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42 U.S. Code § 18715a. Grants to facilitate the siting of interstate electricity transmission lines
(a) Appropriation
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, $760,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for making grants in accordance with this section and for administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section.
(b) Use of funds
(1) In generalThe Secretary may make a grant under this section to a siting authority for, with respect to a covered transmission project, any of the following activities:
(A)
Studies and analyses of the impacts of the covered transmission project.
(B)
Examination of up to 3 alternate siting corridors within which the covered transmission project feasibly could be sited.
(C)
Participation by the siting authority in regulatory proceedings or negotiations in another jurisdiction, or under the auspices of a Transmission Organization (as defined in section 796 of title 16) that is also considering the siting or permitting of the covered transmission project.
(D)
Participation by the siting authority in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or a State regulatory commission for determining applicable rates and cost allocation for the covered transmission project.
(E)
Other measures and actions that may improve the chances of, and shorten the time required for, approval by the siting authority of the application relating to the siting or permitting of the covered transmission project, as the Secretary determines appropriate.