A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to allow electric utilities to use renewable energy to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.
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To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to allow electric utilities to use renewable energy to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. ENSIGN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to allow electric utilities to use renewable energy to comply with any Federal renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 2. USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY STANDARD.
Section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by section 132 of the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(10) LIGHT-PIPE TECHNOLOGY- The term ‘light-pipe technology’ means any equipment that uses a highly reflective pipe that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) has a solar collection component and distribution lens at the respective ends of the reflective pipe to transport visible solar radiation from the collection point of the reflective pipe to illuminate the interior of a building;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (I) as clauses (i) through (ix), respectively, and indenting appropriately;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as redesignated by clause (i)), by striking ‘The term ‘renewable energy’ means electric energy’ and inserting the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(vi) another renewable energy source based on innovative technology, as determined by the Secretary through rulemaking.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(J) issue renewable energy credits equal to 100 percent of the electricity (or thermal energy expressed in an electricity-equivalent) displaced by qualifying renewable energy equipment, as described in subsection (a)(13)(B); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(K) allocate the credits described in subparagraph (J) and credits for generators of electric energy produced through distributed generation facilities issued under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) to the utility, project owner, and end user that paid for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of the qualified renewable energy equipment, on the basis of the share of the cost incurred.’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of S.3021 as Introduced in Senate Support Renewable Energy Act of 2010
