Sec. 1066. Report on Corps of Engineers hydropower facilities in Appalachia
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The Secretary, in collaboration with the Appalachian Regional Commission established by section 14301(a) of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary of Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall conduct a study— to determine the potential, at Corps of Engineers facilities that are located within a county that is identified by the Appalachian Regional Commission as a distressed county or an at-risk county under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of section 14526(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, for— testing, evaluating, piloting, demonstrating, or deploying hydropower or energy storage technologies; and powering non-powered dams; and to identify previously proposed dam sites in distressed counties (as designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission pursuant to section 14526(a)(1)(A) of title 40, United States Code) that may be suitable for activities described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph (1). In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall coordinate with any relevant National Laboratories. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Appalachian Regional Commission established by section 14301(a) of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary of Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall submit a report on the results of the study under subsection
(a)to— the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.