- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- advanced biofuel
has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of title 7.
- advanced energy methods and technologies
means all methods and technologies that promote energy efficiency and conservation, including distributed generation technologies, and life-cycle analysis of energy use.
- advanced nuclear facility
means any nuclear facility the reactor design for which is approved after December 31, 1993, by the Commission (and such design or a substantially similar design of comparable capacity was not approved on or before that date).
- advanced nuclear reactor
has the meaning given the term in section 16271(b) of this title, except that, for purposes of this section, the reference to “reactors operating on December 27, 2020” in paragraph (1)(A) of that section shall be deemed to read “reactors operating in the United States on December 27, 2020”.
- advanced solid-state lighting
means a semiconducting device package and delivery system that produces white light using externally applied voltage.
- advanced transmission technology
means a technology that increases the capacity, efficiency, or reliability of an existing or new transmission facility, including—
- advanced truck stop electrification system
means a stationary system that delivers heat, air conditioning, electricity, or communications, and is capable of providing verifiable and auditable evidence of use of those services, to a heavy-duty vehicle and any occupants of the heavy-duty vehicle with or without relying on components mounted onboard the heavy-duty vehicle for delivery of those services.
- Advisory Committee
means the advisory committee established under section 5 of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d).
- ally or partner nation
means—
- alternative fuel
means liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, hydrogen, propane, or biofuels.
- apprenticeship program
means a program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”;
- appropriate committees of Congress
means—
- appropriate Federal regulatory authority
means—
- area career and technical education school
has the meaning given the term in section 2302 of title 20.
- associated entity
means an entity that—
- associated equipment
means equipment located where the batteries will be used that is necessary to enable the use of the energy stored in the batteries.
- associated individual
means a foreign national who is a national of a country described in paragraph (2).
- auxiliary power unit
means an integrated system that—
- battery
means an energy storage device that previously has been used to provide motive power in a vehicle powered in whole or in part by electricity.
- biodiesel
means a diesel fuel substitute produced from nonpetroleum renewable resources that meets the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 7545 of this title and that meets the American Society for Testing and Materials D6751–02a Standard Specification for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels.
- bioenergy
means energy derived from biofuels.
- biomass
has the meaning given the term in section 15852(b) of this title.
- bioproduct
has the meaning given the term “biobased product” in section 8101 of title 7.
- borrower
means the owner of the clean coal technology plant.
- byproduct material
has the meaning given the term in paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 2014(e) of this title.
- carbon dioxide removal
means the capture of carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or, in dissolved form, from seawater, combined with the sequestration of that carbon dioxide, including through—
- cellulosic biofuels
means any fuel that is produced from cellulosic feedstocks.
- Center
means an Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Center established pursuant to this section.
- certified engine configuration
means a new, rebuilt, or remanufactured engine configuration—
- civil nuclear
means activities, other than atomic energy defense activities, relating to—
- clean coal technology plant
means the plant located near Healy, Alaska, constructed under Department cooperative agreement number DE–FC–22–91PC90544.
- clean school bus
means a school bus that—
- combined license
means a combined construction and operating license for an advanced nuclear facility issued by the Commission.
- commercial technology
means a technology in general use in the commercial marketplace.
- Commission
means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
- common carrier
means a transportation infrastructure operator or owner that—
- community college
has the meaning given the term “junior or community college” in section 1058(f) of title 20.
- company
means a corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, business trust, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, or a receiver, trustee, or other liquidating agent of any of the foregoing.
- compliant coal
means coal that contains not less than 1.0 and not more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu;
- concentrating solar power devices
means devices that concentrate the power of the sun by reflection or refraction to improve the efficiency of a photovoltaic or thermal generation process;
- conduit
has the same meaning as when used in section 823a(a)(2) of title 16.
- consortium
means the consortium established under section 16281(a)(2)(F) of this title.
- contingent commitment
means a commitment to obligate funds from future available budget authority that is—
- Cooperative Extension
means the extension services established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 [7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.].
- cost
has the meaning given the term “cost of a loan guarantee” within the meaning of section 661a(5)(C) of title 2.
- cost of a direct loan
has the meaning given the term in section 661a(5)(B) of title 2.
- covered facility of the National Nuclear Security Administration
means a national security laboratory or a nuclear weapons production facility as such terms are defined in section 2501 1 of title 50.
- critical material
has the meaning given the term in section 1606 of title 30.
- critical radioactive and stable isotope
has the meaning given the term in section 18649(a) of this title.
- demonstration project
has the meaning given such term in section 16279a of this title.
- Department
means the Department of Energy.
- departmental mission
means any of the functions vested in the Secretary by the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) or other law.
