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ing’’ means a commercial building that is designed, 
constructed, and operated— 
(A) to require a greatly reduced quantity 
of energy; 
(B) to meet, on an annual basis, the bal-
ance of energy needs of the commercial building 
from renewable sources of energy; and 
(C) to be economically viable. 
(3) INITIATIVE.—The term ‘‘initiative’’ means 
the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Initia-
tive. 
(b) INITIATIVE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the consortium to develop 
and carry out the initiative— 
(A) to reduce the quantity of energy con-
sumed by commercial buildings located in the 
United States; and 
(B) to achieve the development of energy 
efficient commercial buildings in the United 
States. 
(2) GOAL OF INITIATIVE.—The goal of the ini-
tiative shall be to develop technologies and practices 
and implement policies that lead to energy efficient 
commercial buildings for— 
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(A) any commercial building newly con-
structed in the United States by 2030; 
(B) 50 percent of the commercial building 
stock of the United States by 2040; and 
(C) all commercial buildings in the United 
States by 2050. 
(3) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the initia-
tive, the Secretary, in collaboration with the consor-
tium, may— 
(A) conduct research and development on 
building design, materials, equipment and con-
trols, operation and other practices, integration, 
energy use measurement and benchmarking, 
and policies; 
(B) conduct demonstration projects to 
evaluate replicable approaches to achieving en-
ergy efficient commercial buildings for a variety 
of building types in a variety of climate zones; 
(C) conduct deployment activities to dis-
seminate information on, and encourage wide-
spread adoption of, technologies, practices, and 
policies to achieve energy efficient commercial 
buildings; and 
(D) conduct any other activity necessary to 
achieve any goal of the initiative, as determined 
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by the Secretary, in collaboration with the con-
sortium. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry 
out this section. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.—In addition to 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under para-
graph (1), the Secretary may allocate funds from 
other appropriations to the initiative without chang-
ing the purpose for which the funds are appro-
priated. 
SEC. 269. CLEAN ENERGY CORRIDORS. 
Section 216 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824p) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Not later than’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) REPORT AND DESIGNATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After considering al-
ternatives and recommendations from interested 
parties (including an opportunity for comment 
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from affected States), the Secretary shall issue 
a report, based on the study conducted under 
paragraph (1), in which the Secretary may des-
ignate as a national interest electric trans-
mission corridor any geographic area experi-
encing electric energy transmission capacity 
constraints or congestion that adversely affects 
consumers, including constraints or congestion 
that— 
‘‘(i) increases costs to consumers; 
‘‘(ii) limits resource options to serve 
load growth; or 
‘‘(iii) limits access to sources of clean 
energy, such as wind, solar energy, geo-
thermal energy, and biomass. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS.—In ad-
dition to the corridor designations made under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may designate 
additional corridors in accordance with that 
subparagraph upon the application by an inter-
ested person, on the condition that the Sec-
retary provides for an opportunity for notice 
and comment by interested persons and af-
fected States on the application.’’; 
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(C) in paragraph (3), the striking ‘‘(3) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(4) In determining’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) BASIS
FOR
DETERMINATION.—In deter-
mining’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the economic vitality and development 
of the corridor, or the end markets served by 
the corridor, may be constrained by lack of ade-
quate or reasonably priced electricity; 
‘‘(B)(i) economic growth in the corridor, or 
the end markets served by the corridor, may be 
jeopardized by reliance on limited sources of en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(ii) a diversification of supply is war-
ranted; 
‘‘(C) the energy independence of the 
United States would be served by the designa-
tion; 
‘‘(D) the designation would be in the inter-
est of national energy policy; and 
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