40 U.S.C. § 17903
Purchase of electric power
United States · Title 40 — PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS · Status: effective
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- 40 U.S.C. § 17903, Purchase of electric power, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/474669
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For purposes of economy, efficiency, and conserving oil and natural gas, the head of a federal agency, when practicable and consistent with other laws and requirements applicable to that agency, shall endeavor to purchase electric energy from a non-federal person for consumption in Alaska by a facility of that agency when (taking into account the remaining useful life of any facility available to that agency to generate electric energy for that agency and the cost of maintaining the facility on a standby basis) the purchase will result in—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, property, and works, as title 40, United States Code, "Public Buildings, Property, and Works".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally