§17903 Purchase of electric power

Summary

To save money, be more efficient, and conserve oil and gas, the head of a federal agency must try, when it is practical and allowed by other laws, to buy electricity from a private supplier for an agency facility in Alaska. Before doing so, the agency leader must think about how long any agency-owned power plant would still be useful and how much it costs to keep that plant ready. The agency should buy the power only if the purchase will either (1) cut costs for the private supplier’s other customers without raising the agency’s electricity bills, or (2) save the agency money without raising costs for those other customers.