[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 423 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 423

  To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish an Advanced Power 
   System Technology Incentives Program to fund the development and 
 deployment of new advanced technologies such as advanced fuel cells, 
turbines, or hybrid power systems or power storage systems to generate 
           or store electric energy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

 Mr. Terry (for himself and Mr. Doyle) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish an Advanced Power 
   System Technology Incentives Program to fund the development and 
 deployment of new advanced technologies such as advanced fuel cells, 
turbines, or hybrid power systems or power storage systems to generate 
           or store electric energy, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Infrastructure Power 
Security and Assurance Incentives Act of 2005''.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) In order to fortify and protect critical infrastructure 
        systems and facilities like military installations, banks, 
        utilities, and information technology systems from potential 
        terrorist threats and to provide efficient and assured power to 
        such facilities advanced technologies must be encouraged and 
        installed by U.S. electricity providers.
            (2) Dependence on foreign oil is a matter of national 
        security and the nation must consider all energy resource 
        options, including support for energy efficiency and renewable 
        resources and technologies that will ensure a diverse energy 
        portfolio.
            (3) Estimates are that power outages, brownouts, and other 
        voltage disturbances cost U.S. industry up to $150 billion per 
        year and cause great disruption to the Nation's economy.
            (4) Distributed Power systems, such as fuel cells, turbines 
        and hybrid combinations of these technologies, backed up with 
        storage systems, can reduce costly outages, and ensure more 
        assured and secure and reliable power generation and 
        distribution, protected from potential terrorist threats to our 
        national infrastructure.

SEC. 4. ADVANCED POWER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary of Energy is authorized to establish an 
Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program to support the 
deployment of certain advanced power system technologies and to improve 
and protect certain critical governmental, industrial, and commercial 
processes. Funds provided under this section shall be used by the 
Secretary to make incentive payments to eligible owners or operators of 
advanced power system technologies to increase power generation through 
enhanced operational, economic, and environmental performance. Payments 
under this section may only be made upon receipt by the Secretary of an 
incentive payment application establishing an applicant as either--
            (1) a qualifying advanced power system technology facility; 
        or
            (2) a qualifying security and assured power facility.
    (b) Incentives.--Subject to availability of funds, a payment of 1.8 
cents per kilowatt-hour shall be paid to the owner or operator of a 
qualifying advanced power system technology facility under this section 
for electricity generated at such facility. An additional 0.7 cents per 
kilowatt-hour shall be paid to the owner or operator of a qualifying 
security and assured power facility for electricity generated at such 
facility. Any facility qualifying under this section shall be eligible 
for an incentive payment for up to, but not more than, the first 
10,000,000 kilowatt-hours produced in any fiscal year.
    (c) Eligibility.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``qualifying advanced power system technology 
        facility'' means a facility using an advanced fuel cell, 
        turbine, or hybrid power system or power storage system to 
        generate or store electric energy; and
            (2) the term ``qualifying security and assured power 
        facility'' means a qualifying advanced power system technology 
        facility determined by the Secretary of Energy, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be in critical need 
        of secure, reliable, rapidly available, high-quality power for 
        critical governmental, industrial, or commercial applications.
    (d) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Energy for the purposes of this section, $10,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2012.
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