Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term baseline energy usage intensity means— the annual site energy usage intensity (as measured in British thermal units per year per square foot) for a 12-month period ending as of any date during the 24-month period immediately preceding the installation of a networked geothermal heating and cooling system at the site; and in the case of new construction, the modeled site energy usage intensity of the new construction, subject to the condition that the project shall be minimally code compliant.
The term eligible recipient means— a nonprofit entity that owns— a building that may be connected to a networked geothermal heating and cooling system; or multiple buildings that may be connected by and to a networked geothermal heating and cooling system; an institution of higher education; a municipality or neighborhood association; an owner of a multifamily housing development or mixed-use community development with at least 50-percent low-income or moderate-income households; a wastewater treatment authority seeking to install a networked geothermal heating and cooling system that would utilize waste heat from greywater, sewage, or treated sewage effluent; an electric utility (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 796 )), an electric cooperative (as defined in that section), or a natural gas utility seeking to install a networked geothermal heating and cooling system as a thermal distribution demonstration project; a third-party developer seeking to install a networked geothermal heating and cooling system on behalf of any entity described in subparagraphs
(A)through (F); and a consortium of 2 or more entities described in subparagraphs
(A)through (G). The term geothermal heat pump means a heat pump that uses the thermal energy of the ground or water to provide space heating, space cooling, water heating, or a combination of those functions. The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term networked geothermal heating and cooling system means a system— that provides space heating, space cooling, water heating, or a combination of those functions to a set of buildings; that utilizes— heat pumps that use, as a heat source or sink, the ground, groundwater, surface water, industrial process or commercial building waste heat, greywater, sewage, or treated sewage effluent; direct use of geothermal heat; or a combination of the systems described in clauses
(i)and (ii); that is a stand-alone system or is coupled with another energy system; the ground-source or waste heat component of which is designed to provide at least 90 percent of the combined annual heating and cooling energy (as measured in British thermal units per year); and that may use— subsurface or surface thermal storage in the form of borehole thermal energy storage, aquifer thermal energy storage, reservoir thermal energy storage, thermal storage tanks, or other thermal storage; and waste heat or other thermal discharge from commercial, institutional, or public buildings or industrial facilities as an additional heat source. The term program means the program established under section 3(a). The term registered apprenticeship program means an apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq. ) (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act ), that meets the standards of part 29 and part 30 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. The term site energy usage intensity means a site energy usage intensity (as measured in British thermal units per year per square foot) determined for a building or set of buildings in accordance with such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary may provide. The term State means— a State; an Indian Tribe; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and any other territory or possession of the United States. The term State Energy Program means the State Energy Program established under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq. ).
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