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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1449 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a grant program to improve |
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| 6 | 6 | | the energy resilience, energy democracy, and security of communities, |
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| 7 | 7 | | prioritizing environmental justice communities, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARRAGA´N(for herself, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. JOHNSONof Geor- |
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| 12 | 12 | | gia, Mr. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | LEAVER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Ms. |
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| 15 | 15 | | ONAMICI, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. COHEN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | ULLIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. |
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| 19 | 19 | | CANLON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CASE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Ms. T |
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| 21 | 21 | | OKUDA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. |
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| 23 | 23 | | ALINAS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Ms. |
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| 24 | 24 | | A |
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| 25 | 25 | | NSARI, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 26 | 26 | | ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to |
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| 27 | 27 | | the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be sub- |
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| 28 | 28 | | sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of |
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| 29 | 29 | | such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 30 | 30 | | A BILL |
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| 31 | 31 | | To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a grant |
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| 32 | 32 | | program to improve the energy resilience, energy democ- |
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| 33 | 33 | | racy, and security of communities, prioritizing environ- |
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| 34 | 34 | | mental justice communities, and for other purposes. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 41 | 41 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Resilient Com-2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | munities Act’’. 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY MICROGRID GRANT PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (a) I |
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| 45 | 45 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall es-5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tablish and carry out a program to provide grants to eligi-6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ble entities. 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) U |
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| 49 | 49 | | SE OFFUNDS.—An eligible entity may use a 8 |
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| 50 | 50 | | grant provided under the program established pursuant to 9 |
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| 51 | 51 | | subsection (a) to— 10 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) obtain technical assistance to— 11 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) upgrade building codes and standards 12 |
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| 54 | 54 | | for resiliency to climate change hazards (includ-13 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ing wildfires, flooding, sea level rise, landslides, 14 |
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| 56 | 56 | | drought, storms, temperature extremes, and 15 |
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| 57 | 57 | | other extreme weather events); 16 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (B) develop a FEMA Hazard Mitigation 17 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Plan to identify and overcome known climate 18 |
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| 60 | 60 | | change hazards to critical community infra-19 |
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| 61 | 61 | | structure; or 20 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (C) conduct a needs assessment of prospec-21 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tive clean energy microgrid projects and, as ap-22 |
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| 64 | 64 | | plicable, design prospective clean energy 23 |
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| 65 | 65 | | microgrids, including assistance to address per-24 |
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| 66 | 66 | | mitting and siting challenges, understand and 25 |
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| 67 | 67 | | facilitate financing options, and understand the 26 |
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| 71 | 71 | | technical characteristics of clean energy 1 |
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| 72 | 72 | | microgrids; 2 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) provide community outreach and collabo-3 |
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| 74 | 74 | | rative planning with respect to a prospective project 4 |
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| 75 | 75 | | described in paragraph (3); or 5 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (3) carry out a project to develop and con-6 |
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| 77 | 77 | | struct— 7 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A) a clean energy microgrid that supports 8 |
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| 79 | 79 | | critical community infrastructure; or 9 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (B) a clean energy microgrid for residences 10 |
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| 81 | 81 | | of medical baseline customers. 11 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (c) P |
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| 83 | 83 | | RIORITY.— 12 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (1) I |
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| 85 | 85 | | N GENERAL.—In providing grants under 13 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the program established pursuant to subsection (a), 14 |
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| 87 | 87 | | the Secretary of Energy shall give priority to an eli-15 |
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| 88 | 88 | | gible entity that proposes to use a grant to obtain 16 |
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| 89 | 89 | | technical assistance described in subsection (b)(1), 17 |
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| 90 | 90 | | provide outreach described in subsection (b)(2), or 18 |
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| 91 | 91 | | carry out a project described in subsection (b)(3), 19 |
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| 92 | 92 | | that will benefit an environmental justice commu-20 |
