HEAT Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 24, 2019

Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology Act or the HEAT Act

This bill addresses interconnection procedures, fees, and standards for the deployment of heat recovery technologies. (Interconnection means service to an electric consumer under which an on-site generating facility on the consumer's premises is connected to the local distribution facilities.)

Specifically, the bill directs

the Department of Energy to establish model rules and procedures for interconnection and its associated costs, and for determining fees or rates for supplementary power, backup or standby power, maintenance power, and interruptible power supplied to facilities that operate combined heat and power technology and waste heat to power technology; and

the Environmental Protection Agency to create a voluntary grant program to encourage states to update state or local air permitting procedures to incorporate output-based emission standards.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D–NH

Committees

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Oct 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Oct 24, 2019
Introduced in Senate

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S 1711 · HEAT Act

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2706/BILLS-116s2706is.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2706

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2019-10-24.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2706

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2019-10-24.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2706/BILLS-116s2706is.htm

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