tion of each class of covered equipment 
and shall’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) For any covered equipment as to 
which more than 6 years has elapsed since 
the issuance of the most recent final rule 
establishing or amending a standard for 
the product as of the date of enactment of 
this clause, the first notice required under 
clause (i) shall be published by December 
31, 2013.’’. 
(c) PETITION FOR AMENDED STANDARDS.—Section 
325(n) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6295(n)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) NOTICE
OF
DECISION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of receiving a petition, the 
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a no-
tice of, and explanation for, the decision of the Sec-
retary to grant or deny the petition. 
‘‘(4) NEW
OR
AMENDED
STANDARDS.—Not 
later than 3 years after the date of granting a peti-
tion for new or amended standards, the Secretary 
shall publish in the Federal Register— 
‘‘(A) a final rule that contains the new or 
amended standards; or 
‘‘(B) a determination that no new or 
amended standards are necessary.’’. 
SEC. 6. COORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
OF ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR 
INDUSTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the research and devel-
opment activities of the Industrial Technologies Program 
of the Department of Energy, the Secretary of Energy (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall estab-
lish, as appropriate, collaborative research and develop-
ment partnerships with other programs within the Office 
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (including the 
Building Technologies Program), the Office of Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability, and the Office of Science 
that— 
(1) leverage the research and development ex-
pertise of those programs to promote early stage en-
ergy efficiency technology development; 
(2) support the use of innovative manufacturing 
processes and applied research for development, 
demonstration, and commercialization of new tech-
nologies and processes to improve efficiency (includ-
ing improvements in efficient use of water), reduce 
emissions, reduce industrial waste, and improve in-
dustrial cost-competitiveness; and 
(3) apply the knowledge and expertise of the In-
dustrial Technologies Program to help achieve the 
program goals of the other programs. 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report that describes 
actions taken to carry out subsection (a) and the results 
of those actions. 
SEC. 7. REDUCING BARRIERS TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF IN-
DUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INDUSTRIAL
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY.—The 
term ‘‘industrial energy efficiency’’ means the energy 
efficiency derived from commercial technologies and 
measures to improve energy efficiency or to generate 
or transmit electric power and heat, including elec-
tric motor efficiency improvements, demand re-
sponse, direct or indirect combined heat and power, 
and waste heat recovery. 
(2) INDUSTRIAL
SECTOR.—The term ‘‘indus-
trial sector’’ means any subsector of the manufac-
turing sector (as defined in North American Indus-
try Classification System codes 31-33 (as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act)) establish-
ments of which have, or could have, thermal host fa-
cilities with electricity requirements met in whole, or 
in part, by onsite electricity generation, including di-
rect and indirect combined heat and power or waste 
recovery. 
(b) REPORT ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF INDUSTRIAL 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate a report describing— 
(A) the results of the study conducted 
under paragraph (2); and 
(B) recommendations and guidance devel-
oped under paragraph (3). 
(2) STUDY.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the industrial sector and other stakeholders, 
shall conduct a study of the following: 
(A) The legal, regulatory, and economic 
barriers to the deployment of industrial energy
efficiency in all electricity markets (including 
organized wholesale electricity markets, and 
regulated electricity markets), including, as ap-
plicable, the following: 
(i) 
Transmission 
and 
distribution 
interconnection requirements. 
(ii) Standby, back-up, and mainte-
nance fees (including demand ratchets). 
(iii) Exit fees. 
(iv) Life of contract demand ratchets. 
(v) Net metering. 
(vi) Calculation of avoided cost rates. 
(vii) Power purchase agreements. 
(viii) Energy market structures. 
(ix) Capacity market structures. 
(x) Other barriers as may be identi-
fied by the Secretary, in coordination with 
the industrial sector and other stake-
holders. 
(B) Examples of— 
(i) successful State and Federal poli-
cies that resulted in greater use of indus-
trial energy efficiency;
(ii) successful private initiatives that 
resulted in greater use of industrial energy 
efficiency; and 
(iii) cost-effective policies used by for-
eign countries to foster industrial energy 
efficiency. 
(C) The estimated economic benefits to the 
national economy of providing the industrial 
sector with Federal energy efficiency matching 
grants of $5,000,000,000 for 5- and 10-year 
periods, including benefits relating to— 
(i) estimated energy and emission re-
ductions; 
(ii) direct and indirect jobs saved or 
created; 
(iii) direct and indirect capital invest-
ment; 
(iv) the gross domestic product; and 
(v) trade balance impacts. 
(D) The estimated energy savings available 
from increased use of recycled material in en-
ergy-intensive manufacturing processes. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—The 
Secretary, in coordination with the industrial sector 
and other stakeholders, shall develop policy rec-