1.This Act may be cited as
the Cleanfields
Act
.
2.Triple credits
for renewable energy on brownfieldsSection 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 facilityThe 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)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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