ministrative expenses, including expenses for 
carrying out the educational outreach program 
under subsection (d). 
(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CLEAN ENERGY.—The term ‘‘clean energy’’ 
means electric energy generated from solar, wind, 
geothermal, existing hydropower, micro-hydropower, 
hydrokinetic, or hydrogen fuel cells. 
(2) COMMUNITY OF COLOR.—The term ‘‘com-
munity of color’’ means a geographically distinct 
area in which the population of any of the following 
categories of individuals is higher than the average 
populations of that category for the State in which 
the community is located: 
(A) Black. 
(B) African American. 
(C) Asian. 
(D) Pacific Islander. 
(E) Other non-White race. 
(F) Non-White Hispanic. 
(G) Latino. 
(H) Linguistically isolated. 
(3) COMMUNITY-OWNED
ENERGY
SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘community-owned energy system’’ means 
an energy system owned— 
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(A) by the local government where the sys-
tem is located; 
(B) by a nonprofit organization that is 
based in the local jurisdiction where the energy 
system is located; 
(C) collectively, by community members; or 
(D) by a worker-owned or community- 
owned for-profit entity. 
(4) COMPATIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘compatible 
land’’ means land that is at least 5 miles away from 
existing protected areas and within 3 miles of exist-
ing transmission infrastructure. 
(5) CRITICAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘‘critical community infrastructure’’ means 
infrastructure that is necessary to providing vital 
community and individual functions, including— 
(A) schools; 
(B) town halls; 
(C) public safety facilities; 
(D) hospitals; 
(E) health clinics; 
(F) community centers; 
(G) community nonprofit facilities pro-
viding essential services; 
(H) libraries; 
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(I) grocery stores; 
(J) emergency management facilities; 
(K) water systems; 
(L) homeless shelters; 
(M) senior housing; and 
(N) public or affordable housing. 
(6) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a State, territory of the United States, 
or Tribal agency; 
(B) a local government or political subdivi-
sion of a State, including a municipally owned 
electric utility and an agency, authority, cor-
poration, or instrumentality of a State or In-
dian Tribe; 
(C) an electric utility; 
(D) a nonprofit organization; or 
(E) a partnership between— 
(i) a private entity, or a nonprofit or-
ganization, that owns critical community 
infrastructure; and 
(ii) a State, territory of the United 
States, Tribal agency, or local government. 
(7) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 
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a community with significant representation of com-
munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 
and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is 
at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 
human health or environmental effects. 
(8) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low- 
income community’’ means any census block group 
in which 30 percent or more of the population are 
individuals with an annual household income equal 
to, or less than, the greater of— 
(A) an amount equal to 80 percent of the 
median income of the area in which the house-
hold is located, as reported by the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development; and 
(B) 200 percent of the Federal poverty 
line. 
(9) MAJOR
URBAN
AREA.—The term ‘‘major 
urban area’’ means a metropolitan statistical area 
within the United States with an estimated popu-
lation that is greater than or equal to 1,500,000. 
(10) MEDICAL
BASELINE
CUSTOMER.—The 
term ‘‘medical baseline customer’’ means a customer 
of an electric utility with special energy needs due 
to a medical condition, including energy needs for— 
(A) a motorized wheelchair; 
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(B) a ventilator; 
(C) a dialysis machine; 
(D) an apnea monitor; 
(E) an electrostatic nebulizer; 
(F) a respirator; 
(G) medication requiring refrigeration; and 
(H) for a customer with a vulnerable res-
piratory system, an air cleaning system. 
(11) 
MICROGRID.—The 
term 
‘‘microgrid’’ 
means an interconnected system of loads and clean 
energy resources (including distributed energy re-
sources, energy storage, demand response tools, and 
other management, forecasting, and analytical tools) 
which— 
(A) is appropriately sized to meet the crit-
ical needs of its customers; 
(B) is contained within a clearly defined 
electrical boundary and has the ability to oper-
ate as a single and controllable entity; 
(C) has the ability to— 
(i) connect to, disconnect from, or run 
in parallel with the applicable grid region; 
or 
(ii) be managed and isolated from the 
applicable grid region in order to withstand 
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larger disturbances and maintain the sup-
ply of electricity to a connected location; 
(D) has no point of interconnection to the 
applicable grid region with a throughput capac-
ity in excess of 20 megawatts; and 
(E) can connect to one building or multiple 
interconnected buildings. 
(12) MICRO-HYDROPOWER.—The term ‘‘micro- 
hydropower’’ means hydropower that produces no 
more than 100 kilowatts of electricity using the nat-
ural flow of water. 
(13) PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.—The 
term ‘‘produced in the United States’’ means, in the 
case of iron or steel, that all manufacturing proc-
esses, including the application of a coating, occur in 
the United States. 
(14) REGISTERED
APPRENTICE.—The term 
‘‘registered apprentice’’ means a person in an ap-
prenticeship program that is registered with, and ap-
proved by, the United States Department of Labor 
or a State Apprenticeship Agency in accordance with 
parts 29 and 30 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on January 1, 2020). 
(15) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi-
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ness concern’’ under section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
(16) TRIBAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘Tribal and indigenous community’’ 
means a population of people who are members of— 
(A) a federally recognized Indian Tribe; 
(B) a State-recognized Indian Tribe; 
(C) an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian 
community or organization; or 
(D) any other community of indigenous 
people located in a State. 
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