Renewable Energy for U.S. Territories Act

U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa face unique energy challenges, often relying heavily on expensive imported fossil fuels. This bill would create a USDA grant program for nonprofits in those territories to build renewable energy systems, energy storage, smart grids, and microgrids — and to train local residents to maintain them. It also directs a GAO study on renewable energy potential in the territories and authorizes $1.5 million for that research.