7 U.S.C. § 918c : US Code - Section 918C: Rural and remote communities electrification grants

Search 7 U.S.C. § 918c : US Code - Section 918C: Rural and remote communities electrification grants

(a) Definitions
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) Grants
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) Grant administration
(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) of
this section.
(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) of this section.
(3) In making grants for the purposes described in subsection
(b)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall give preference to
renewable energy facilities.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
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.