licenses, are satisfied.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEF505375BEA8443580F62C8861C0FDB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific appropriation or contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD2750DC7B4B84E50A9ADFCAD3D65024F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HB85958EE96EC485A83AE3E84D63C1918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific appropriation or contribution</header> <paragraph id="HAD9BC31589E74942AFE5B098E80AC295"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No guarantee shall be made unless—</text> <subparagraph id="H84E376A0EC88400A826CDAABB7F7B8AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an appropriation for the cost has been made; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10EE4314DA344A2287B5DD882B19380C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary has received from the borrower a payment in full for the cost of the obligation and deposited the payment into the Treasury; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0790C177912142869D25BBCC9DBA2B5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a combination of appropriations or payments from the borrower has been made sufficient to cover the cost of the obligation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4762594C82C14FDDB5E61EE7086DA4AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The source of payments received from a borrower under paragraph (1)(B) shall not be a loan or other debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal Government.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H79A3DC6D0E8F47128D943D405EA7CB5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDD8C94D1071B42C88C9AB32AE590422A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1AA6373335AC4E938BC538261207F450"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees collected under this subsection shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B323B1601EB406588AA9A4C9451F34F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be deposited by the Secretary into a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the ‘Incentives For Innovative Technologies Fund’; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF08C4711304F48D0BBBF2BCD943B3FEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB190B21F39214632BA16064B3CDB822B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wage rate requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9BA48EAE1FE54BF79F8EF663E1561041" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H37BA220B57644FC580757E93702317E7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Wage Rate Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No loan guarantee shall be made under this title unless the borrower has provided to the Secretary reasonable assurances that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed in whole or in part by the guaranteed loan will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar to the contract work in the civil subdivision of the State in which the contract work is to be performed as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3145">section 3145</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7833A4FF85E44CB3AB4552B1796EA987"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Subrogation</header><text>Section 1702(g)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H9043CE17B0804567A7BB333515090052" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3893600A96984D6996CA68FD93F3A05A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Superiority of rights</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the rights of the Secretary, with respect to any property acquired pursuant to a guarantee or related agreements, shall be superior to the rights of any other person with respect to the property.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED4D9AFCF15847DFA4238C380A5B96D3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>A guarantee agreement shall include such detailed terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate to—</text> <clause id="H2E81C1A9242A415183B633270FF6796D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>protect the financial interests of the United States in the case of default;</text></clause> <clause id="HBFE1C84C1CC74BA18BA543E1AA0BC01B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have available all the patents and technology necessary for any person selected, including the Secretary, to complete and operate the project;</text></clause> <clause id="HDCDD224DE180404E93E4816FFD9193C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide for sharing the proceeds received from the sale of project assets with other creditors or control the disposition of project assets if necessary to protect the financial interests of the United States in the case of default; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE28BC5D488F340948C22E2241A8FA1C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide such lien priority in project assets as necessary to protect the financial interests of the United States in the case of a default.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H581466546F994910B705A7A8223CED8E"><enum>182.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of sections 183 through 189 of this subtitle is to promote the domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies required for the 21st century through the establishment of a self-sustaining Clean Energy Deployment Administration that will provide for an attractive investment environment through partnership with and support of the private capital market in order to promote access to affordable financing for accelerated and widespread deployment of—</text> <paragraph id="HAB018B9799564816AE5F39A5B3F39304"><enum>(1)</enum><text>clean energy technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24CA574D6B6A436FA0BFA3A8EF1DD37E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advanced or enabling energy infrastructure technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H542E5183005B4A5FBF66A05BA8FEBEF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>energy efficiency technologies in residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including end-use efficiency in buildings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEE399451FD94180B9569A43ABE71A77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>manufacturing technologies for any of the technologies or applications described in this section.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H9147E7DBE22642F985CDCF49CEB81290"><enum>183.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HF3A64E11638B4046A8B6AD0544056F9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The term <term>Administration</term> means the Clean Energy Deployment Administration established by section 186.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00FD6AF3E70A48A384B01A465D48C691"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advisory council</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Council</term> means the Energy Technology Advisory Council of the Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA497BFD635E64A79B7003D62E4DF755D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Breakthrough technology</header><text>The term <term>breakthrough technology</term> means a clean energy technology that—</text> <subparagraph id="H767CF14F7F6242BBA2C4197E1DDE7BEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>presents a significant opportunity to advance the goals developed under section 185, as assessed under the methodology established by the Advisory Council; but</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBA683DA7190441BB22D5CBE14B2DDC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has generally not been considered a commercially ready technology as a result of high perceived technology risk or other similar factors.