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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1283 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain programs, to 

establish a coal technology program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2015 

Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Ms. HEITKAMP) 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 Act of 2005 to repeal certain 

programs, to establish a coal technology 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. REPEALS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

5 (1) Sections 962 and 963 of the Energy Policy 

6 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16292, 16293) are repealed. 

7 (2) Subtitle A of title IV of the Energy Policy 

8 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15961 et seq.) is repealed. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) Section 703(a)(3) of the Energy Independ2 ence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

3 17251(a)(3)) is amended— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

5 (A), by striking the first and second sentences; 

6 and 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘in8 cluding’’ in the matter preceding clause (i) and 

9 all that follows through the period at the end 

10 and inserting ‘‘, including such geologic seques11 tration projects as are approved by the Sec12 retary’’. 

13 (2) Section 704 of the Energy Independence 

14 and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17252) is 

15 amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘under 

16 section 963(c)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

17 (42 U.S.C. 16293(c)(3)), as added by section 702 of 

18 this subtitle, and’’. 

19 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COAL TECHNOLOGY PRO20 GRAM. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy Act of 2005 

22 (as amended by section 2) is amended by inserting after 

23 section 961 (42 U.S.C. 16291) the following: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 962. COAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. 

25 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) LARGE-SCALE PILOT PROJECT.—The term 

2 ‘large-scale pilot project’ means a pilot project 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(A) represents the scale of technology de5 velopment beyond laboratory development and 

6 bench scale testing, but not yet advanced to the 

7 point of being tested under real operational con8 ditions at commercial scale; 

9 ‘‘(B) represents the scale of technology 

10 necessary to gain the operational data needed 

11 to understand the technical and performance 

12 risks of the technology before the application of 

13 that technology at commercial scale or in com14 mercial-scale demonstration; and 

15 ‘‘(C) is large enough— 

16 ‘‘(i) to validate scaling factors; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) to demonstrate the interaction 

18 between major components so that control 

19 philosophies for a new process can be de20 veloped and enable the technology to ad21 vance from large-scale pilot plant applica22 tion to commercial scale demonstration or 

23 application. 

24 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

25 the program established under subsection (b). 


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1 ‘‘(3) TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘trans3 formational technology’ means a power genera4 tion technology that represents an entirely new 

5 way to convert energy that will enable a step 

6 change in performance, efficiency, and cost of 

7 electricity as compared to the technology in ex8 istence on the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘trans10 formational technology’ includes a broad range 

11 of technology improvements, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) thermodynamic improvements in 

13 energy conversion and heat transfer, in14 cluding— 

15 ‘‘(I) pressurized oxygen combus16 tion; 

17 ‘‘(II) chemical looping; and 

18 ‘‘(III) the replacement of steam 

19 cycles with supercritical carbon diox20 ide cycles; 

21 ‘‘(ii) improvements in turbine tech22 nology; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) improvements in carbon capture 

24 systems technology. 

25 ‘‘(b) COAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab2 lish a coal technology program to ensure the contin3 ued use of the abundant, domestic coal resources of 

4 the United States through the development of tech5 nologies that will significantly improve the efficiency, 

6 effectiveness, costs, and environmental performance 

7 of coal use. 

8 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The program shall in9 clude— 

10 ‘‘(A) a research and development program; 

11 ‘‘(B) large-scale pilot projects; and 

12 ‘‘(C) demonstration projects. 

13 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—In consulta14 tion with the interested entities described in para15 graph (4)(C), the Secretary shall develop perform16 ance standards for technologies and the application 

17 of those technologies included in the program, taking 

18 into consideration the following objectives: 

19 ‘‘(A) Ensure reliable, low cost power from 

20 new and existing coal plants. 

21 ‘‘(B) Have high conversion efficiencies. 

22 ‘‘(C) Address emissions of carbon dioxide 

23 through high efficiency platforms and carbon 

24 capture from new and existing coal plants. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Support small-scale and modular 

2 technologies to enable incremental capacity ad3 ditions and load growth. 

4 ‘‘(E) Support flexible baseload operations 

5 for new and existing applications of coal gen6 eration. 

7 ‘‘(F) Further reduce emissions of criteria 

8 pollutants and reduce the use and manage the 

9 discharge of water in power plant operations. 

10 ‘‘(G) Accelerate the development of tech11 nologies that have transformational energy con12 version characteristics. 

13 ‘‘(H) Validate geologic storage of large vol14 umes of anthropogenic sources of carbon diox15 ide and the infrastructure needed to support a 

16 carbon dioxide use and storage industry. 

17 ‘‘(I) Examine methods of converting coal 

18 to other valuable products and commodities in 

19 addition to electricity. 

20 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED.—In carrying 

21 out the program, the Secretary shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) undertake international collabora23 tions, as recommended by the National Coal 

24 Council; 


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1 ‘‘(B) use existing authorities to encourage 

2 international cooperation; and 

3 ‘‘(C) consult with interested entities, in4 cluding— 

5 ‘‘(i) coal producers; 

6 ‘‘(ii) industries that use coal; 

7 ‘‘(iii) organizations that promote coal 

8 and advanced coal technologies; 

9 ‘‘(iv) environmental organizations; 

10 ‘‘(v) organizations representing work11 ers; and 

12 ‘‘(vi) organizations representing con13 sumers. 

14 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary shall submit to Congress a report describing 

18 the performance standards adopted under subsection 

19 (b)(3). 

20 ‘‘(2) UPDATE.—Once every 2 years after the 

21 initial report is submitted under paragraph (1), the 

22 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describ23 ing the progress made towards achieving the objec24 tives and performance standards adopted under sub25 section (b)(3). 


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1 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec4 retary to carry out this Act, to remain available until 

5 expended— 

6 ‘‘(A) $610,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

7 2017 through 2020; and 

8 ‘‘(B) $560,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 

9 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—The amounts made avail10 able under paragraph (1) shall be allocated as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(A) For activities under the research and 

13 development program component described in 

14 subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

15 ‘‘(i) $275,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2017 through 2020; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 

18 2021. 

19 ‘‘(B) For activities under the demonstra20 tion projects program component described in 

21 subsection (b)(2)(B)— 

22 ‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

23 years 2017 through 2020; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 


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1 ‘‘(C) For activities under the large-scale 

2 pilot projects program component described in 

3 subsection (b)(2)(C), $285,000,000 for each of 

4 fiscal years 2017 through 2021.’’. 

5 (b) COST SHARING FOR LARGE-SCALE PILOT

6 PROJECTS.—Section 988(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 

7 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

9 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(3) COST-SHARING FOR LARGE-SCALE PILOT

12 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this Act, the cost-sharing requirements under this 

14 section shall not apply to the coal technology pro15 gram established under section 962.’’. 

16 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con17 tents of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801 

18 note) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking the items relating to sections 

20 962 and 963 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 962. Coal technology program.’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) by striking the items relating to subtitle A 

23 of title IV. 

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