- dilute media
means media in which the concentration of carbon dioxide is less than 1 percent by volume.
- Director
means—
- distributed generation
means an electric power generation technology, including photovoltaic, small wind, and micro-combined heat and power, that serves electric consumers at or near the site of production.
- economically distressed area
means an area described in section 3161(a) of this title.
- electric utility company
means any company that owns or operates facilities used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale.
- electrolysis
means a process that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
- electrolyzer
means a system that produces hydrogen using electrolysis.
- eligible contractor
means a contractor that is a for-profit, not-for-profit, or nonprofit entity that has the capacity—
- eligible entity
means—
- eligible project
means a project described in section 16513 of this title.
- eligible project costs
means amounts substantially all of which are paid by, or for the account of, an obligor in connection with a project, including—
- eligible recipient
means—
- eligible sponsor
means a public organization or nonprofit organization that—
- eligible State
means a State that meets the requirements of subsection (b).
- eligible student
means a student who attends an institution of higher education that offers a doctoral degree in a field relevant to a mission area of the Department.
- eligible technology
means—
- embarking civil nuclear nation
means a country that—
- emerging technology
means a technology that is not currently, or has not been previously, certified or verified by the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board but for which an approvable application and test plan has been submitted for verification to the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board.
- energy conservation technology
means any device, system of devices, or equipment that improves the fuel economy.
- energy infrastructure
means a facility, and associated equipment, used for enabling the identification, leasing, development, production, processing, transportation, transmission, refining, and generation needed for energy and critical minerals.
- energy intensity
means the primary energy consumed for each unit of physical output in an industrial process.
- Energy Star program
means the program established by section 6294a of this title.
- energy technology industry
includes—
- energy-water nexus
means the links between—
- existing dam or conduit
means any dam or conduit the construction of which was completed before November 15, 2021, and which does not require any construction or enlargement of impoundment or diversion structures (other than repair or reconstruction) in connection with the installation of a turbine or other generating device.
- fast neutron
means a neutron with kinetic energy above 100 kiloelectron volts.
- Federal credit instrument
means a secured loan or loan guarantee authorized to be provided under the CIFIA program with respect to a project.
- Federal land
means land administered by a land management agency within—
- Federal power marketing agency
has the meaning given the term in section 796 of title 16.
- Federal utility
means—
- fleet
means one or more diesel vehicles or mobile or stationary diesel engines.
- fuel cell
means a device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel, which is supplied from an external source, and an oxidant into electricity by electrochemical processes occurring at separate electrodes in the device.
- Fund
means the Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund established under subsection (o)(1).
- gas utility company
means any company that owns or operates facilities used for distribution at retail (other than the distribution only in enclosed portable containers or distribution to tenants or employees of the company operating such facilities for their own use and not for resale) of natural or manufactured gas for heat, light, or power.
- gathering line and associated field compression or pumping unit
includes a pipeline or associated compression or pumping unit that is installed to transport oil or natural gas from a processing plant to a common carrier pipeline or facility.
- GIS
means geographic information systems technology that facilitates the organization and management of data with a geographic component.
- guarantee
includes a loan guarantee commitment (as defined in section 661a of title 2).
- HALEU
means high-assay low-enriched uranium (as defined in section 16281(d) of this title).
- heavy-duty truck
has the meaning given the term “heavy duty vehicle” in section 7521 of this title.
- heavy-duty vehicle
means a motor vehicle that—
- high performance building
means a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy efficiency, durability, life-cycle performance, and occupant productivity.
- high-assay low-enriched uranium
means uranium having an assay greater than 5.0 weight percent and less than 20.0 weight percent of the uranium-235 isotope.
- high-enriched uranium
means uranium with an assay of 20.0 weight percent or more of the uranium-235 isotope.
- high-need local educational agency
means a local educational agency (as defined in section 7801 of title 20) that is among the local educational agencies in the applicable State with high percentages of children counted under section 6333(c) of title 20, on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available, as determined by the Secretary of Education (or, for a local educational agency for which no such data is available, such other data as the Secretary of Education determines to be satisfactory).
- Hispanic-serving institution
has the meaning given the term in section 1101a(a) of title 20.
- historically Black college or university
has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
- holding company
means—
- holding company system
means a holding company, together with its subsidiary companies.
- hydrocarbon systems science
means a science involving natural gas or other petroleum exploration, development, or production.
- idle reduction technology
means an advanced truck stop electrification system, auxiliary power unit, or other technology that—
- idled well
means a well—
- in marketable condition
means sufficiently free from impurities and otherwise in a condition that the royalty production will be accepted by a purchaser under a sales contract typical of the field or area in which the royalty production was produced.
