PUBLIC LAW 96-320—AUG. 3, 1980
94 STAT. 993
aids in financing, including reimbursement of an obligor for expenditures previously made for, construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of a commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship owned by citizens of the United States. Guarantees or commitments to guarantee under this subsection shall be subject to all the provisos, requirements, regulations, and procedures which apply to guarantees or commitments to guarantee made pursuant to section 1104(a)(1) of this title, except that— 46 USC 1274. "(1) no guarantees or commitments to guarantee may be made Exceptions. by the Secretary of Commerce under this subsection before October 1, 1981; "(2) the provisions of subsection (d) of section 1104 of this title shall apply to guarantees or commitments to guarantee for that portion of a commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship not to be supported with appropriated Federal funds; "(3) guarantees or commitments to guarantee made pursuant to this section may be in an aggregate principal amount which does not exceed 87 V percent of the actual cost or depreciated a actual cost of the commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship: Provided, That, if the commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship is supported with appropriated Federal funds, such guarantees or commitments to guarantee may not exceed 87 V percent of the aggregate principal amount of that a portion of the actual cost or depreciated actual cost for which the obligor has an obligation to secure financing in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the obligor and the Department of Energy or other Federal agency; and "(4) the provisions of this section may be used to guarantee obligations for a total of not more than 5 separate commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships or a demonstrated 400 megawatt capacity, whichever comes first. "(b) A guarantee or commitment to guarantee shall not be made under this section unless the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, certifies to the Secretary of Commerce that, for the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship for which the guarantee or commitment to guarantee is sought, there is sufficient guarantee of performance and payment to lower the risk to the Federal Government to a level which is reasonable. The Secretary of Energy must base his considerations on the following: (1) the successful demonstration of the technology to be used in such facility at a scale sufficient to establish the likelihood of technical and economic viability in the proposed market; and (2) the need of the United States to develop new and renewable sources of energy and the benefits to be realized from the construction and successful operation of such facility or plantship. "(c) A special subaccount in the Federal Ship Financing Fund, to be OTEC known as the OTEC Demonstration Fund, shall be established on Demonstration October 1, 1981. The OTEC Demonstration Fund shall be used for Fund. obligation guarantees authorized under this section which do not qualify under other sections of this title. Except as specified otherwise in this section, the operation of the OTEC Demonstration Fund shall be identical with that of the parent Federal Ship Financing Fund: except that, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1104(g), 46 USC 1274. (1) all moneys received by the Secretary pursuant to sections 1101 through 1107 of this title with respect to guarantees or commitments 46 USC 1271-1279.
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