42 U.S.C. § 17282 — Renewable energy deployment

(a) "Alaska small hydroelectric power" means Alaska power generated without a dam or impoundment through a lake tap other than a perched alpine lake or a run-of-river system screened at diversion, with nameplate capacity no more than 15 megawatts. "Eligible applicant" means a government entity, private, public, municipal, or cooperative utility, Indian Tribe, or Regional Corporation under 43 U.S.C. 1602. "Ocean energy" includes current, wave, and tidal energy but excludes thermal energy. "Renewable energy project^*" commercially generates electricity from solar, wind, geothermal, ocean energy, biomass as defined in section 15852(b), landfill gas, or Alaska small hydroelectric power. (b) The Secretary^* must use appropriated funds for grants for these projects, set award criteria within 180 days after December 19, 2007, and require applications in the required form and information. Applicants must assure that construction laborers and mechanics receive local prevailing wages under the cited laws and that the Labor Secretary has the cited labor-standard authority. A recipient must pay at least 50 percent of total project cost. (c) Necessary sums are authorized for the Fund.