Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§2701 Establishment of Program
Title 16 › CHAPTER 47 — SMALL HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS › § 2701
Summary
The Secretary must start a program to help public and private groups build small hydropower at existing dams that are not now generating electricity.
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Title 16, §2701
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The Secretary shall establish a program in accordance with this chapter to encourage municipalities, electric cooperatives, industrial development agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other persons to undertake the development of small hydroelectric power projects in connection with existing dams which are not being used to generate electric power.
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The Secretary, referred to in text, means the Secretary of Energy, see section 2602(14) of this title.
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Promulgation of Implementing
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Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 408(d),
June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 718, provided that: “The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to assure the establishment, as soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act [
June 30, 1980] (and in any event within six months after such date in the case of the
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made by subsections (a) and (c) of this section and in the case of the loan program under section 403 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978) [amending section 2708 of the title, and section 2703 of this title respectively], of such
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as may be necessary to fully implement his responsibilities under title IV of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 [this subchapter] and the
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thereto made by this section [amending section 2705 and 2708 of this title]”.
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16 U.S.C. § 2701
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
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