PARTS 400-416-[RESERVED]

§ 417.1 Purpose and scope.

The purposes of this part are to es-
tablish a wind energy technology ap-
plication program under section 6 of
the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980
(Pub. L. 96-345) and to set forth the
procedures and requirements for the
award and administration of financial
assistance (in the form of grants or co-
operative agreements) to public and
private entities for the purchase and
installation of large wind energy sys-
tems and data-gathering on operation
and maintenance of such systems. The
procedures and requirements of this
do not apply to the research, de-
and demonstration

receive DOE finan-
he Act, to loans
installation of
Stems, or to ar-
DOE with other

For the purposes of this part-
"Act" means the Wind Energy Sys-
tems Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-345.

"Conventional energy source" means
energy produced from oil, gas, coal, or
nuclear fuels.

"DOE" means the Department of
Energy.

"Feasibility study" means a study to
determine the technical and economic
feasibility and institutional and envi-
ronmental acceptability of undertak-
ing a project to purchase and install a
wind energy system at a specific site.
"Financial assistance" means a grant
or cooperative agreement.

"Normal operation" means the unat-
tended operation of the wind energy
system after installation and debug-
ging and putting energy from the
system on line.

"Operating and maintenance costs"
means those costs incurred after com-
mencement of normal operation asso-
ciated with maintaining a wind energy
system so that it continues to perform
satisfactorily over its design lifetime.

"Peak generating capacity" means
the maximum power output a wind
system is capable of producing in
normal operation.

"Public or private entity" means any
individual, corporation, partnership,
firm, association, agricultural coopera-
tive, public or investor owned utility,
public or private institution or group,
and state or local government agency,
or any other domestic entity.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of
Energy.

"Small Wind energy system" means
a wind energy system designed to
produce a peak generating capacity of
one hundred kilowatts or less.

"State" means the fifty States, the
District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the territories and posses-
sions of the United States including
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Is-
lands.

§ 417.1 Purpose and scope.

The purposes of this part are to establish a wind energy technology application program under section 6 of the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-345) and to set forth the procedures and requirements for the award and administration of financial assistance (in the form of grants or cooperative agreements) to public and private entities for the purchase and installation of large wind energy systems and data-gathering on operation and maintenance of such systems. The procedures and requirements of this part do not apply to the research, development, and

demonstration

projects eligible to receive DOE financial assistance under the Act, to loans to finance purchase and installation of large wind energy systems, or to arrangements made by DOE with other

For the purposes of this part— "Act" means the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-345.

“Conventional energy source” means energy produced from oil, gas, coal, or nuclear fuels.

"DOE" means the Department of Energy.

"Feasibility study" means a study to determine the technical and economic feasibility and institutional and environmental acceptability of undertaking a project to purchase and install a wind energy system at a specific site. “Financial assistance” means a grant or cooperative agreement.

"Normal operation” means the unattended operation of the wind energy system after installation and debugging and putting energy from the system on line.

"Operating and maintenance costs" means those costs incurred after commencement of normal operation associated with maintaining a wind energy system so that it continues to perform satisfactorily over its design lifetime.

"Peak generating capacity" means the maximum power output a wind system is capable of producing in normal operation.

"Public or private entity" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, agricultural cooperative, public or investor owned utility, public or private institution or group, and state or local government agency, or any other domestic entity.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.

"Small Wind energy system" means a wind energy system designed to produce a peak generating capacity of one hundred kilowatts or less.

"State" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories and possessions of the United States including the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.