Sec. 30463. Organized wholesale electricity market technical assistance grants
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until fiscal year 2031 (except that no funds shall be disbursed after September 30, 2031), for purposes of providing technical assistance and grants under subsection (b). The Secretary shall use amounts made available under subsection
(a)to— provide grants to States to pay for— technical assistance for any of the activities described in subsection (c); or the procurement of data or technology systems related to any of the activities described in subsection (c); and provide technical assistance for the activities described in subsection (c). The activities described in this subsection are— forming, expanding, or improving an organized wholesale electricity market, including with respect to— market governance assistance; planning and policy assistance; and regulatory development assistance; aligning the policies of an organized wholesale electricity market with relevant State policies; and evaluating the economic, operational, reliability, environmental, and other benefits of organized wholesale electricity markets. To apply for technical assistance or a grant provided under this section, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. An application for a grant submitted under paragraph
(1)shall certify how the State will use the grant in accordance with subsection (b). In evaluating applications submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary shall give priority to applications that are submitted by more than one State. In this section: The terms Independent System Operator and Regional Transmission Organization have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 796 ). The term organized wholesale electricity market means an Independent System Operator or a Regional Transmission Organization. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. The term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
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Sec. 30463
Organized wholesale electricity market technical assistance grants
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