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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2347 

To encourage the manufacture and use of efficient and advanced electric 

transmission cables, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2009 

Mr. HOYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science 

and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To encourage the manufacture and use of efficient and 

advanced electric transmission cables, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Cable De5 ployment Authorization Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR QUALIFIED ADVANCED ELECTRIC 

2 TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURING PLANTS, 

3 QUALIFIED HIGH EFFICIENCY TRANSMISSION 

4 PROPERTY, AND QUALIFIED ADVANCED 

5 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROPERTY. 

6 (a) LOAN GUARANTEES PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30, 

7 2011.—Section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

8 (42 U.S.C. 15801 and following), as added by section 406 

9 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

10 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 594) is amended by add11 ing the following new paragraph at the end thereof: 

12 ‘‘(5) The development, construction, acquisition, 

13 retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualified 

14 advanced electric transmission manufacturing plant 

15 or the construction of a qualified high efficiency 

16 transmission property or a qualified advanced elec17 tric transmission property (whether by construction 

18 of new facilities or the modification of existing facili19 ties). For purposes of this paragraph— 

20 ‘‘(A) The term ‘qualified advanced electric 

21 transmission property’ means any high voltage 

22 electric transmission cable, related substation, 

23 converter station, or other integrated facility 

24 that— 

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1 vanced technology that has been deter2 mined by the Secretary of Energy as— 

3 ‘‘(I) reasonably likely to become 

4 commercially viable within 10 years 

5 after the date of enactment of this 

6 paragraph; 

7 ‘‘(II) capable of reliably transmit8 ting at least 5 gigawatts of high-volt9 age electric energy for distances 

10 greater than 300 miles with energy 

11 losses not exceeding 3 percent of the 

12 total power transported; and 

13 ‘‘(III) not creating an electro14 magnetic field; 

15 ‘‘(ii) has been determined by an ap16 propriate energy regulatory body, upon ap17 plication, to be in the public interest and 

18 thereby eligible for inclusion in regulated 

19 rates; 

20 ‘‘(iii) can be located safely and eco21 nomically in a permanent underground 

22 right of way not to exceed 25 feet in width; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(iv) TERMINATION.—The term 

25 ‘qualified advanced electric transmission 


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1 property’ shall not include any property 

2 placed in service after December 31, 2016. 

3 ‘‘(B)(i) The term ‘qualified high efficiency 

4 transmission property’ means any high voltage 

5 overhead electric transmission line, related sub6 station, or other integrated facility that— 

7 ‘‘(I) utilizes advanced conductor 

8 core technology that— 

9 ‘‘(aa) has been determined 

10 by the Secretary of Energy as 

11 reasonably likely to become com12 mercially viable within 10 years 

13 after the date of enactment of 

14 this paragraph; 

15 ‘‘(bb) is suitable for use on 

16 transmission lines up to 765kV; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(cc) exhibits power losses 

19 at least 30 percent lower than 

20 that of transmission lines using 

21 conventional ‘‘ACSR’’ conduc22 tors; 

23 ‘‘(II) has been determined by an 

24 appropriate energy regulatory body, 

25 upon application, to be in the public 


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1 interest and thereby eligible for inclu2 sion in regulated rates; and 

3 ‘‘(III) can be located safely and 

4 economically in a right of way not to 

5 exceed that used by conventional 

6 ‘‘ACSR’’ conductors; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) TERMINATION.—The term ‘qualified 

8 high efficiency transmission property’ shall not 

9 include any property placed in service after De10 cember 31, 2016. 

11 ‘‘(C) The term ‘qualified advanced electric 

12 transmission manufacturing plant’ means any 

13 industrial facility located in the United States 

14 which can be equipped, re-equipped, expanded, 

15 or established to produce in whole or in part 

16 qualified advanced electric transmission prop17 erty.’’. 

18 (b) ADDITIONAL LOAN GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.— 

19 Section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

20 15801 and following) is amended by adding the following 

21 new paragraph at the end of subsection (b): 

22 ‘‘(11) The development, construction, acquisi23 tion, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a 

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1 vanced electric transmission property (whether by 

2 construction of new facilities or the modification of 

3 existing facilities). For purposes of this paragraph, 

4 the terms ‘qualified advanced electric transmission 

5 property’ and ‘qualified advanced electric trans6 mission manufacturing plant’ have the meanings 

7 provided by section 1705(a)(5).’’. 

8 (c) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Energy is authorized 

9 to provide grants for up to 50 percent of costs incurred 

10 in connection with the development, construction, acquisi11 tion of components or engineering of a qualified advanced 

12 electric transmission property defined in paragraph (5) of 

13 section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

14 U.S.C. 15801 and following). Such grants may only be 

15 made to the first project which qualifies under that para16 graph. There are authorized to be appropriated for pur17 poses of this section not more than $100,000,000 for fiscal 

18 year 2010. The United States shall take no equity or other 

19 ownership interest in the qualified advanced electric trans20 mission manufacturing plant or qualified advanced electric 

21 transmission property for which funding is provided under 

22 this section. 

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