Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 100 — Wind Energy Systems
§ 9207. Criteria for program selection
Statutory text
The Secretary shall set priorities which are, as far as possible, consistent with the intent and purposes of this chapter and which are set in accordance with the following criteria:
the construction, operation, and maintenance costs of wind energy systems shall be minimized;
programs established under this chapter shall be conducted with the express intent of bringing wind energy system costs down to a level competitive with energy costs from conventional energy systems;
priority shall be given in the conduct of programs established under this chapter to those projects in which cost-sharing funds are provided by private, industrial, agricultural, or governmental entities or utilities; and
to the extent that the Secretary is limited by the availability of funds to carry out the objectives of this chapter, priority, but not exclusive emphasis, should be given in the early years of the programs to activities under sections 9204 and 9206 of this title and in the later years of the programs to activities under section 9205 of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–345 § 8 · 94 Stat. 1139
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 9207
(Pub. L. 96–345, § 8, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1144.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–345, § 8, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1144.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 8. criteria for program selection The Secretary shall set priorities which are, as far as possible, consistent with the intent and purposes of this Act and which are set in accordance with the following criteria: (1) the construction, operation, and maintenance costs of wind energy systems shall be minimized; (2) programs established under this Act shall be conducted with the express intent of bringing wind energy system costs down to a level competitive with energy costs from conventional energy systems; (3) priority shall be given in the conduct of programs established under this Act to those projects in which cost-sharing funds are provided by private, industrial, agricultural, or governmental entities or utilities; and (4) to the extent that the Secretary is limited by the availability of funds to carry out the objectives of this Act, priority, but not exclusive emphasis, should be given in the early years of the programs to activities under sections 5 and 7 and in the later years of the programs to activities under section 6.
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