Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§916 Criteria for Loans
Title 7 › Chapter 31— RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE › Subchapter I— RURAL ELECTRIFICATION › § 916
Summary
When the Secretary makes or guarantees loans to build, run, or expand electric power plants or transmission lines, they must use general criteria published by the Secretary of Energy. Those criteria are meant to keep the loan decisions consistent with the national energy policy and with this chapter.
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Title 7, §916
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In order to insure coordination of electric generation and transmission financing under this chapter with the national energy policy, the Secretary in making or guaranteeing loans for the construction, operation, or enlargement of generating plants or electric transmission lines or systems, shall consider such general criteria consistent with the provisions of this chapter as may be published by the Secretary of Energy.
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1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” before “in making”.
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7 U.S.C. § 916
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60