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE3029E09CFF047828BC97D1C6F978630"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clean energy technology</header><text>The term <term>clean energy technology</term> means a technology related to the production, use, transmission, storage, control, or conservation of energy—</text> <subparagraph id="H08D080CBB37E4D678360B1FCFF8D7F72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that will contribute to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations thorough reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related emissions and—</text> <clause id="H6569EC77C0DA4BEA93FDCE1AE2B9B250"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reduce the need for additional energy supplies by using existing energy supplies with greater efficiency or by transmitting, distributing, or transporting energy with greater effectiveness through the infrastructure of the United States; or</text></clause> <clause id="HE9EB4D858AAA4452A2F77099D78C7CD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>diversify the sources of energy supply of the United States to strengthen energy security and to increase supplies with a favorable balance of environmental effects if the entire technology system is considered; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HADD431D2F1F64DB59E48BB2FC0794804"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which, as determined by the Administrator, insufficient commercial lending is available at affordable rates to allow for widespread deployment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95612CDB090B4FC9BA469A51BCEAADD8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cost</header><text>The term <term>cost</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F2B374AB8654BE19A517A7FA4178B47"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Direct loan</header><text>The term <term>direct loan</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61205E8A739A42AA9DFADAE9275F271F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Clean Energy Investment Fund established by section 184(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62A4C81FB6BB4FE3A9F579A7705A1797"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Green bonds</header><text>The term <term>Green Bonds</term> means bonds issued pursuant to section 184.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC876A0C9D77C4B4B83CB175539388ACB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Loan guarantee</header><text>The term <term>loan guarantee</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25CF72C91E8540428AD45904CFB7043B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>National laboratory</header><text>The term <term>National Laboratory</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15801">42 U.S.C. 15801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4F21A1881FC4C8A8C19D4448C6F6F85"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46A27BF0260A42549DF462E25A803CE2"><enum>(11)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HB24C8B2AF62F46C29643C68C8D22365B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2955DDED86CC4810A5FB9EA913947445"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of Columbia;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H197FF18AEAC04484845ACEB37AC8A477"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H419DC885F2B441CC8BDCAC1261CCE9AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48733A4D415941B0A977C911F231DCED"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Technology risk</header><text>The term <term>technology risk</term> means the risks during construction or operation associated with the design, development, and deployment of clean energy technologies (including the cost, schedule, performance, reliability and maintenance, and accounting for the perceived risk), from the perspective of commercial lenders, that may be increased as a result of the absence of adequate historical construction, operating, or performance data from commercial applications of the technology.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HF9BDC34290974B1BBA39AB0A5903366D"><enum>184.</enum><header>Clean energy investment fund</header> <subsection id="H8F04E75B02AC40BF81B5BBE2EE0DA8BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be known as the <quote>Clean Energy Investment Fund</quote>, consisting of—</text> <paragraph id="HD05819134F6543C59174439A9331243F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such amounts as are deposited in the Fund under this subtitle; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5944DD56832949388769D286BF1D177B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such sums as may be appropriated to supplement the Fund.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB1A59354727043A1B03D66DC33D60F14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC0C5A0A284E54A7FAEEA63608023C8E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures from fund</header> <paragraph id="H9B39245305E64AC2A828CBE0A27D5180"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Administrator of the Administration for obligation without fiscal year limitation, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CC4020EC0D94DD299F2E99908DF8FBB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header> <subparagraph id="H77EE1FA0777F4A6FA41CF3B8D4FB2C25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>Fees collected for administrative expenses shall be available without limitation to cover applicable expenses.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H668724F71C8C4EFB9CD15B7952187D1A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>To the extent that administrative expenses are not reimbursed through fees, an amount not to exceed 1.5 percent of the amounts in the Fund as of the beginning of each fiscal year shall be available to pay the administrative expenses for the fiscal year necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5102F0CE34AF4A61966739F1E92FBD01"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfers of amounts</header> <paragraph id="H299C605F3F4D41FE8EA9ED85EC10102B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts required to be transferred to the Fund under this section shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE67A3F45C2A4DA0AFADFE93FDC52290"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Proper adjustment shall be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be transferred.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDE21F2B53624998A71AD379B35803C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cash flows</header><text>Cash flows associated with costs of the Fund described in section 502(5)(B) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(B)</external-xref>) shall be transferred to appropriate credit accounts.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4C185304B0844EA8F9F2E16921BD34F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Green bonds</header> <paragraph id="HD09916A198C247A28B5C284168F2662D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial capitalization</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue Green Bonds in the amount of $7,500,000,000 on the credit of the United States to acquire capital stock of the Administration. Stock certificates evidencing ownership in the Administration shall be issued by the Administration to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the extent of payments made for the capital stock of the Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE661B8D4AA04BFF97BE40AD7652C83D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denominations and maturity</header><text>Green Bonds shall be in such forms and denominations, and shall mature within such periods, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC01CC5AF49E34F738956B17FECE1D89C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>Green Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not less than the current average yield on outstanding market obligations of the United States of comparable maturity during the month preceding the issuance of the obligation as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF860A1D163D645749E7C8F4075EBAAF7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Lawful investments</header><text>Green Bonds shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H792B18514DEA4E7C8853FFC429254E03"><enum>185.