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[USC02] 42 USC CHAPTER 77, SUBCHAPTER III, Part C: Industrial Energy Efficiency
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42 USC CHAPTER 77, SUBCHAPTER III, Part C: Industrial Energy Efficiency
From Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 77—ENERGY CONSERVATIONSUBCHAPTER III—IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Part C—Industrial Energy Efficiency
This part was, in the original, designated part E and has been changed to part C for purposes of codification.
A prior part C, consisting of sections 6341 to 6346, related to voluntary industrial energy conservation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888. This prior part C, which in the original Act had been designated part D and subsequently redesignated part E by Pub. L. 95–619, title IV, §441(a), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3267, was designated part C of this subchapter for purposes of codification.
§6341. Definitions
The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Combined heat and power
The term "combined heat and power system" means a facility that—
(A) simultaneously and efficiently produces useful thermal energy and electricity; and
(B) recovers not less than 60 percent of the energy value in the fuel (on a higher-heating-value basis) in the form of useful thermal energy and electricity.
(3) Net excess power
The term "net excess power" means, for any facility, recoverable waste energy recovered in the form of electricity in quantities exceeding the total consumption of electricity at the specific time of generation on the site at which the facility is located.
(4) Project
The term "project" means a recoverable waste energy project or a combined heat and power system project.
(5) Recoverable waste energy
The term "recoverable waste energy" means waste energy from which electricity or useful thermal energy may be recovered through modification of an existing facility or addition of a new facility.
(6) Registry
The term "Registry" means the Registry of Recoverable Waste Energy Sources established under section 6342(d) of this title.
(7) Useful thermal energy
The term "useful thermal energy" means energy—
(A) in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, or other thermal form that is used in production and beneficial measures for heating, cooling, humidity control, process use, or other valid thermal end-use energy requirements; and
(B) for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed.
(8) Waste energy
The term "waste energy" means—
(A) exhaust heat or flared gas from any industrial process;
(B) waste gas or industrial tail gas that would otherwise be flared, incinerated, or vented;
(C) a pressure drop in any gas, excluding any pressure drop to a condenser that subsequently vents the resulting heat; and
(D) such other forms of waste energy as the Administrator may determine.
(9) Other terms
The terms "electric utility", "nonregulated electric utility", "State regulated electric utility", and other terms have the meanings given those terms in title I of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.).
(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §371, as added Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, §451(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1623.)
The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, referred to in par. (9), is Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3117. Title I (§101 et seq.) of the Act enacted subchapters I to IV of chapter 46 (§2611 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation, and section 6808 of this title, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of Title 16 and Tables.
A prior section 6341, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §371, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, §§601(c), 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3283, 3288, defined terms used in former part C, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888.
Ex. Ord. No. 13624. Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency
Ex. Ord. No. 13624, Aug. 30, 2012, 77 Stat. 54779, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote American manufacturing by helping to facilitate investments in energy efficiency at industrial facilities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The industrial sector accounts for over 30 percent of all energy consumed in the United States, and, for many manufacturers, energy costs affect overall competitiveness. While our manufacturing facilities have made progress in becoming more energy efficient over the past several decades, there is an opportunity to accelerate and expand these efforts with investments to reduce energy use through more efficient manufacturing processes and facilities and the expanded use of combined heat and power (CHP). Instead of burning fuel in an on-site boiler to produce thermal energy and also purchasing electricity from the grid, a manufacturing facility can use a CHP system to provide both types of energy in one energy-efficient step. Accelerating these investments in our Nation's factories can improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing, lower energy costs, free up future capital for businesses to invest, reduce air pollution, and create jobs.
Despite these benefits, independent studies have pointed to under-investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP as a result of numerous barriers. The Federal Government has limited but important authorities to overcome these barriers, and our efforts to support investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP should involve coordinated engagement with a broad set of stakeholders, including States, manufacturers, utilities, and others. By working with all stakeholders to address these barriers, we have an opportunity to save industrial users tens of billions of dollars in energy costs over the next decade.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution for our manufacturers, so it is imperative that we support these investments through a variety of approaches, including encouraging private sector investment by setting goals and highlighting the benefits of investment, improving coordination at the Federal level, partnering with and supporting States, and identifying investment models beneficial to the multiple stakeholders involved.
