Continued vigilance needed in development and enforcement of territorial agreements allowed under these revisions. C3 Expanded Research and Development Programs - Support federal and state government involvement in research and development of electricity technology with barriers against giving any one individual or corporation exclusive control of technologies developed at public expense.
Facts show electric co-ops receive the least annual federal assistance.
Investor-owned utilities receive the largest level of federal assistance. MECA Memorial Scholarship Fund, as a means to increase interest and understanding of youth in rural electrification. C17 Universal Service Fund - Support universal service concepts that assure affordable telecommunications services in rural America. C26 Development of Transmission Facilities to Meet Preference Customer Needs - Support for development of a transmission interconnection in southeast Montana to mutually benefit federal preference power customers throughout the Missouri River and Pacific Northwest regions. Regional Environmental Mandates - Oppose regional environmental mandates such as contained in Interior Columbia Basin Environmental Impact Statement and American Heritage Rivers Program because of precedence and adverse local economic impacts of such mandates.