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(C) to demonstrate improved methods for the 

 generation, storage, and transmission of electrical 

 energy through (i) advances in gas turbine tech- 

 nologies, combined power cycles, the use of low 

 British thermal unit gas and. if practicable, mag- 

 netohydrodynamics; <ii) storage systems to allow 

 more efficient load follcwi'^g. including the use of 

 inertial energy storage systems; and 'iil) improve- 

 ment in cryogenic transmission methods; 



^D) to accelerate the commercial demonstra- 

 tion of technologies for producing substitutes for 

 natural gRS, including coal gasification: Provided, 

 That the Admi'astrator shall invite and consider 

 proposals from potential particirants based upon 

 Federal assistance and participation in the form 

 of a joint Federal-industry corporation, and rec- 

 ommendations pursuant to this clause shall be ac- 

 companied by a report on the viability of using 

 this form of Federal assistance or participation: 



fE) to accelerate the commercial demonstration 

 of technologies for producing syncrude and liquid 

 petroleum products from coal: Provided. That the 

 Administrator shall invite and consider proposals 

 from potential participants based upon Federal 

 assistance and participation through guranteed 

 prices or purchases of the products, and recom- 

 mendations pursuant to this clause shall be ac- 

 companied by a report on the viability of using 

 this form of Federal assistance or participation; 



(P) In accordance with the program authorized 

 by the Geothermal Energy Research, Development, 

 and Demonstration Act of 1974, to accelerate the 

 commercial demonstration of geothermal energy 

 technologies; 



(G) to demonstrate the production of syncrude 

 from oil shale by all promising technologies Includ- 

 ing In situ technologies; 



(HI to demonstrate new and Improved methods 

 for the extraction of petroleum resources, includ- 

 ing secondary and tertiary recovery of crude oil; 



(I) to demonstrate the economics and commer- 

 cial viability of solar energy for residential and 

 commercial energy supply applications in ac- 

 cordance with the program authorized by the Solar 

 Heating and Cooling Act of 1974; 



(J) to accelerate the commercial demonstration 

 of environmental control systems for energy tech- 

 nologies developed pursuant to this chapter; 



(K) to Investigate the technical and economic 

 feasibility of tidal power for supplying electrical 

 energy; 



(L) to commercially demonstrate advanced 

 solar energy technologies In accordance with the 

 Solar Research Development, and Demonstration 

 Act of 1974; 



(M) to determine the economics and commer- 

 cial viability of the production of synthetic fuels 

 such as hydrogen and methanol; 



(N) to commercially demonstrate the use of fuel 

 cells for central station electric power generation; 



(O) to determine the economics and commer- 

 cial viability of In situ coal gasification; 



(P) to Improve techniques for the management 



of existing energy systems by mean^ of quality 

 control; application of systems analysis, communi- 

 cations, and computer techniques; and public In- 

 formation with the objective of improving the re- 

 liability and efiBciency of energy supplies and en- 

 courage the conservation of energy resources ; and 

 (Q) to improve methods for the prevention and 

 cleanup of marine oil spills. 

 (Pub. L. 93-577, § 6. Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1881.) 



§ 5906. Federal assistance and participation in pro- 

 grams. 



(a) Forms of activities authorized. 



In carrying out the objectives of this chppter. the 

 Administrator may utilize various forms of Federal 

 assistance and participation which may include but 

 are not limited to — 



(1) Joint Federal-industry experimental, demon- 

 stration, or commercial corporations consistent 

 with the provisions of subsection (b) of this sec- 

 tion; 



(2) contractual arrangements with non-Federal 

 participants including corporations, consortia, uni- 

 versities, governmental entities and nonprofit In- 

 stitutions; 



(3) contracts for the construction and operation 

 of federally owned facilities; 



(4) Federal purchases or guaranteed price of 

 the products of demonstration plants or activities 

 consistent with the provisions of subsection (c) of 

 the section; 



(5) Federal loans to non-Federal entitles con- 

 ducting demonstrations of new technologies; and 



(6) Incentives, Including financial awards, to 

 Individual Inventors, such Incentives to be design- 

 ed to encourage the participation of a large num- 

 ber of such Inventors. 



(b) Proposed joint Federal-industry corporations; op- 

 erational guidelines; powers, duties, and func- 

 tions; composition; scope of Federal assistance 

 and participation; dissolution. 



Joint Federal industry corporations proposed for 

 congressional authorization pursuant to this chapter 

 shall be subject to the provisions of section 5908 of 

 this Title and shall conform to the following guide- 

 lines except as otherwise authorized by Congress: 

 (1) Each such corporation may design, con- 

 struct, operate, and maintain one or more experi- 

 mental, demonstration, or commercial-size facil- 

 ities, or other operations which will ascertain the 

 technical, environmental, and economic feasibility 

 of a particular energy technology. In carrying out 

 this function, the corporation shall be empowered 

 either directly or by contract, to utilize commer- 

 cially available technologies, perform tests, or de- 

 sign, construct, and operate pilot plants, as may 

 be necessary for the design of the full-scale facil- 

 ity. 

 (2) Each corooration shall have — 



(A) a Board of nine directors consisting of 

 Individuals who are citizens of the United States, 

 of whom one shall be elected annually by the 

 Board to serve as Chairman. The Board shall 

 be empowered to adopt and amend bylaws. Five 