To formalize and support the close interagency coordination that is required to accelerate greater investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP, this order directs certain executive departments and agencies to convene national and regional stakeholders to identify, develop, and encourage the adoption of investment models and State best practice policies for industrial energy efficiency and CHP; provide technical assistance to States and manufacturers to encourage investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP; provide public information on the benefits of investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP; and use existing Federal authorities, programs, and policies to support investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP.
Sec. 2. Encouraging Investment in Industrial Efficiency. The Departments of Energy, Commerce, and Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the National Economic Council, the Domestic Policy Council, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall coordinate policies to encourage investment in industrial efficiency in order to reduce costs for industrial users, improve U.S. competitiveness, create jobs, and reduce harmful air pollution. In doing so, they shall engage States, industrial companies, utility companies, and other stakeholders to accelerate this investment. Specifically, these agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law:
(a) coordinate and strongly encourage efforts to achieve a national goal of deploying 40 gigawatts of new, cost-effective industrial CHP in the United States by the end of 2020;
(b) convene stakeholders, through a series of public workshops, to develop and encourage the use of best practice State policies and investment models that address the multiple barriers to investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP;
(c) utilize their respective relevant authorities and resources to encourage investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP, such as by:
(i) providing assistance to States on accounting for the potential emission reduction benefits of CHP and other energy efficiency policies when developing State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to achieve national ambient air quality standards;
(ii) providing incentives for the deployment of CHP and other types of clean energy, such as set-asides under emissions allowance trading program state implementation plans, grants, and loans;
(iii) employing output-based approaches as compliance options in power and industrial sector regulations, as appropriate, to recognize the emissions benefits of highly efficient energy generation technologies like CHP; and
(iv) seeking to expand participation in and create additional tools to support the Better Buildings, Better Plants program at the Department of Energy, which is working with companies to help them achieve a goal of reducing energy intensity by 25 percent over 10 years, as well as utilizing existing partnership programs to support energy efficiency and CHP;
(d) support and encourage efforts to accelerate investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP by:
(i) providing general guidance, technical analysis and information, and financial analysis on the value of investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP to States, utilities, and owners and operators of industrial facilities;
(ii) improving the usefulness of Federal data collection and analysis; and
(iii) assisting States in developing and implementing State-specific best practice policies that can accelerate investment in industrial energy efficiency and CHP.
In implementing this section, these agencies should consult with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as appropriate.
§6342. Survey and Registry
(a) Recoverable waste energy inventory program
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary and State energy offices, shall establish a recoverable waste energy inventory program.
(2) Survey
The program shall include—
(A) an ongoing survey of all major industrial and large commercial combustion sources in the United States (as defined by the Administrator) and the sites at which the sources are located; and
(B) a review of each source for the quantity and quality of waste energy produced at the source.
(b) Criteria
Not later than 270 days after December 19, 2007, the Administrator shall publish a rule for establishing criteria for including sites in the Registry.
The criteria shall include—
(A) a requirement that, to be included in the Registry, a project at the site shall be determined to be economically feasible by virtue of offering a payback of invested costs not later than 5 years after the date of first full project operation (including incentives offered under this part);
(B) standards to ensure that projects proposed for inclusion in the Registry are not developed or used for the primary purpose of making sales of excess electric power under the regulatory provisions of this part; and
(C) procedures for contesting the listing of any source or site on the Registry by any State, utility, or other interested person.
(c) Technical support
On the request of the owner or operator of a source or site included in the Registry, the Secretary shall—
(1) provide to owners or operators of combustion sources technical support; and
(2) offer partial funding (in an amount equal to not more than one-half of total costs) for feasibility studies to confirm whether or not investment in recovery of waste energy or combined heat and power at a source would offer a payback period of 5 years or less.
(d) Registry
Not later than 1 year after December 19, 2007, the Administrator shall establish a Registry of Recoverable Waste Energy Sources, and sites on which the sources are located, that meet the criteria established under subsection (b).
(B) Updates; availability
The Administrator shall—
(i) update the Registry on a regular basis; and
(ii) make the Registry available to the public on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(C) Contesting listing
Any State, electric utility, or other interested person may contest the listing of any source or site by submitting a petition to the Administrator.
The Administrator shall register and include on the Registry all sites meeting the criteria established under subsection (b).
(B) Quantity of recoverable waste energy
(i) calculate the total quantities of potentially recoverable waste energy from sources at the sites, nationally and by State; and
(ii) make public—
(I) the total quantities described in clause (i); and
(II) information on the criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions savings that might be achieved with recovery of the waste energy from all sources and sites listed on the Registry.
