### Question
Can you define what cost of the fuel displaced means?


### Answer
**Cost of the fuel displaced** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 8834*:

> the cost of the fuel (per million Btu's) which the purchaser of biomass energy would have purchased if the biomass energy had not been available for sale to that purchaser

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 8834*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 96-BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS > SUBCHAPTER II-MUNICIPAL WASTE BIOMASS ENERGY**

