---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 47140"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "47140"
heading: "Meeting current and future energy power demand"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/47140"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part B — Airport Development and Noise"
  - "Chapter 471 — Airport Development"
  - "Subchapter I — Airport Improvement"
---

# §47140. Meeting current and future energy power demand

- (a) **In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall—
  - (1) encourage the [sponsor](/usc/49/47102.md?p=26) of each [public-use airport](/usc/49/47102.md?p=22) to—
    - (A) conduct [airport planning](/usc/49/47102.md?p=5) that assesses the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9)’s—
      - (i) current and future energy power requirements, including—
        - (I) heating and cooling;
        - (II) on-road [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) vehicles and ground support equipment;
        - (III) gate electrification;
        - (IV) electric [aircraft](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-6) charging; and
        - (V) vehicles and equipment used to transport passengers and [employees](/usc/49/49103.md?p=2) between the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) and—
          - (aa) nearby facilities owned or controlled by the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) or which otherwise directly support the functions or services provided by the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9); or
          - (bb) an intermodal surface transportation facility adjacent to the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9); and
      - (ii) existing energy infrastructure condition, location, and capacity, including base load and backup power, to meet the current and future electrical power demand as identified in this subparagraph; and
    - (B) conduct [airport development](/usc/49/47102.md?p=3) to improve energy efficiency, increase peak load savings at the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9), and meet future electrical power demands as identified in [subparagraph (A)](#a-1-A); and
  - (2) reimburse the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) [sponsor](/usc/49/47102.md?p=26) for the costs incurred in conducting the assessment under [paragraph (1)(A)](#a-1-A).
- (b) **Grants.—** The Secretary shall make grants to [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) [sponsors](/usc/49/47102.md?p=26) from amounts made available under [section 48103](/usc/49/48103.md) to assist such [sponsors](/usc/49/47102.md?p=26) that have completed the assessment described in [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1)—
  - (1) to acquire or construct equipment that will improve energy efficiency at the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9); and
  - (2) to pursue an [airport development](/usc/49/47102.md?p=3) [project](/usc/49/47102.md?p=17) described in [subsection (a)(1)(B)](#a-1-B).
- (c) **Application.—** To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1),[^1] the [sponsor](/usc/49/47102.md?p=26) of a [public-use airport](/usc/49/47102.md?p=22) shall submit an application, including a certification that no safety [projects](/usc/49/47102.md?p=17) are being deferred by requesting a grant under this section, to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “subsection (b)”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 112–95, title V, § 512(a), Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 109, § 47140a; renumbered § 47140 and amended Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title I, §§ 166(b)(1), 171, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3226, 3227; Pub. L. 118–63, title VII, § 742(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1278.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 47140, added Pub. L. 108–176, title I, § 159(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2003, 117 Stat. 2509, related to airport ground support equipment emissions retrofit pilot program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title I, § 166(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3226.

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–63 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to increasing the energy efficiency of airport power sources.

2018—Pub. L. 115–254, § 166(b)(1), renumbered section 47140a of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–254, § 171(a), inserted “, and to reimburse the airport sponsor for the costs incurred in conducting the assessment” before period at end.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–254, § 171(b), inserted “, including a certification that no safety projects are being be deferred by requesting a grant under this section,” after “an application”.