Renewable Energy Production Incentive Reform Act

Renewable Energy Production Incentive Reform Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to modify renewable energy production incentive payment guidelines to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from establishing criteria or procedures that have the effect of assigning to incentive payment applications a higher or lower priority for eligibility or allocation of appropriated funds on the basis of the energy source proposed.

Redefines a qualified renewable energy facility as one: (1) owned by certain tax-exempt electricity-generating cooperatives, certain public utilities, governmental entities, or an Indian tribal government; and (2) which may involve electricity generation by landfill gas or incremental hydropower. Repeals the requirement that a facility be owned by a State or local government or instrumentality, or by a nonprofit electrical cooperative.

Extends through FY 2013 the deadline for first use of a facility eligible for incentive payments.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2190 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2190

  To reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production Incentive 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2001

 Ms. McCarthy of Missouri (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, and 
  Mr. Blunt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize and revise the Renewable Energy Production Incentive 
                    program, 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 ``Renewable Energy Production 
Incentive Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 1212 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``and which satisfies'' 
        and all that follows through ``Secretary shall establish.'' and 
        inserting ``. The Secretary shall establish other procedures 
        necessary for efficient administration of the program. The 
        Secretary shall not establish any criteria or procedures that 
        have the effect of assigning to proposals a higher or lower 
        priority for eligibility or allocation of appropriated funds on 
        the basis of the energy source proposed.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``a State or any political'' and 
                all that follows through ``nonprofit electrical 
                cooperative'' and inserting ``an electricity-generating 
                cooperative exempt from taxation under section 
                501(c)(12) or section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986, a public utility described in 
                section 115 of such Code, a State, Commonwealth, 
                territory, or possession of the United States or the 
                District of Columbia, or a political subdivision 
                thereof, or an Indian tribal government or subdivision 
                thereof,''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``landfill gas, incremental 
                hydropower,'' after ``wind, biomass,'';
            (3) in subsection (c) by striking ``during the 10-fiscal 
        year period beginning with the first full fiscal year occurring 
        after the enactment of this section'' and inserting ``before 
        October 1, 2013'';
            (4) in subsection (d) by inserting ``or in which the 
        Secretary finds that all necessary Federal and State 
        authorizations have been obtained to begin construction of the 
        facility'' after ``eligible for such payments'';
            (5) in subsection (e)(1) by inserting ``landfill gas, 
        incremental hydropower,'' after ``wind, biomass,'';
            (6) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h);
            (7) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `incremental 
hydropower' means additional generating capacity achieved from 
increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at a hydroelectric 
facility.''; and
            (8) in subsection (h), as so redesignated by paragraph (6) 
        of this section--
                    (A) by striking ``1993, 1994, and 1995'' and 
                inserting ``2003 through 2023''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``Funds may be appropriated 
                pursuant to this subsection to remain available until 
                expended.'' after ``purposes of this section.''.
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