42 U.S.C. § 12006 : US Code - Section 12006: Reports

Search 42 U.S.C. § 12006 : US Code - Section 12006: Reports

(a) Report by Secretary
One year after December 11, 1989, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary shall report to Congress on the programs and projects
supported under this chapter and the progress being made toward
accomplishing the goals and purposes set forth in this chapter.
(b) National renewable energy and energy efficiency management plan
(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee,
shall prepare a three-year management plan to be administered and
carried out by the Secretary in the conduct of activities under
this chapter.
(2) After opportunity for public comment and consideration, as
appropriate, of such comment, the Secretary shall publish the plan.
(3) In addition to describing the Secretary's intentions for
administering this chapter, the plan shall include a comprehensive
strategy for assisting the private sector -
(A) in commercializing the renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies developed under this chapter; and
(B) in meeting competition from foreign suppliers of products
derived from renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
(4) The plan shall address the role of federally-assisted
research, development, and demonstration in the achievement of
applicable national policy goals of the National Energy Policy Plan
required under section 7321 of this title and the plan developed
under section 5905 of this title.
(5) In addition, the Plan (!1) shall -
(A) contain a detailed assessment of program needs, objectives,
and priorities for each of the programs authorized under section
12005 of this title;
(B) use a uniform prioritization methodology to facilitate cost-
benefit analyses of proposals in various program areas;
(C) establish milestones for setting forth specific technology
transfer activities under each program area;
(D) include annual and five-year cost estimates for individual
programs under this chapter; and
(E) identify program areas for which funding levels have been
changed from the previous year's Plan.(!1)
(6) Within one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall
submit a revised management plan under this section to Congress.
Thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a management plan every
three years at the time of submittal of the President's annual
budget submission to the Congress.
(c) Report on options
As part of the first report submitted under subsection (a) of
this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
analyzing options available to the Secretary under existing law to
assist the private sector with the timely commercialization of
wind, photovoltaic, solar thermal, biofuels, hydrogen, solar
buildings, ocean, geothermal, low-head hydro, and energy storage
renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency technologies
through emphasis on development and demonstration assistance to
specific technologies in the research, development, and
demonstration programs of the Department of Energy that are near
commercial application.