Sec. 1109. Increased accountability with respect to carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects
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The Secretary of Energy (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall, in accordance with this section, annually conduct an evaluation, and make recommendations, with respect to each project conducted by the Secretary for research, development, demonstration, or deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technologies (also known as carbon capture and storage and utilization technologies). For purposes of this section, a project includes any contract, lease, cooperative agreement, or other similar transaction with a public agency or private organization or person, entered into or performed, or any payment made, by the Secretary for research, development, demonstration, or deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technologies.
In conducting an evaluation of a project under this section, the Secretary shall— examine if the project has made advancements toward achieving any specific goal of the project with respect to a carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology; and evaluate and determine if the project has made significant progress in advancing a carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology. For each evaluation of a project conducted under this section, if the Secretary determines that— significant progress in advancing a carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology has been made, the Secretary shall assess the funding of the project and make a recommendation as to whether increased funding is necessary to advance the project; or significant progress in advancing a carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology has not been made, the Secretary shall— assess the funding of the project and make a recommendation as to whether increased funding is necessary to advance the project; assess and determine if the project has reached its full potential; and make a recommendation as to whether the project should continue.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall— issue a report on the evaluations conducted and recommendations made during the previous year pursuant to this section; and make each such report available on the Internet website of the Department of Energy. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on— the evaluations conducted and recommendations made during the previous 3 years pursuant to this section; and the progress of the Department of Energy in advancing carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technologies, including progress in achieving the Department of Energy’s goal of having an array of advanced carbon capture and sequestration technologies ready by 2020 for large-scale demonstration.