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SEC. 917. ADVANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
CENTERS. 
(a) GRANTS.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit 
institutions, State and local governments, or universities (or con-
sortia thereof), to establish a geographically dispersed network of 
Advanced Energy Efficiency Technology Transfer Centers, to be 
located in areas the Secretary determines have the greatest need 
of the services of such Centers. In establishing the network, the 
Secretary shall consider the special needs and opportunities for 
increased energy efficiency for manufactured and site-built housing. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each Center shall operate a program 
to encourage demonstration and commercial application of 
advanced energy methods and technologies through education 
and outreach to building and industrial professionals, and to 
other individuals and organizations with an interest in efficient 
energy use. 
(2) ADVISORY
PANEL.—Each Center shall establish an 
advisory panel to advise the Center on how best to accomplish 
the activities under paragraph (1). 
(c) APPLICATION.—A person seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. The 
Secretary may award a grant under this section to an entity already 
in existence if the entity is otherwise eligible under this section. 
(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall award grants 
under this section on the basis of the following criteria, at a min-
imum: 
(1) The ability of the applicant to carry out the activities 
described in subsection (b)(1). 
(2) The extent to which the applicant will coordinate the 
activities of the Center with other entities, such as State and 
local governments, utilities, and educational and research 
institutions. 
(e) COST-SHARING.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall require cost-sharing in accordance with the requirements of 
section 988 for commercial application activities. 
(f) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall establish an 
advisory committee to advise the Secretary on the establishment 
of Centers under this section. The advisory committee shall be 
composed of individuals with expertise in the area of advanced 
energy methods and technologies, including at least one representa-
tive from— 
(1) State or local energy offices; 
(2) energy professionals; 
(3) trade or professional associations; 
(4) architects, engineers, or construction professionals; 
(5) manufacturers; 
(6) the research community; and 
(7) nonprofit energy or environmental organizations. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) ADVANCED ENERGY METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES.—The 
term ‘‘advanced energy methods and technologies’’ means all 
methods and technologies that promote energy efficiency and 
conservation, including distributed generation technologies, and 
life-cycle analysis of energy use.
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(2) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means an Advanced 
Energy Technology Transfer Center established pursuant to 
this section. 
(3) DISTRIBUTED
GENERATION.—The term ‘‘distributed 
generation’’ means an electric power generation facility that 
is designed to serve retail electric consumers at or near the 
facility site. 
(h) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated in section 911, 
there are authorized to be appropriated for the program under 
this section such sums as may be appropriated. 
Subtitle B—Distributed Energy and 
Electric Energy Systems 
SEC. 921. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out programs of 
research, development, demonstration, and commercial application 
on distributed energy resources and systems reliability and effi-
ciency, to improve the reliability and efficiency of distributed energy 
resources and systems, integrating advanced energy technologies 
with grid connectivity, including activities described in this subtitle. 
The programs shall address advanced energy technologies and sys-
tems and advanced grid reliability technologies. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS 
ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out distributed energy and electric energy 
systems activities, including activities authorized under this 
subtitle— 
(A) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(B) $255,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(C) $273,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
(2) POWER
DELIVERY
RESEARCH
INITIATIVE.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
the Power Delivery Research Initiative under subsection 925(e) 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2009. 
(c) 
MICRO-COGENERATION
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY.—From 
amounts authorized under subsection (b), $20,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2007 and 2008 shall be available to carry out activities 
under section 923. 
(d) 
HIGH-VOLTAGE
TRANSMISSION
LINES.—From 
amounts 
authorized under subsection (b), $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 
shall be available to carry out activities under section 925(g). 
SEC. 922. HIGH POWER DENSITY INDUSTRY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a comprehen-
sive research, development, demonstration, and commercial applica-
tion to improve the energy efficiency of high power density facilities, 
including data centers, server farms, and telecommunications facili-
ties. 
(b) TECHNOLOGIES.—The program shall consider technologies 
that provide significant improvement in thermal controls, metering, 
load management, peak load reduction, or the efficient cooling of 
electronics.