Sec. 3. Other assistance
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Upon request by a State energy agency, the Secretary shall provide information and technical assistance in the development and implementation of a State energy savings performance contracting program. The Secretary, in consultation with States and the private sector, shall establish a national project facilitator certification program to expand the availability of individuals, including State and local government employees and independent private sector professionals, who are trained and certified to work on behalf of the State and local government as project facilitators who will— ensure that a project carried out under an energy savings performance contract under a State energy savings performance contracting program achieves the energy cost savings and performance requirements set forth in the contracts developed under such State energy savings performance contracting program; and otherwise assist with the oversight of projects described in subparagraph (A).
In carrying out the program established pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may— train and certify individuals as project facilitators described in paragraph (1); develop model criteria for the certification and training of individuals to become project facilitators described in paragraph (1); and transition, over a four-year period, the training and certification activities of the Secretary with respect to a State to a non-profit entity managed by the applicable State energy agency, and funded with fees generated through the certification process.
In this section: The terms energy savings performance contract and State energy savings performance contracting program have the meaning given such terms in section 367(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (as added by section 2 of this Act)). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. The term State energy agency has the meaning given such term in section 391(10) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6371(10) ). The Secretary may use amounts made available to carry out the programs and activities of the Office of Strategic Programs within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy to carry out this section.
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