7 U.S.C. § 918c
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§ 918c. Rural and remote communities electrification grants
- (a) In this section:
- (1) The term “eligible grantee” means a local government or municipality, peoples’ utility district, irrigation district, and cooperative, nonprofit, or limited-dividend association in a rural area.
- (2) The term “incremental hydropower” means additional generation achieved from increased efficiency after January 1, 2005 , at a hydroelectric dam that was placed in service before January 1, 2005 .
- (3) The term “renewable energy” means electricity generated from—
- (A) a renewable energy source; or
- (B) hydrogen, other than hydrogen produced from a fossil fuel, that is produced from a renewable energy source.
- (4) The term “renewable energy source” means—
- (A) wind;
- (B) ocean waves;
- (C) biomass;
- (D) solar;
- (E) landfill gas;
- (F) incremental hydropower;
- (G) livestock methane; or
- (H) geothermal energy.
- (5) The term “rural area” means a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of not more than 10,000 inhabitants.
- (b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, may provide grants under this section to eligible grantees for the purpose of—
- (1) increasing energy efficiency, siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines serving rural areas; or
- (2) providing or modernizing electric generation facilities that serve rural areas.
- (c)
- (1) The Secretary shall make grants under this section based on a determination of cost-effectiveness and the most effective use of the funds to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b).
- (2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate grant funds under this section equally between the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
- (3) In making grants for the purposes described in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give preference to renewable energy facilities.
- (d) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2012.
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