‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall not 
include any energy which is derived from any 
source which utilizes a dam, diversionary struc-
ture (except as provided in subparagraph 
(A)(iii)), or impoundment for electric power 
production purposes.’’. 
(3) DEFINITION OF FACILITY.—Subsection (d) 
of section 45 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) MARINE
AND
HYDROKINETIC
RENEW-
ABLE ENERGY FACILITIES.—In the case of a facility 
producing electricity from marine and hydrokinetic 
renewable energy, the term ‘qualified facility’ means 
any facility owned by the taxpayer— 
‘‘(A) which has a nameplate capacity rat-
ing of at least 150 kilowatts, and 
‘‘(B) which is originally placed in service 
on or after the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph and before January 1, 2010.’’. 
(4) CREDIT RATE.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
tion 45(b)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘or (9)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(9), or (11)’’. 
(5) COORDINATION
WITH
SMALL
IRRIGATION 
POWER.—Paragraph (5) of section 45(d), as amend-
ed by subsection (a), is amended by striking ‘‘Janu-
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ary 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enact-
ment of paragraph (11)’’. 
(c) SALES OF ELECTRICITY TO REGULATED PUBLIC 
UTILITIES TREATED
AS SALES
TO UNRELATED PER-
SONS.—Section 45(e)(4) (relating to related persons) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘A taxpayer shall be treated as selling electricity to an 
unrelated person if such electricity is sold to a regulated 
public utility (as defined in section 7701(a)(33).’’. 
(d) TRASH FACILITY CLARIFICATION.—Paragraph 
(7) of section 45(d) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘facility which burns’’ and in-
serting ‘‘facility (other than a facility described in 
paragraph (6)) which uses’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘COMBUSTION’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to property originally 
placed in service after December 31, 2008. 
(2) MODIFICATIONS.—The amendments made 
by subsections (b) and (c) shall apply to electricity 
produced and sold after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date. 
(3) TRASH
FACILITY
CLARIFICATION.—The 
amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply to 
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electricity produced and sold before, on, or after De-
cember 31, 2007. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF SOLAR EN-
ERGY AND FUEL CELL INVESTMENT TAX 
CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.— 
(1) SOLAR
ENERGY
PROPERTY.—Paragraphs 
(2)(A)(i)(II) and (3)(A)(ii) of section 48(a) (relating 
to energy credit) are each amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 
2017’’. 
(2) FUEL CELL PROPERTY.—Subparagraph (E) 
of section 48(c)(1) (relating to qualified fuel cell 
property) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
(3) QUALIFIED
MICROTURBINE
PROPERTY.— 
Subparagraph (E) of section 48(c)(2) (relating to 
qualified microturbine property) is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2016’’. 
(b) ALLOWANCE OF ENERGY CREDIT AGAINST AL-
TERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
38(c)(4) (relating to specified credits) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii), by striking the period 
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at the end of clause (iv) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) the credit determined under sec-
tion 46 to the extent that such credit is at-
tributable to the energy credit determined 
under section 48.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF DOLLAR PER KILOWATT LIMITATION 
FOR FUEL CELL PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 48(c)(1) (relating to 
qualified fuel cell), as amended by subsection (a)(2), 
is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by re-
designating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) as sub-
paragraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
48(a)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(B) 
and (2)(B) of subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (c)(2)(B)’’. 
(d) PUBLIC ELECTRIC UTILITY PROPERTY TAKEN 
INTO ACCOUNT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 
48(a) is amended by striking the second sentence 
thereof. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Paragraph (1) of section 48(c), as 
amended by this section, is amended by striking 
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subparagraph (C) and redesignating subpara-
graph (D) as subparagraph (C). 
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 48(c), as 
amended by subsection (a)(3), is amended by 
striking subparagraph (D) and redesignating 
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) ALLOWANCE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MIN-
IMUM TAX.—The amendments made by subsection 
(b) shall apply to credits determined under section 
46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in taxable 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and to carrybacks of such credits. 
(3) FUEL CELL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC ELEC-
TRIC UTILITY PROPERTY.—The amendments made 
by subsections (c) and (d) shall apply to periods 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, in tax-
able years ending after such date, under rules simi-
lar to the rules of section 48(m) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990). 
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SEC. 103. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL 
ENERGY EFFICIENT PROPERTY CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 25D(g) (relating to termi-
nation) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) NO DOLLAR LIMITATION
FOR CREDIT
FOR 
SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 25D(b)(1) (relating 
to maximum credit) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (A) and by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
25D(e)(4) is amended— 
(A) by striking clause (i) in subparagraph 
(A), 
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
in subparagraph (A) as clauses (i) and (ii), re-
spectively, and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, (2),’’ in subparagraph 
(C). 
