(b) STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOALS.—Section
364 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6324) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOALS
‘‘SEC. 364. Each State energy conservation plan with
respect to which assistance is made available under this
part on or after the date of enactment of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 shall contain a goal, consisting of an im-
provement of 25 percent or more in the efficiency of use
of energy in the State concerned in calendar year 2012
as compared to calendar year 1990, and may contain in-
terim goals.’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
365(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6325(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years
1999 through 2003 such sums as may be necessary’’ and
inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006
and 2007 and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2008’’.
SEC. 124. ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE REBATE PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ELIGIBLE
STATE.—The term ‘‘eligible
State’’ means a State that meets the requirements
of subsection (b).
(2) ENERGY STAR PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘En-
ergy Star program’’ means the program established
by section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act.
(3) RESIDENTIAL
ENERGY
STAR
PRODUCT.—
The term ‘‘residential Energy Star product’’ means
a product for a residence that is rated for energy ef-
ficiency under the Energy Star program.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Energy.
(5) STATE ENERGY OFFICE.—The term ‘‘State
energy office’’ means the State agency responsible
for developing State energy conservation plans under
section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6322).
(6) STATE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘State pro-
gram’’ means a State energy efficient appliance re-
bate program described in subsection (b)(1).
(b) ELIGIBLE STATES.—A State shall be eligible to
receive an allocation under subsection (c) if the State—
(1) establishes (or has established) a State en-
ergy efficient appliance rebate program to provide
rebates to residential consumers for the purchase of
residential Energy Star products to replace used ap-
pliances of the same type;
(2) submits an application for the allocation at
such time, in such form, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require; and
(3) provides assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that the State will use the allocation to sup-
plement, but not supplant, funds made available to
carry out the State program.
(c) AMOUNT OF ALLOCATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to
the State energy office of each eligible State to carry
out subsection (d) an amount equal to the product
obtained by multiplying the amount made available
under subsection (f) for the fiscal year by the ratio
that the population of the State in the most recent
calendar year for which data are available bears to
the total population of all eligible States in that cal-
endar year.
(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATIONS.—For each fiscal
year, the amounts allocated under this subsection
shall be adjusted proportionately so that no eligible
State is allocated a sum that is less than an amount
determined by the Secretary.
(d) USE OF ALLOCATED FUNDS.—The allocation to
a State energy office under subsection (c) may be used
to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of establishing and
carrying out a State program.
(e) ISSUANCE OF REBATES.—Rebates may be pro-
vided to residential consumers that meet the requirements
of the State program. The amount of a rebate shall be
determined by the State energy office, taking into
consideration—
(1) the amount of the allocation to the State
energy office under subsection (c);
(2) the amount of any Federal or State tax in-
centive available for the purchase of the residential
Energy Star product; and
(3) the difference between the cost of the resi-
dential Energy Star product and the cost of an ap-
pliance that is not a residential Energy Star prod-
uct, but is of the same type as, and is the nearest
capacity, performance, and other relevant character-
istics (as determined by the State energy office) to,
the residential Energy Star product.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry
out this section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2006 through 2010.
SEC. 125. ENERGY EFFICIENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Energy may make
grants to the State agency responsible for developing State
energy conservation plans under section 362 of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322), or, if no
such agency exists, a State agency designated by the Gov-
ernor of the State, to assist units of local government in
the State in improving the energy efficiency of public
buildings and facilities—
(1) through construction of new energy efficient
public buildings that use at least 30 percent less en-
ergy than a comparable public building constructed
in compliance with standards prescribed in the most
recent version of the International Energy Conserva-
tion Code, or a similar State code intended to
achieve substantially equivalent efficiency levels; or
(2) through renovation of existing public build-
ings to achieve reductions in energy use of at least
30 percent as compared to the baseline energy use
in such buildings prior to renovation, assuming a 3-
year, weather-normalized average for calculating
such baseline.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—State energy offices receiving
grants under this section shall—
(1) maintain such records and evidence of com-
pliance as the Secretary may require; and