48 U.S.C. § 1492a — Study of electric rates in the insular areas
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-235 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 464 words · no verdicts yet
This section creates expert teams to prepare and help carry out energy action plans for specified insular areas and Freely Associated States. It sets the plans’ contents, reporting schedule, and approval requirement.
(a) Definitions. “Comprehensive energy plan” means one prepared and updated under section 1492(c) and (e). “Energy action plan” means the plan required by subsection (d). “Freely Associated States” means the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau. “Insular areas” means American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. “Secretary” means Interior’s Secretary, except for Puerto Rico, where it means Energy’s Secretary. “Team” means the team established under subsection (b). This section does not define “technical,” “policy,” or “financial” experts.
(b) Establishment. Within 180 days after December 16, 2014—or, for Puerto Rico, 270 days after June 30, 2016—the Secretary must establish, within the Empowering Insular Communities activity except for Puerto Rico, a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to develop an energy action plan for each insular area and Freely Associated State and help each implement it.
(c) Regional utility organizations. In creating the team, the Secretary must consider including regional utility organizations.
(d) Energy action plan. The plan must include recommendations, based where applicable on the comprehensive plan, to reduce reliance and spending on fuel shipped from outside the United States; develop and use domestic fuel sources; improve energy infrastructure and overall efficiency; an implementation schedule and prioritized projects; a financial and engineering plan for carrying out and sustaining projects; and progress benchmarks.
(e) Reports to Secretary. Within 1 year after the team is established and each year afterward, the team must report to the Secretary on progress toward its assignment and the action plan.
(f) Annual reports to Congress. Within 30 days after receiving a team report, the Secretary must send a summary to the appropriate congressional committees.
(g) Approval required. The plan may not be implemented until the Secretary approves it.
In this section:
The term “comprehensive energy plan” means a comprehensive energy plan prepared and updated under subsections (c) and (e) of section 1492 of this title.
The term “energy action plan” means the plan required by subsection (d).
The term “Freely Associated States” means the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
The term “insular areas” means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that, with respect to Puerto Rico, the term means, the Secretary of Energy.
The term “team” means the team established by the Secretary under subsection (b).
Not later than 180 days after December 16, 2014 (except in the case of Puerto Rico, in which case not later than 270 days after June 30, 2016), the Secretary shall, within the Empowering Insular Communities activity (except in the case of Puerto Rico), establish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts—
to develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States; and
to assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing such plan.
In establishing the team, the Secretary shall consider including regional utility organizations.
In accordance with subsection (b), the energy action plan shall include—
recommendations, based on the comprehensive energy plan where applicable, to—
reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel shipped to the insular areas and Freely Associated States from ports outside the United States;
develop and utilize domestic fuel energy sources; and
improve performance of energy infrastructure and overall energy efficiency;
a schedule for implementation of such recommendations and identification and prioritization of specific projects;
a financial and engineering plan for implementing and sustaining projects; and
benchmarks for measuring progress toward implementation.
Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its charge and in implementing the energy action plan.
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a report submitted by the team under subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a summary of the report of the team.
The energy action plan shall not be implemented until the Secretary approves the energy action plan.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–235, § 9, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2133; Pub. L. 114–187, title V, § 505(d), June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 602.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-235 · 128 Stat. 2133
- 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-187 · 130 Stat. 602
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