Waste Energy Law and Legal Definition
According to 42 USCS § 6341 [Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare; Chapter 77. Energy Policy and Conservation; Improving Energy Efficiency; Industrial Energy Efficiency], the term “waste energy” means--
(A) exhaust heat or flared gas from any industrial process;
(B) waste gas or industrial tail gas that would otherwise be flared, incinerated, or vented;
(C) a pressure drop in any gas, excluding any pressure drop to a condenser that subsequently vents the resulting heat; and
(D) such other forms of waste energy as the Administrator may determine.