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| 93 | 93 | | nity. 21 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (2) T |
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| 95 | 95 | | ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY 22 |
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| 96 | 96 | | OUTREACH GRANTS .—After priority given under 23 |
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| 97 | 97 | | paragraph (1), in providing grants to obtain tech-24 |
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| 98 | 98 | | nical assistance described in subsection (b)(1) or 25 |
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| 102 | 102 | | provide outreach described in subsection (b)(2), the 1 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Secretary of Energy shall give priority to an eligible 2 |
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| 104 | 104 | | entity proposing to obtain technical assistance or 3 |
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| 105 | 105 | | provide outreach that the Secretary of Energy deter-4 |
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| 106 | 106 | | mines will further the development of clean energy 5 |
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| 107 | 107 | | microgrids that are community-owned energy sys-6 |
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| 108 | 108 | | tems. 7 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (3) C |
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| 110 | 110 | | LEAN ENERGY MICROGRID GRANTS .—After 8 |
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| 111 | 111 | | priority given under paragraph (1), in providing 9 |
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| 112 | 112 | | grants under the program established pursuant to 10 |
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| 113 | 113 | | subsection (a) for projects described in subsection 11 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (b)(3), the Secretary of Energy shall give priority to 12 |
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| 115 | 115 | | an eligible entity that— 13 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (A) proposes to develop and construct a 14 |
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| 117 | 117 | | clean energy microgrid that, in comparison to 15 |
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| 118 | 118 | | other clean energy microgrids for which grants 16 |
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| 119 | 119 | | are sought under such program, will result in 17 |
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| 120 | 120 | | the greatest reduction— 18 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (i) of greenhouse gas emissions; 19 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (ii) of emissions of criteria air pollut-20 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ants; 21 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (iii) in public health disparities in 22 |
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| 125 | 125 | | communities experiencing a dispropor-23 |
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| 126 | 126 | | tionate level of air pollution; or 24 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (iv) in the energy cost burden for 1 |
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| 131 | 131 | | communities; 2 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (B) proposes to develop and construct a 3 |
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| 133 | 133 | | clean energy microgrid that is a community- 4 |
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| 134 | 134 | | owned energy system; 5 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (C) proposes to develop and construct a 6 |
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| 136 | 136 | | clean energy microgrid that, in comparison to 7 |
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| 137 | 137 | | other clean energy microgrids for which grants 8 |
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| 138 | 138 | | are sought under such program, will provide the 9 |
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| 139 | 139 | | greatest amount of resiliency benefits to a juris-10 |
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| 140 | 140 | | diction in which the microgrid is located; 11 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (D) proposes to develop and construct a 12 |
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| 142 | 142 | | clean energy microgrid that minimizes land use 13 |
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| 143 | 143 | | impacts by— 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (i) siting sources of clean energy with-15 |
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| 145 | 145 | | in the already-built environment, including 16 |
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| 146 | 146 | | over rooftops and parking lots; 17 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (ii) siting sources of clean energy on 18 |
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| 148 | 148 | | existing brownfield sites or contaminated 19 |
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| 149 | 149 | | sites; 20 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (iii) co-locating sources of clean en-21 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ergy on agricultural lands or over res-22 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ervoirs; or 23 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (iv) siting sources of clean energy on 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | compatible lands; 25 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (E) proposes to, in developing and con-1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | structing a clean energy microgrid, utilize or in-2 |
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| 160 | 160 | | volve small businesses or nonprofits that pri-3 |
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| 161 | 161 | | marily operate or are located within environ-4 |
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| 162 | 162 | | mental justice communities, particularly those 5 |
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| 163 | 163 | | that are women-owned and operated or minor-6 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ity-owned and operated; 7 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (F) has previously received a grant to ob-8 |
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| 166 | 166 | | tain technical assistance under such program; 9 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (G) imposes registered apprentice utiliza-10 |
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| 168 | 168 | | tion requirements on projects, provided that 11 |
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| 169 | 169 | | such requirements comply with the apprentice 12 |
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| 170 | 170 | | to journey worker ratios established by the De-13 |
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| 171 | 171 | | partment of Labor or the applicable State Ap-14 |
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| 172 | 172 | | prenticeship Agency; or 15 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (H) proposes to develop and construct a 16 |
