Section 5-444 - Status of authority.

§ 5-444. Status of authority.
 

(a)  Energy projects.-  

(1) The Authority shall participate in financial assistance programs for energy projects provided by the federal Energy Security Act, P.L. 96-294. 

(2) For purposes of that Act, the Authority is a "person" as defined in: 

(i) 42 U.S.C. § 8802, concerning the financing of biomass energy, municipal solid waste, and alcohol fuels projects; and 

(ii) 30 U.S.C. § 1511, concerning the financing of geothermal energy projects. 

(b)  Hydropower projects.- For purposes of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, the Authority is a "nonprofit organization" as defined in 16 U.S.C. § 2708 and used in 16 U.S.C. §§ 2702 and 2703, concerning small-scale hydropower projects. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83A, § 5-920(c), (d); 2008, ch. 306, § 2.]