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‘‘SEC. 574. REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES AND 
IMPACTS OF DEMAND RESPONSE AND SMART 
GRID SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall solicit public input and, 
within 6 months after completion of the National Assess-
ment of Demand Response required by section 573, sub-
mit a report to Congress that addresses each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A quantitative assessment and determina-
tion of the existing and potential impacts of demand 
response and ‘smart grid’ systems on air emissions 
and air quality, including but not limited to carbon 
dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and oxides of sulfur. 
‘‘(2) An assessment and determination of the 
existing and potential impacts of demand response 
and ‘smart grid’ systems on environmental param-
eters other than emissions and air quality, including 
but not limited to: 
‘‘(A) Land use. 
‘‘(B) Water use. 
‘‘(C) Use of renewable energy. 
‘‘(D) Effect on energy sources other than 
electricity. 
‘‘(3) A detailed plan for how Energy Efficiency 
and Clean Energy programs administered by the 
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Agency, including the Energy Star Program, will in-
corporate and encourage end-use efficiency, demand 
response and ‘smart grid’ systems and technologies, 
including but not limited to each of the following: 
‘‘(A) Requirements that appliances and 
other equipment are capable of manually and 
automatically receiving and acting upon pricing 
and control information and or instructions pro-
vided by the customer, a load serving entity or 
a third-party designated by the customer. 
‘‘(B) Requirements for time-based valu-
ation of kilowatt hour reductions in planning 
and evaluation of energy efficiency programs. 
‘‘(C) Education and communication, in-
cluding to state energy officials and state regu-
lators, that build awareness of demand response 
and smart grid systems and technologies and 
their existing and potential relationship to such 
Agency programs. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2010, to remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
such Act is amended by adding the following after the 
items relating to part 4 of title V: 
‘‘PART 5—PEAK DEMAND REDUCTION 
‘‘Sec. 571. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 572. Federal Electricity Peak Demand Reduction Standard. 
‘‘Sec. 573. National action plan for demand response. 
‘‘Sec. 574. Report on environmental attributes and impacts of demand response 
and smart grid systems.’’. 
Subtitle C—Loan Guarantees 
SEC. 9201. AMOUNT OF LOANS GUARANTEED. 
Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16512) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) PERCENTAGE OF PROJECT COST.—A guar-
antee by the Secretary shall not exceed an amount 
equal to 80 percent of the project cost of the facility 
that is the subject of the guarantee, as estimated at 
the time at which the guarantee is issued, and shall 
be no less than the minimum amount determined by 
the Secretary to be likely to attract nonguaranteed 
investment adequate to capitalize the project. 
‘‘(2) PERCENTAGE OF LOAN.—Subject to para-
graph (1), the Secretary may guarantee up to 100 
percent of any loan or other debt obligation of the 
borrower to fund an eligible project, and may not 
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issue a rule or regulation establishing a lower per-
centage limit.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) WAGES.—No loan guarantee shall be made 
under this title unless the borrower has provided to the 
Secretary reasonable assurances that all laborers and me-
chanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the 
performance of construction work financed in whole or in 
part with the loan will be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as 
determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act).’’. 
SEC. 9202. EXCLUSION OF CATEGORIES. 
Section 1704 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16514) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF CATEGORIES.—No appropriation 
authorized pursuant to this section may exclude any cat-
egory of eligible project described in section 1703.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Renewable Fuel Infra-
structure and International Co-
operation 
PART 1—RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 9301. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subtitle— 
(1) the term ‘‘renewable fuel’’ means E85 
biofuel, or B20; 
(2) the term ‘‘biofuel’’ means fuel produced en-
tirely from biological material and determined by the 
Department of Energy and the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency to be commercially viable; 
(3) the term ‘‘B20’’ means a mixture of bio-
diesel and diesel fuel meeting the standard estab-
lished by the American Society for Testing and Ma-
terials or under section 211(u) of the Clean Air Act 
for fuel containing 20 percent biodiesel; 
(4) the term ‘‘E85’’ means a fuel blend con-
taining 85 percent denatured ethanol and 15 percent 
gasoline by volume; 
(5) the term ‘‘flexible-fuel vehicle’’ means any 
motor vehicle warranted by the manufacturer of the 
vehicle as capable of operating on gasoline or diesel 
fuel and on— 
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(A) E85; or 
(B) B20; and 
(6) the term ‘‘motor vehicle’’ means, as defined 
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency that are in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this Act— 
(A) a light-duty truck; 
(B) a light-duty vehicle; or 
(C) medium-duty passenger vehicle, 
that is designed to be propelled by gasoline or diesel 
fuel. 
(b) INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program for 
making grants for providing assistance to retail and 
wholesale motor fuel dealers or other entities for the in-
stallation, replacement, or conversion of motor fuel storage 
and dispensing infrastructure to be used exclusively to 
store and dispense renewable fuel. Such infrastructure 
may include equipment used in the blending, distribution, 
and transport of such fuels. 
(c) RETAIL TECHNICAL AND MARKETING ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary of Energy shall enter into contracts 
with entities with demonstrated experience in assisting re-
tail fueling stations in installing refueling systems and 
marketing renewable fuels nationally, for the provision of 
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