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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 9006. Program selection criteria
The Secretary shall, in fulfilling his responsibilities under
this chapter, select program activities and set priorities which
are consistent with the following criteria:
(1) realization of energy production costs for ocean thermal
energy conversion systems that are competitive with costs from
conventional energy production systems;
(2) encouragement of projects for which contributions to
project costs are forthcoming from private, industrial, utility,
or governmental entities for the purpose of sharing with the
Federal Government the costs of purchasing and installing ocean
thermal energy conversion systems;
(3) promotion of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities for
coastal areas, islands, and isolated military institutions which
are vulnerable to interruption in the fossil fuel supply;
(4) preference for and priority to persons and domestic firms
whose base of operations is in the United States as will assure
that the program under this chapter promotes the development of a
United States domestic technology for ocean thermal energy
conversion; and
(5) preference for proposals for pilot and demonstration
projects in which the respondents certify their intent to become
an integral part of the industrial infrastructure necessary to
meet the goals of this chapter.
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