92 STAT. 2516 42 USC 5584. Federal assistance application procedures. Agreements.
Observation and monitoring reports.
42 USC 5585.
42 USC 5906, 5907, 5908. contracts and grants.
PUBLIC LAW 95-590—NOV. 4, 1978
SEC. 5. (a) In carrying out the provisions of section (4), the Secretary is authorized— (1) to establish procedures whereby any public or private entity wishing to install solar photovoltaic components and systems in any new or existing facility may apply for Federal assistance in purchasing and installing, in such facility, photovoltaic components or systems; (2) to select, as soon as he deems it feasible, a number of the applicants under paragraph (1) and enter into agreements with them for the design, purchase, fabrication, testing, installation, and demonstration of photovoltaic components and systems. Such selection shall be based on the need to obtain scientific, technological, and economic information from a variety of such systems under a variety of circumstances and conditions; and (3) to arrange, as part of any agreement entered into under paragraph (2), to provide up to 75 per centum of the purchase and installation costs of photovoltaic components or systems, taking into account relevant considerations involving the relative stage of consumer and industry interest and development at the time of the financial assistance action. Such arrangements shall be contingent upon terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, including an express agreement that the entity with whom the agreement is entered into shall, in such manner and form and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, observe and monitor (or permit the Secretary or his agents to observe and monitor) the performance and operation of such system for a period of five years, and that such entity (including any subsequent owner of the property) shall regularly furnish the Secretary with such reports thereon as the agreement may require. (b) The Secretary shall, as he deems appropriate, undertake any projects or activities (including demonstration projects) to further the attainment of the objectives of this section. SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary is authorized to select on the basis of open competitions— (1) a number of readily available photovoltaic components and systems; (2) a number of design concepts for various types of applications which demonstrate adapability to the utilization of photovoltaic components and systems; and (3) a number of designs for applications selected under paragraph (2), so that each design includes specific provisions for the utilization of solar photovoltaic components and systems selected under paragraph (1). (b) The Secretary, in accordance with the applicable provisions of sections 7, 8, and 9 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.) and with such program guidelines as the Secretary may establish, shall— (1) enter into such contracts and grants as may be necessary or appropriate for the development for commercial production and utilization of photovoltaic components and systems, including any further planning and design which may be required to conform with the specifications set forth in any applicable criteria; (2) select, as being compatible with the design concepts chosen under subsection (a)(2) of this section, a reasonable number of photovoltaic components and systems; and
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