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(1) a detailed inventory describing the available 
amount and characteristics of the renewable energy 
resources; and 
(2) such other information as the Secretary be-
lieves would be useful in developing such renewable 
energy resources, including descriptions of sur-
rounding terrain, population and load centers, near-
by energy infrastructure, location of energy and 
water resources, and available estimates of the costs 
needed to develop each resource, together with an 
identification of any barriers to providing adequate 
transmission for remote sources of renewable energy 
resources to current and emerging markets, rec-
ommendations for removing or addressing such bar-
riers, and ways to provide access to the grid that do 
not unfairly disadvantage renewable or other energy 
producers. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Energy $10,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 202. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE. 
(a) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 1212(a) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and which satisfies’’ and all that
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follows through ‘‘Secretary shall establish.’’ and inserting 
‘‘. If there are insufficient appropriations to make full pay-
ments for electric production from all qualified renewable 
energy facilities in any given year, the Secretary shall as-
sign 60 percent of appropriated funds for that year to fa-
cilities that use solar, wind, geothermal, or closed-loop 
(dedicated energy crops) biomass technologies to generate 
electricity, and assign the remaining 40 percent to other 
projects. The Secretary may, after transmitting to Con-
gress an explanation of the reasons therefor, alter the per-
centage requirements of the preceding sentence.’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY.— 
Section 1212(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13317(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a State or any political’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘nonprofit electrical cooper-
ative’’ and inserting ‘‘a not-for-profit electric cooper-
ative, a public utility described in section 115 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a State, Common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States 
or the District of Columbia, or a political subdivision 
thereof, or an Indian tribal government or subdivi-
sion thereof,’’; and
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(2) by inserting ‘‘landfill gas, livestock methane, 
ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),’’ after 
‘‘wind, biomass,’’. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY WINDOW.—Section 1212(c) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(c)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘during the 10-fiscal year period be-
ginning with the first full fiscal year occurring after the 
enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘after October 
1, 2005, and before October 1, 2015’’. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Section 1212(e)(1) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(e)(1)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘landfill gas, livestock methane, 
ocean (tidal, wave, current, and thermal),’’ after ‘‘wind, 
biomass,’’. 
(e) SUNSET.—Section 1212(f) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(f)) is amended by striking 
‘‘the expiration of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1212(g) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13317(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
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as may be necessary to carry out this section for fis-
cal years 2005 through 2025. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under paragraph (1) shall remain available 
until expended.’’. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL PURCHASE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The President, acting through 
the Secretary of Energy, shall seek to ensure that, to the 
extent economically feasible and technically practicable, of 
the total amount of electric energy the Federal Govern-
ment consumes during any fiscal year, the following 
amounts shall be renewable energy: 
(1) Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 
through 2009. 
(2) Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 
through 2012. 
(3) Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 
2013 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ means any 
solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic material that is de-
rived from— 
(A) any of the following forest-related re-
sources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, 
slash, and brush, or nonmerchantable material;
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(B) solid wood waste materials, including 
waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing 
and construction wood wastes (other than pres-
sure-treated, 
chemically-treated, 
or 
painted 
wood wastes), and landscape or right-of-way 
tree trimmings, but not including municipal 
solid waste (garbage), gas derived from the bio-
degradation of solid waste, or paper that is 
commonly recycled; 
(C) agriculture wastes, including orchard 
tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and 
other crop by-products or residues, and live-
stock waste nutrients; or 
(D) a plant that is grown exclusively as a 
fuel for the production of electricity. 
(2) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renew-
able energy’’ means electric energy generated from 
solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (tidal, wave, 
current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid 
waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity 
achieved from increased efficiency or additions of 
new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project. 
(c) CALCULATION.—For purposes of determining 
compliance with the requirement of this section, the 
amount of renewable energy shall be doubled if—
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(1) the renewable energy is produced and used 
on-site at a Federal facility; 
(2) the renewable energy is produced on Fed-
eral lands and used at a Federal facility; or 
(3) the renewable energy is produced on Indian 
land as defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and used at 
a Federal facility. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than April 15, 2007, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall 
provide a report to Congress on the progress of the Fed-
eral Government in meeting the goals established by this 
section. 
SEC. 204. INSULAR AREAS ENERGY SECURITY. 
Section 604 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize 
appropriations for certain insular areas of the United 
States, and for other purposes’’, approved December 24, 
1980 (48 U.S.C. 1492), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4) by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) electric power transmission and distribu-
tion lines in insular areas are inadequate to with-
stand damage caused by the hurricanes and ty-
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phoons which frequently occur in insular areas and 
such damage often costs millions of dollars to repair; 
and 
‘‘(6) the refinement of renewable energy tech-
nologies since the publication of the 1982 Territorial 
Energy Assessment prepared pursuant to subsection 
(c) reveals the need to reassess the state of energy 
production, consumption, infrastructure, reliance on 
imported energy, opportunities for energy conserva-
tion and increased energy efficiency, and indigenous 
sources in regard to the insular areas.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Energy and the head of government 
of each insular area, shall update the plans required under 
subsection (c) by— 
‘‘(A) updating the contents required by sub-
section (c); 
‘‘(B) drafting long-term energy plans for such 
insular areas with the objective of reducing, to the 
extent feasible, their reliance on energy imports by 
the year 2012, increasing energy conservation and 
energy efficiency, and maximizing, to the extent fea-
sible, use of indigenous energy sources; and
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‘‘(C) drafting long-term energy transmission 
line plans for such insular areas with the objective 
that the maximum percentage feasible of electric 
power transmission and distribution lines in each in-
sular area be protected from damage caused by hur-
ricanes and typhoons. 
