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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2425 

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 

AUGUST 1, 2019 

Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) 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 of 

5 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 375 of the Energy Policy 

4 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6345) is amended to 

5 read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 375. CHP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) RENAMING.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Clean Energy Applica10 tion Centers of the Department of Energy are redes11 ignated as the CHP Technical Assistance Partner12 ship Program (referred to in this section as the 

13 ‘Program’). 

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

15 shall consist of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the 10 regional CHP Technical As17 sistance Partnerships in existence on the date 

18 of enactment of the CHP Support Act of 2019; 

19 ‘‘(B) any other regional CHP Technical 

20 Assistance Partnerships as the Secretary may 

21 establish; and 

22 ‘‘(C) any supporting technical activities 

23 under the Technical Partnership Program of 

24 the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the De25 partment of Energy. 


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

2 rule, regulation, or publication to a Combined Heat 

3 and Power Application Center or a Clean Energy 

4 Application Center shall be deemed to be a reference 

5 to the Program. 

6 ‘‘(b) CHP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP

7 PROGRAM.— 

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

9 ‘‘(A) operate programs to encourage de10 ployment of combined heat and power, waste 

11 heat to power, and efficient district energy (col12 lectively referred to in this subsection as ‘CHP’) 

13 technologies by providing education and out14 reach— 

15 ‘‘(i) to building, industrial, and elec16 tric and natural gas utility professionals; 

17 ‘‘(ii) to State and local policymakers; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(iii) to other individuals and organi20 zations with an interest in efficient energy 

21 use, local or opportunity fuel use, resil22 iency, energy security, microgrids, and dis23 trict energy; and 

24 ‘‘(B) provide project-specific support to 

25 building and industrial professionals through 


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1 economic and engineering assessments and ad2 visory activities. 

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

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

5 make funds available to institutions of higher 

6 education, research centers, and other appro7 priate institutions to ensure the continued oper8 ation and effectiveness of regional CHP Tech9 nical Assistance Partnerships. 

10 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail11 able under subparagraph (A) may be used— 

12 ‘‘(i) to research, develop, and dis13 tribute informational materials relevant to 

14 manufacturers, commercial buildings, insti15 tutional facilities, and Federal sites; 

16 ‘‘(ii) to support the mission goals of 

17 the Department of Defense relating to 

18 CHP and microgrid technologies; 

19 ‘‘(iii) to continuously maintain and 

20 update— 

21 ‘‘(I) the CHP installation data22 base; 

23 ‘‘(II) CHP technology potential 

24 analyses; 


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1 ‘‘(III) State CHP resource 

2 websites; and 

3 ‘‘(IV) CHP Technical Assistance 

4 Partnerships websites; 

5 ‘‘(iv) to research, develop, and con6 duct target market workshops, reports, 

7 seminars, internet programs, CHP resil8 iency resources, and other activities to pro9 vide education to end users, regulators, 

10 and stakeholders in a manner that leads to 

11 the deployment of CHP technologies; 

12 ‘‘(v) to provide or coordinate onsite 

13 assessments for sites and enterprises that 

14 may consider deployment of CHP tech15 nology; 

16 ‘‘(vi) to perform market research to 

17 identify high-profile candidates for deploy18 ment of CHP technologies, hybrid renew19 able-CHP technologies, microgrids, and 

20 clean energy; 

21 ‘‘(vii) to provide nonbiased engineer22 ing support to sites considering deployment 

23 of CHP technologies; 

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1 cies in overcoming barriers to deployment; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(ix) to assist companies and organi4 zations with field validation and perform5 ance evaluations of CHP and other clean 

6 energy technologies implemented. 

7 ‘‘(C) DURATION.—The Program shall 

8 make funds available under subparagraph (A) 

9 for a period of 5 years. 

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

11 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

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

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 372(g) of 

14 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 6342(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘Clean Energy Applica16 tions Center operated by the Secretary of Energy’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘regional CHP Technical Assistance Partner18 ships’’. 

19 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Public Law 

21 94–163; 89 Stat. 872; 92 Stat. 3272) is amended by strik22 ing the item relating to section 375 and inserting the fol23 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 375. CHP Technical Assistance Partnership Program.’’. 

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