Sec. 404. Critical infrastructure and microgrid program
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In this section: The term critical facility means a facility that provides services or may be used— to save lives; to protect property, public health, and public safety; or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. The term critical facility includes— a hospital; an outpatient clinic; a nursing home; a police station; an emergency operation center; a jail or prison; a fire station; a facility in the communications sector, as determined by the Secretary; a facility in the chemical sector, as determined by the Secretary; a school or other large building that may serve as a temporary gathering space; a utility station, such as a water and wastewater station; and any facility described in subparagraph
(A)that is owned or operated by, or provides services to, an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. The Secretary shall use the funds made available under subsection (d)— to improve the energy resilience and power needs of critical facilities through the use of microgrids, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and on-site storage; and to improve the energy efficiency of critical facilities by decreasing the size and cost of generators. In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that the funds made available under subsection
(d)shall be used for, with respect to critical facilities— provision of on-site back-up power with renewable and low-carbon liquid fuels; and installation, at the transmission and distribution level, of interoperable technologies, advanced power flow control, dynamic line rating, topology optimization, and communications systems. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $100,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.
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