3.0.0 1621 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-06T22:35:01Z 2009-08-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9020-9021) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-08-06 True Energy Climate change and greenhouse gases Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Government trust funds Solid waste and recycling Energy 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-06T19:08:20Z Thermal Energy Efficiency Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Treasury a Thermal Energy Efficiency Fund. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) allocate to the Fund 2% of the quantity of emission allowances established for any of calendar years 2012-2050 under any program for the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions that is established by federal law; (2) auction all of the emission allowances allocated to the Fund for a calendar year; and (3) deposit all proceeds of such auctions into the Fund.

Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE), for each calendar year during which such a program is in effect, to use amounts in the Fund to make competitive grants to eligible entities (including state and local governments, commercial or industrial entities, and federal agencies) to carry out qualifying district energy, combined heat and power, or recoverable waste energy projects.

Establishes as a goal of the United States to meet 20% or more of total U.S. electrical power capacity through combined heat and power by calendar year 2030.

]]> Thermal Energy Efficiency Act of 2009 Display Title Thermal Energy Efficiency Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve thermal energy efficiency and use, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Thermal Energy Efficiency Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1621is/xml/BILLS-111s1621is.xml 2009-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.