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S. Rept. 116-81 1 (2019-09-10)

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                                                              Calendar No. 184

                    116TH CONGRESS                SEAEREPORT
                        1st Session J             SENATE                    116-81







                             RELIABLE INVESTMENT IN VITAL ENERGY
                                        REAUTHORIZATION ACT



                                    SEPTEMBER 10, 2019.-Ordered to be printed



                       Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
                                     Resources, submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                              [To accompany S. 859]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
                    referred the bill (S. 859) to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005
                    to reauthorize hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric
                    efficiency improvement incentives, and for other purposes, having
                    considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
                    in the nature of a substitute and recommends that the bill, as
                    amended, do pass.
                      The amendment is as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthoriza-
                    tion Act or the RIVER Act.
                    SEC. 2. HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION INCENTIVES AND EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS.
                      (a) HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION INCENTIVES.-Section 242 of the Energy Policy
                    Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15881) is amended-
                         (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
                         (1) QUALIFIED HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY.-The term 'qualified hydroelectric
                         facility' means a turbine or other generating device owned or solely operated by
                         a non-Federal entity-
                             (A) that generates hydroelectric energy for sale; and
                             (B)(i) that is added to an existing dam or conduit; or
                                (ii)(I) that has a generating capacity of not more than 10 megawatts;
                                (II) for which the non-Federal entity has received a construction au-
                                thorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, if applica-
                                ble; and
                                (III) that is constructed in a region in which there is inadequate
                                electric service, as determined by the Secretary.;
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