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| 174 | 174 | | clean energy microgrid in an area designated 17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | nonattainment and classified as an Extreme 18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Area or Severe Area for one or more criteria air 19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | pollutants. 20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (d) E |
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| 179 | 179 | | DUCATIONALOUTREACHPROGRAM.— 21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (1) I |
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| 181 | 181 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 22 |
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| 182 | 182 | | funds are made available to carry out this section, 23 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the Secretary of Energy shall develop and carry out 24 |
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| 184 | 184 | | an educational outreach program to inform eligible 25 |
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| 189 | 189 | | subsection (a). 2 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (2) C |
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| 191 | 191 | | ONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Energy 3 |
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| 192 | 192 | | may enter into third-party contracts to implement 4 |
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| 193 | 193 | | the educational outreach program under paragraph 5 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (1). In entering into contracts pursuant to this para-6 |
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| 195 | 195 | | graph, the Secretary shall prioritize entering into 7 |
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| 196 | 196 | | contracts with women-owned and operated or minor-8 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ity-owned and operated entities. 9 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (3) P |
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| 199 | 199 | | RIORITY.—The educational outreach pro-10 |
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| 200 | 200 | | gram under paragraph (1) shall prioritize— 11 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (A) providing information on the program 12 |
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| 202 | 202 | | established pursuant to subsection (a) to eligi-13 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ble entities that serve an environmental justice 14 |
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| 204 | 204 | | community and to environmental justice com-15 |
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| 205 | 205 | | munities; and 16 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (B) promoting public understanding of the 17 |
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| 207 | 207 | | community benefits of clean energy microgrids 18 |
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| 208 | 208 | | for critical community infrastructure. 19 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (e) C |
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| 210 | 210 | | OSTSHARE.— 20 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (1) I |
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| 212 | 212 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-21 |
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| 213 | 213 | | graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of technical 22 |
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| 214 | 214 | | assistance, outreach, or a project for which a grant 23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | is provided pursuant to the program established pur-24 |
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| 219 | 219 | | suant to subsection (a) shall not exceed 60 percent 1 |
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| 220 | 220 | | of such cost. 2 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (2) E |
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| 222 | 222 | | NVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY .— 3 |
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| 223 | 223 | | The Federal share of the cost of technical assistance 4 |
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| 224 | 224 | | that is obtained for, outreach that is provided to, or 5 |
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| 225 | 225 | | a project that is carried out in, an environmental 6 |
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| 226 | 226 | | justice community, and for which a grant is provided 7 |
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| 227 | 227 | | pursuant to the program established pursuant to 8 |
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| 228 | 228 | | subsection (a) shall not exceed 90 percent of such 9 |
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| 229 | 229 | | cost. 10 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (f) L |
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| 231 | 231 | | IMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The amount of a 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | grant provided to an eligible entity under this section to 12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | carry out a project described in subsection (b)(3) may not 13 |
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| 234 | 234 | | exceed $10,000,000. 14 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (g) U |
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| 236 | 236 | | SE OFAMERICANIRON, STEEL, ANDMANUFAC-15 |
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| 237 | 237 | | TUREDGOODS.— 16 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (1) No funds authorized under this section shall 17 |
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| 239 | 239 | | be made available with respect to a project unless all 18 |
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| 240 | 240 | | of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in 19 |
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| 241 | 241 | | the project are produced in the United States. 20 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case 21 |
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| 243 | 243 | | or category of cases in which the Secretary of En-22 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ergy finds that— 23 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (A) applying paragraph (1) would be in-24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | consistent with the public interest; 25 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (B) iron, steel, and the relevant manufac-1 |
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| 251 | 251 | | tured goods are not produced in the United 2 |
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| 252 | 252 | | States in sufficient and reasonably available 3 |
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| 253 | 253 | | quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (C) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufac-5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | tured goods produced in the United States will 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | increase the cost of the overall project by more 7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | than 25 percent. 8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (3) If the Secretary of Energy receives a re-9 |
