---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18771"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "18771"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/18771"
units:
  - "Chapter 162 — Energy Infrastructure"
  - "Subchapter IV — Energy Information Administration"
---

# §18771. Definitions


In this subchapter:

- (1) **Administrator—** The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
- (2) **Annual Critical Minerals Outlook—** The term “Annual Critical Minerals Outlook” means the Annual Critical Minerals Outlook prepared under [section 1606(j)(1)(B) of title 30](/usc/30/1606.md?p=j-1-B).
- (3) **Critical mineral—** The term “critical mineral” has the meaning given the term in [section 1606(a) of title 30](/usc/30/1606.md?p=a).
- (4) **Household energy burden—** The term “household energy burden” means the quotient obtained by dividing—
  - (A) the residential energy expenditures (as defined in section 440.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on November 15, 2021)) of the applicable household; by
  - (B) the annual income of that household.
- (5) **Household with a high energy burden—** The term “household with a high energy burden” has the meaning given the term in section 440.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on November 15, 2021).
- (6) **Large manufacturing facility—** The term “large manufacturing facility” means a manufacturing facility that—
  - (A) annually consumes more than 35,000 megawatt-hours of electricity; or
  - (B) has a peak power demand of more than 10 megawatts.
- (7) **Load-serving entity—** The term “load-serving entity” has the meaning given the term in [section 824q(a) of title 16](/usc/16/824q.md?p=a).
- (8) **Miscellaneous electric load—** The term “miscellaneous electric load” means electricity that—
  - (A) is used by an appliance or device—
    - (i) within a building; or
    - (ii) to serve a building; and
  - (B) is not used for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, water heating, or refrigeration.
- (9) **Regional Transmission Organization—** The term “Regional Transmission Organization” has the meaning given the term in [section 796 of title 16](/usc/16/796.md).
- (10) **Rural area—** The term “rural area” has the meaning given the term in [section 918c(a) of title 7](/usc/7/918c.md?p=a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. D, title IV, § 40411, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1038.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Wage Rate Requirements

For provisions relating to rates of wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics on projects for construction, alteration, or repair work funded under div. D or an amendment by div. D of Pub. L. 117–58, including authority of Secretary of Labor, see section 18851 of this title.