S. 893 · 114th Congress
EPIC Act of 2015
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Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge Act of 2015 or the EPIC Act of 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 26, 2015
Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge Act of 2015 or the EPIC Act of 2015
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a voluntary electric and thermal energy productivity challenge grant program for providing support to states for:
- advancing industrial energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, combined heat and power, and waste heat-to-power utilization;
- advancing energy efficiency construction and retrofits for commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, and residential buildings;
- expanding residential policies and programs designed to implement best practice policies and tools for residential retrofit programs that reduce administrative and delivery costs for energy efficiency projects, encourage streamlining and automation to support contractor engagement, and implement systems that encourage private investment and market innovation;
- establishing or expanding incentives in the electric utility sector to enhance demand response and energy efficiency; and
- promoting state activities involving both facilities and vehicle fleets than can be a model for other action to promote energy efficiency.
DOE must: (1) provide subsequent grants for activities to assist energy policy innovation in the states and to promote the goal of doubling electric and thermal energy productivity by January 1, 2030, and (2) invite Indian tribes to participate in the productivity challenge grant program.
As an offset to the cost of this bill, the bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reduce the authorized amount of appropriations for FY2016-FY2017 for the Zero Net Energy Commercial Buildings Initiative.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: EPIC Act of 2015
Also known as: Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge Act of 2015
Latest action (Apr 30, 2015): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Policy area: Energy · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 26, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.