PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
119 STAT. 1139
energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities. (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND THE STATES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on a yearly basis following, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress and the States on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations to Congress and the States for any suggested legislative or regulatory changes. SEC. 1833. RENEWABLE ENERGY ON FEDERAL LAND.
(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy of Sciences shall— (1) study the potential of developing wind, solar, and ocean energy resources (including tidal, wave, and thermal energy) on Federal land available for those uses under current law and the outer Continental Shelf; (2) assess any Federal law (including regulations) relating to the development of those resources that is in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) recommend statutory and regulatory mechanisms for developing those resources. (b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the results of the study under subsection (a).
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SEC. 1834. INCREASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION AT EXISTING FEDERAL FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary, and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly conduct a study of the potential for increasing electric power production capability at federally owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities. (b) CONTENT.—The study under this section shall include identification and description in detail of each facility that is capable, with or without modification, of producing additional hydroelectric power, including estimation of the existing potential for the facility to generate hydroelectric power. (c) REPORT.—The Secretaries shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study under this section by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall include each of the following: (1) The identifications, descriptions, and estimations referred to in subsection (b). (2) A description of activities currently conducted or considered, or that could be considered, to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility. (3) A summary of prior actions taken by the Secretaries to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility. (4) The costs to install, upgrade, or modify equipment or take other actions to produce additional hydroelectric power
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