---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 609.3"
title: "10"
number: "609.3"
heading: "Title XVII eligible projects."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/609.3"
---

# §609.3. Title XVII eligible projects.

- (a)
  - (1) DOE is authorized to provide loan Guarantees for certain categories of projects under Title XVII including:
    - (i) Innovative Energy Projects under [section 1703](/cfr/10/1703.md) of Title XVII;
    - (ii) Innovative Supply Chain Projects under [section 1703](/cfr/10/1703.md) of Title XVII;
    - (iii) State Energy Financing Institution Projects under [section 1703](/cfr/10/1703.md) of Title XVII; and
    - (iv) **Energy Dominance Financing Projects under section 1706 of Title XVII.**
  - (2) A Project meeting the applicable eligibility requirements set forth herein constitutes an “Eligible Project” under Title XVII.
- (b) **An eligible Innovative Energy Project is a project that—**
  - (1) Falls within a category set forth in [section 1703(b)](/cfr/10/1703.md?p=b) of Title XVII;
  - (2) Is located in the United States;
  - (3) Is at one location, except that the project may be located at two or more locations if the project is comprised of installations or facilities employing a single New or Significantly Improved Technology that is deployed pursuant to an integrated and comprehensive business plan. An Innovative Energy Project located in more than one location is a single Eligible Project;
  - (4) Deploys a New or Significantly Improved Technology; and
  - (5) Avoids, reduces, utilizes, or sequesters air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.
- (c) **An eligible Innovative Supply Chain Project is a project that—**
  - (1) Manufactures a product with an end-use set forth in [section 1703(b)](/cfr/10/1703.md?p=b) of Title XVII;
  - (2) Is located in the United States;
  - (3) Is at one location, except that the project may be located at two or more locations if the project is comprised of installations or facilities employing a single New or Significantly Improved Technology that is deployed pursuant to an integrated and comprehensive business plan. An Innovative Supply Chain Project located in more than one location is a single Eligible Project;
  - (4) **Either—**
    - (i) Deploys a New or Significantly Improved Technology in the manufacturing process; or
    - (ii) Manufactures a product that represents a New or Significantly Improved Technology; and
  - (5) Avoids, reduces, utilizes, or sequesters air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases through:
    - (i) The relevant manufacturing process of the relevant product; or
    - (ii) **The end-use of the component on a full life-cycle basis.**
- (d) **An eligible State Energy Financing Institution Project is a project that—**
  - (1) Falls within a category set forth in [section 1703(b)](/cfr/10/1703.md?p=b) of Title XVII;
  - (2) Is located at one or more locations in the United States;
  - (3) Avoids, reduces, utilizes, or sequesters air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases;
  - (4) Receives financial support or credit enhancements from a State Energy Financing Institution; and
  - (5) May include a partnership between one or more State Energy Financing Institutions and private entities, Tribal entities, or Alaska Native corporations in carrying out the project.
- (e) **An eligible Energy Dominance Financing Project is a project that—**
  - (1) Is located in the United States;
  - (2) **Either—**
    - (i) Retools, repowers, repurposes, or replaces Energy Infrastructure that has ceased operations;
    - (ii) Enables operating Energy Infrastructure to increase capacity or output; or
    - (iii) Supports or enables the provision of known or forecastable electric supply at time intervals necessary to maintain or enhance grid reliability or other system adequacy needs; and
  - (3) **May include the remediation of environmental damage associated with Energy Infrastructure.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 34428, May 30, 2023, as amended at 90 FR 48710, Oct. 28, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7254, 16511-16517.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 34428, May 30, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[88 FR 34428, May 30, 2023, as amended at 90 FR 48710, Oct. 28, 2025]