§918a — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

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The Secretary, through the Rural Utilities Service, can give grants and loans to people, states, local governments, and other state-based groups to build, expand, upgrade, or improve energy generation, transmission, and distribution systems in communities where average household energy costs are at least 275 percent of the national average, as measured by the Energy Information Agency with the latest data. The Secretary can also fund the Denali Commission for the same work. The Secretary can give grants to state groups that existed on November 9, 2000 to start a revolving fund to buy fuel more cheaply where fuel cannot be shipped by road. Congress approved $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and whatever money is needed for later years to run this program. No more than 4 percent of those funds can be used for planning and administration.

Title 7, §918a

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Rural Utilities Service, may—

(1)in coordination with State rural development initiatives, make grants and loans to persons, States, political subdivisions of States, and other entities organized under the laws of States to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities in which the average residential expenditure for home energy is at least 275 percent of the national average residential expenditure for home energy (as determined by the Energy Information Agency using the most recent data available);

(2)make grants and loans to the Denali Commission established by the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277) to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities described in paragraph (1); and

(3)make grants to State entities, in existence as of November 9, 2000, to establish and support a revolving fund to provide a more cost-effective means of purchasing fuel where the fuel cannot be shipped by means of surface transportation.

(b)(1)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as are necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.

(2)Not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be used for planning and administrative expenses.

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The Denali Commission Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is title III of div. C of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–637, which is set out as a note under section 3121 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§918a Energy Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Facilities Efficiency Grants and Loans in Rural Communities with Extremely High Energy Costs

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