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[CITE: 42USC5556a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 71--SOLAR ENERGY
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
 
Sec. 5556a. Solar photovoltaic energy systems studies and 
        acquisitions by Secretary of Energy; scope, contents, and 
        submission dates for reports; acquisition authority and 
        requirements; authorization of appropriations
        
    (a) The Secretary of Energy shall--
        (1) initiate and conduct an ``application and system design 
    study'', cooperatively with appropriate Federal agencies, to 
    determine the potential for the use of solar photovoltaic systems at 
    specific Federal installations; and this study shall--
            (A) include an analysis of those sites that are currently 
        cost-effective for solar photovoltaic energy systems, using 
        life-cycle costing techniques, as well as those which would be 
        cost-effective at expected future market prices;
            (B) identify potential sites and uses of solar photovoltaic 
        energy systems at the following agencies as well as any others 
        which the Secretary of Energy deems necessary:
                (i) the Department of Defense;
                (ii) the Department of Transportation (including the 
            United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation 
            Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration);
                (iii) the Department of Commerce;
                (iv) the Department of Agriculture; and
                (v) the Department of the Interior;

            (C) provide a preliminary report to Congress within nine 
        months following February 25, 1978;
            (D) include the presentation of a detailed plan for the 
        implementation of solar photovoltaic energy systems for power 
        generation at specific sites in Federal Government agencies to 
        Congress within twelve months following February 25, 1978;

        (2) initiate and conduct a study of the options available to the 
    Federal Government to provide for the adequate growth of the solar 
    photovoltaic industry and to include such possible incentives as 
    government funding, loan guarantees, tax incentives, the operation 
    of pilot plants or production lines and other incentives deemed 
    worthy of consideration by the Secretary of Energy. A preliminary 
    report shall be submitted to Congress within six months following 
    February 25, 1978;
        (3) initiate and conduct a study involving the prospects for 
    applications of solar photovoltaic energy systems for power 
    generation in foreign countries, particularly lesser developed 
    countries, and the potential for the exportation of these energy 
    systems. This study shall involve the cooperation of the Department 
    of State and the Department of Commerce, as well as other Federal 
    agencies which the Secretary of Energy deems appropriate. A final 
    report shall be submitted to the Congress, as well as a preliminary 
    report within twelve months of February 25, 1978; and
        (4) be authorized to acquire up to an additional 4.0 megawatts 
    (peak) of solar photovoltaic energy systems. The sum of $13,000,000 
    is hereby authorized to be appropriated (in addition to any other 
    amounts authorized by this Act to be appropriated) for the fiscal 
    year ending September 30, 1978, and for delivery in the following 
    twelve months. Such sums shall remain available until expended. The 
    solar photovoltaic energy systems acquired shall be available for 
    use for power generation by Federal agencies, provided that no 
    procurement takes place until their application on Federal sites is 
    determined to be life cycle cost effective.

    (b) For technology development, particularly for engineering design 
and development of the manufacturing process of solar photovoltaic 
energy systems (primarily for the implementation of automated processes 
and other cost reducing production technologies), the sum of $6,000,000 
is hereby authorized by this Act to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1978.

(Pub. L. 95-238, title II, Sec. 208, Feb. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 75.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), means Pub. L. 95-238, Feb. 
25, 1978, 92 Stat. 47, as amended, known as the Department of Energy Act 
of 1978--Civilian Applications. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of Energy Act of 
1978--Civilian Applications, and not as part of the Solar Energy 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974 which comprises 
this subchapter.


 Nonapplicability of Title II of Pub. L. 95-238 to Any Authorization or 
    Appropriation for Military Application of Nuclear Energy, Etc.; 
                               Definitions

    Nonapplicability of provisions of title II of Pub. L. 95-238 with 
respect to any authorization or appropriation for any military 
application of nuclear energy, etc., see section 209 of Pub. L. 95-238, 
set out as a note under section 5821 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5589 of this title.