</enum><header>Energy technology deployment goals</header> <subsection id="H55794C0923114BA582A8E366AC7E9362"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with the Advisory Council, shall develop and publish for review and comment in the Federal Register recommended near-, medium-, and long-term goals (including numerical performance targets at appropriate intervals to measure progress toward those goals) for the deployment of clean energy technologies through the credit support programs established by section 187 to promote—</text> <paragraph id="H9C3730F8B0904B4790E03DA362D30461"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sufficient electric generating capacity using clean energy technologies to meet the energy needs of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFD5C7F32F264AE39FBBDA034BFD391B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>clean energy technologies in vehicles and fuels that will substantially reduce the reliance of the United States on foreign sources of energy and insulate consumers from the volatility of world energy markets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCF1561DFAC043699B514C17F73350E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a domestic commercialization and manufacturing capacity that will establish the United States as a world leader in clean energy technologies across multiple sectors;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C7E0F807C0B423D84C5730908573267"><enum>(4)</enum><text>installation of sufficient infrastructure to allow for the cost-effective deployment of clean energy technologies appropriate to each region of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25C4EB2F9D28468DADE2532A393A1ACE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the transformation of the building stock of the United States to zero net energy consumption;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEA471A0968F4CB7BF69330FB1D8248F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the recovery, use, and prevention of waste energy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H238844C9D2F049CCAF71DF6A5380EAD8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies on a scale that is sufficient to achieve price parity with conventional energy sources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6355F23379934688B2D959AFD468F29E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>domestic production of commodities and materials (such as steel, chemicals, polymers, and cement) using clean energy technologies so that the United States will become a world leader in environmentally sustainable production of the commodities and materials;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAC7D710BF7D498BBF40C9615E0E5AF6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a robust, efficient, and interactive electricity transmission grid that will allow for the incorporation of clean energy technologies, distributed generation, and demand-response in each regional electric grid;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC73DC2A5FF5C43D684204ABE9B829DCD"><enum>(10)</enum><text>sufficient availability of financial products to allow owners and users of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial buildings to make energy efficiency and distributed generation technology investments with reasonable payback periods;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H792458B2058D4547837E6B62A189ECF7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sufficient availability of financial services and support to small businesses developing and deploying clean energy technologies through partnerships with private entities that have relevant credit expertise; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE886E8F2B62A44E79BA662F83BBF1CD2"><enum>(12)</enum><text>such other goals as the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Council, determines to be consistent with the purpose stated in section 182.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9F1705E5563D48889A82BD853ACD55FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>The Secretary shall revise the goals established under subsection (a), from time to time as appropriate, to account for advances in technology and changes in energy policy.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H44FC70C72BFB44EEBE74F5CD2ADC425F"><enum>186.</enum><header>Clean energy deployment administration</header> <subsection id="H0B9F72D31A194ADC8609CB21DF3050C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H8B71E2B38D2F45458687C6C4DEAD0FEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of corporation</header><text>There is established a corporation to be known as the Clean Energy Deployment Administration that shall be wholly owned by the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1E8094ED5524645BC1EE5F21E50A56B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Independent corporation</header><text>The Administration shall be an independent corporation. Neither the Administration nor any of its functions, powers, or duties shall be transferred to or consolidated with any other department, agency, or corporation of the Government unless the Congress provides otherwise.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE1330BA248D4A9FA1F94267BED25648"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Charter</header><text>The Administration shall be chartered for 20 years from the date of enactment of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H322A04813E03424DAD42F4A75F8AE4C2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Status</header> <subparagraph id="HF20408949AC7496596E503DE0A5D8A20"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Inspector general</header><text>Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text> <clause id="H3642DC7D7728419A83962434A4E21E83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>the Administrator of the Clean Energy Deployment Administration;</quote> after <quote>Export-Import Bank;</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF06E5D08FA3B46FB8E09C4A3FD4DE48A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>the Clean Energy Deployment Administration,</quote> after <quote>Export-Import Bank,</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B3DCB62175F41A5A18CE2F44F517271"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Offices</header> <subparagraph id="HE79E6D96F84746799AAC573878D2E6D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Principal office</header><text>The Administration shall—</text> <clause id="HCB6743389FF64789911D0325ECD770DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maintain the principal office of the Administration in the national capital region; and</text></clause> <clause id="H235FCF7D68D3463C966662D84557111A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for purposes of venue in civil actions, be considered to be a resident of the District of Columbia.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21FFF299C6BB44A2A6CB44433F06243A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other offices</header><text>The Administration may establish other offices in such other places as the Administration considers necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA0BC7BD5A7AE4F19B1669E0BEAF283BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrator</header> <paragraph id="H56157B8D9B564F918D8B8EEEDA2C54F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator of the Administration shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HF909161557D949D794243DE0284FD879"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a 5-year term; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8B857FB0D04472794D1B4B4E85B615A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compensa