Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§7371 Statement of Purpose

Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XII — RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES › § 7371

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates incentives and programs to expand renewable energy use, improve public information, encourage federal use of cost‑effective solar and conservation, promote local energy self‑sufficiency, speed solar purchases, and support small hydro projects.

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Title 42, §7371

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The purpose of this subchapter is to establish incentives for the use of renewable energy resources, to improve and coordinate the dissemination of information to the public with respect to renewable energy resources, to encourage the use of certain cost effective solar energy systems and conservation measures by the Federal Government, to establish a program for the promotion of local energy self-sufficiency, to broaden the existing program for accelerating the procurement and use of photovoltaic systems, and to provide further encouragement for the development of small hydroelectric power projects.

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References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 96–294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 715, known as the Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see

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note set out below and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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section 401 of title IV Pub. L. 96–294 provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter, amending section 8255, 8271, and 8274 to 8276 of this title and section 2705 and 2708 of Title 16, Conservation, and enacting a provision set out as a note under section 2701 of Title 16] may be cited as the ‘Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980’.”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7371

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102