42 U.S.C. § 15851: Assessment of renewable…

Summary

Within 6 months after August 8, 2005, and every year after, the Secretary must review U.S. renewable energy assessments—covering solar, wind, biomass, marine, geothermal, and hydroelectric—and carry out new studies when needed, taking into account market changes, new technologies, and other relevant factors. Within 1 year after August 8, 2005, and yearly after, the Secretary must publish a report from that review. The report must have a detailed inventory of how much of each resource exists and its features, plus useful information like nearby terrain, population and electric load centers, nearby energy and water infrastructure, cost estimates to develop resources, any barriers to transmission from remote resources, recommendations to address those barriers, and ways to ensure fair grid access. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 for this work.

Title 42, §15851

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(a)Resource assessment

Not later than 6 months after August 8, 2005, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall review the available assessments of renewable energy resources within the United States, including solar, wind, biomass, marine, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy resources, and undertake new assessments as necessary, taking into account changes in market conditions, available technologies, and other relevant factors.

(b)Contents of reports

Not later than 1 year after August 8, 2005, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report based on the assessment under subsection (a). The report shall contain— (1)

(2)such other information as the Secretary believes would be useful in developing such renewable energy resources, including descriptions of surrounding terrain, population and load centers, nearby energy infrastructure, location of energy and water resources, and available estimates of the costs needed to develop each resource, together with an identification of any barriers to providing adequate transmission for remote sources of renewable energy resources to current and emerging markets, recommendations for removing or addressing such barriers, and ways to provide access to the grid that do not unfairly disadvantage renewable or other energy producers.

(c)Authorization of appropriations

For the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.

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2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “marine” for “ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal)”.

§15851 Assessment of Renewable Energy Resources

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Title 42, §15851

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