§8837 Commercialization demonstration program pursuant to Federal nonnuclear energy research and development

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must set up and run a fast research, development, and demonstration program under the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to help make methods of getting energy from municipal waste commercially viable. Subsections (d), (m), and (x)(2) of section 19 of that Act do not apply to this program. After talking with the EPA Administrator and the Commerce Secretary, the Secretary must research and test new and existing waste‑to‑energy technologies, improve their costs and performance, gather engineering data for future projects, and study markets for recovered energy and materials. The Secretary may provide price supports, loans, and loan guarantees to plan, design, build, run, and modify demonstration facilities for converting municipal waste to energy or recovering materials. Projects that make liquid fuels or biomass that can replace petroleum or natural gas get funding priority. No funds for loans or guarantees under this chapter may be used until the plan in section 8831(a) is sent to Congress. Money repaid or received from these activities must go into the U.S. Treasury general fund as miscellaneous receipts.