42 USC § 13471 - Renewable energy

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13471"
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title: "42 USC § 13471 - Renewable energy"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13471"
section_name: "Renewable energy"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Electricity Generation and Use"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXI, § 2111, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3072.)"
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# § 13471. Renewable energy

**(a)** **Program direction** section 13401(3) of this titlesection 13382(a)(4) of this title

The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive 5-year program, in accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, to provide cost-effective options for the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources for grid and nongrid application, including field demonstrations of sufficient scale and number in operating environments to prove technical and economic feasibility for providing cost effective generation and for meeting the goal stated in  and .

**(b)** **Program plan** October 24, 1992

Within 180 days after , the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan to guide the activities under this section. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, including national laboratories, and professional and technical societies.

**(c)** **Authorization of appropriations** section 13431 of this title

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section, including all solar energy programs (other than activities under ), geothermal systems, electric energy systems, and energy storage systems, $208,975,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XXI, § 2111, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3072.)