Any county of the second class may develop, transmit, utilize or distribute, to facilities owned by the county or by a municipal authority created by the county, electric power by means of a hydroelectric generating facility owned, operated and developed as a qualifying cogeneration, low-head hydroelectric generation or a small power production facility pursuant to and in accordance with the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-617, 16 U.S.C. §§ 796 and 824a-3 ). Any county of the second class owning or operating a hydroelectric generating facility may make contracts for the sale of electric power to persons engaged in the business of the manufacture or sale of electricity.
16 P.S. § 5101-A