- Indian land
means land the title to which is held by—
- Indian Tribe
has the meaning given the term in section 5304 of title 25.
- Industry Alliance
means an entity selected by the Secretary under subsection (d).
- infrastructure
means the equipment, systems, or facilities used to produce, distribute, deliver, or store hydrogen (except for onboard storage).
- Initiative
means the Next Generation Lighting Initiative carried out under this section.
- institution of higher education
has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 20.
- Interagency RD&D Coordination Committee
means the Interagency RD&D Coordination Committee on the Nexus of Energy and Water for Sustainability (or the “NEWS RD&D Committee”) established under paragraph (3)(A).
- junior faculty
means a faculty member who was awarded a doctorate less than 10 years before receipt of an award from the grant program described in paragraph (2)(B).
- junior or community college
means—
- jurisdictional rates
means rates accepted or established by the Commission for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce, the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, and the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use.
- land-grant colleges and universities
means—
- large unit
means a unit with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts or more;
- large-scale carbon sequestration
means a scale that—
- large-scale pilot project
means a pilot project that—
- lender
means a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in section 230.144A(a) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), commonly known as Rule 144A(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission and issued under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.)), that is not a Federal qualified institutional buyer.
- letter of interest
means a letter submitted by a potential applicant prior to an application for credit assistance in a format prescribed by the Secretary on the website of the CIFIA program that—
- LEU
means each of—
- light-duty vehicle
means a motor vehicle that is rated at 8,500 or less pounds gross vehicle weight.
- lignocellulosic feedstock
means any portion of a plant or coproduct from conversion, including crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural residues not specifically grown for food, including from barley grain, grapeseed, rice bran, rice hulls, rice straw, soybean matter, and sugarcane bagasse.
- loan cost
has the meaning given the term “cost of a loan guarantee” under section 661a(5)(C) of title 2.
- loan guarantee
means any guarantee or other pledge by the Secretary to pay all or part of the principal of, and interest on, a loan made to an obligor, or debt obligation issued by an obligor, in each case funded by a lender.
- local workforce development board
has the meaning given the term “local board” in section 3102 of title 29.
- long-duration idling
means the operation of a main drive engine or auxiliary refrigeration engine, for a period greater than 15 consecutive minutes, at a time at which the main drive engine is not engaged in gear.
- marginal property
means an onshore unit, communitization agreement, or lease not within a unit or communitization agreement, that produces on average the combined equivalent of less than 15 barrels of oil per well per day or 90,000,000 British thermal units of gas per well per day calculated based on the average over the 3 most recent production months, including only wells that produce on more than half of the days during those 3 production months.
- master credit agreement
means a conditional agreement that—
- mine land
means—
- minority institution
has the meaning given to that term in section 1067k of title 20;
- minority-serving institution
means a Hispanic-serving institution, an Alaska Native-serving institution, a Native Hawaiian-serving institution, a Predominantly Black Institution, an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, or a Native American-serving nontribal institution as described in section 1067q of title 20.
- municipal solid waste
has the meaning given the term “solid waste” in section 6903 of this title.
- National Laboratory
has the meaning given the term in section 16271(b) of this title.
- Native Hawaiian community-based organization
has the meaning given the term in section 7517 of title 20.
- natural gas
means any fuel consisting in whole or in part of—
- natural gas company
means a person engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce or the sale of such gas in interstate commerce for resale.
- natural gas electric generation facility
includes without limitation a new or existing—
- neutron flux
means the intensity of neutron radiation measured as a rate of flow of neutrons applied over an area.
- neutron source
means a research machine that provides neutron irradiation services for—
- nonmerchantable
means that portion of the byproducts of preventive treatments that would not otherwise be used for higher value products.
- nonmilitary energy laboratory
means a National Laboratory other than a National Laboratory listed in subparagraph (G), (H), or (N) of section 15801(3) of this title.
- nonprofit organization
means an organization that is described in section 501(c) of title 26 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such title.
- nontechnical nuclear research
means research with specializations such as social sciences or law that can support an increase in community engagement, participation, and confidence in nuclear energy systems, including the navigation of the licensing required for advanced reactor deployment, aligned with the objectives in section 16271(a)(2) of this title.
- nuclear science
includes—
- obligation
means the loan or other debt obligation that is guaranteed under this section.
- obligor
means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, non-Federal governmental entity, agency, or instrumentality, or other entity that is liable for payment of the principal of, or interest on, a Federal credit instrument.
- oxygen-fuel systems
means systems that utilize fuel efficiency benefits of oil, gas, coal, and biomass combustion using substantially pure oxygen, with high flame temperatures and the exclusion of air from the boiler, in industrial or electric utility steam generating units;
- part B institution
has the meaning given the term in section 1061 of title 20.
