Clarifies, for the purposes of the Energy Independence Act, the definition of “nonpower attributes,” which are all environmentally related characteristics, exclusive of energy, capacity reliability, and other electrical power service attributes, that are associated with the renewable electricity generation. This act provides that "nonpower attributes" does not include any aspects associated with the on-site capture and destruction of methane or other greenhouse gases at a facility through a digester system, landfill gas collection system, or other mechanism, which may be separately marketable as greenhouse gas emission reduction credits, offsets, or similar tradable commodities.   Official Text and Analysis.

Allows facilities that capture and destroy methane through a digester system, landfill gas collection system, or other mechanism to separate their nonpower attributes into RECs and other types of carbon reduction credits, offsets, or similar tradable commodities. However, these separate avoided emissions may not result in or otherwise have the effect of attributing greenhouse gas emissions to the electricity generation process.