[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3329 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3329

To provide triple credits for renewable energy on brownfields, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2010

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Brown of Ohio) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide triple credits for renewable energy on brownfields, 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 ``Cleanfields Act''.

SEC. 2. TRIPLE CREDITS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY ON BROWNFIELDS.

    Section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(as added by section 132 of the American Clean Energy and Leadership 
Act of 2009) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12) as 
                paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Brownfield site generation facility.--The term 
        `brownfield site generation facility' means a facility that--
                    ``(A) generates renewable electricity from wind 
                energy, solar energy, or geothermal energy; and
                    ``(B) occupies a brownfield site (as defined in 
                section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
                Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
                U.S.C. 9601)).'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (I)(iv), by striking 
                        the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) allow triple credits for generation of energy 
                from brownfield site generation facilities.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Brownfields cap.--Subject to a revision under 
        subsection (l)(2)(D), not more than 1 percent of total 
        renewable electricity generation described in this section may 
        be eligible for consideration for the triple credit multiplier 
        for brownfields in paragraph (2)(J).''; and
            (3) in subsection (l)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the amount of renewable energy generation 
                permitted on brownfields sites described in subsection 
                (c)(6) should be revised.''.
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