The Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act (FUA) was an act enacted in 1978 by the U.S. Congress which prohibited:
- The use of natural gas or petroleum as an energy source in any new electric power plant; and
- Construction of any new electric power plant without the capability to use coal or any alternate fuel as a primary energy source.
It prohibited the use of natural gas or petroleum as the primary energy source in a new major fuel-burning installation (MFBI) consisting of a boiler.[1]
The legislation was part of the National Energy Plan of President Jimmy Carter.[2]