Sec. 233. Department of Energy support to repower communities
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The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a program to provide information and technical assistance to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and relevant land and infrastructure asset owners, to support the redevelopment of sites that have, or previously had, one or more retired fossil fuel-powered electric generating units, including redevelopment of such sites through— deployment of zero-emissions electricity, including electricity generated from wind, solar, nuclear, hydropower, and geothermal energy; deployment of energy storage resources; use of existing and underutilized electric transmission and distribution infrastructure associated with such sites; and economic development opportunities for energy-intensive industries, including data centers.
In carrying out the program conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary may inventory and characterize sites described in such subsection, including the energy and security infrastructure of such sites, and make such inventory and characterizations available to the public. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.