§ 781. — Comprehensive energy plan.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC781]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 16B--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 781. Comprehensive energy plan
(a) Report to President and Congress; analytical justification; scope of
analysis
Pursuant and subject to the provisions and procedures set forth in
this chapter, the Administrator shall, within six months from May 7,
1974, develop and report to the Congress and the President a
comprehensive plan designed to alleviate the energy shortage, for the
time period covered by this chapter. Such plan shall be accompanied by
full analytical justification for the actions proposed therein. Such
analysis shall include, but not be limited to--
(1) estimates of the energy savings of each action and of the
program as a whole;
(2) estimates of any windfall losses and gains to be experienced
by corporations, industries, and citizens grouped by socioeconomic
class;
(3) estimates of the impact on supplies and consumption of
energy forms consequent to such price changes as are or may be
proposed; and
(4) a description of alternative actions which the Administrator
has considered together with a rationale in explanation of the
rejection of any such alternatives in preference to the measures
actually proposed.
(b) Alterations; analytical justifications
The Administrator may, from time to time, modify or otherwise alter
any such plan, except that, upon request of an appropriate committee of
the Congress, the Administrator shall supply analytical justifications
for any such alterations.
(c) Monitoring activity
The Administrator shall be responsible for monitoring any such plans
as are implemented with respect to their effectiveness in achieving the
anticipated benefits.
(Pub. L. 93-275, Sec. 22, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 113.)
Transfer of Functions
Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law
in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless
otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare.
