Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Waste Heat to Wattage Act of 2026”.
Waste Heat to Wattage Act of 2026
A BILL
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy
Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended—
in paragraph (15)(A), by striking “or hydroelectric” and inserting “hydroelectric, or waste energy recovery”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(18) Waste energy recovery—The term “waste energy recovery” means heat or pressure that would otherwise be vented, released, throttled, or discharged from a commercial, residential, or industrial process that is recovered and used as the sole input for another purpose or process that generates electricity, including a waste heat to power or waste pressure to power system.”