‘‘(2) Not later than December 31, 2006, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the updated 
plans for each insular area required by this subsection.’’; 
and 
(4) by amending subsection (g)(4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) POWER
LINE
GRANTS
FOR
INSULAR 
AREAS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to make grants to govern-
ments of insular areas of the United States to 
carry out eligible projects to protect electric 
power transmission and distribution lines in 
such insular areas from damage caused by hur-
ricanes and typhoons. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The Secretary 
may award grants under subparagraph (A) only 
to governments of insular areas of the United 
States that submit written project plans to the
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Secretary for projects that meet the following 
criteria: 
‘‘(i) The project is designed to protect 
electric power transmission and distribu-
tion lines located in 1 or more of the insu-
lar areas of the United States from dam-
age caused by hurricanes and typhoons. 
‘‘(ii) The project is likely to substan-
tially reduce the risk of future damage, 
hardship, loss, or suffering. 
‘‘(iii) The project addresses 1 or more 
problems that have been repetitive or that 
pose a significant risk to public health and 
safety. 
‘‘(iv) The project is not likely to cost 
more than the value of the reduction in di-
rect damage and other negative impacts 
that the project is designed to prevent or 
mitigate. The cost benefit analysis required 
by this criterion shall be computed on a 
net present value basis. 
‘‘(v) The project design has taken into 
consideration long-term changes to the 
areas and persons it is designed to protect
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and has manageable future maintenance 
and modification requirements. 
‘‘(vi) The project plan includes an 
analysis of a range of options to address 
the problem it is designed to prevent or 
mitigate and a justification for the selec-
tion of the project in light of that analysis. 
‘‘(vii) The applicant has demonstrated 
to the Secretary that the matching funds 
required by subparagraph (D) are avail-
able. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—When making grants 
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 
priority to grants for projects which are likely 
to— 
‘‘(i) have the greatest impact on re-
ducing future disaster losses; and 
‘‘(ii) best conform with plans that 
have been approved by the Federal Govern-
ment or the government of the insular area 
where the project is to be carried out for 
development or hazard mitigation for that 
insular area. 
‘‘(D) 
MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—The 
Federal share of the cost for a project for which
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a grant is provided under this paragraph shall 
not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of that 
project. The non-Federal share of the cost may 
be provided in the form of cash or services. 
‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
PURPOSES.—Grants provided under this para-
graph shall not be considered as income, a re-
source, or a duplicative program when deter-
mining eligibility or benefit levels for Federal 
major disaster and emergency assistance. 
‘‘(F) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 
for each fiscal year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 205. USE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY IN PUBLIC 
BUILDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VI of chapter 31 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 3177. Use of photovoltaic energy in public build-
ings 
‘‘(a) PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY COMMERCIALIZATION 
PROGRAM.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services may establish a photovoltaic energy 
commercialization program for the procurement and 
installation of photovoltaic solar electric systems for 
electric production in new and existing public build-
ings. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program 
shall be to accomplish the following: 
‘‘(A) To accelerate the growth of a com-
mercially viable photovoltaic industry to make 
this energy system available to the general pub-
lic as an option which can reduce the national 
consumption of fossil fuel. 
‘‘(B) To reduce the fossil fuel consumption 
and costs of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(C) To attain the goal of installing solar 
energy systems in 20,000 Federal buildings by 
2010, as contained in the Federal Government’s 
Million Solar Roof Initiative of 1997. 
‘‘(D) To stimulate the general use within 
the Federal Government of life-cycle costing 
and innovative procurement methods. 
‘‘(E) To develop program performance 
data to support policy decisions on future incen-
tive programs with respect to energy.
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‘‘(3) ACQUISITION
OF
PHOTOVOLTAIC
SOLAR 
ELECTRIC SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The program shall 
provide for the acquisition of photovoltaic solar 
electric systems and associated storage capa-
bility for use in public buildings. 
‘‘(B) ACQUISITION LEVELS.—The acquisi-
tion of photovoltaic electric systems shall be at 
a level substantial enough to allow use of low- 
cost production techniques with at least 150 
megawatts (peak) cumulative acquired during 
the 5 years of the program. 
