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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-3-51. Legislative determinations and declarations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-3-51. Legislative determinations and declarations.

(a) The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to:

(1) Encourage private investment in renewable energy resources;

(2) Stimulate the economic growth of Georgia; and

(3) Enhance the continued diversification of the energy resources used in Georgia.

(b) The General Assembly further finds and declares that a program to provide distributed generation for eligible cogenerators is a way to encourage private investment in renewable energy resources, stimulate in-state economic growth, enhance the continued diversification of this state’s energy resource mix, and reduce interconnection and administrative costs.

## History

Code 1981, § 46-3-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 1149, § 1.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2001, p. 1149, § 1, redesignated former Code Section 46-3-51 as present Code Section 46-3-52.