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| 259 | 259 | | quest for a waiver under this subsection, the Sec-10 |
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| 260 | 260 | | retary shall make available to the public on an infor-11 |
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| 261 | 261 | | mal basis a copy of the request and information 12 |
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| 262 | 262 | | available to the Secretary concerning the request, 13 |
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| 263 | 263 | | and shall allow for informal public input on the re-14 |
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| 264 | 264 | | quest for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 15 |
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| 265 | 265 | | based on the request. The Secretary shall make the 16 |
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| 266 | 266 | | request and accompanying information available by 17 |
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| 267 | 267 | | electronic means, including on the official public 18 |
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| 268 | 268 | | website of the Department of Energy. 19 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (4) This subsection shall be applied in a man-20 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ner consistent with the United States obligations 21 |
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| 271 | 271 | | under international agreements. 22 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (h) P |
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| 273 | 273 | | REVAILINGWAGES.—All laborers and mechan-23 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the per-24 |
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| 275 | 275 | | formance of construction, alteration, or repair work as-25 |
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| 279 | 279 | | sisted, in whole or in part, by a grant under this section 1 |
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| 280 | 280 | | shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing 2 |
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| 281 | 281 | | on similar construction in the locality as determined by 3 |
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| 282 | 282 | | the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV 4 |
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| 283 | 283 | | of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. With respect 5 |
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| 284 | 284 | | to the labor standards in this subsection, the Secretary 6 |
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| 285 | 285 | | of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth 7 |
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| 286 | 286 | | in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 8 |
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| 287 | 287 | | 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United 9 |
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| 288 | 288 | | States Code. 10 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (i) P |
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| 290 | 290 | | ROJECTLABOR.—An eligible entity that uses a 11 |
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| 291 | 291 | | grant provided under this section to construct a clean en-12 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ergy microgrid shall ensure, to the greatest extent prac-13 |
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| 293 | 293 | | ticable, that any subgrantee of such eligible entity, and 14 |
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| 294 | 294 | | any subgrantee thereof, that carries out such construction 15 |
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| 295 | 295 | | employs at least 40 percent of laborers or mechanics for 16 |
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| 296 | 296 | | such construction that are individuals who— 17 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (1) are domiciled, if the applicable construction 18 |
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| 298 | 298 | | area is— 19 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (A) a major urban area, not further than 20 |
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| 300 | 300 | | 15 miles from such construction area; or 21 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (B) not a major urban area, not further 22 |
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| 302 | 302 | | than 50 miles from such construction area; 23 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (2) are displaced and unemployed energy work-24 |
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| 304 | 304 | | ers; 25 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (3) are members of the Armed Forces serving 1 |
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| 309 | 309 | | on active duty, separated from active duty, or retired 2 |
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| 310 | 310 | | from active duty; 3 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (4) have been incarcerated or served time in a 4 |
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| 312 | 312 | | juvenile or adult detention or correctional facility, or 5 |
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| 313 | 313 | | been placed on probation, community supervision, or 6 |
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| 314 | 314 | | in a diversion scheme; 7 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (5) have a disability; 8 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (6) are homeless; 9 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (7) are receiving public assistance; 10 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (8) lack a general education diploma or high 11 |
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| 319 | 319 | | school diploma; 12 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (9) are emancipated from the foster care sys-13 |
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| 321 | 321 | | tem; 14 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (10) reside or work in an environmental justice 15 |
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| 323 | 323 | | community; or 16 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (11) are registered apprentices with fewer than 17 |
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| 325 | 325 | | 15 percent of the required graduating apprentice 18 |
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| 326 | 326 | | hours in a program. 19 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (j) R |
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| 328 | 328 | | EPORTS.—The Secretary of Energy shall submit 20 |
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| 329 | 329 | | to Congress, and make available on the public website of 21 |
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| 330 | 330 | | the Department of Energy, an annual report on the pro-22 |
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| 331 | 331 | | gram established pursuant to subsection (a) that includes, 23 |
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| 332 | 332 | | with respect to the previous year— 24 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (1) the number of grants provided; 25 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (2) the total dollar amount of all grants pro-1 |
