Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§14508 Economic and energy development initiative

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 145— - SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROGRAMS › § 14508

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Appalachian Regional Commission can give technical help, grants, contracts, or other money to people and groups in Appalachia for projects that boost energy efficiency, increase renewable energy use (especially biomass) for fuels, electricity, and heat, and help develop regional conventional energy using advanced technology that cuts emissions, including greenhouse gases. Those funds can cover up to 50% of a project’s cost. For counties officially labeled "distressed" the funds can cover up to 80%, and for counties labeled "at‑risk" up to 70%. The grants can be combined with other federal or nonfederal money, and the Commission may use these funds to raise the federal share allowed under other programs if it decides that is appropriate.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §14508

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(a)The Appalachian Regional Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide amounts to persons or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and activities—

(1)to promote energy efficiency in the Appalachian region to enhance the economic competitiveness of the Appalachian region;

(2)to increase the use of renewable energy resources, particularly biomass, in the Appalachian region to produce alternative transportation fuels, electricity, and heat; and

(3)to support the development of regional, conventional energy resources to produce electricity and heat through advanced technologies that achieve a substantial reduction in emissions, including greenhouse gases, over the current baseline.

(b)Of the cost of any activity eligible for a grant under this section, not more than—

(1)50 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section;

(2)in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 14526, 80 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section; or

(3)in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which an at-risk county designation is in effect under section 14526, 70 percent may be provided from amounts appropriated to carry out this section.

(c)Subject to subsection (b), grants provided under this section may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this section in combination with amounts made available under other Federal programs or from any other source.

(d)Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program, amounts made available to carry out this section may be used to increase that Federal share, as the Commission decides is appropriate.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 14508

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73