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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1359 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a market-oriented standard for clean electri... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Clean energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment program

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The Secretary of Energy shall establish a cross-cutting national program within the Department of Energy for the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of clean energy technologies and portfolios for the purpose of meeting the requirements established under section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by section 2(a)). In establishing the program under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall— identify and coordinate, across all relevant program offices throughout the Department of Energy, key areas of existing and future research with respect to a portfolio of technologies and approaches; with respect to dispatchable low-emission technologies and dispatchable zero-emission technologies (as defined in sections 610(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by section 2(a))— prioritize programs that would accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of technologies by— identifying specific applications of those technologies; cataloguing existing Department of Energy programs and research to advance the specific applications; and establishing a center within the Department of Energy to coordinate research priorities and demonstration programs for the specific applications; adopt long-term cost, performance, and deployment targets for the specific applications identified under subparagraph (A)(i), including a goal of conducting not fewer than 5 technology demonstrations in the United States by December 31, 2030; identify opportunities to work with States and the private sector for technology demonstration; and identify barriers to the demonstration and deployment of those technologies; identify approaches to expedite deployment of clean energy technologies by evaluating and avoiding or minimizing potential impacts to natural communities, ecological resources, and high-quality working land; and recommend to Congress any additional funding needs or policy changes necessary to implement the program.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Energy may use amounts available to the Secretary to carry out this section.
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