- person
includes—
- photovoltaic device
means—
- photovoltaic devices
means devices that convert light directly into electricity through a solid-state, semiconductor process.
- pilot program
means the pilot program established under subsection (b).
- pre-apprenticeship program
means a program—
- preferred community
means—
- prize competition
means the competitive technology prize competition established under paragraph (2).
- produced water
means water produced from an oil or gas well bore that is not a fluid prepared at, or transported to, the well site to resolve a specific oil or gas well bore or reservoir condition.
- Program
means the University Nuclear Leadership Program established under this section.
- Programs
means—
- project
means a project for common carrier carbon dioxide transportation infrastructure or associated equipment, including pipeline, shipping, rail, or other transportation infrastructure and associated equipment, that will transport or handle carbon dioxide captured from anthropogenic sources or ambient air, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
- project obligation
means any note, bond, debenture, or other debt obligation issued by an obligor in connection with the financing of a project, other than a Federal credit instrument.
- provider of adult education
has the meaning given the term “eligible provider” in section 3272 of title 29.
- public utility
has the meaning given the term in section 824(e) of title 16.
- public-utility company
means an electric utility company or a gas utility company.
- qualified carbon dioxide
means any carbon dioxide that—
- qualified direct air capture facility
means any facility that—
- qualified hydroelectric facility
means a hydroelectric project that—
- qualifying advanced power system technology facility
means a facility using an advanced fuel cell, turbine, or hybrid power system or power storage system to generate or store electric energy.
- qualifying security and assured power facility
means a qualifying advanced power system technology facility determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be in critical need of secure, reliable, rapidly available, high-quality power for critical governmental, industrial, or commercial applications.
- regional clean hydrogen hub
means a network of clean hydrogen producers, potential clean hydrogen consumers, and connective infrastructure located in close proximity.
- regional direct air capture hub
means a network of direct air capture projects, potential carbon dioxide utilization off-takers, connective carbon dioxide transport infrastructure, subsurface resources, and sequestration infrastructure located within a region.
- related instruction
means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide an individual in a pre-apprenticeship program or apprenticeship program with the knowledge of the technical subjects related to the intended occupation of the individual after completion of the program.
- renewable energy
means marine energy (as defined in section 17211 of this title), or electric energy produced from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.
- renewable energy system
has the meaning given that term in section 6865(c)(6)(A) of this title.
- research
includes research on the technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes required for white light emitting diodes.
- residential Energy Star product
means a product for a residence that is rated for energy efficiency under the Energy Star program.
- retrofit technology
means a particulate filter or other emissions control equipment that is verified or certified by the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board as an effective emission reduction technology when installed on an existing school bus.
- school bus
has the meaning given the term “schoolbus” in section 30125(a) of title 49.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
- Secretary concerned
means the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.
- secured loan
means a direct loan to an obligor or a debt obligation issued by an obligor and purchased by the Secretary, in each case funded by the Secretary in connection with the financing of a project under section 16373 of this title.
- sidetrack
includes—
- SING
means the Spallation Neutron Source Instruments Next Generation major item of equipment.
- single-purpose research facility
means—
- skilled technical personnel
means—
- small business concern
has the meaning given such term in section 632 of title 15.
- small scale portable power device
means a field-deployable portable mechanical or electromechanical device that can be used for applications such as communications, computation, mobility enhancement, weapons systems, optical devices, cooling, sensors, medical devices, and active biological agent detection systems.
- small unit
means a unit with a generating capacity in the 10–50 megawatt range.
- solar energy
means—
- spent nuclear fuel
has the meaning given the term in section 10101 of this title.
- sponsor
means any person, association, committee, or organization operating a pre-apprenticeship program or apprenticeship program and in whose name the program is (or is to be) registered or approved.
- State
has the meaning given the term in section 6802 of this title.
- State apprenticeship agency
has the meaning given that term in section 29.2 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
- State commission
means any commission, board, agency, or officer, by whatever name designated, of a State, municipality, or other political subdivision of a State that, under the laws of such State, has jurisdiction to regulate public utility companies.
- State energy financing institution
includes an entity or organization established to achieve the purposes described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) by an Indian Tribal entity or an Alaska Native Corporation.
- State energy office
means the State agency responsible for developing State energy conservation plans under section 6322 of this title.
- State program
means a State energy efficient appliance rebate program described in subsection (b)(1).
- State regulatory authority
has the meaning given that term in section 796(21) of title 16.
- State workforce development board
has the meaning given the term “State board” in section 3102 of title 29.