(c) CREDIT ALLOWED AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MIN-
IMUM TAX.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 
25D is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION BASED
ON AMOUNT
OF TAX; 
CARRYFORWARD OF UNUSED CREDIT.— 
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‘‘(1) LIMITATION
BASED
ON
AMOUNT
OF 
TAX.—In the case of a taxable year to which section 
26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit allowed under 
subsection (a) for the taxable year shall not exceed 
the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the sum of the regular tax liability 
(as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax im-
posed by section 55, over 
‘‘(B) the sum of the credits allowable 
under this subpart (other than this section) and 
section 27 for the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) CARRYFORWARD OF UNUSED CREDIT.— 
‘‘(A) RULE
FOR
YEARS
IN
WHICH
ALL 
PERSONAL
CREDITS
ALLOWED
AGAINST
REG-
ULAR
AND
ALTERNATIVE
MINIMUM
TAX.—In 
the case of a taxable year to which section 
26(a)(2) applies, if the credit allowable under 
subsection (a) exceeds the limitation imposed by 
section 26(a)(2) for such taxable year reduced 
by the sum of the credits allowable under this 
subpart (other than this section), such excess 
shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year 
and added to the credit allowable under sub-
section (a) for such succeeding taxable year. 
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(2) APPLICATION
OF
EGTRRA
SUNSET.—The 
amendments made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
subsection (c)(2) shall be subject to title IX of the 
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001 in the same manner as the provisions of 
such Act to which such amendments relate. 
SEC. 104. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR 
CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 54(m) (relating to termi-
nation) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN NATIONAL LIMITATION.—Section 
54(f) (relating to limitation on amount of bonds des-
ignated) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, and for the period beginning 
after the date of the enactment of the Clean Energy 
Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 and ending before Janu-
ary 1, 2010, $400,000,000’’ after ‘‘$1,200,000,000’’ 
in paragraph (1), 
(2) by striking ‘‘$750,000,000 of the’’ in para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘$750,000,000 of the 
$1,200,000,000’’, and 
(3) by striking ‘‘bodies’’ in paragraph (2) and 
inserting ‘‘bodies, and except that the Secretary may 
not allocate more than 1⁄3 of the $400,000,000 na-
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tional clean renewable energy bond limitation to fi-
nance qualified projects of qualified borrowers which 
are public power providers nor more than 1⁄3 of such 
limitation to finance qualified projects of qualified 
borrowers which are mutual or cooperative electric 
companies described in section 501(c)(12) or section 
1381(a)(2)(C)’’. 
(c) PUBLIC POWER PROVIDERS DEFINED.—Section 
54(j) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) PUBLIC
POWER
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘public power provider’ means a State utility with a 
service obligation, as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph).’’, and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘; PUBLIC POWER PROVIDER’’ 
before the period at the end of the heading. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The third sentence of 
section 54(e)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
(l)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (l)(5)’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULE TO IMPLEMENT 
FERC RESTRUCTURING POLICY. 
(a) QUALIFYING ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION TRANS-
ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 451(i)(3) (defining 
qualifying electric transmission transaction) is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2010’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall apply to transactions after 
December 31, 2007. 
(b) INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION COMPANY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 451(i)(4)(B)(ii) (de-
fining independent transmission company) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘the date which is 2 years after the date of such 
transaction’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in 
the amendments made by section 909 of the Amer-
ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004. 
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TITLE II—EXTENSION OF INCEN-
TIVES TO IMPROVE ENERGY 
EFFICIENCY 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS TO EX-
ISTING HOMES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.—Section 25C(g) (relat-
ing to termination) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED BIOMASS FUEL PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 25C(d)(3) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (D), 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) a stove which uses the burning of bio-
mass fuel to heat a dwelling unit located in the 
United States and used as a residence by the 
taxpayer, or to heat water for use in such a 
dwelling unit, and which has a thermal effi-
ciency rating of at least 75 percent.’’. 
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(2) BIOMASS FUEL.—Section 25C(d) (relating 
to residential energy property expenditures) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) BIOMASS FUEL.—The term ‘biomass fuel’ 
means any plant-derived fuel available on a renew-
able or recurring basis, including agricultural crops 
and trees, wood and wood waste and residues (in-
cluding wood pellets), plants (including aquatic 
plants), grasses, residues, and fibers.’’. 
