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Extend production tax credit for wind energy facilities through 2012 and other renewable energy facilities through 2013. Allow renewable facilities to claim investment tax credit instead of production tax credit. Remove cap on investment tax credit for small wind property. Allow renewable energy producers to claim a 30 percent cash grant from the Treasury Department in lieu of the 30 percent investment tax credit.

Make the electric grid "smarter," by improving communication so electricity can be distributed and used more efficiently.

Expand passenger rail capacity and make grants for high-speed rail projects, including Amtrak.

Provide grants to states for public transit infrastructure investment, reallocating money that is not spent quickly.

Guarantee loans for renewable energy or electricity transmission projects that "avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases," according to the program's Web site.

Provide money for wastewater treatment projects and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.

Help low-income families make their homes more energy efficient, through projects like adding insulation. 

Includes money for near-zero emissions power plants, clean coal technology and carbon capture.

Increase tax credits for purchases to make homes energy efficient, such as new furnaces or insulation, to 30 percent through 2010, for up to $1,500.

Increase the tax credit for purchasing plug-in hybrid vehicles to $7,500.

Provide grants to manufacturers of advanced battery systems and car batteries in the United States.

Includes $400 million for rapid development of clean energy technology.

Establish a new 30 percent investment tax credit for manufacturers of advanced energy property, which may include technology for the production of renewable energy, energy storage, energy conservation, efficient transmission and distribution of electricity, and carbon capture and sequestration.

Authorize an additional $1.6 billion in renewable energy bonds and $2.4 billion in energy conservation bonds to finance state and local government projects.

Provide grants and loans for water supply and waste disposal programs in rural areas.

Provide money for the Environmental Protection Agency's cleanup programs, including Superfund.

Includes $300 million to help state and local governments purchase hybrid vehicles and $400 million to start electrical infrastructure projects that encourage the use of electric vehicles.

Remove dollar caps on the 30 percent residential credit for solar thermal, geothermal and small wind property.

Increase tax credits for gas stations and other businesses that install non-hydrogen, alternative fuel pumps to 50 percent through 2010, for up to $50,000.