(3) Availability of information
The Administrator shall notify owners or operators of recoverable waste energy sources and sites listed on the Registry prior to publishing the listing.
(B) Detailed quantitative information
Except as provided in clause (ii), the owner or operator of a source at a site may elect to have detailed quantitative information concerning the site not made public by notifying the Administrator of the election.
(ii) Limited availability
The information shall be made available to—
(I) the applicable State energy office; and
(II) any utility requested to support recovery of waste energy from the source pursuant to the incentives provided under section 6344 of this title.
(iii) State totals
Information concerning the site shall be included in the total quantity of recoverable waste energy for a State unless there are fewer than 3 sites in the State.
(4) Removal of projects from registry
Subject to subparagraph (B), as a project achieves successful recovery of waste energy, the Administrator shall—
(i) remove the related sites or sources from the Registry; and
(ii) designate the removed projects as eligible for incentives under section 6344 of this title.
No project shall be removed from the Registry without the consent of the owner or operator of the project if—
(i) the owner or operator has submitted a petition under section 6344 of this title; and
(ii) the petition has not been acted on or denied.
(5) Ineligibility of certain sources
The Administrator shall not list any source constructed after December 19, 2007, on the Registry if the Administrator determines that the source—
(A) was developed for the primary purpose of making sales of excess electric power under the regulatory provisions of this part; or
(B) does not capture at least 60 percent of the total energy value of the fuels used (on a higher-heating-value basis) in the form of useful thermal energy, electricity, mechanical energy, chemical output, or any combination thereof.
(e) Self-certification
Subject to any procedures that are established by the Administrator, an owner, operator, or third-party developer of a recoverable waste energy project that qualifies under standards established by the Administrator may self-certify the sites or sources of the owner, operator, or developer to the Administrator for inclusion in the Registry.
(2) Review and approval
To prevent a fraudulent listing, a site or source shall be included on the Registry only if the Administrator reviews and approves the self-certification.
(f) New facilities
As a new energy-consuming industrial facility is developed after December 19, 2007, to the extent the facility may constitute a site with recoverable waste energy that may qualify for inclusion on the Registry, the Administrator may elect to include the facility on the Registry, at the request of the owner, operator, or developer of the facility, on a conditional basis with the site to be removed from the Registry if the development ceases or the site fails to qualify for listing under this part.
(g) Optimum means of recovery
For each site listed in the Registry, at the request of the owner or operator of the site, the Administrator shall offer, in cooperation with Clean Energy Application Centers operated by the Secretary of Energy, suggestions for optimum means of recovery of value from waste energy stream in the form of electricity, useful thermal energy, or other energy-related products.
(h) Revision
Each annual report of a State under section 8258(a) of title 42 shall include the results of the survey for the State under this section.
There are authorized to be appropriated to—
(1) the Administrator to create and maintain the Registry and services authorized by this section, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012; and
(2) the Secretary—
(A) to assist site or source owners and operators in determining the feasibility of projects authorized by this section, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012; and
(B) to provide funding for State energy office functions under this section, $5,000,000.
(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §372, as added Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, §451(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1624.)
A prior section 6342, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §372, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, §301(a), title VII, §§703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, §691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288, related to establishment and maintenance of an energy efficiency program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888.
§6343. Waste energy recovery incentive grant program
The Secretary shall establish in the Department of Energy a waste energy recovery incentive grant program to provide incentive grants to—
(1) owners and operators of projects that successfully produce electricity or incremental useful thermal energy from waste energy recovery;
(2) utilities purchasing or distributing the electricity; and
(3) States that have achieved 80 percent or more of recoverable waste heat recovery opportunities.
(b) Grants to projects and utilities
The Secretary shall make grants under this section—
(A) to the owners or operators of waste energy recovery projects; and
(B) in the case of excess power purchased or transmitted by a electric utility, to the utility.
(2) Proof
Grants may only be made under this section on receipt of proof of waste energy recovery or excess electricity generation, or both, from the project in a form prescribed by the Secretary.
(3) Excess electric energy
In the case of waste energy recovery, a grant under this section shall be made at the rate of $10 per megawatt hour of documented electricity produced from recoverable waste energy (or by prevention of waste energy in the case of a new facility) by the project during the first 3 calendar years of production, beginning on or after December 19, 2007.