(c) MODIFICATIONS OF STANDARDS FOR ENERGY- 
EFFICIENT BUILDING PROPERTY.— 
(1) ELECTRIC
HEAT
PUMPS.—Subparagraph 
(B) of section 25C(d)(3) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) an electric heat pump which achieves 
the highest efficiency tier established by the 
Consortium for Energy Efficiency, as in effect 
on January 1, 2008.’’. 
(2) CENTRAL
AIR
CONDITIONERS.—Section 
25C(d)(3)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
(3) WATER
HEATERS.—Subparagraph (E) of 
section 25C(d) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(E) a natural gas, propane, or oil water 
heater which has either an energy factor of at 
least 0.80 or a thermal efficiency of at least 90 
percent.’’. 
(4) OIL
FURNACES
AND
HOT
WATER
BOIL-
ERS.—Paragraph (4) of section 25C(d) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED NATURAL GAS, PROPANE, AND 
OIL FURNACES AND HOT WATER BOILERS.— 
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED
NATURAL
GAS
FUR-
NACE.—The term ‘qualified natural gas fur-
nace’ means any natural gas furnace which 
achieves an annual fuel utilization efficiency 
rate of not less than 95. 
‘‘(B) 
QUALIFIED
NATURAL
GAS
HOT 
WATER
BOILER.—The term ‘qualified natural 
gas hot water boiler’ means any natural gas hot 
water boiler which achieves an annual fuel utili-
zation efficiency rate of not less than 90. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED
PROPANE
FURNACE.— 
The term ‘qualified propane furnace’ means any 
propane furnace which achieves an annual fuel 
utilization efficiency rate of not less than 95. 
‘‘(D) QUALIFIED
PROPANE
HOT
WATER 
BOILER.—The term ‘qualified propane hot 
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‘‘(B)(i) acquired by a person from such eli-
gible contractor and used by any person as a 
residence during the taxable year, or 
‘‘(ii) used by such eligible contractor as a 
residence during the taxable year.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to homes acquired after December 
31, 2008. 
SEC. 203. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ENERGY EF-
FICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUC-
TION. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 179D(h) (relating to ter-
mination) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) 
ADJUSTMENT
OF
MAXIMUM
DEDUCTION 
AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
179D(b)(1) (relating to maximum amount of deduc-
tion) is amended by striking ‘‘$1.80’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2.25’’. 
(2) PARTIAL ALLOWANCE.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 179D(d) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$.60’’ and inserting 
‘‘$0.75’’, and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘$1.80’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2.25’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 204. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ENERGY EF-
FICIENT APPLIANCE CREDIT FOR APPLI-
ANCES PRODUCED AFTER 2007. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 45M (re-
lating to applicable amount) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(1) DISHWASHERS.—The applicable amount 
is— 
‘‘(A) $45 in the case of a dishwasher which 
is manufactured in calendar year 2008 or 2009 
and which uses no more than 324 kilowatt 
hours per year and 5.8 gallons per cycle, and 
‘‘(B) $75 in the case of a dishwasher 
which is manufactured in calendar year 2008, 
2009, or 2010 and which uses no more than 
307 kilowatt hours per year and 5.0 gallons per 
cycle (5.5 gallons per cycle for dishwashers de-
signed for greater than 12 place settings). 
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‘‘(2) 
CLOTHES
WASHERS.—The 
applicable 
amount is— 
‘‘(A) $75 in the case of a residential top- 
loading clothes washer manufactured in cal-
endar year 2008 which meets or exceeds a 1.72 
modified energy factor and does not exceed a 
8.0 water consumption factor, 
‘‘(B) $125 in the case of a residential top- 
loading clothes washer manufactured in cal-
endar year 2008 or 2009 which meets or ex-
ceeds a 1.8 modified energy factor and does not 
exceed a 7.5 water consumption factor, 
‘‘(C) $150 in the case of a residential or 
commercial clothes washer manufactured in cal-
endar year 2008, 2009, or 2010 which meets or 
exceeds 2.0 modified energy factor and does not 
exceed a 6.0 water consumption factor, and 
‘‘(D) $250 in the case of a residential or 
commercial clothes washer manufactured in cal-
endar year 2008, 2009, or 2010 which meets or 
exceeds 2.2 modified energy factor and does not 
exceed a 4.5 water consumption factor. 