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| 338 | 338 | | vided; 2 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (3) a list of grant disbursements by State; 3 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (4) for each grant provided— 4 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (A) a description of the technical assist-5 |
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| 342 | 342 | | ance obtained, outreach provided, or project 6 |
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| 343 | 343 | | carried out with grants funds; and 7 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (B) whether the grant is provided to obtain 8 |
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| 345 | 345 | | technical assistance, provide outreach, or carry 9 |
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| 346 | 346 | | out a project with respect to an environmental 10 |
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| 347 | 347 | | justice community; and 11 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (5) for each grant provided to carry out a clean 12 |
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| 349 | 349 | | energy microgrid project— 13 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (A) employment data for such project, in-14 |
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| 351 | 351 | | cluding the number of jobs created and what 15 |
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| 352 | 352 | | percent of laborers and mechanics hired for 16 |
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| 353 | 353 | | such project meet the criteria under subsection 17 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (i); 18 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (B) the greenhouse gas and criteria air 19 |
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| 356 | 356 | | pollutant reduction impacts for such project; 20 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (C) the public health benefits from such 21 |
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| 358 | 358 | | project; and 22 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (D) the reduced energy cost burden from 23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | such project. 24 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (k) F |
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| 362 | 362 | | UNDING.— 25 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .—For 1 |
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| 367 | 367 | | each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, there is au-2 |
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| 368 | 368 | | thorized to be appropriated— 3 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (A) $50,000,000 for grants for technical 4 |
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| 370 | 370 | | assistance described in subsection (b)(1) and 5 |
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| 371 | 371 | | outreach described in subsection (b)(2); and 6 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (B) $1,500,000,000 for grants for projects 7 |
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| 373 | 373 | | described in subsection (b)(3). 8 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (2) C |
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| 375 | 375 | | OMMUNITY-OWNED ENERGY SYSTEMS .— 9 |
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| 376 | 376 | | To the maximum extent practicable, not less than 10 10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | percent of the amount appropriated under para-11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | graph (1)(B) for any fiscal year shall be used to pro-12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | vide grants for projects to develop and construct 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | clean energy microgrids that are community-owned 14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | energy systems. 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (3) A |
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| 383 | 383 | | DMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES .— 16 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (A) T |
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| 385 | 385 | | ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUT -17 |
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| 386 | 386 | | REACH.—The Secretary may use not more than 18 |
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| 387 | 387 | | 2 percent of the amount appropriated for any 19 |
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| 388 | 388 | | fiscal year under paragraph (1)(A) for adminis-20 |
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| 389 | 389 | | trative expenses. 21 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (B) C |
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| 391 | 391 | | LEAN ENERGY MICROGRID 22 |
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| 392 | 392 | | PROJECTS.—The Secretary may use not more 23 |
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| 393 | 393 | | than 2 percent of the amount appropriated for 24 |
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| 394 | 394 | | any fiscal year under paragraph (1)(B) for ad-25 |
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| 399 | 399 | | carrying out the educational outreach program 2 |
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| 400 | 400 | | under subsection (d). 3 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (l) D |
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| 402 | 402 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (1) C |
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| 404 | 404 | | LEAN ENERGY.—The term ‘‘clean energy’’ 5 |
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| 405 | 405 | | means electric energy generated from solar, wind, 6 |
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| 406 | 406 | | geothermal, existing hydropower, micro-hydropower, 7 |
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| 407 | 407 | | hydrokinetic, or hydrogen fuel cells. 8 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (2) C |
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| 409 | 409 | | OMMUNITY OF COLOR .—The term ‘‘com-9 |
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| 410 | 410 | | munity of color’’ means a geographically distinct 10 |
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| 411 | 411 | | area in which the population of any of the following 11 |
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| 412 | 412 | | categories of individuals is higher than the average 12 |
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| 413 | 413 | | populations of that category for the State in which 13 |
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| 414 | 414 | | the community is located: 14 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (A) Black. 15 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (B) African American. 16 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (C) Asian. 17 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (D) Pacific Islander. 18 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (E) Other non-White race. 19 |
