42 USC § 6801 - Congressional findings and purpose
(a)
The Congress finds that improvement in electric utility rate design has great potential for reducing the cost of electric utility services to consumers and current and projected shortages of capital, and for encouraging energy conservation and better use of existing electrical generating facilities.
(b)
It is the purpose of this subchapter to require the Secretary to develop proposals for improvement of electric utility rate design and transmit such proposals to Congress; to fund electric utility rate demonstration projects; to intervene or participate, upon request, in the proceedings of utility regulatory commissions; and to provide financial assistance to State offices of consumer services to facilitate presentation of consumer interests before such commissions.
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(a)
The Congress finds that improvement in electric utility rate design has great potential for reducing the cost of electric utility services to consumers and current and projected shortages of capital, and for encouraging energy conservation and better use of existing electrical generating facilities.
(b)
It is the purpose of this subchapter to require the Secretary to develop proposals for improvement of electric utility rate design and transmit such proposals to Congress; to fund electric utility rate demonstration projects; to intervene or participate, upon request, in the proceedings of utility regulatory commissions; and to provide financial assistance to State offices of consumer services to facilitate presentation of consumer interests before such commissions.
Source
(Pub. L. 94–385, title II, § 201,Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1142; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a), title VII, §§ 703,
707,Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607.)
Short Title
Section 1 ofPub. L. 94–385provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter, section
6327 of this title, section
1701z–8 of Title
12, Banks and Banking, sections
787 and
790 to
790h of Title
15, Commerce and Trade, amending sections
5818,
6211,
6295,
6323,
6325, and
6326 of this title and sections
757,
764,
766,
772,
774,
777 and
784 of Title
15, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections
6801,
6831, and
6851 of this title, and sections
753,
757,
761, and
790 of Title
15] may be cited as the ‘Energy Conservation and Production Act’.”
Section 301 of title III of Pub. L. 94–385provided that: “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Energy Conservation Standards for New Buildings Act of 1976’.”
Section 401 of title IV of Pub. L. 94–385provided that: “This title [enacting subchapter III of this chapter, section
6327 of this title, and section
1701z–8 of Title
12, Banks and Banking, and amending sections
6323,
6325, and
6326 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976’.”
Transfer of Functions
“Secretary”, meaning Secretary of Energy, substituted for “Federal Energy Administration” in subsec. (b) pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 ofPub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections
7151
(a),
7293, and
7297 of this title and which terminated Federal Energy Administration and transferred its functions (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.
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