Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 3.djvu/76

 94 STAT. 2720

Billing credits.

PUBLIC LAW 96-501—DEC. 5, 1980

(B) any other resource to provide for the reimbursement of the sponsor's investigation and preconstruction expenses concerning such resource (which expenses shall not include procurement of capital equipment or construction material for such resource). In the case of any resource referred to in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, such reimbursement is authorized only if— (i) such resource is subsequently denied State siting approval or other necessary Federal or State permits, or approvals, (ii) such investigation subsequently demonstrates, as determined by the Administrator, that such resource does not meet the criteria of section 4(e)(1) and the considerations of section 4(e)(2) of this Act or is not acceptable because of environmental impacts, or (iii) after such investigation the Administrator determines not to acquire the resource and the sponsor determines not to construct the resource. (2) The Administrator may exercise the authority of this subsection only after he determines that the failure to do so would result in inequitable hardship to the consumers of such sponsors. The Administrator may provide reimbursement under this subsection only for expenses incurred after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) Any agreement under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall provide the Administrator an option to acquire any such resource, including a renewable resource, and shall include such other provisions, as the Administrator deems appropriate, for the Administrator's recovery from such sponsors or any assignee of the sponsors, if such sponsor or assignee continues development of the resource, of any advances made by the Administrator pursuant to such agreement. (4) The Administrator shall not reimburse any expense incurred by the sponsors (except necessary expenses involved in the liquidation of the resource) after the date of a final denial of application for State siting approval or after the date the Administrator determines that the resource to be inconsistent with the plan or the criteria of section 4(e)(1) and the considerations of section 4(e)(2). (g) At the request of the appropriate State, any environmental impact statement which may be required with respect to a resource, to the extent determined possible by the Administrator in accordance with applicable law and regulations, may be prepared jointly and in coordination with any required environmental impact statement of the State or any other statement which serves the purpose of an environmental impact statement which is required by State law. (h)(1) If a customer so requests, the Administrator shall grant billing credits to such customer, and provide services to such customer at rates established for such services, for— (A) conservation activities independently undertaken or continued after the effective date of this Act by such customer or political subdivision served by such customer which reduce the obligation of the Administrator that would otherwise have existed to acquire other resources under this Act, or (B) resources constructed, completed, or acquired after the effective date of this Act by a customer, an entity acting on behalf of such customer, or political subdivision served by the customer which reduce the obligation of the Administrator to acquire resources under this Act. Such resources shall be renewable resources or multipurpose projects or other resources which are not inconsistent with the plan or, in the absence of a plan, not

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