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| 420 | 420 | | (F) Non-White Hispanic. 20 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (G) Latino. 21 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (H) Linguistically isolated. 22 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (3) C |
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| 424 | 424 | | OMMUNITY-OWNED ENERGY SYSTEM .— 23 |
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| 425 | 425 | | The term ‘‘community-owned energy system’’ means 24 |
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| 426 | 426 | | an energy system owned— 25 |
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| 431 | 431 | | tem is located; 2 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (B) by a nonprofit organization that is 3 |
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| 433 | 433 | | based in the local jurisdiction where the energy 4 |
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| 434 | 434 | | system is located; 5 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (C) collectively, by community members; or 6 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (D) by a worker-owned or community- 7 |
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| 437 | 437 | | owned for-profit entity. 8 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (4) C |
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| 439 | 439 | | OMPATIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘compatible 9 |
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| 440 | 440 | | land’’ means land that is at least 5 miles away from 10 |
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| 441 | 441 | | existing protected areas and within 3 miles of exist-11 |
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| 442 | 442 | | ing transmission infrastructure. 12 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (5) C |
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| 444 | 444 | | RITICAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE .— 13 |
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| 445 | 445 | | The term ‘‘critical community infrastructure’’ means 14 |
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| 446 | 446 | | infrastructure that is necessary to providing vital 15 |
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| 447 | 447 | | community and individual functions, including— 16 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (A) schools; 17 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (B) town halls; 18 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (C) public safety facilities; 19 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (D) hospitals; 20 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (E) health clinics; 21 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (F) community centers; 22 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (G) community nonprofit facilities pro-23 |
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| 455 | 455 | | viding essential services; 24 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (H) libraries; 25 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (J) emergency management facilities; 2 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (K) water systems; 3 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (L) homeless shelters; 4 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (M) senior housing; and 5 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (N) public or affordable housing. 6 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (6) E |
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| 467 | 467 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-7 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ty’’ means— 8 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (A) a State, territory of the United States, 9 |
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| 470 | 470 | | or Tribal agency; 10 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (B) a local government or political subdivi-11 |
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| 472 | 472 | | sion of a State, including a municipally owned 12 |
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| 473 | 473 | | electric utility and an agency, authority, cor-13 |
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| 474 | 474 | | poration, or instrumentality of a State or In-14 |
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| 475 | 475 | | dian Tribe; 15 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (C) an electric utility; 16 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (D) a nonprofit organization; or 17 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (E) a partnership between— 18 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (i) a private entity, or a nonprofit or-19 |
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| 480 | 480 | | ganization, that owns critical community 20 |
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| 481 | 481 | | infrastructure; and 21 |
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| 482 | 482 | | (ii) a State, territory of the United 22 |
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| 483 | 483 | | States, Tribal agency, or local government. 23 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (7) E |
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| 485 | 485 | | NVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY .— 24 |
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| 486 | 486 | | The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 25 |
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| 491 | 491 | | munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 2 |
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| 492 | 492 | | and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is 3 |
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| 493 | 493 | | at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 4 |
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| 494 | 494 | | human health or environmental effects. 5 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (8) L |
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| 496 | 496 | | OW-INCOME COMMUNITY .—The term ‘‘low- 6 |
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| 497 | 497 | | income community’’ means any census block group 7 |
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| 498 | 498 | | in which 30 percent or more of the population are 8 |
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| 499 | 499 | | individuals with an annual household income equal 9 |
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| 500 | 500 | | to, or less than, the greater of— 10 |
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| 501 | 501 | | (A) an amount equal to 80 percent of the 11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | median income of the area in which the house-12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | hold is located, as reported by the Department 13 |
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| 504 | 504 | | of Housing and Urban Development; and 14 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (B) 200 percent of the Federal poverty 15 |
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| 506 | 506 | | line. 16 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (9) M |
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| 508 | 508 | | AJOR URBAN AREA .—The term ‘‘major 17 |
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| 509 | 509 | | urban area’’ means a metropolitan statistical area 18 |
