Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§7371 Statement of purpose
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XII— - RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES › § 7371
Summary
Create incentives for more use of renewable energy and better public information about it. Encourage the federal government to use cost‑effective solar and conservation, promote local energy self‑reliance, expand use of photovoltaic systems, and support small hydropower.
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Title 42, §7371
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The purpose of this subchapter is to establish incentives for the use of renewable energy resources, to improve and coordinate the dissemination of information to the public with respect to renewable energy resources, to encourage the use of certain cost effective solar energy systems and conservation measures by the Federal Government, to establish a program for the promotion of local energy self-sufficiency, to broaden the existing program for accelerating the procurement and use of photovoltaic systems, and to provide further encouragement for the development of small hydroelectric power projects.
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References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 96–294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 715, known as the Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see
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note set out below and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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section 401 of title IV Pub. L. 96–294 provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter, amending section 8255, 8271, and 8274 to 8276 of this title and section 2705 and 2708 of Title 16, Conservation, and enacting a provision set out as a note under section 2701 of Title 16] may be cited as the ‘Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980’.”
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42 U.S.C. § 7371
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73