49 USC § 47140 - Meeting current and future energy power demand

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s47140"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 47140 - Meeting current and future energy power demand"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "47140"
section_name: "Meeting current and future energy power demand"
chapter_number: 471
chapter_name: "AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 112–95, title V, § 512(a), Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 109, § 47140a; renumbered § 47140 and amended Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title I, §§ 166(b)(1), 171, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3226, 3227; Pub. L. 118–63, title VII, § 742(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1278.)"
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# § 47140. Meeting current and future energy power demand

**(a)** **In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall—

**(1)** encourage the sponsor of each public-use airport to—

**(A)** conduct airport planning that assesses the airport’s—

**(i)** current and future energy power requirements, including—

**(I)** heating and cooling;

**(II)** on-road airport vehicles and ground support equipment;

**(III)** gate electrification;

**(IV)** electric aircraft charging; and

**(V)** vehicles and equipment used to transport passengers and employees between the airport and—

**(aa)** nearby facilities owned or controlled by the airport or which otherwise directly support the functions or services provided by the airport; or

**(bb)** an intermodal surface transportation facility adjacent to the airport; and

**(ii)** existing energy infrastructure condition, location, and capacity, including base load and backup power, to meet the current and future electrical power demand as identified in this subparagraph; and

**(B)** conduct airport development to improve energy efficiency, increase peak load savings at the airport, and meet future electrical power demands as identified in subparagraph (A); and

**(2)** reimburse the airport sponsor for the costs incurred in conducting the assessment under paragraph (1)(A).

**(b)** **Grants.—** The Secretary shall make grants to airport sponsors from amounts made available under section 48103 to assist such sponsors that have completed the assessment described in subsection (a)(1)—

**(1)** to acquire or construct equipment that will improve energy efficiency at the airport; and

**(2)** to pursue an airport development project described in subsection (a)(1)(B).

**1** **Application.—** To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1),[^1] the sponsor of a public-use airport shall submit an application, including a certification that no safety projects are being deferred by requesting a grant under this section, to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

So in original. Probably should be “subsection (b)”.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 112–95, title V, § 512(a), Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 109, § 47140a; renumbered § 47140 and amended Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title I, §§ 166(b)(1), 171, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3226, 3227; Pub. L. 118–63, title VII, § 742(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1278.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 47140, added , , , related to airport ground support equipment emissions retrofit pilot program, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2024— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to increasing the energy efficiency of airport power sources.

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , inserted “, and to reimburse the airport sponsor for the costs incurred in conducting the assessment” before period at end.

Subsec. (b)(2). , inserted “, including a certification that no safety projects are being be deferred by requesting a grant under this section,” after “an application”.