§ 790a. — National Energy Information System; information required to be maintained.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC790a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 16B--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ENERGY INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
Sec. 790a. National Energy Information System; information
required to be maintained
(a) It shall be the duty of the Director to establish a National
Energy Information System (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as
the ``System''), which shall be operated and maintained by the Office.
The System shall contain such information as is required to provide a
description of and facilitate analysis of energy supply and consumption
within and affecting the United States on the basis of such geographic
areas and economic sectors as may be appropriate to meet adequately the
needs of--
(1) the Federal Energy Administration in carrying out its lawful
functions;
(2) the Congress;
(3) other officers and employees of the United States in whom
have been vested, or to whom have been delegated energy-related
policy decisionmaking responsibilities; and
(4) the States to the extent required by the Natural Gas Act [15
U.S.C. 717 et seq.] and the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et
seq.].
(b) At a minimum, the System shall contain such energy information
as is necessary to carry out the Administration's statistical and
forecasting activities, and shall include, at the earliest date and to
the maximum extent practical subject to the resources available and the
Director's ordering of those resources to meet the responsibilities of
his Office, such energy information as is required to define and permit
analysis of--
(1) the institutional structure of the energy supply system
including patterns of ownership and control of mineral fuel and
nonmineral energy resources and the production, distribution, and
marketing of mineral fuels and electricity;
(2) the consumption of mineral fuels, nonmineral energy
resources, and electricity by such classes, sectors, and regions as
may be appropriate for the purposes of this chapter;
(3) the sensitivity of energy resource reserves, exploration,
development, production, transportation, and consumption to economic
factors, environmental constraints, technological improvements, and
substitutability of alternate energy sources;
(4) the comparability of energy information and statistics that
are supplied by different sources;
(5) industrial, labor, and regional impacts of changes in
patterns of energy supply and consumption;
(6) international aspects, economic and otherwise, of the
evolving energy situation; and
(7) long-term relationships between energy supply and
consumption in the United States and world communities.
(Pub. L. 93-275, Sec. 52, as added Pub. L. 94-385, title I, Sec. 142,
Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1135; amended Pub. L. 95-91, title VII,
Sec. 709(a)(3), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 608.)
References in Text
The Natural Gas Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is act June 21,
1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, as amended, which is classified generally
to chapter 15B (Sec. 717 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 717w of this title
and Tables.
The Federal Power Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is act June
10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended, which is classified
generally to chapter 12 (Sec. 791a et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of
Title 16 and Tables.
Amendments
1977--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 95-91 added par. (4).
Effective Date
Section effective 150 days after Aug. 14, 1976, see section 143 of
Pub. L. 94-385, set out as a note under section 790 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Functions assigned to Director of Office of Energy Information and
Analysis under this subchapter vested in Administrator of Energy
Information Administration within Department of Energy by section
7135(c) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 790c of this title; title 42
section 7135.
