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title: "7 U.S.C. § 918c"
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description: "Rural and remote communities electrification grants"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "31"
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chapter_name: "RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE"
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section: "918c"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 918c"
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---
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# 7 U.S.C. § 918c - Rural and remote communities electrification grants
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## Text
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(a) Definitions In this section:
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(1) The term “eligible grantee” means a local government or municipality, peoples’ utility district, irrigation district, and cooperative, nonprofit, or limited-dividend association in a rural area.
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(2) The term “incremental hydropower” means additional generation achieved from increased efficiency after January 1, 2005, at a hydroelectric dam that was placed in service before January 1, 2005.
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(3) The term “renewable energy” means electricity generated from—
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(A) a renewable energy source; or
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(B) hydrogen, other than hydrogen produced from a fossil fuel, that is produced from a renewable energy source.
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(4) The term “renewable energy source” means—
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(A) wind;
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(B) ocean waves;
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(C) biomass;
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(D) solar;
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(E) landfill gas;
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(F) incremental hydropower;
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(G) livestock methane; or
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(H) geothermal energy.
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(5) The term “rural area” means a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of not more than 10,000 inhabitants.
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(b) Grants The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, may provide grants under this section to eligible grantees for the purpose of—
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(1) increasing energy efficiency, siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines serving rural areas; or
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(2) providing or modernizing electric generation facilities that serve rural areas.
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(c) Grant administration (1) The Secretary shall make grants under this section based on a determination of cost-effectiveness and the most effective use of the funds to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b).
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(2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate grant funds under this section equally between the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
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(3) In making grants for the purposes described in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall give preference to renewable energy facilities.
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(d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2012.
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(Pub. L. 95–617, title VI, § 609, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 209, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 657.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was enacted as part of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and not as part of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 which comprises this chapter.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Definitions Secretary means the Secretary of Energy, see section 2602(14) of Title 16, Conservation.
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