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48 U.S.C. § 1492a — Study of electric rates in the insular areas
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Comprehensive energy plan** — The term “comprehensive energy plan” means a comprehensive energy plan prepared and updated under subsections (c) and (e) of [section 1492 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1492&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Energy action plan** — The term “energy action plan” means the plan required by subsection (d).
(3) **Freely Associated States** — The term “Freely Associated States” means the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
(4) **Insular areas** — The term “insular areas” means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(5) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that, with respect to Puerto Rico, the term means, the Secretary of Energy.
(6) **Team** — The term “team” means the team established by the Secretary under subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment** Not later than 180 days after December 16, 2014 (except in the case of Puerto Rico, in which case not later than 270 days after June 30, 2016), the Secretary shall, within the Empowering Insular Communities activity (except in the case of Puerto Rico), establish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts—
(1) to develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States; and
(2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing such plan.
**(c) Participation of regional utility organizations** In establishing the team, the Secretary shall consider including regional utility organizations.
**(d) Energy action plan** In accordance w
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Comprehensive energy plan** — The term “comprehensive energy plan” means a comprehensive energy plan prepared and updated under subsections (c) and (e) of [section 1492 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1492&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Energy action plan** — The term “energy action plan” means the plan required by subsection (d).
(3) **Freely Associated States** — The term “Freely Associated States” means the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
(4) **Insular areas** — The term “insular areas” means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(5) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that, with respect to Puerto Rico, the term means, the Secretary of Energy.
(6) **Team** — The term “team” means the team established by the Secretary under subsection (b).
**(b) Establishment** Not later than 180 days after December 16, 2014 (except in the case of Puerto Rico, in which case not later than 270 days after June 30, 2016), the Secretary shall, within the Empowering Insular Communities activity (except in the case of Puerto Rico), establish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts—
(1) to develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States; and
(2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing such plan.
**(c) Participation of regional utility organizations** In establishing the team, the Secretary shall consider including regional utility organizations.
**(d) Energy action plan** In accordance with subsection (b), the energy action plan shall include—
(1) recommendations, based on the comprehensive energy plan where applicable, to—
(A) reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel shipped to the insular areas and Freely Associated States from ports outside the United States;
(B) develop and utilize domestic fuel energy sources; and
(C) improve performance of energy infrastructure and overall energy efficiency;
(2) a schedule for implementation of such recommendations and identification and prioritization of specific projects;
(3) a financial and engineering plan for implementing and sustaining projects; and
(4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward implementation.
**(e) Reports to Secretary** Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its charge and in implementing the energy action plan.
**(f) Annual reports to Congress** Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a report submitted by the team under subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a summary of the report of the team.
**(g) Approval of Secretary required** The energy action plan shall not be implemented until the Secretary approves the energy action plan.
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**(a) Congressional findings** The Congress finds that—
(1) the Caribbean and Pacific insular areas of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau are virtually completely dependent on imported sources of energy;
(2) the dependence of such areas on imported sources of energy coupled with the increasing cost and the uncertain availability and supply of such sources of energy will continue to frustrate the political, social, and economic development of such areas by placing increasingly severe fiscal burdens on the local governments of these areas;
(3) these insular areas are endowed with a variety of renewable sources of energy which, if developed, would alleviate their dependence on imported sources of energy, relieve the fiscal burden on local governments imposed by the costs of imported fuel, and strengthen the base for political, social, and economic development;
(4) appropriate technologies are presently available to develop the renewable energy resources of these insular areas but that comprehensive energy plans have not been adequately developed to meet the energy demands of these areas from renewable energy resources;
(5) electric power transmission and distribution lines in insular areas are inadequate to withstand damage caused by the hurricanes and typhoons which frequently occur in insular areas and such damage often costs millions of dollars to repair; and
(6) the refinement of renewable energy technologies since the publication of the 1982 Territorial Energy Assessment prepared pursuant to subsection (c) reveals the need to reassess the state of energy production, consumption, infrastructure, reliance on imported energy, opportunities for energ
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**(a) Federal Points of Contact** At the request of the Revitalization Coordinator and within 30 days of receiving such a request, each Federal agency with jurisdiction over the permitting, or administrative or environmental review of private or public projects in Puerto Rico, shall name a Point of Contact who will serve as that agency’s liaison with the Revitalization Coordinator.
**(b) Federal grants and loans** For each Critical Project with a pending or potential Federal grant, loan, or loan guarantee application, the Revitalization Coordinator and the relevant Point of Contact shall cooperate with each other to ensure expeditious review of such application.
**(c) Expedited reviews and actions of Federal agencies** All reviews conducted and actions taken by any Federal agency relating to a Critical Project shall be expedited in a manner consistent with completion of the necessary reviews and approvals by the deadlines under the Expedited Permitting Process, but in no way shall the deadlines established through the Expedited Permitting Process be binding on any Federal agency.
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**(a) Identification of projects**
(1) **Project submission** — Any Project Sponsor may submit, so long as the Oversight Board is in operation, any existing, ongoing, or proposed project to the Revitalization Coordinator. The Revitalization Coordinator shall require such submission to include—
(A) the impact the project will have on an emergency;
(B) the availability of immediate private capital or other funds, including loan guarantees, loans, or grants to implement, operate, or maintain the project;
(C) the cost of the project and amount of Puerto Rico government funds, if any, necessary to complete and maintain the project;
(D) the environmental and economic benefits provided by the project, including the number of jobs to be created that will be held by residents of Puerto Rico and the expected economic impact, including the impact on ratepayers, if applicable;
(E) the status of the project if it is existing or ongoing; and
(F) in addition to the requirements found in subparagraphs (A) through (E), the Revitalization Coordinator may require such submission to include any or all of the following criteria that assess how the project will—
(i) reduce reliance on oil for electric generation in Puerto Rico;
(ii) improve performance of energy infrastructure and overall energy efficiency;
(iii) expedite the diversification and conversion of fuel sources for electric generation from oil to natural gas and renewables in Puerto Rico as defined under applicable Puerto Rico laws;
(iv) promote the development and utilization of energy sources found on Puerto Rico;
(v) contribute to transitioning to privatized generation capacities in Puerto Rico;
(vi) support the Energy Commission of Puerto Rico in achievement of its goal of reduc
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(iv) The project is not likely to cost more
than the value of the reduction in direct
damage and other negative impacts that the
project is designed to prevent or mitigate.
The cost benefit analysis required by this
criterion shall be computed on a net present
value basis.
(v) The project design has taken into con-
sideration long-term changes to the areas
and persons it is designed to protect and has
manageable future maintenance and modi-
fication requirements.
(vi) The project plan includes an analysis
of a range of options to address the problem
it is designed to prevent or mitigate and a
justification for the selection of the project
in light of that analysis.
(vii) The applicant has demonstrated to
the Secretary that the matching funds re-
quired by subparagraph (D) are available.
(C) PRIORITY.—When making grants under
this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior
shall give priority to grants for projects which
are likely to—
(i) have the greatest impact on reducing
future disaster losses; and
(ii) best conform with plans that have been
approved by the Federal Government or the
government of the insular area where the
project is to be carried out for development
or hazard mitigation for that insular area.
(D) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—The Federal
share of the cost for a project for which a
grant is provided under this paragraph shall
not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of that
project. The non-Federal share of the cost may
be provided in the form of cash or services.
(E) TREATMENT OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.—Grants provided under this paragraph
shall not be considered as income, a resource,
or a duplicative program when determining
eligibility or benefit levels f
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