Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§13471 Renewable energy

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT › Part Part B— - Electricity Generation and Use › § 13471

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must run a 5-year program to find cost-effective ways to make electricity from renewable sources for both the power grid and off-grid use. The program must include real-world field tests big enough to show the technologies work, are economical, and meet related legal goals. Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary must send Congress a 5-year plan and consult with industry, colleges, federal agencies (including national labs), and professional groups. Congress authorized $208,975,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 for solar (except certain activities), geothermal, electric, and energy storage programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §13471

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(a)The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive 5-year program, in accordance with section 13541 and 13542 of this title, to provide cost-effective options for the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources for grid and nongrid application, including field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number in operating environments to prove technical and economic feasibility for providing cost effective generation and for meeting the goal stated in section 13401(3) of this title and section 13382(a)(4) of this title.

(b)Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide the activities under this section. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, including national laboratories, and professional and technical societies.

(c)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section, including all solar energy programs (other than activities under section 13431 of this title), geothermal systems, electric energy systems, and energy storage systems, $208,975,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

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42 U.S.C. § 13471

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73