(B) Utilities
If the project produces net excess power and an electric utility purchases or transmits the excess power, 50 percent of so much of the grant as is attributable to the net excess power shall be paid to the electric utility purchasing or transporting the net excess power.
(4) Useful thermal energy
In the case of waste energy recovery that produces useful thermal energy that is used for a purpose different from that for which the project is principally designed, a grant under this section shall be made to the owner or operator of the waste energy recovery project at the rate of $10 for each 3,412,000 Btus of the excess thermal energy used for the different purpose.
In the case of any State that has achieved 80 percent or more of waste heat recovery opportunities identified by the Secretary under this part, the Administrator shall make a 1-time grant to the State in an amount of not more than $1,000 per megawatt of waste-heat capacity recovered (or a thermal equivalent) to support State-level programs to identify and achieve additional energy efficiency.
(d) Eligibility
(1) establish rules and guidelines to establish eligibility for grants under subsection (b);
(2) publicize the availability of the grant program known to owners or operators of recoverable waste energy sources and sites listed on the Registry; and
(3) award grants under the program on the basis of the merits of each project in recovering or preventing waste energy throughout the United States on an impartial, objective, and not unduly discriminatory basis.
The Secretary shall not award grants to any person for a combined heat and power project or a waste heat recovery project that qualifies for specific Federal tax incentives for combined heat and power or for waste heat recovery.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—
(1) to make grants to projects and utilities under subsection (b)—
(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012; and
(B) such additional amounts for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter as may be necessary for administration of the waste energy recovery incentive grant program; and
(2) to make grants to States under subsection (b), $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, to remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §373, as added Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, §451(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1627.)
A prior section 6343, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §373, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, §§601(a), 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3282, 3288, related to identification of major energy-consuming industries and corporations in the United States, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888.
§6344. Additional incentives for recovery, use, and prevention of industrial waste energy
(a) Consideration of standard
Not later than 180 days after the receipt by a State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority), or nonregulated electric utility, of a request from a project sponsor or owner or operator, the State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility shall—
(A) provide public notice and conduct a hearing respecting the standard established by subsection (b); and
(B) on the basis of the hearing, consider and make a determination whether or not it is appropriate to implement the standard to carry out the purposes of this part.
(2) Relationship to State law
For purposes of any determination under paragraph (1) and any review of the determination in any court, the purposes of this section supplement otherwise applicable State law.
(3) Nonadoption of standard
Nothing in this part prohibits any State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility from making any determination that it is not appropriate to adopt any standard described in paragraph (1), pursuant to authority under otherwise applicable State law.
(b) Standard for sales of excess power
For purposes of this section, the standard referred to in subsection (a) shall provide that an owner or operator of a waste energy recovery project identified on the Registry that generates net excess power shall be eligible to benefit from at least 1 of the options described in subsection (c) for disposal of the net excess power in accordance with the rate conditions and limitations described in subsection (d).
The options referred to in subsection (b) are as follows:
(1) Sale of net excess power to utility
The electric utility shall purchase the net excess power from the owner or operator of the eligible waste energy recovery project during the operation of the project under a contract entered into for that purpose.
(2) Transport by utility for direct sale to third party
The electric utility shall transmit the net excess power on behalf of the project owner or operator to up to 3 separate locations on the system of the utility for direct sale by the owner or operator to third parties at those locations.
(3) Transport over private transmission lines
The State and the electric utility shall permit, and shall waive or modify such laws as would otherwise prohibit, the construction and operation of private electric wires constructed, owned, and operated by the project owner or operator, to transport the power to up to 3 purchasers within a 3-mile radius of the project, allowing the wires to use or cross public rights-of-way, without subjecting the project to regulation as a public utility, and according the wires the same treatment for safety, zoning, land use, and other legal privileges as apply or would apply to the wires of the utility, except that—
(A) there shall be no grant of any power of eminent domain to take or cross private property for the wires; and
(B) the wires shall be physically segregated and not interconnected with any portion of the system of the utility, except on the customer side of the revenue meter of the utility and in a manner that precludes any possible export of the electricity onto the utility system, or disruption of the system.
(4) Agreed on alternatives
The utility and the owner or operator of the project may reach agreement on any alternate arrangement and payments or rates associated with the arrangement that is mutually satisfactory and in accord with State law.
(d) Rate conditions and criteria
(A) Per unit distribution costs
The term "per unit distribution costs" means (in kilowatt hours) the quotient obtained by dividing—
(i) the depreciated book-value distribution system costs of a utility; by
(ii) the volume of utility electricity sales or transmission during the previous year at the distribution level.
