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42 U.S.C. § 17202 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3002(i)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2495
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### Statutory Notes
Section 17199, Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 620, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1683, related to educational pilot program.
Section 17200, Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 621, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1684, related to reports to Congress.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 17199, Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 620, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1683, related to educational pilot program.
Section 17200, Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 621, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1684, related to reports to Congress.
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**(a) Requirement** The President, acting through the Secretary, shall seek to ensure that, to the extent economically feasible and technically practicable, of the total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the following amounts shall be renewable energy:
(1) Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 through 2009.
(2) Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 through 2012.
(3) Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.
**(b) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Biomass** — The term “biomass” means any lignin waste material that is segregated from other waste materials and is determined to be nonhazardous by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and any solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic material that is derived from—
(A) any of the following forest-related resources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, and brush, or nonmerchantable material;
(B) solid wood waste materials, including waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction wood wastes (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, but not including municipal solid waste (garbage), gas derived from the biodegradation of solid waste, or paper that is commonly recycled;
(C) agriculture wastes, including orchard tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products or residues, and livestock waste nutrients; or
(D) a plant that is grown exclusively as a fuel for the production of electricity.
(2) **Renewable energy** — The term “renewable energy” means marine energy (as defined in [section 17211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-sect
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall support a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for enhanced geothermal systems, including the programs described in subsection (b).
**(b) Enhanced geothermal systems technologies** In collaboration with industry partners, institutions of higher education, and the national laboratories, the Secretary shall support a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of the technologies to achieve higher efficiency and lower cost enhanced geothermal systems, including—
(1) reservoir stimulation;
(2) drilled, non-stimulated (e.g. closed-loop) reservoir technologies;
(3) reservoir characterization, monitoring, and modeling and understanding of the surface area and volume of fractures;
(4) stress and fracture mapping including real time monitoring and modeling;
(5) tracer development;
(6) three and four-dimensional seismic imaging and tomography;
(7) well placement and orientation;
(8) long-term reservoir management;
(9) drilling technologies, methods, and tools;
(10) improved exploration tools;
(11) zonal isolation; and
(12) understanding induced seismicity risks from reservoir engineering and stimulation.
**(c) Frontier observatory for research in geothermal energy**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall support the establishment and construction of up to 3 field research sites, which shall each be known as a “Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy” or “FORGE” site to develop, test, and enhance techniques and tools for enhanced geothermal energy.
(2) **Duties** — The Secretary shall—
(A) provide financial assistance in support of research and development projects focused on advanced monitoring technologies, new technologies and approa
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Eligible entity** — The term “eligible entity” means—
(A) a utility;
(B) an electric cooperative;
(C) a State;
(D) a political subdivision of a State;
(E) an Indian tribe; or
(F) a Native corporation.
(2) **High-cost region** — The term “high-cost region” means a region in which the average cost of electrical power or heat exceeds 150 percent of the national average retail cost, as determined by the Secretary.
**(b) Program** The Secretary shall use amounts made available to carry out this section to make grants to eligible entities for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Eligible activities** An eligible entity may use grant funds under this section, with respect to a geothermal energy project in a high-cost region, only—
(1) to conduct a feasibility study, including a study of exploration, geochemical testing, geomagnetic surveys, geologic information gathering, baseline environmental studies, well drilling, resource characterization, permitting, and economic analysis;
(2) for design and engineering costs, relating to the project; and
(3) to demonstrate and promote commercial application of technologies related to geothermal energy as part of the project.
**(d) Cost sharing** The cost-sharing requirements of [section 16352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section16352&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to any project carried out under this section.
**(e) Authorization of appropriations** Out of funds authorized under [section 17202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section17202&num=0&edition=prelim), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fisc
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 17201
Section 17200, Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 621, Dec. 19,
2007, 121 Stat. 1684, related to reports to Congress.
§ 17201. Applicability of other laws
Nothing in this part shall be construed as
waiving, modifying, or superseding the applica-
bility of any requirement under any environ-
mental or other Federal or State law. To the ex-
tent that activities authorized in this part take
place in coastal and ocean areas, the Secretary
shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce,
acting through the Under Secretary of Com-
merce for Oceans and Atmosphere, regarding the
potential marine environmental impacts and
measures to address such impacts.
(Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 622, Dec. 19, 2007, 121
Stat. 1684.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec.
19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a
note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
§ 17202. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out the programs under this
part $170,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021
through 2025.
(Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 623, Dec. 19, 2007, 121
Stat. 1684; Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III,
§ 3002(j), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2495.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2020—Pub. L. 116–260 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section related to authorization of ap-
propriations for fiscal years 2008 to 2012.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec.
19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a
note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
§ 17203. International geothermal ene
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