3.0.0 3626 2023-01-11T13:21:43Z 2023-01-11T13:21:43Z Senate S S 2010-07-21 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-21T20:00:25Z Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 111 5805 HR 2010-07-21 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform Related bill CRS 2010-07-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6083-6085) IntroReferral 2010-07-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6083) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2010-07-21 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-11-29 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2010-11-30 False Energy Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Income tax credits Income tax exclusion Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Securities Energy 00 2010-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-29T21:56:03Z Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources to the production of thermal energy and to include a naturally occurring cold water source as a qualified energy resource and a natural air conditioning system facility as a qualified facility for purposes of such credit.

Modifies the definition of "local heating and cooling facilities" for purposes of tax-exempt facility bonds to include equipment for producing thermal energy in the form of hot water, chilled water, or steam, distributing that thermal energy in pipelines, and transferring the thermal energy. Defines "thermal energy" as heat (in the form of hot water or steam) or cooling (in the form of chilled water or ice).

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, with respect to the energy sustainability and efficiency grant and loan program for institutions, to: (1) include a not-for-profit district energy system as an institutional entity for purposes of such grant program; (2) increase the amounts of technical assistance grants and grants for efficiency improvement and energy sustainability; and (3) extend the authorization of appropriations for such grant program through FY2015.

]]> Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 Display Title Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage the implementation of thermal energy infrastructure, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3626is/xml/BILLS-111s3626is.xml 2010-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6083-6085) 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.