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Energy, environment and communities

Find a mission-related route for installation energy, utilities, cleanup, resilience or supporting community infrastructure.

Groups can overlap. Counts are records, not distinct statutory powers. Executing roles below are routing leads, not verified delegations.

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Contracts & purchases

What this group is not: A contract or purchase tag is not general lending or equity authority; priorities, purchase commitments and financing-cost treatment remain distinct routes.

Basis: ACQ-35, ACQ-41, IND-01, IND-55

Example limit · IND-45: Utility ownership does not transfer military mission authority

Recorded executing roles: DLA Energy Installation Energy or Utility Services as appropriate; Service contracting officers / USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC; USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

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IND-45 · Utility privatization

Convey utility systems and contract for long-term service and upgrades

Transfer military utility systems to utility entities; procure services and contribute authorized project funds toward system improvements. FY26 broadens post-conveyance monetary contributions.

What this is not / limit: Utility ownership does not transfer military mission authority

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

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

IND-46 · Long-term energy purchase

Anchor on-base or private energy production through long-term contracts

Procure output and operation of energy-production facilities on controlled or private land; support energy/fuel agreements under incorporated geothermal authority.

What this is not / limit: Not unrestricted construction or lending authority

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

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

IND-47 · Performance-based energy finance

Finance efficiency improvements through energy savings performance contracts

Private contractor finances conservation equipment/services in return for a share of guaranteed savings; agencies may combine appropriations and private financing.

What this is not / limit: Annual utility-plus-contractor payment cannot exceed without-project baseline

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

Contracts & purchases
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RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
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Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

IND-52 · Environmental restoration

Fund cleanup and contract/cooperate for defense environmental remediation

Carry out Defense Environmental Restoration Program, including offsite contamination and eligible former/Guard sites; obtain services from agencies, tribes, owners of covenant property and conservation nonprofits.

What this is not / limit: Cannot reimburse regulatory enforcement through §2701(d)

Executing role: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Contracts & purchasesCooperation & exchanges
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Other statutory tools

What this group is not: These pathways do not supply interchangeable powers or funds; each retains its own purpose, procedures and exclusions.

Basis: ACQ-43, FIN-01, FIN-11

Example limit · IND-43: Cannot circumvent A-76

Recorded executing roles: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates; DLA Energy Installation Energy or Utility Services as appropriate; Service contracting officers / USACE / NAVFAC / AFCEC; OLDCC grants officials and State/local grantees

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IND-43 · Intergovernmental shared services

Buy, sell or share installation services with State/local/tribal governments

Enter sole-source IGSAs for services already provided by one party for its own use, seeking mission effectiveness or economies; FY26 expressly includes ordnance disposal.

What this is not / limit: Cannot circumvent A-76

Executing role: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

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IND-44 · Mission-compatible land conservation

Cost-share buffers, easements, water rights and resilience with partners

REPI-type agreements acquire willing-seller interests and support habitat, encroachment avoidance and installation resilience; can match other federal conservation/resilience programs.

What this is not / limit: Not compulsory conservation taking

Executing role: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

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

IND-45 · Utility privatization

Convey utility systems and contract for long-term service and upgrades

Transfer military utility systems to utility entities; procure services and contribute authorized project funds toward system improvements. FY26 broadens post-conveyance monetary contributions.

What this is not / limit: Utility ownership does not transfer military mission authority

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

Contracts & purchasesProperty & leases
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProcess sourced
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Actor sources & routing basis

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

IND-48 · Utility conservation partnerships

Accept utility rebates and obtain utility-financed conservation improvements

Participate in demand/conservation programs, accept generally available incentives, and let utilities advance eligible design/implementation costs for repayment.

What this is not / limit: Not unrestricted private gift acceptance or loan borrowing

Executing role: 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.

IND-49 · Energy sales and retained proceeds

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.

What this is not / limit: Not general commercial power enterprise authority

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

Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
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Actor sources & routing basis

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

IND-52 · Environmental restoration

Fund cleanup and contract/cooperate for defense environmental remediation

Carry out Defense Environmental Restoration Program, including offsite contamination and eligible former/Guard sites; obtain services from agencies, tribes, owners of covenant property and conservation nonprofits.

What this is not / limit: Cannot reimburse regulatory enforcement through §2701(d)

Executing role: USACE district real-estate/construction offices; NAVFAC real-estate and facilities engineering commands; AFCEC installations/facility engineering directorates

Contracts & purchasesCooperation & exchanges
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProcess sourced
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Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

IND-53 · Community economic adjustment

Support defense-dependent communities, industrial diversification and workforce infrastructure

Grant and cooperate with affected communities for reuse, adjustment, diversification, encroachment/resilience, public infrastructure and defense-industrial workforce support.

What this is not / limit: Not a general nationwide economic development program

Executing role: OLDCC grants officials and State/local grantees

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IND-54 · Defense-community infrastructure

Co-fund civilian infrastructure supporting installation readiness and quality of life

Provide grants/cooperative agreements for community transport, schools, hospitals, utilities, emergency-response and other facilities, including FY26 demolition additions.

What this is not / limit: Not direct subsidy to any private developer merely near a base

Executing role: OLDCC grants officials and State/local grantees

Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
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Actor sources & routing basis

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

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