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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1480 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the CHP 

Technical Assistance Partnership Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2019 

Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. MCKINLEY) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 

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 amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the CHP Technical Assistance Partnership Program, 

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 ‘‘CHP Support Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CHP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PRO6 GRAM. 

7 Section 375 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 6345) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 375. CHP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) RENAMING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Clean Energy Applica5 tion Centers of the Department of Energy are redes6 ignated as the CHP Technical Assistance Partner7 ship Program (referred to in this section as the 

8 ‘Program’). 

9 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.—The Program 

10 shall consist of— 

11 ‘‘(A) the 10 regional CHP Technical As12 sistance Partnerships in existence on the date 

13 of enactment of the CHP Support Act; 

14 ‘‘(B) such other regional CHP Technical 

15 Assistance Partnerships as the Secretary may 

16 establish; and 

17 ‘‘(C) any supporting technical activities 

18 under the Technical Partnership Program of 

19 the Advanced Manufacturing Office. 

20 ‘‘(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, 

21 rule, regulation, or publication to a Combined Heat 

22 and Power Application Center or a Clean Energy 

23 Application Center shall be deemed to be a reference 

24 to the Program. 

25 ‘‘(b) CHP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP

26 PROGRAM.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall— 

2 ‘‘(A) operate programs to encourage de3 ployment of combined heat and power, waste 

4 heat to power, and efficient district energy (col5 lectively referred to in this subsection as ‘CHP’) 

6 technologies by providing education and out7 reach to— 

8 ‘‘(i) building, industrial, and electric 

9 and natural gas utility professionals; 

10 ‘‘(ii) State and local policymakers; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(iii) other individuals and organiza13 tions with an interest in efficient energy 

14 use, local or opportunity fuel use, resil15 iency, or energy security, microgrids, and 

16 district energy; and 

17 ‘‘(B) provide project specific support to 

18 building and industrial professionals through 

19 economic and engineering assessments and ad20 visory activities. 

21 ‘‘(2) FUNDING FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall 

23 make funds available to institutions of higher 

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1 ations and effectiveness of the regional CHP 

2 Technical Assistance Partnerships. 

3 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail4 able under subparagraph (A) may be used— 

5 ‘‘(i) to research, develop, and dis6 tribute informational materials relevant to 

7 manufacturers, commercial buildings, insti8 tutional facilities, and Federal sites, in9 cluding continued support of the mission 

10 goals of the Department of Defense, on 

11 CHP and microgrid technologies, including 

12 continuation and updating of— 

13 ‘‘(I) the CHP installation data14 base; 

15 ‘‘(II) CHP technology potential 

16 analyses; 

17 ‘‘(III) State CHP resource pages; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(IV) CHP Technical Assistance 

20 Partnerships websites; 

21 ‘‘(ii) to research, develop, and conduct 

22 target market workshops, reports, semi23 nars, internet programs, CHP resiliency 

24 resources, and other activities to provide 

25 education to end users, regulators, and 


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1 stakeholders in a manner that leads to the 

2 deployment of CHP technologies; 

3 ‘‘(iii) to provide or coordinate onsite 

4 assessments for sites and enterprises that 

5 may consider deployment of CHP tech6 nology; 

7 ‘‘(iv) to perform market research to 

8 identify high profile candidates for deploy9 ment of CHP technologies, hybrid renew10 able-CHP technologies, microgrids, and 

11 clean energy; 

12 ‘‘(v) to provide nonbiased engineering 

13 support to sites considering deployment of 

14 CHP technologies; 

15 ‘‘(vi) to assist organizations devel16 oping clean energy technologies and poli17 cies in overcoming barriers to deployment; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(vii) to assist companies and organi20 zations with field validation and perform21 ance evaluations of CHP and other clean 

22 energy technologies implemented. 

23 ‘‘(C) DURATION.—The Program shall 

24 make funds available under subparagraph (A) 

25 for a period of 5 years. 


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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 

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