Sec. 3801. Modifying the definition of renewable energy to include thermal energy
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Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15852 ) (as amended by section 3001(b)) is amended— in subsection (a), by inserting a number equivalent to before the total amount of electric energy ; in subsection (b)— by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (3); by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: 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. ; and in paragraph
(3)(as redesignated by subparagraph (A))— by striking produced from and inserting produced or, if resulting from a thermal energy project placed in service after December 31, 2014, thermal energy generated from, or avoided by, ; and by inserting qualified waste heat resource, after municipal solid waste, ; and in subsection (c)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated), by striking For purposes and inserting the following: For purposes ; and by adding at the end the following: For purposes of determining compliance with the requirements of this section, any energy consumption that is avoided through the use of renewable energy shall be considered to be renewable energy produced. Avoided energy consumption that is considered to be renewable energy produced under subparagraph
(A)shall not also be counted for purposes of achieving compliance with another Federal energy efficiency goal. . Section 2410q(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking section 203(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2) ) section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( . 42 U.S.C. 15852(b) )
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Modifying the definition of renewable energy to include thermal energy
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