42 U.S.C. § 6807a : US Code - Section 6807A: Energy efficiency grants to State regulatory authorities

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6807a : US Code - Section 6807A: Energy efficiency grants to State regulatory authorities

(a) Energy efficiency grants
The Secretary is authorized in accordance with the provisions of
this section to provide grants to State regulatory authorities in
an amount not to exceed $250,000 per authority, for purposes of
encouraging demand-side management including energy conservation,
energy efficiency and load management techniques and for meeting
the requirements of paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) of section 2621(d)
of title 16 and as a means of meeting gas supply needs and to meet
the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 3203(b) of
title 15. Such grants may be utilized by a State regulatory
authority to provide financial assistance to nonprofit subgrantees
of the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program in
order to facilitate participation by such subgrantees in
proceedings of such regulatory authority to examine energy
conservation, energy efficiency, or other demand-side management
programs.
(b) Plan
A State regulatory authority wishing to receive a grant under
this section shall submit a plan to the Secretary that specifies
the actions such authority proposes to take that would achieve the
purposes of this section.
(c) Secretarial action
(1) In determining whether, and in what amount, to provide a
grant to a State regulatory authority under this section the
Secretary shall consider, in addition to other appropriate factors,
the actions proposed by the State regulatory authority to achieve
the purposes of this section and to consider implementation of the
ratemaking standards established in -
(A) paragraphs (7), (8) and (9) of section 2621(d) of title 16;
or
(B) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 3203(b) of title 15.
(2) Such actions -
(A) shall include procedures to facilitate the participation of
grantees and nonprofit subgrantees of the Department of Energy's
Weatherization Assistance Program in proceedings of such
regulatory authorities examining demand-side management programs;
and
(B) shall provide for coverage of the cost of such grantee and
subgrantees' participation in such proceedings.
(d) Recordkeeping
Each State regulatory authority that receives a grant under this
section shall keep such records as the Secretary shall require.
(e) "State regulatory authority" defined
For purposes of this section, the term "State regulatory
authority" shall have the same meaning as provided by section 2602
of title 16 in the case of electric utilities, and such term shall
have the same meaning as provided by section 3202 of title 15 in
the case of gas utilities, except that in the case of any State
without a statewide ratemaking authority, such term shall mean the
State energy office.
(f) Authorization
There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1994, 1995 and 1996 to carry out the purposes of
this section.