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 PUBLIC LAW 110–140—DEC. 19, 2007

121 STAT. 1627

the site to be removed from the Registry if the development ceases or the site fails to qualify for listing under this part. ‘‘(g) OPTIMUM MEANS OF RECOVERY.—For each site listed in the Registry, at the request of the owner or operator of the site, the Administrator shall offer, in cooperation with Clean Energy Application Centers operated by the Secretary of Energy, suggestions for optimum means of recovery of value from waste energy stream in the form of electricity, useful thermal energy, or other energy-related products. ‘‘(h) REVISION.—Each annual report of a State under section 548(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(a)) shall include the results of the survey for the State under this section. ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to— ‘‘(1) the Administrator to create and maintain the Registry and services authorized by this section, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012; and ‘‘(2) the Secretary— ‘‘(A) to assist site or source owners and operators in determining the feasibility of projects authorized by this section, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012; and ‘‘(B) to provide funding for State energy office functions under this section, $5,000,000. ‘‘SEC. 373. WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.

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‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish in the Department of Energy a waste energy recovery incentive grant program to provide incentive grants to— ‘‘(1) owners and operators of projects that successfully produce electricity or incremental useful thermal energy from waste energy recovery; ‘‘(2) utilities purchasing or distributing the electricity; and ‘‘(3) States that have achieved 80 percent or more of recoverable waste heat recovery opportunities. ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO PROJECTS AND UTILITIES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants under this section— ‘‘(A) to the owners or operators of waste energy recovery projects; and ‘‘(B) in the case of excess power purchased or transmitted by a electric utility, to the utility. ‘‘(2) PROOF.—Grants may only be made under this section on receipt of proof of waste energy recovery or excess electricity generation, or both, from the project in a form prescribed by the Secretary. ‘‘(3) EXCESS ELECTRIC ENERGY.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of waste energy recovery, a grant under this section shall be made at the rate of $10 per megawatt hour of documented electricity produced from recoverable waste energy (or by prevention of waste energy in the case of a new facility) by the project during the first 3 calendar years of production, beginning on or after the date of enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

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