§918a — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

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The Secretary, using the Rural Utilities Service, can give grants and loans to people, States, local governments, and other state-chartered groups to build, extend, upgrade, or improve power plants, lines, and delivery systems in places where the average household spends at least 275 percent of the national average on home energy, as measured by the Energy Information Agency. The Secretary can also fund the Denali Commission and give grants to State entities that existed on November 9, 2000 to create a revolving fund to buy fuel where it cannot be shipped by road. Congress authorized $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and whatever sums are needed after that. No more than 4 percent of those funds can be used for planning and administrative costs.

Title 7, §918a

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Rural Utilities Service, may—

(1)in coordination with State rural development initiatives, make grants and loans to persons, States, political subdivisions of States, and other entities organized under the laws of States to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities in which the average residential expenditure for home energy is at least 275 percent of the national average residential expenditure for home energy (as determined by the Energy Information Agency using the most recent data available);

(2)make grants and loans to the Denali Commission established by the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities described in paragraph (1); and

(3)make grants to State entities, in existence as of November 9, 2000, to establish and support a revolving fund to provide a more cost-effective means of purchasing fuel where the fuel cannot be shipped by means of surface transportation.

(b)(1)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as are necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.

(2)Not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be used for planning and administrative expenses.

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The Denali Commission Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is title III of div. C of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–637, which is set out as a note under section 3121 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§918a Energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs

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Title 7, §918a

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