Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§13471 Renewable Energy

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must run a five-year program, under sections 13541 and 13542, to develop cost-effective ways to make electricity from renewable sources for both the power grid and off-grid uses. The program must include field tests big enough and enough of them to show the technologies work and are affordable, and to meet the goals in sections 13401(3) and 13382(a)(4). Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary must send Congress a five-year plan and must work with industry, colleges and universities, Federal agencies (including national labs), and professional and technical groups when making the plan. Congress authorized $208,975,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this work, covering all solar programs except activities under section 13431, plus geothermal, electric energy, and energy storage programs.

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Title 42, §13471

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(a)Program direction

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)Program plan

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)Authorization of appropriations

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110