‘‘(4) 
ADMINISTRATION.—The 
Administrator 
shall administer the program and shall— 
‘‘(A) issue such rules and regulations as 
may be appropriate to monitor and assess the 
performance and operation of photovoltaic solar 
electric systems installed pursuant to this sub-
section; 
‘‘(B) develop innovative procurement strat-
egies for the acquisition of such systems; and 
‘‘(C) transmit to Congress an annual re-
port on the results of the program. 
‘‘(b) PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS EVALUATION PRO-
GRAM.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall establish a photovoltaic solar en-
ergy systems evaluation program to evaluate such 
photovoltaic solar energy systems as are required in 
public buildings. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENT.—In evaluating 
photovoltaic solar energy systems under the pro-
gram, the Administrator shall ensure that such sys-
tems reflect the most advanced technology. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY COMMERCIALIZA-
TION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out subsection (a) $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Such sums 
shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(2) PHOTOVOLTAIC
SYSTEMS
EVALUATION 
PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out subsection (b) $10,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010. Such sums shall re-
main available until expended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for the National Energy Conservation Policy Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
569 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 570. Use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings.’’.
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SEC. 206. BIOBASED PRODUCTS. 
Section 9002(c)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102(c)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or such items that comply with the regula-
tions issued under section 103 of Public Law 100–556 (42 
U.S.C. 6914b–1)’’ after ‘‘practicable’’. 
SEC. 207. RENEWABLE ENERGY SECURITY. 
(a) WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE.—Section 415(c) 
of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 
U.S.C. 6865(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘in paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$2,500 per 
dwelling unit average provided in paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘dwelling unit averages provided in 
paragraphs (1) and (4)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The expenditure of financial assistance provided 
under this part for labor, weatherization materials, and 
related matters for a renewable energy system shall not 
exceed an average of $3,000 per dwelling unit. 
‘‘(5)(A) The Secretary shall by regulations— 
‘‘(i) establish the criteria which are to be used 
in prescribing performance and quality standards 
under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) or in specifying any form
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of renewable energy under paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I); 
and 
‘‘(ii) establish a procedure under which a manu-
facturer of an item may request the Secretary to 
certify that the item will be treated, for purposes of 
this paragraph, as a renewable energy system. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall make a final determination 
with respect to any request filed under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) within 1 year after the filing of the request, to-
gether with any information required to be filed with such 
request under subparagraph (A)(ii). 
‘‘(C) Each month the Secretary shall publish a report 
of any request under subparagraph (A)(ii) which has been 
denied during the preceding month and the reasons for 
the denial. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall not specify any form of re-
newable energy under paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I) unless the 
Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) there will be a reduction in oil or natural 
gas consumption as a result of such specification; 
‘‘(ii) such specification will not result in an in-
creased use of any item which is known to be, or 
reasonably suspected to be, environmentally haz-
ardous or a threat to public health or safety; and
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‘‘(iii) available Federal subsidies do not make 
such specification unnecessary or inappropriate (in 
the light of the most advantageous allocation of eco-
nomic resources). 
‘‘(6) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘renewable energy system’ means 
a system which— 
‘‘(i) when installed in connection with a 
dwelling, transmits or uses— 
‘‘(I) solar energy, energy derived from 
the geothermal deposits, energy derived 
from biomass, or any other form of renew-
able energy which the Secretary specifies 
by regulations, for the purpose of heating 
or cooling such dwelling or providing hot 
water or electricity for use within such 
dwelling; or 
‘‘(II) wind energy for nonbusiness res-
idential purposes; 
‘‘(ii) meets the performance and quality 
standards (if any) which have been prescribed 
by the Secretary by regulations; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a combustion rated 
system, has a thermal efficiency rating of at 
least 75 percent; and
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‘‘(iv) in the case of a solar system, has a 
thermal efficiency rating of at least 15 percent; 
and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘biomass’ means any organic 
matter that is available on a renewable or recurring 
basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood 
and wood wastes and residues, plants (including 
aquatic plants), grasses, residues, fibers, and animal 
wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste mate-
rials.’’. 
(b) DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING PROGRAMS.— 
Section 172 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13451 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) evaluate the use of renewable energy sys-
tems (as such term is defined in section 415(c) of 
the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 
U.S.C. 6865(c))) in residential buildings.’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Energy Policy Act of 2005’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF BIOMASS.—Section 203(2) of the 
Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 8802(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘biomass’ means any organic 
matter that is available on a renewable or recurring 
basis, including agricultural crops and trees, wood 
and wood wastes and residues, plants (including 
aquatic plants), grasses, residues, fibers, and animal 
wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste mate-
rials.’’. 
(d) REBATE PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall establish a program providing rebates for 
consumers for expenditures made for the installation 
of a renewable energy system in connection with a 
dwelling unit or small business. 
(2) AMOUNT
OF
REBATE.—Rebates provided 
under the program established under paragraph (1) 
shall be in an amount not to exceed the lesser of— 
(A) 25 percent of the expenditures de-
scribed in paragraph (1) made by the con-
sumer; or 
(B) $3,000.