ALLIANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY (INFORMAL COALITION)

Energy/Nuclear

- Tax credits for combined heat & power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) (particularly promotion of the POWER Act and language to extend the existing tax credit to commence construction,") and inclusion of these improvements in the FAA reauthorization or other vehicle) - Promotion of CHP and waste heat to power (WHP) in electric utility regulations in various states - Support for language advancing resiliency in House energy bill and various provisions that support CHP in Senate energy bill (including the HEAT Act and expanding the definition of renewables for federal energy purchases to include WHP) - Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - build support for inclusion of CHP and discuss extension of Act to waste heat to power (S. 1656) - Definition of renewables in Energy Policy Act and National Defense Authorization Act (urging extension to WHP for federal energy purchases); support for related provisions in House and Senate energy bill ― Opposition to amendments to the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (HR 4909) and Defense Appropriations Acts (H.R. 5293) that would preclude DOD from using appropriated funds to carry out tasks necessary to enhance energy security and mitigate climate change impacts.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · White House Office · Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) · Defense, Dept of (DOD) · Energy, Dept of · Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Clean Air and Water (quality)

-- Recognition of combined heat & power and waste heat to power in EPA Clean Power Plan, including Clean Energy Incentive Program -- Increase federal procurement and deployment of combined heat and power and waste heat to power