(B) Per unit distribution margin
The term "per unit distribution margin" means—
(i) in the case of a State-regulated electric utility, a per-unit gross pretax profit equal to the product obtained by multiplying—
(I) the State-approved percentage rate of return for the utility for distribution system assets; by
(II) the per unit distribution costs; and
(ii) in the case of a nonregulated utility, a per unit contribution to net revenues determined multiplying—
(I) the percentage (but not less than 10 percent) obtained by dividing—
(aa) the amount of any net revenue payment or contribution to the owners or subscribers of the nonregulated utility during the prior year; by
(bb) the gross revenues of the utility during the prior year to obtain a percentage; by
(II) the per unit distribution costs.
(C) Per unit transmission costs
The term "per unit transmission costs" means the total cost of those transmission services purchased or provided by a utility on a per-kilowatt-hour basis as included in the retail rate of the utility.
(2) Options
The options described in paragraphs (1) and (2) in subsection (c) shall be offered under purchase and transport rate conditions that reflect the rate components defined under paragraph (1) as applicable under the circumstances described in paragraph (3).
(3) Applicable rates
(A) Rates applicable to sale of net excess power
Sales made by a project owner or operator of a facility under the option described in subsection (c)(1) shall be paid for on a per kilowatt hour basis that shall equal the full undiscounted retail rate paid to the utility for power purchased by the facility minus per unit distribution costs, that applies to the type of utility purchasing the power.
(ii) Voltages exceeding 25 kilovolts
If the net excess power is made available for purchase at voltages that must be transformed to or from voltages exceeding 25 kilovolts to be available for resale by the utility, the purchase price shall further be reduced by per unit transmission costs.
(B) Rates applicable to transport by utility for direct sale to third parties
Transportation by utilities of power on behalf of the owner or operator of a project under the option described in subsection (c)(2) shall incur a transportation rate that shall equal the per unit distribution costs and per unit distribution margin, that applies to the type of utility transporting the power.
If the net excess power is made available for transportation at voltages that must be transformed to or from voltages exceeding 25 kilovolts to be transported to the designated third-party purchasers, the transport rate shall further be increased by per unit transmission costs.
(iii) States with competitive retail markets for electricity
In a State with a competitive retail market for electricity, the applicable transportation rate for similar transportation shall be applied in lieu of any rate calculated under this paragraph.
Any rate established for sale or transportation under this section shall—
(i) be modified over time with changes in the underlying costs or rates of the electric utility; and
(ii) reflect the same time-sensitivity and billing periods as are established in the retail sales or transportation rates offered by the utility.
No utility shall be required to purchase or transport a quantity of net excess power under this section that exceeds the available capacity of the wires, meter, or other equipment of the electric utility serving the site unless the owner or operator of the project agrees to pay necessary and reasonable upgrade costs.
(e) Procedural requirements for consideration and determination
(1) Public notice and hearing
The consideration referred to in subsection (a) shall be made after public notice and hearing.
The determination referred to in subsection (a) shall be—
(i) in writing;
(ii) based on findings included in the determination and on the evidence presented at the hearing; and
(iii) available to the public.
(2) Intervention by Administrator
The Administrator may intervene as a matter of right in a proceeding conducted under this section—
(A) to calculate—
(i) the energy and emissions likely to be saved by electing to adopt 1 or more of the options; and
(ii) the costs and benefits to ratepayers and the utility; and
(B) to advocate for the waste-energy recovery opportunity.
(3) Procedures
Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), the procedures for the consideration and determination referred to in subsection (a) shall be the procedures established by the State regulatory authority or the nonregulated electric utility.
(B) Multiple projects
If there is more than 1 project seeking consideration simultaneously in connection with the same utility, the proceeding may encompass all such projects, if full attention is paid to individual circumstances and merits and an individual judgment is reached with respect to each project.
(f) Implementation
The State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority) or nonregulated electric utility may, to the extent consistent with otherwise applicable State law—
(A) implement the standard determined under this section; or
(B) decline to implement any such standard.
(2) Nonimplementation of standard
If a State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority) or nonregulated electric utility declines to implement any standard established by this section, the authority or nonregulated electric utility shall state in writing the reasons for declining to implement the standard.
(B) Availability to public
The statement of reasons shall be available to the public.
