Sec. 403. Energy Efficient Product Rebate Program
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In this section: The term eligible territory means a territory that meets the requirements of subsection (c). The term Energy Star program means the program established by section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6294a ). The term residential Energy Star product means a product for a residence that is rated for energy efficiency under the Energy Star program. The term energy office means the government agency within the territory responsible for developing an energy conservation plan under section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6322 ).
The term rebate program means an energy efficient product rebate program described in subsection (c)(1). The Secretary of Energy shall establish a program, to be known as the Energy Efficient Product Rebate Program , under which the Director of the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy Programs shall provide allocations to eligible territories in accordance with this section. A territory shall be eligible to receive an allocation under subsection
(d)if the territory— establishes (or has established) an energy efficient product rebate program to provide rebates to residential consumers for the purchase of residential Energy Star products to replace used products of the same type; establishes clear requirements to prevent illegal dumping of old products and the overflow of landfills, and ensure environmental justice; submits an application for the allocation at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Director of the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs may require; and provides assurances satisfactory to the Director of the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs that the territory will use the allocation to supplement, but not supplant, funds made available to carry out the rebate program. Subject to paragraph (2), for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Director of the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs shall allocate to the energy office of each eligible territory to carry out subsection
(e)an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount made available under subsection
(g)for the fiscal year by the ratio that the population of the territory in the most recent calendar year for which data are available bears to the total population of all eligible territories in that calendar year. For each fiscal year, the amounts allocated under this subsection shall be adjusted proportionately so that no eligible territory is allocated a sum that is less than an amount determined by the Director. An allocation to an energy office under subsection
(d)may be used to pay not more than 75 percent of the cost of establishing and carrying out a rebate program. The amount of a rebate provided under a rebate program shall be determined by the applicable energy office, taking into consideration— the amount of the allocation to the energy office under subsection (d); the amount of any tax incentive available for the purchase of the residential Energy Star product; and the difference between the cost of the residential Energy Star product and the cost of a product that is not a residential Energy Star product, but is of the same type as, and is the nearest capacity, performance, and other relevant characteristics (as determined by the energy office) to, the residential Energy Star product. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
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