42 U.S.C. § 7371
Section 7371 · Statement of purpose
This is the Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case The Tulalip Tribes of Washington v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, National Wildlife Federation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1984)
Most recently applied in Sher v. Leiderman (May 1986)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish incentives for the use of renewable energy resources, to improve and coordinate the dissemination of information to the public with respect to renewable energy resources, to encourage the use of certain cost effective solar energy systems and conservation measures by the Federal Government, to establish a program for the promotion of local energy self-sufficiency, to broaden the existing program for accelerating the procurement and use of photovoltaic systems, and to provide further encouragement for the development of small hydroelectric power projects.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Pub. L. 96–294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 715, known as the Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980. For complete classification of title IV to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 401 of title IV Pub. L. 96–294 provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter, amending sections 8255, 8271, and 8274 to 8276 of this title and sections 2705 and 2708 of Title 16, Conservation, and enacting a provision set out as a note under section 2701 of Title 16] may be cited as the ‘Renewable Energy Resources Act of 1980’.”