(C) Annual report
The Administrator shall include in an annual report submitted to Congress a description of the lost opportunities for waste-heat recovery from the project described in subparagraph (A), specifically identifying the utility and stating the quantity of lost energy and emissions savings calculated.
(D) New petition
If a State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the authority has ratemaking authority) or nonregulated electric utility declines to implement the standard established by this section, the project sponsor may submit a new petition under this section with respect to the project at any time after the date that is 2 years after the date on which the State regulatory authority or nonregulated utility declined to implement the standard.
(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §374, as added Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, §451(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1628.)
Prior sections 6344 and 6344a were repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888.
Section 6344, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §374, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, §691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288, related to establishment of individual energy improvement targets for each of the 10 most energy-consumptive industries.
Section 6344a, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §374A, as added Pub. L. 95–619, title IV, §461(c), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3273, related to targets for increased utilization of energy-saving recovered materials for specified industries.
§6345. Clean Energy Application Centers
(a) Renaming
The Combined Heat and Power Application Centers of the Department of Energy are redesignated as Clean Energy Application Centers.
(2) References
Any reference in any law, rule, regulation, or publication to a Combined Heat and Power Application Center shall be treated as a reference to a Clean Energy Application Center.
(b) Relocation
In order to better coordinate efforts with the separate Industrial Assessment Centers and to ensure that the energy efficiency and, when applicable, the renewable nature of deploying mature clean energy technology is fully accounted for, the Secretary shall relocate the administration of the Clean Energy Application Centers to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy within the Department of Energy.
(2) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability shall—
(A) continue to perform work on the role of technology described in paragraph (1) in support of the grid and the reliability and security of the technology; and
(B) shall assist the Clean Energy Application Centers in the work of the Centers with regard to the grid and with electric utilities.
(c) Grants
The Secretary shall make grants to universities, research centers, and other appropriate institutions to ensure the continued operations and effectiveness of 8 Regional Clean Energy Application Centers in each of the following regions (as designated for such purposes as of December 19, 2007):
(A) Gulf Coast.
(B) Intermountain.
(C) Mid-Atlantic.
(D) Midwest.
(E) Northeast.
(F) Northwest.
(G) Pacific.
(H) Southeast.
(2) Establishment of goals and compliance
In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that sufficient goals are established and met by each Center throughout the program duration concerning outreach and technology deployment.
(d) Activities
Each Clean Energy Application Center shall—
(A) operate a program to encourage deployment of clean energy technologies through education and outreach to building and industrial professionals; 1 and other individuals and organizations with an interest in efficient energy use; and
(B) provide project specific support to building and industrial professionals through assessments and advisory activities.
(2) Types of activities
Funds made available under this section may be used—
(A) to develop and distribute informational materials on clean energy technologies, including continuation of the 8 websites in existence on December 19, 2007;
(B) to develop and conduct target market workshops, seminars, Internet programs, and other activities to educate end users, regulators, and stakeholders in a manner that leads to the deployment of clean energy technologies;
(C) to provide or coordinate onsite assessments for sites and enterprises that may consider deployment of clean energy technology;
(D) to perform market research to identify high profile candidates for clean energy deployment;
(E) to provide consulting support to sites considering deployment of clean energy technologies;
(F) to assist organizations developing clean energy technologies to overcome barriers to deployment; and
(G) to assist companies and organizations with performance evaluations of any clean energy technology implemented.
(e) Duration
A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of 5 years 2
(2) Annual evaluations
Each grant shall be evaluated annually for the continuation of the grant based on the activities and results of the grant.
(f) Authorization
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §375, as added Pub. L. 110–140, title IV, §451(a), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1632.)
A prior section 6345, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §375, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, §601(b), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3282, required reports on progress made in improving energy efficiency and achievement of energy efficiency improvement targets, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888.
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§6346. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–509, title III, §3101(b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1888
Section, Pub. L. 94–163, title III, §376, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 95–619, title IV, §461(d)(1), title VI, §691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3275, 3288, set forth general provisions relating to compliance with former part C reporting requirements, use of information, and absence of liability for failure to meet energy efficiency improvement targets.
§6347. Omitted
Section, Pub. L. 96–294, title V, §591, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 761, authorized appropriations to Secretary of Energy of $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1981 and 1982, for industrial energy conservation demonstration projects designed to substantially increase productivity in industry.
Section was enacted as part of the Energy Security Act, and not as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act which comprises this chapter.
