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IND-49 / Energy, environment and communities

Sell electricity from alternate-energy and cogeneration facilities

Sell or authorize contractor sale of qualifying generation to utilities and credit proceeds to specified energy accounts.

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Authority / instrument · IND-49

Energy sales and retained proceeds

Energy, environment and communities

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of military department

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Not general commercial power enterprise authority

Recorded executor

DLA Energy Installation Energy or Utility Services as appropriate; Service contracting officers / USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC

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Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedReceipts to energy appropriation; construction uses subject to appropriations and14day notification; geothermal installation uses restricted. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementUse documentedThe Navy’s own energy strategy links China Lake’s contractor-run geothermal electricity sales to § 2916; the evidence is historical, not a current electricity-sale offer. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolIND-49 · Other statutory tools

Authority holder: Secretary of military department

Other statutory tools

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Program process and intake

Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.

The Navy’s own energy strategy links China Lake’s contractor-run geothermal electricity sales to § 2916; the evidence is historical, not a current electricity-sale offer.

Sale of alternate-energy/cogeneration electricity: Navy geothermal example

Who this route serves
Authorized operators and purchasing public/private utilities
Administering office / routing lead
Secretary of the Navy and NAVFAC energy/utility contracting organization for the relevant project
Documented use

The strategy’s China Lake example expressly references 10 USC 2916.

What this evidence label means
Historical example documented

The Navy strategy identifies the contractor-operated China Lake plant selling electricity to the grid.

Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04

Department of Navy Installation Energy Resilience Strategy · Tools Summary: sale of electricity; China Lake geothermal example; reference10 USC2916official strategy/implementation example · Evidence record

Program eligibility

Steps and preparation

Funding, limits and authority relationship

Funding and financial terms

  • restricted electricity-sale receipts · Published process; checked 2026-10-04

    The strategy describes retention of a portion of sale proceeds for energy-security projects; current geothermal statutory distribution rules control.

    10 U.S.C. § 2916 · 2024 edition (GovInfo) · 10 U.S.C. § 2916statute · Evidence record

Exclusions and limits

Authority relationship source

Department of Navy Installation Energy Resilience Strategy · Tools Summary: sale of electricity; China Lake geothermal example; reference10 USC2916official strategy/implementation example · Evidence record

Navy energy-resilience strategy: sale-of-electricity tool →

historical implementation reference: China Lake illustrates the sales/receipt model; it is not a current solicitation or offtake commitment.

Source access and verification notes
Research scope and sources checked

Searched exact2916 and ChinaLake official sources; used explicit Navy authority-example linkage, rejecting unrelated news and statutory restatements as operating proof.

What remains unverified

  • Current China Lake contract, revenue, generation status and any open sale/operating competition not established; strategy material is not treated as current deployment certification.

A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Qualifying energy/cogeneration facility or land under jurisdiction
  • Prices/terms consistent with applicable utility law
  • Congressional notice for funded construction

Limits & exclusions

  • Not general commercial power enterprise authority
  • Geothermal receipts split50/50 with installation special account under statute

Funding conditions

  • Receipts to energy appropriation; construction uses subject to appropriations and14day notification; geothermal installation uses restricted.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Installation energy manager
  • Service energy office / ASD(EI&E)

Resources

  • Installation utility/O&M accounts or authorized project funds

Approval

  • Secretary concerned; Secretary of Defense approval when statute requires
    Office profile

Execution

  • DLA Energy Installation Energy or Utility Services as appropriate
  • Service contracting officers / USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC
    Office profile

Partners & review

  • Utility / energy-service company
  • DOE technical assistance; State utility regulator where required

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedReceipts to energy appropriation; construction uses subject to appropriations and14day notification; geothermal installation uses restricted. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementUse documentedThe Navy’s own energy strategy links China Lake’s contractor-run geothermal electricity sales to § 2916; the evidence is historical, not a current electricity-sale offer. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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