Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§7435 Low emissions electricity program

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 85— - AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES › Part Part A— - Air Quality and Emission Limitations › § 7435

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the EPA Administrator money for fiscal year 2022, available until September 30, 2031, to help cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. electricity generation and use. It provides $17,000,000 each for consumer education, for programs in low‑income and disadvantaged communities, for industry outreach, and for State, Tribal, and local government partnerships; $1,000,000 to complete an assessment within one year after August 16, 2022, of expected annual emission reductions through fiscal year 2031; and $18,000,000 to make sure the reductions are carried out using existing authorities. The Administrator must reserve 2% of these funds for administrative costs. Greenhouse gas — the air pollutants carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7435

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(a)In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2031—

(1)$17,000,000 for consumer-related education and partnerships with respect to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from domestic electricity generation and use;

(2)$17,000,000 for education, technical assistance, and partnerships within low-income and disadvantaged communities with respect to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from domestic electricity generation and use;

(3)$17,000,000 for industry-related outreach, technical assistance, and partnerships with respect to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from domestic electricity generation and use;

(4)$17,000,000 for outreach and technical assistance to, and partnerships with, State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from domestic electricity generation and use;

(5)$1,000,000 to assess, not later than 1 year after August 16, 2022, the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from changes in domestic electricity generation and use that are anticipated to occur on an annual basis through fiscal year 2031; and

(6)$18,000,000 to ensure that reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are achieved through use of the existing authorities of this chapter, incorporating the assessment under paragraph (5).

(b)Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), the Administrator shall reserve 2 percent for the administrative costs necessary to carry out activities pursuant to that subsection.

(c)In this section, the term “greenhouse gas” means the air pollutants carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7435

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73