§ 790c. — Analysis and evaluation of energy information; establishment and maintenance by Director of professional, etc., capability; specific capabilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC790c]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 16B--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ENERGY INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
Sec. 790c. Analysis and evaluation of energy information;
establishment and maintenance by Director of professional, etc.,
capability; specific capabilities
(a) The Director shall establish and maintain the scientific,
engineering, statistical, or other technical capability to perform
analysis of energy information to--
(1) verify the accuracy of items of energy information submitted
to the Director; and
(2) insure the coordination and comparability of the energy
information in possession of the Office and other Federal agencies.
(b) The Director shall establish and maintain the professional and
analytic capability to evaluate independently the adequacy and
comprehensiveness of the energy information in possession of the Office
and other agencies of the Federal Government in relation to the purposes
of this chapter and for the performance of the analyses described in
section 790a of this title. Such analytic capability shall include--
(1) expertise in economics, finance, and accounting;
(2) the capability to evaluate estimates of reserves of mineral
fuels and nonmineral energy resources utilizing alternative
methodologies;
(3) the development and evaluation of energy flow and accounting
models describing the production, distribution, and consumption of
energy by the various sectors of the economy and lines of commerce
in the energy industry;
(4) the development and evaluation of alternative forecasting
models describing the short- and long-term relationships between
energy supply and consumption and appropriate variables; and
(5) such other capabilities as the Director deems necessary to
achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 93-275, Sec. 54, as added Pub. L. 94-385, title I, Sec. 142,
Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1137.)
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 the 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.
