3.0.0 1711 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T20:00:41Z 2017-08-02 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental regulatory procedures Licensing and registrations Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Energy 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-17T16:17:16Z Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology Act or the HEAT Act

This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish model rules and procedures for (1)interconnection and its associated costs; and (2)determining fees or rates for supplementary power, backup or standby power, maintenance power, and interruptible power supplied to facilities that operate combined heat and power technology and waste heat to power technology. ("Interconnection" means service to an electric consumer under which an on-site generating facility on the consumer's premises is connected to the local distribution facilities.)

The bill also directs the Environmental Protection Agency to create a voluntary grant program to encourage states to update state or local air permitting procedures to incorporate output-based emission standards. ("Output-based emission standard" means a standard that relates emissions to the electrical, thermal, or mechanical productive output of a device or process rather than the heat input of fuel burned or pollutant concentration in the exhaust.)

]]> HEAT Act Display Title HEAT Act Short Titles as Introduced HEAT Act Short Titles as Introduced Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to assist States in adopting updated interconnection procedures and tariff schedules and standards for supplemental, backup, and standby power fees for projects for combined heat and power technology and waste heat to power technology, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1711is/xml/BILLS-115s1711is.xml 2017-08-02 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.