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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2142 

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

Technical Assistance Partnership Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2017 

Mr. KING introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

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 7 regional CHP Technical Assist12 ance Partnerships in existence on the date of 

13 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 (referred 

4 to in this subsection as ‘CHP’) technologies by 

5 providing education and outreach to— 

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

7 and natural gas utility professionals; 

8 ‘‘(ii) State and local policymakers; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(iii) other individuals and organiza11 tions with an interest in efficient energy 

12 use, local or opportunity fuel use, resil13 iency, or energy security, microgrids and 

14 district energy; and 

15 ‘‘(B) provide project specific support to 

16 building and industrial professionals through 

17 economic and engineering assessments and ad18 visory activities. 

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

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

21 make funds available to institutions of higher 

22 education, research centers, and other appro23 priate institutions to ensure the continued oper24 ations and effectiveness of the regional CHP 

25 Technical Assistance Partnerships. 


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1 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail2 able under subparagraph (A) may be used— 

3 ‘‘(i) to research, develop, and dis4 tribute informational materials relevant to 

5 manufacturers, commercial buildings, insti6 tutional facilities, and Federal sites, in7 cluding continued support of the mission 

8 goals of the Department of Defense, on 

9 CHP and microgrid technologies, including 

10 continuation and updating of— 

11 ‘‘(I) the CHP Technical Assist12 ance Partnerships installation data13 base; 

14 ‘‘(II) CHP technology potential 

15 analyses; 

16 ‘‘(III) State CHP resource pages; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(IV) CHP Technical Assistance 

19 Partnerships websites; 

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

21 target market workshops, reports, semi22 nars, internet programs, CHP resiliency 

23 resources, and other activities to provide 

24 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 2018 through 2022.’’. 

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