[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6135 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6135

 To extend contract periods for renewable energy for Federal agencies, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2010

   Mr. Connolly of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend contract periods for renewable energy for Federal agencies, 
                        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 ``Federal Electricity Cost Savings 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ENABLING DISPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICITY USE WITH THERMAL.

    Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``electric'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(D), by striking ``for the 
        production of electricity''; and
            (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``electric''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CONTRACT PERIODS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY.

    Section 501(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(B) Public utility contracts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A contract for public 
                        utility services may be made for a period of 
                        not more than 10 years.
                            ``(ii) Renewable energy contracts.--A 
                        contract for renewable energy may be made for a 
                        period of not more than 20 years.
                            ``(iii) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                                    ``(I) Public utility services.--The 
                                term `public utility services' means 
                                generation, transmission, distribution 
                                or other services directly used in 
                                providing public utility services.
                                    ``(II) Renewable energy.--The term 
                                `renewable energy' means electric 
                                energy generated from solar, wind, 
                                biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including 
                                tidal, wave, current, and thermal), 
                                geothermal, municipal solid waste, or 
                                new hydroelectric generation capacity 
                                achieved from increased efficiency, or 
                                additional new capacity at an existing 
                                hydroelectric project.''.
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