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| 510 | 510 | | within the United States with an estimated popu-19 |
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| 511 | 511 | | lation that is greater than or equal to 1,500,000. 20 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (10) M |
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| 513 | 513 | | EDICAL BASELINE CUSTOMER .—The 21 |
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| 514 | 514 | | term ‘‘medical baseline customer’’ means a customer 22 |
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| 515 | 515 | | of an electric utility with special energy needs due 23 |
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| 516 | 516 | | to a medical condition, including energy needs for— 24 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (A) a motorized wheelchair; 25 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (C) a dialysis machine; 2 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (D) an apnea monitor; 3 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (E) an electrostatic nebulizer; 4 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (F) a respirator; 5 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (G) medication requiring refrigeration; and 6 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (H) for a customer with a vulnerable res-7 |
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| 528 | 528 | | piratory system, an air cleaning system. 8 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (11) M |
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| 530 | 530 | | ICROGRID.—The term ‘‘microgrid’’ 9 |
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| 531 | 531 | | means an interconnected system of loads and clean 10 |
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| 532 | 532 | | energy resources (including distributed energy re-11 |
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| 533 | 533 | | sources, energy storage, demand response tools, and 12 |
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| 534 | 534 | | other management, forecasting, and analytical tools) 13 |
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| 535 | 535 | | which— 14 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (A) is appropriately sized to meet the crit-15 |
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| 537 | 537 | | ical needs of its customers; 16 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (B) is contained within a clearly defined 17 |
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| 539 | 539 | | electrical boundary and has the ability to oper-18 |
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| 540 | 540 | | ate as a single and controllable entity; 19 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (C) has the ability to— 20 |
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| 542 | 542 | | (i) connect to, disconnect from, or run 21 |
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| 543 | 543 | | in parallel with the applicable grid region; 22 |
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| 544 | 544 | | or 23 |
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| 545 | 545 | | (ii) be managed and isolated from the 24 |
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| 546 | 546 | | applicable grid region in order to withstand 25 |
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| 551 | 551 | | ply of electricity to a connected location; 2 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (D) has no point of interconnection to the 3 |
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| 553 | 553 | | applicable grid region with a throughput capac-4 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ity in excess of 20 megawatts; and 5 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (E) can connect to one building or multiple 6 |
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| 556 | 556 | | interconnected buildings. 7 |
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| 557 | 557 | | (12) M |
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| 558 | 558 | | ICRO-HYDROPOWER.—The term ‘‘micro- 8 |
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| 559 | 559 | | hydropower’’ means hydropower that produces no 9 |
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| 560 | 560 | | more than 100 kilowatts of electricity using the nat-10 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ural flow of water. 11 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (13) P |
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| 563 | 563 | | RODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES .—The 12 |
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| 564 | 564 | | term ‘‘produced in the United States’’ means, in the 13 |
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| 565 | 565 | | case of iron or steel, that all manufacturing proc-14 |
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| 566 | 566 | | esses, including the application of a coating, occur in 15 |
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| 567 | 567 | | the United States. 16 |
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| 568 | 568 | | (14) R |
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| 569 | 569 | | EGISTERED APPRENTICE .—The term 17 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ‘‘registered apprentice’’ means a person in an ap-18 |
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| 571 | 571 | | prenticeship program that is registered with, and ap-19 |
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| 572 | 572 | | proved by, the United States Department of Labor 20 |
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| 573 | 573 | | or a State Apprenticeship Agency in accordance with 21 |
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| 574 | 574 | | parts 29 and 30 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula-22 |
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| 575 | 575 | | tions (as in effect on January 1, 2020). 23 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (15) S |
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| 577 | 577 | | MALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-24 |
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| 578 | 578 | | ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi-25 |
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| 583 | 583 | | Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 2 |
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| 584 | 584 | | (16) T |
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| 585 | 585 | | RIBAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY .— 3 |
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| 586 | 586 | | The term ‘‘Tribal and indigenous community’’ 4 |
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| 587 | 587 | | means a population of people who are members of— 5 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (A) a federally recognized Indian Tribe; 6 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (B) a State-recognized Indian Tribe; 7 |
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| 590 | 590 | | (C) an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian 8 |
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| 591 | 591 | | community or organization; or 9 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (D) any other community of indigenous 10 |
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| 593 | 593 | | people located in a State. 11 |
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