§6348. Energy efficiency in industrial facilities
(a) Grant program
The Secretary shall make grants to industry associations to support programs to improve energy efficiency in industry. In order to be eligible for a grant under this subsection, an industry association shall establish a voluntary energy efficiency improvement target program.
(2) Awarding of grants
The Secretary shall request project proposals and provide annual grants on a competitive basis. In evaluating grant proposals under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider—
(A) potential energy savings;
(B) potential environmental benefits;
(C) the degree of cost sharing;
(D) the degree to which new and innovative technologies will be encouraged;
(E) the level of industry involvement;
(F) estimated project cost-effectiveness; and
(G) the degree to which progress toward the energy improvement targets can be monitored.
(3) Eligible projects
Projects eligible for grants under this subsection may include the following:
(A) Workshops.
(B) Training seminars.
(C) Handbooks.
(D) Newsletters.
(E) Data bases.
(F) Other activities approved by the Secretary.
(4) Limitation on cost sharing
Grants provided under this subsection shall not exceed $250,000 and each grant shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is made.
(5) Authorization
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.
(b) Award program
The Secretary shall establish an annual award program to recognize those industry associations or individual industrial companies that have significantly improved their energy efficiency.
(c) Report on industrial reporting and voluntary targets
Not later than one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall, in consultation with affected industries, evaluate and report to the Congress regarding the establishment of Federally mandated energy efficiency reporting requirements and voluntary energy efficiency improvement targets for energy intensive industries. Such report shall include an evaluation of the costs and benefits of such reporting requirements and voluntary energy efficiency improvement targets, and recommendations regarding the role of such activities in improving energy efficiency in energy intensive industries.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title I, §131, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2836.)
(1) the term "covered industry" means the food and food products industry, lumber and wood products industry, petroleum and coal products industry, and all other manufacturing industries specified in Standard Industrial Classification Codes 20 through 39 (or successor classification codes);
(2) the term "process-oriented industrial assessment" means—
(3) the term "utility" means any person, State agency (including any municipality), or Federal agency, which sells electric or gas energy to retail customers.
1995—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–66 substituted "Not later than October 24, 1995, and biennially thereafter" for "Not later than 2 years after October 24, 1992, and annually thereafter" in introductory provisions and added par. (6).
§6350. Industrial insulation and audit guidelines
(a) Voluntary guidelines for energy efficiency auditing and insulating
Not later than 18 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary, after consultation with utilities, major industrial energy consumers, and representatives of the insulation industry, shall establish voluntary guidelines for—
(1) the conduct of energy efficiency audits of industrial facilities to identify cost-effective opportunities to increase energy efficiency; and
(2) the installation of insulation to achieve cost-effective increases in energy efficiency in industrial facilities.
(b) Educational and technical assistance
The Secretary shall conduct a program of educational and technical assistance to promote the use of the voluntary guidelines established under subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 102–486, title I, §133, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2840; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, §1052(a)(2), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 105–362, title IV, §401(e), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3282.)
1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–362 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: "Not later than 2 years after October 24, 1995, and biennially thereafter, as part of the report required under section 6349(d) of this title, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on activities conducted pursuant to this section, including—
"(1) a review of the status of industrial energy auditing procedures; and
"(2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the guidelines established under subsection (a) of this section and the responsiveness of the industrial sector to such guidelines."
1995—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–66 in introductory provisions substituted "1995" for "1992", and inserted "as part of the report required under section 6349(d) of this title," after "and biennially thereafter,".
§6351. Coordination of research and development of energy efficient technologies for industry
As part of the research and development activities of the Industrial Technologies Program of the Department of Energy, the Secretary of Energy (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") shall establish, as appropriate, collaborative research and development partnerships with other programs within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (including the Building Technologies Program), the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, and the Office of Science that—
(1) leverage the research and development expertise of those programs to promote early stage energy efficiency technology development;
(2) support the use of innovative manufacturing processes and applied research for development, demonstration, and commercialization of new technologies and processes to improve efficiency (including improvements in efficient use of water), reduce emissions, reduce industrial waste, and improve industrial cost-competitiveness; and
(3) apply the knowledge and expertise of the Industrial Technologies Program to help achieve the program goals of the other programs.
(b) Reports
Not later than 2 years after December 18, 2012, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes actions taken to carry out subsection (a) and the results of those actions.
(Pub. L. 112–210, §6, Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1519.)
Section was enacted as part of the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act, and not as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act which comprises this chapter.