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Union Calendar No. 14 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 85 
[Report No. 110–38] 
To provide for the establishment of centers to encourage demonstration and 
commercial application of advanced energy methods and technologies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mrs. BIGGERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science and Technology 
MARCH 8, 2007 
Additional sponsor: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina 
MARCH 8, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of centers to encourage 
demonstration and commercial application of advanced 
energy methods and technologies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Technology 
Transfer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 
Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16197) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 917. ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
CENTERS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of the Energy Technology Transfer Act, the 
Secretary shall make grants to nonprofit institutions, State 
and local governments, cooperative extension services, or in-
stitutions of higher education (or consortia thereof), to es-
tablish a geographically dispersed network of Advanced En-
ergy Technology Transfer Centers, to be located in areas the 
Secretary determines have the greatest need of the services 
of such Centers. In making awards under this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) give priority to applicants already oper-
ating or partnered with an outreach program capable 
of transferring knowledge and information about ad-
vanced energy efficiency methods and technologies; 
‘‘(2) ensure that, to the extent practicable, the 
program enables the transfer of knowledge and infor-
mation— 
‘‘(A) about a variety of technologies and 
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‘‘(B) in a variety of geographic areas; 
‘‘(3) give preference to applicants that would sig-
nificantly expand on or fill a gap in existing pro-
grams in a geographical region; and 
‘‘(4) consider the special needs and opportunities 
for increased energy efficiency for manufactured and 
site-built housing, including construction, renovation, 
and retrofit. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Each Center shall operate a pro-
gram to encourage demonstration and commercial applica-
tion of advanced energy methods and technologies through 
education and outreach to building and industrial profes-
sionals, and to other individuals and organizations with 
an interest in efficient energy use. Funds awarded under 
this section may be used for the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Developing and distributing informational 
materials on technologies that could use energy more 
efficiently. 
‘‘(2) Carrying out demonstrations of advanced 
energy methods and technologies. 
‘‘(3) Developing and conducting seminars, work-
shops, long-distance learning sessions, and other ac-
tivities to aid in the dissemination of knowledge and 
information on technologies that could use energy 
more efficiently. 
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‘‘(4) Providing or coordinating onsite energy 
evaluations, including instruction on the commis-
sioning of building heating and cooling systems, for 
a wide range of energy end-users. 
‘‘(5) Examining the energy efficiency needs of 
energy end-users to develop recommended research 
projects for the Department. 
‘‘(6) Hiring experts in energy efficient tech-
nologies to carry out activities described in para-
graphs (1) through (5). 
‘‘(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 Sec-
retary 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. The applica-
tion shall include, at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) a description of the applicant’s outreach 
program, and the geographic region it would serve, 
and of why the program would be capable of transfer-
ring knowledge and information about advanced en-
ergy technologies that increase efficiency of energy 
use; 
‘‘(2) a description of the activities the applicant 
would carry out, of the technologies that would be 
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transferred, and of any other organizations that will 
help facilitate a regional approach to carrying out 
those activities; 
‘‘(3) a description of how the proposed activities 
would be appropriate to the specific energy needs of 
the geographic region to be served; 
‘‘(4) an estimate of the number and types of en-
ergy end-users expected to be reached through such ac-
tivities; and 
‘‘(5) a description of how the applicant will as-
sess the success of the program. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 
award grants under this section on the basis of the following 
criteria, at a minimum: 
‘‘(1) The ability of the applicant to carry out the 
proposed activities. 
‘‘(2) The extent to which the applicant will co-
ordinate the activities of the Center with other entities 
as appropriate, such as State and local governments, 
utilities, institutions of higher education, and Na-
tional Laboratories. 
‘‘(3) The appropriateness of the applicant’s out-
reach program for carrying out the program described 
in this section. 
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‘‘(4) The likelihood that proposed activities could 
be expanded or used as a model for other areas. 
‘‘(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 ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(f) DURATION.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded 
under this section shall be for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(2) INITIAL EVALUATION.—Each grantee under 
this section shall be evaluated during its third year 
of operation under procedures established by the Sec-
retary to determine if the grantee is accomplishing 
the purposes of this section described in subsection 
(a). The Secretary shall terminate any grant that 
does not receive a positive evaluation. If an evalua-
tion is positive, the Secretary may extend the grant 
for 3 additional years beyond the original term of the 
grant. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.—If a grantee re-
ceives an extension under paragraph (2), the grantee 
shall be evaluated again during the second year of the 
extension. The Secretary shall terminate any grant 
that does not receive a positive evaluation. If an eval-
uation is positive, the Secretary may extend the grant 
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for a final additional period of 3 additional years be-
yond the original extension. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—No grantee may receive more 
than 11 years of support under this section without 
reapplying for support and competing against all 
other applicants seeking a grant at that time. 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds awarded under 
this section may be used for the construction of facilities. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVANCED ENERGY METHODS AND TECH-
NOLOGIES.—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. 
‘‘(2) CENTER.—The term ‘Center’ means an Ad-
vanced Energy Technology Transfer Center estab-
lished pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTED GENERATION.—The term ‘dis-
tributed generation’ means an electric power genera-
tion technology, including photovoltaic, small wind, 
and micro-combined heat and power, that serves elec-
tric consumers at or near the site of production. 
‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.—The term ‘Co-
operative Extension’ means the extension services es-
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tablished at the land-grant colleges and universities 
under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914. 
‘‘(5) 
LAND-GRANT
COLLEGES
AND
UNIVER-
SITIES.—The term ‘land-grant colleges and univer-
sities’ means— 
‘‘(A) 1862 Institutions (as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7601)); 
‘‘(B) 1890 Institutions (as defined in sec-
tion 2 of that Act); and 
‘‘(C) 1994 Institutions (as defined in sec-
tion 2 of that Act). 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion 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 appro-
priated.’’. 
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