STUDY OF CREDITS FOR USE OF RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

SEC. 206. STUDY OF CREDITS FOR USE OF RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.(a) Definition of Electric Vehicle.—In this section, the term “electric vehicle” means an electric motor vehicle (as defined in section 601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13271)) for which the rechargeable storage battery—(1) receives a charge directly from a source of electric current that is external to the vehicle; and(2) provides a minimum of 80 percent of the motive power of the vehicle.(b) Study.—The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a study on the feasibility of issuing credits under the program established under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to electric vehicles powered by electricity produced from renewable energy sources.(c) Report.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study, including a description of—(1) existing programs and studies on the use of renewable electricity as a means of powering electric vehicles; and(2) alternatives for—(A) designing a pilot program to determine the feasibility of using renewable electricity to power electric vehicles as an adjunct to a renewable fuels mandate;121 STAT. 1531(B) allowing the use, under the pilot program designed under subparagraph (A), of electricity generated from nuclear energy as an additional source of supply;(C) identifying the source of electricity used to power electric vehicles; and(D) equating specific quantities of electricity to quantities of renewable fuel under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act.