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— (1) in paragraph (15)(A), by striking or hydroelectric and inserting hydroelectric, or waste energy recovery; and (2) 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..