To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide grants to States to award grants for the establishment of networked geothermal heating and cooling systems, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide grants to States to award grants for the establishment of networked geothermal heating and cooling systems, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Environment, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grants Enabling Optimized Thermal Handling from Energy Recovered from Mediums that are Aquatic or Land-based Act of...
- Section idBF0B1277729840E0917510E3FAD8630C: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term baseline energy usage intensity means— the annual site energy usage intensity (as measured in British thermal units per...
- Section ide55f1f6152f54dd4bf284d48ea6f42ce: 3. Networked geothermal heating and cooling grant program Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, under the State Energy Program, the...
- Section id4a73f861681842a8ad4d26b3826e4d2f: 4. Reports on networked geothermal heating and cooling systems Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— perform an...
- Section ide396b37e91bd47e4833c9d485b909d8a: 5. Model guidance for waste heat to direct use systems Section 40556 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18842) is amended— in subsection...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide grants to States to award grants for the establishment of networked geothermal heating and cooling systems, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Environment, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide grants to States to award grants for the establishment of networked geothermal heating and cooling systems, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Sponsors
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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
a system that directly heats a building or directly utilizes heat for other commercial or industrial applications through the recovery of waste energy
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