‘‘(3) REFRIGERATORS.—The applicable amount 
is— 
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‘‘(A) $50 in the case of a refrigerator 
which is manufactured in calendar year 2008, 
and consumes at least 20 percent but not more 
than 22.9 percent less kilowatt hours per year 
than the 2001 energy conservation standards, 
‘‘(B) $75 in the case of a refrigerator 
which is manufactured in calendar year 2008 or 
2009, and consumes at least 23 percent but no 
more than 24.9 percent less kilowatt hours per 
year than the 2001 energy conservation stand-
ards, 
‘‘(C) $100 in the case of a refrigerator 
which is manufactured in calendar year 2008, 
2009, or 2010, and consumes at least 25 per-
cent but not more than 29.9 percent less kilo-
watt hours per year than the 2001 energy con-
servation standards, and 
‘‘(D) $200 in the case of a refrigerator 
manufactured in calendar year 2008, 2009, or 
2010 and which consumes at least 30 percent 
less energy than the 2001 energy conservation 
standards.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTION.— 
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(1) SIMILAR
TREATMENT
FOR
ALL
APPLI-
ANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 45M (relating to 
eligible production) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2), 
(B) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the eligible’’ and inserting 
‘‘The eligible’’, and 
(C) by moving the text of such subsection 
in line with the subsection heading and redesig-
nating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as para-
graphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
(2) MODIFICATION
OF
BASE
PERIOD.—Para-
graph (2) of section 45M(c), as amended by para-
graph (1) of this section, is amended by striking ‘‘3- 
calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘2-calendar year’’. 
(c) TYPES OF ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.— 
Subsection (d) of section 45M (defining types of energy 
efficient appliances) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) TYPES OF ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE.— 
For purposes of this section, the types of energy efficient 
appliances are— 
‘‘(1) dishwashers described in subsection (b)(1), 
‘‘(2) clothes washers described in subsection 
(b)(2), and 
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‘‘(3) 
refrigerators 
described 
in 
subsection 
(b)(3).’’. 
(d) AGGREGATE CREDIT AMOUNT ALLOWED.— 
(1) INCREASE IN LIMIT.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 45M(e) (relating to aggregate credit amount al-
lowed) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) AGGREGATE CREDIT AMOUNT ALLOWED.— 
The aggregate amount of credit allowed under sub-
section (a) with respect to a taxpayer for any tax-
able year shall not exceed $75,000,000 reduced by 
the amount of the credit allowed under subsection 
(a) to the taxpayer (or any predecessor) for all prior 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.’’. 
(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN REFRIGERATOR 
AND CLOTHES WASHERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 
45M(e) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT ALLOWED FOR CERTAIN REFRIG-
ERATORS
AND
CLOTHES
WASHERS.—Refrigerators 
described in subsection (b)(3)(D) and clothes wash-
ers described in subsection (b)(2)(D) shall not be 
taken into account under paragraph (1).’’. 
(e) QUALIFIED ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
45M(f) (defining qualified energy efficient appliance) 
is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
ENERGY
EFFICIENT
APPLI-
ANCE.—The term ‘qualified energy efficient appli-
ance’ means— 
‘‘(A) any dishwasher described in sub-
section (b)(1), 
‘‘(B) any clothes washer described in sub-
section (b)(2), and 
‘‘(C) any refrigerator described in sub-
section (b)(3).’’. 
(2) CLOTHES WASHER.—Section 45M(f)(3) (de-
fining clothes washer) is amended by inserting 
‘‘commercial’’ before ‘‘residential’’ the second place 
it appears. 
(3) TOP-LOADING
CLOTHES
WASHER.—Sub-
section (f) of section 45M (relating to definitions) is 
amended by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), 
and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respec-
tively, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) TOP-LOADING
CLOTHES
WASHER.—The 
term ‘top-loading clothes washer’ means a clothes 
washer which has the clothes container compartment 
access located on the top of the machine and which 
operates on a vertical axis.’’. 
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(4) REPLACEMENT OF ENERGY FACTOR.—Sec-
tion 45M(f)(6), as redesignated by paragraph (3), is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) MODIFIED
ENERGY
FACTOR.—The term 
‘modified energy factor’ means the modified energy 
factor established by the Department of Energy for 
compliance with the Federal energy conservation 
standard.’’. 
(5) GALLONS
PER
CYCLE; WATER
CONSUMP-
TION FACTOR.—Section 45M(f) (relating to defini-
tions), as amended by paragraph (3), is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) GALLONS PER CYCLE.—The term ‘gallons 
per cycle’ means, with respect to a dishwasher, the 
amount of water, expressed in gallons, required to 
complete a normal cycle of a dishwasher. 
‘‘(10) WATER
CONSUMPTION
FACTOR.—The 
term ‘water consumption factor’ means, with respect 
to a clothes washer, the quotient of the total weight-
ed per-cycle water consumption divided by the cubic 
foot (or liter) capacity of the clothes washer.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to appliances produced after De-
cember 31, 2007. 
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