§8115 Carbon Utilization and Biogas Education Program

Summary

The Secretary, working with the Secretary of Energy, must give competitive grants to qualified groups. Grants pay for two kinds of education. One teaches the public about the economic and emissions benefits of permanently storing or using carbon dioxide, with a main goal of helping rural businesses, rural communities, and the utilities that serve them. The other teaches farmers and other stakeholders how to combine organic waste from multiple sources into one biogas system. Defined terms: "carbon dioxide" means CO2 made as a byproduct when making a biobased product. "Eligible entity" means a tax-exempt nonprofit (501(c)(3)) or a college/university that knows about carbon storage or biogas aggregation and can run education and technical support programs. Congress authorized $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 for the first education program and $1,000,000 for each of those years for the second.