Sec. 3115. Federal purchase requirement
378 words·~2 min read·
/bill/114/s/2012/eah/section-3115A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15852(b) ) is amended by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The term renewable energy means electric energy, or thermal energy if resulting from a thermal energy project placed in service after December 31, 2014, generated from, or avoided by, solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste (in accordance with subsection (e)), qualified waste heat resource, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project. The term qualified waste heat resource means— exhaust heat or flared gas from any industrial process; waste gas or industrial tail gas that would otherwise be flared, incinerated, or vented; a pressure drop in any gas for an industrial or commercial process; or such other forms of waste heat as the Secretary determines appropriate. . Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15852 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of this section, any Federal agency may consider electric energy generation purchased from a facility to be renewable energy if the municipal solid waste used by the facility to generate the electricity is— separately collected (within the meaning of section 246.101(z) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 ) from paper that is commonly recycled; and processed in a way that keeps paper that is commonly recycled segregated from non-recyclable solid waste. Municipal solid waste used to generate electric energy that meets the conditions described in paragraph
(1)shall be considered renewable energy even if the municipal solid waste contains incidental commonly recycled paper. Nothing in paragraph
(1)shall be interpreted to require a State or political subdivision of a State, directly or indirectly, to change the systems, processes, or equipment it uses to collect, treat, dispose of, or otherwise use municipal solid waste, within the meaning of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. ), nor require a change to the regulations that implement subtitle D of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq. ). .
Connectionstraces to 3
Traces to 3 documents
Citation graph
cites case law
Cites 3Cited by 0 across 0 sources