42 U.S.C. § 13523 : US Code - Section 13523: Management plan

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13523 : US Code - Section 13523: Management plan

(a) Plan preparation
The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Board
established under section 13522 of this title, shall prepare a
management plan for the conduct of research, development,
demonstration, and commercial application of energy technologies
that is consistent with the goals stated in section 13401 of this
title.
(b) Contents of plan
The management plan under subsection (a) of this section shall
provide for -
(1) investigation of promising energy and energy efficiency
resource technologies that have been identified as potentially
significant future contributors to national energy security;
(2) development of energy and energy efficiency resource
technologies that have the potential to reduce energy supply
vulnerability, and to minimize adverse impacts on the
environment, the global climate, and the economy; and
(3) creation of opportunities for export of energy and energy
efficiency resource technologies from the United States that can
enhance the Nation's competitiveness.
(c) Energy technology inventory and status report
As part of the management plan, the Secretary, with the advice of
the Advisory Board established under section 13522 of this title,
shall develop an inventory and status report of technologies to
enhance energy supply and to improve the efficiency of energy end
uses. The inventory and status report shall include fossil,
renewable, nuclear, and energy conservation technologies which have
not yet achieved the status of fully reliable and cost-competitive
commercial availability, but which the Secretary projects may
become available with additional research, development, and
demonstration. The inventory and status report shall provide, for
each technology -
(1) an assessment of its -
(A) degree of technological maturity; and
(B) principal research, development, and demonstration
issues, including -
(i) the barriers posed by capital, operating, and
maintenance costs;
(ii) technical performance; and
(iii) potential environmental impacts;
(2) the projected time frame for commercial availability,
specifying at a minimum whether the technology will be
commercially available in the near-term, mid-term, or long-term,
whether there are too many uncertainties to project availability,
or whether it is unlikely that the technology will ever be
commercial; and
(3) a projection of the future cost-competitiveness of the
technology in comparison with alternative technologies to provide
the same energy service.
(d) Public comment
The Secretary shall publish the proposed management plan for a
written public comment period of at least 90 days. The Secretary
shall consider such comments and include a summary thereof in the
management plan.
(e) Plan submission
Within one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall
submit the first management plan under this section to Congress.
Thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a revised management plan
biennially, at the time of submittal of the President's annual
budget submission to the Congress.