; or (2) affects the application of or the responsibility for compliance with any other provision of law or regulation, including environmental and licensing requirements. (k) Sunset The authority provided by this section expires on December 31, 2043. . 3. Clarifying State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 824a–3 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (o) Clarification of State authority To adopt renewable energy incentives (1) Definition of State-approved production incentive program In this subsection, the term State-approved production incentive program means a requirement imposed pursuant to State law or by a State regulatory authority acting within its authority under State law that an electric utility purchase renewable energy (as defined in section 609(a)) at a specified rate. (2) State authority to adopt renewable energy incentives Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.), a State legislature or regulatory authority may set the rates for a sale of electric energy by a facility generating electric energy from renewable energy sources pursuant to a State-approved production incentive program under which the facility voluntarily participates in the State-approved production incentive program. . 4. Guidelines for determining qualified renewable biomass (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions (A) In general The term lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions means the aggregate quantity of greenhouse gas emissions, adjusted to account for the relative global warming potential of the emissions relative to all greenhouse gas emissions. (B) Inclusions For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term greenhouse gas emissions includes— (i) direct emissions