42 U.S.C. § 17154 — Use of funds

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Grant recipients can spend the money on a wide range of energy efficiency and conservation activities: writing a strategy, hiring consultants, auditing buildings, funding retrofits, updating building codes, cutting transportation energy use, capturing landfill methane, installing renewable energy, and more, plus anything else the Secretary approves.

An eligible entity may use its grant to carry out activities that further the program's goals, including: (1) developing and carrying out an energy efficiency and conservation strategy under section 17155(b); (2) hiring technical consultants to help build that strategy, including setting energy goals, identifying ways to reach them (through efficiency efforts and encouraging behavior changes), developing ways to measure progress, publishing annual progress reports to the public, and other help with implementation; (3) conducting residential and commercial building energy audits; (4) setting up financial incentive programs for energy efficiency improvements; (5) giving grants to nonprofits and government agencies to perform energy efficiency retrofits; (6) building energy efficiency and conservation programs for local buildings and facilities, including designing and running them, finding the most effective participation methods, public education, measurement and verification, and identifying efficient technologies; (7) building programs to conserve transportation energy, including flex time, satellite work centers, zoning that promotes efficient development, bike lanes and walkways, traffic signal synchronization, and other measures; (8) developing building codes and inspection services that promote energy efficiency; (9) applying energy distribution technologies that significantly boost efficiency, including distributed resources and district heating and cooling; (10) increasing participation in material conservation programs — source reduction, recycling, and recycled-content purchasing — that raise energy efficiency; (11) buying and installing technology to reduce, capture, and (as much as possible) use methane and other greenhouse gases from landfills and similar sources; (12) replacing traffic signals and street lighting with efficient technologies, including LEDs or anything equally or more efficient; (13) installing onsite renewable energy technology on government buildings, including solar, wind, fuel cells, and biomass; (14) financing programs for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and zero-emission transportation — including loan programs, performance contracting, leveraging outside funding, and rebates or grants for these measures; and (15) any other activity the Secretary approves, after consulting the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

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An eligible entity may use a grant received under this part to carry out activities to achieve the purposes of the program, including—

(1)

development and implementation of an energy efficiency and conservation strategy under section 17155(b) of this title;

(2)

retaining technical consultant services to assist the eligible entity in the development of such a strategy, including—

(A)

formulation of energy efficiency, energy conservation, and energy usage goals;

(B)

identification of strategies to achieve those goals—

(i)

through efforts to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption; and

(ii)

by encouraging behavioral changes among the population served by the eligible entity;

(C)

development of methods to measure progress in achieving the goals;

(D)

development and publication of annual reports to the population served by the eligible entity describing—

(i)

the strategies and goals; and

(ii)

the progress made in achieving the strategies and goals during the preceding calendar year; and

(E)

other services to assist in the implementation of the energy efficiency and conservation strategy;

(3)

conducting residential and commercial building energy audits;

(4)

establishment of financial incentive programs for energy efficiency improvements;

(5)

the provision of grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies for the purpose of performing energy efficiency retrofits;

(6)

development and implementation of energy efficiency and conservation programs for buildings and facilities within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity, including—

(A)

design and operation of the programs;

(B)

identifying the most effective methods for achieving maximum participation and efficiency rates;

(C)

public education;

(D)

measurement and verification protocols; and

(E)

identification of energy efficient technologies;

(7)

development and implementation of programs to conserve energy used in transportation, including—

(A)

use of flex time by employers;

(B)

satellite work centers;

(C)

development and promotion of zoning guidelines or requirements that promote energy efficient development;

(D)

development of infrastructure, such as bike lanes and pathways and pedestrian walkways;

(E)

synchronization of traffic signals; and

(F)

other measures that increase energy efficiency and decrease energy consumption;

(8)

development and implementation of building codes and inspection services to promote building energy efficiency;

(9)

application and implementation of energy distribution technologies that significantly increase energy efficiency, including—

(A)

distributed resources; and

(B)

district heating and cooling systems;

(10)

activities to increase participation and efficiency rates for material conservation programs, including source reduction, recycling, and recycled content procurement programs that lead to increases in energy efficiency;

(11)

the purchase and implementation of technologies to reduce, capture, and, to the maximum extent practicable, use methane and other greenhouse gases generated by landfills or similar sources;

(12)

replacement of traffic signals and street lighting with energy efficient lighting technologies, including—

(A)

light emitting diodes; and

(B)

any other technology of equal or greater energy efficiency;

(13)

development, implementation, and installation on or in any government building of the eligible entity of onsite renewable energy technology that generates electricity from renewable resources, including—

(A)

solar energy;

(B)

wind energy;

(C)

fuel cells; and

(D)

biomass;

(14)

programs for financing energy efficiency, renewable energy, and zero-emission transportation (and associated infrastructure), capital investments, projects, and programs, which may include loan programs and performance contracting programs, for leveraging of additional public and private sector funds, and programs that allow rebates, grants, or other incentives for the purchase and installation of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and zero-emission transportation (and associated infrastructure) measures; and

(15)

any other appropriate activity, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with—

(A)

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(B)

the Secretary of Transportation; and

(C)

the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 544, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1669; Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title V, § 40552(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1076.)

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2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-140 · 121 Stat. 1669
2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-58 · 135 Stat. 1076

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