Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§16211 Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems

Title 42 › Chapter 149— NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › Subchapter IX— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › Part B— Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems › § 16211

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must run research, development, demonstration, and commercial programs to make distributed energy resources and systems more reliable and efficient and to better connect advanced energy technologies to the electric grid. Congress authorized money for those activities: $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $255,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $273,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. The Secretary may get whatever funds are needed for the Power Delivery Research Initiative for 2007–2009. From the amounts above, $20,000,000 each for 2007 and 2008 must go to the work under section 16213, and $2,000,000 in 2007 must go to work under section 16215(g).

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Title 42, §16211

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(a)The Secretary shall carry out programs of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application on distributed energy resources and systems reliability and efficiency, to improve the reliability and efficiency of distributed energy resources and systems, integrating advanced energy technologies with grid connectivity, including activities described in this part. The programs shall address advanced energy technologies and systems and advanced grid reliability technologies.

(b)(1)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out distributed energy and electric energy systems activities, including activities authorized under this part—

(A)$240,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

(B)$255,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(C)$273,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.

(2)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the Power Delivery Research Initiative under subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. 16215(e) of this title such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009.

(c)From amounts authorized under subsection (b), $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008 shall be available to carry out activities under section 16213 of this title.

(d)From amounts authorized under subsection (b), $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 shall be available to carry out activities under section 16215(g) of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 16211

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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