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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3021 

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize 

the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to allow electric utilities to use renewable energy to comply with any Federal renewable 

electricity standard, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2010 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. ENSIGN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

to authorize the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to allow electric utilities to use renewable energy 

to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard, 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 ‘‘Support Renewable 

5 Energy Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO COMPLY WITH 

2 FEDERAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY STAND3 ARD. 

4 Section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 

5 Act of 1978 (as added by section 132 of the American 

6 Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

9 through (12) as paragraphs (11) through (13), 

10 respectively; 

11 (B) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(10) LIGHT-PIPE TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

14 ‘light-pipe technology’ means any equipment that 

15 uses a highly reflective pipe that— 

16 ‘‘(A) has a solar collection component and 

17 distribution lens at the respective ends of the 

18 reflective pipe to transport visible solar radi19 ation from the collection point of the reflective 

20 pipe to illuminate the interior of a building; 

21 ‘‘(B) does not generate net interior heat 

22 gain; and 

23 ‘‘(C) integrates automatic lighting controls 

24 to adjust traditionally powered lighting to sat25 isfy building lighting requirements.’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (13) (as redesignated by 

2 subparagraph (A))— 

3 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

4 (A) through (I) as clauses (i) through (ix), 

5 respectively, and indenting appropriately; 

6 (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) 

7 (as redesignated by clause (i)), by striking 

8 ‘‘The term ‘renewable energy’ means elec9 tric energy’’ and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘The term ‘renewable energy’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) electric energy’’; 

12 (iii) in clause (ix) (as redesignated by 

13 clause (i)), by striking the period at the 

14 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (iv) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(B) energy produced through the use of 

18 customer-sited renewable energy equipment, in19 cluding— 

20 ‘‘(i) solar water heating; 

21 ‘‘(ii) solar water and space heating or 

22 cooling; 

23 ‘‘(iii) solar daylight and light-pipe 

24 technology; 

25 ‘‘(iv) biogas; 


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1 ‘‘(v) ground source geothermal heat 

2 pump energy applications; or 

3 ‘‘(vi) another renewable energy source 

4 based on innovative technology, as deter5 mined by the Secretary through rule6 making.’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(14) SOLAR DAYLIGHT.—The term ‘solar day9 light’ means a system that— 

10 ‘‘(A) uses to convey or diffuse natural light 

11 into a building— 

12 ‘‘(i) a prismatic or other lens; 

13 ‘‘(ii) glazing that amplifies sunlight; 

14 ‘‘(iii) reflectors; or 

15 ‘‘(iv) concentrators; and 

16 ‘‘(B) does not generate net interior heat 

17 gain.’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (c)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

21 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (I)(iv), by strik23 ing the period at the end and inserting a 

24 semicolon; and 


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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(J) issue renewable energy credits equal 

4 to 100 percent of the electricity (or thermal en5 ergy expressed in an electricity-equivalent) dis6 placed by qualifying renewable energy equip7 ment, as described in subsection (a)(13)(B); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(K) allocate the credits described in sub10 paragraph (J) and credits for generators of 

11 electric energy produced through distributed 

12 generation facilities issued under subparagraphs 

13 (A), (B), and (C) to the utility, project owner, 

14 and end user that paid for the purchase, instal15 lation, and maintenance of the qualified renew16 able energy equipment, on the basis of the 

17 share of the cost incurred.’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or (D)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘(D), or (J)’’. 

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