(a)
In general— There shall be within the Department an Energy and Environmental Information Administration.
(b)
Administrator—
(1)
In general— The Energy and Environmental Information Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2)
Qualifications— The Administrator shall be a person who, by reason of professional background and experience, is specially qualified to manage an energy and environmental information system.
(3)
Duties— The Administrator shall be responsible for carrying out a central comprehensive, and unified energy data and information program that will collect, evaluate, assemble, analyze, and disseminate data and information that is relevant to—
(A)
energy resource reserves, energy production, demand, and technology, environmental protection, and related economic and statistical information; or
(B)
the adequacy of energy resources to meet demands in the near and longer term future for the economic and social needs of the United States.
(c)
Functions—
(1)
In general— The Secretary shall delegate to the Administrator the functions vested in Federal law relating to gathering, analysis, and dissemination of energy and environmental information.
(2)
Enforcement— The Administrator may act in the name of the Secretary for the purpose of obtaining enforcement of the delegated functions.
(3)
Additional functions—
(A)
In general— There shall be vested in the Administrator, and the Administrator shall perform, the functions assigned to the Director of the Office of Energy Information and Analysis under part B of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 790 et seq.).
(B)
Administration— Sections 53(d) and 59 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (
15 U.S.C. 790b(d), 790h) shall apply to the Administrator in the performance of any function under this Act.
(d)
Approval— The Administrator shall not be required to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the Department in connection with—
(1)
the collection or analysis of any information; or
(2)
prior to publication, the substance of any statistical or forecasting technical reports that the Administrator has prepared in accordance with law.
(e)
Audit reviews— The Energy and Environmental Information Administration shall be subject to an annual professional audit review of performance.
(f)
Furnishing of information to Department— On request, the Administrator shall promptly provide any information or analysis obtained under this section to any other administration, commission, or office within the Department.
(g)
Public availability—
(1)
In general— Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), information collected by the Energy Information Administration shall be cataloged and, on request, promptly made available to the public in a form and manner easily adaptable for public use.
(2)
Exempted matters— This subsection shall not require disclosure of matters exempted from mandatory disclosure by
section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(3)
Administration— Section 11(d) of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (
15 U.S.C. 796(d)), and section 17 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (
42 U.S.C. 5916), shall continue to apply to any information obtained by the Administrator under those provisions.
(h)
Major energy-Producing companies—
(1)
Definitions— In this subsection:
(A)
Energy-producing company— The term energy-producing company means a person engaged in—
(i)
ownership or control of mineral fuel resources or nonmineral energy resources;
(ii)
exploration for, or development of, mineral fuel resources;
(iii)
extraction of mineral fuel or nonmineral energy resources;
(iv)
refining, milling, or otherwise processing mineral fuels or nonmineral energy resources;
(v)
storage of mineral fuels or nonmineral energy resources;
(vi)
the generation, transmission, or storage of electrical energy;
(vii)
transportation of mineral fuels or nonmineral energy resources by any means whatever; or
(viii)
wholesale or retail distribution of mineral fuels, nonmineral energy resources or electrical energy.
(B)
Energy industry— The term energy industry means all energy-producing companies.
(C)
Person— The person has the meaning given the term in section 11(e) of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (
15 U.S.C. 796(e)).
(2)
Identification and designation—
(A)
In general— In addition to the acquisition, collection, analysis, and dissemination of energy information pursuant to this section, the Administrator shall identify and designate major energy-producing companies that alone or with their affiliates are involved in one or more lines of commerce in the energy industry in a manner that the energy information collected from the major energy-producing companies shall provide a statistically accurate profile of each line of commerce in the energy industry in the United States.
(B)
Administration— In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator shall—
(i)
use, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with this Act, reliable statistical sampling techniques; and
(ii)
otherwise give priority to the minimization of the reporting of energy information by small businesses.
(3)
Financial report—
(A)
In general— The Administrator shall develop and make effective for use the format for an energy-producing company financial report.
(B)
Use— The report shall be designed to allow comparison on a uniform and standardized basis among energy-producing companies and shall permit for the energy-related activities of the energy-producing companies—
(i)
an evaluation of company revenues, profits, cash flow, and investments in total, for the energy-related lines of commerce in which the company is engaged and for all significant energy-related functions within the energy-producing companies;
(ii)
an analysis of the competitive structure of sectors and functional groupings within the energy industry;
(iii)
the segregation of energy information, including financial information, describing company operations by energy source and geographic area;
(iv)
the determination of costs associated with exploration, development, production, processing, transportation, and marketing and other significant energy-related functions within the energy-producing companies; and
(v)
such other analysis or evaluations as the Administrator finds necessary to carry out this Act.
(4)
Accounting practices— The Administrator shall—
(A)
consult with the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the development of accounting practices required by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (
42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) to be followed by persons engaged in whole or in part in the production of crude oil and natural gas; and
(B)
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the energy-producing company financial report described in paragraph (3) is consistent with the accounting practices, if applicable.
(5)
Frequency— The Administrator—
(A)
shall require each major energy-producing company to file with the Administrator an energy-producing company financial report on at least an annual basis; and
(B)
may request energy information described in the report on a quarterly basis if the Administrator determines that the quarterly report of information will substantially assist in achieving the purposes of this Act.
(6)
Summary— A summary of information gathered pursuant to this section, accompanied by such analysis as the Administrator considers appropriate, shall be included in the annual report of the Department required by section 626.
(7)
Disclosure of confidential information— Section 1905 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to any information obtained by the Administration pursuant to this subsection.
(i)
Surveys of energy consumption—
(1)
In general— The Administrator shall conduct and publish the results of a survey of energy consumption in the manufacturing industries in the United States at least once every 2 years.
(2)
Confidentiality— The Administrator shall conduct the surveys in a manner designed to protect the confidentiality of individual responses.
(3)
Information— In conducting the survey, the Administrator shall collect information, including information on—
(A)
the quantity of fuels consumed;
(C)
fuel-switching capabilities; and
(D)
the use of nonpurchased sources of energy, such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, waste by-products, and cogeneration.
(4)
Relationship to other authority— This subsection does not affect the authority of the Administrator to collect data under section 52 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (
15 U.S.C. 790a).
(j)
Collection and publication of survey results—
(1)
Definition of renewable energy resources— In this subsection, the term renewable energy resources includes energy derived from solar thermal, geothermal, biomass, wind, and photovoltaic resources.
(2)
Surveys— The Administrator shall annually collect and publish the results of a survey of electricity production from domestic renewable energy resources, including production in kilowatt hours, total installed capacity, capacity factor, and any other measures of production efficiency.
(3)
Energy resources— The results of the survey shall distinguish between various renewable energy resources.
(4)
Administration— In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator shall—
(A)
use, to the maximum extent practicable, reliable statistical sampling techniques; and
(B)
otherwise take into account the reporting burdens of energy information by small businesses.
(k)
Survey procedure— Pursuant to section 52(a) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (
15 U.S.C. 790a(a)), the Administrator
shall—
(1)
conduct surveys of residential and commercial energy use at least once every 3 years and make the results of the surveys available to the public;
(2)
when surveying electric utilities, collect information on demand-side management programs conducted by the utilities, including information regarding—
(A)
the types of demand-side management programs being operated;
(B)
the quantity of measures installed;
(C)
expenditures on demand-side management programs; and
(D)
estimates of energy savings resulting from the programs, including whether the savings estimates were verified; and
(3)
in carrying out this subsection, take into account reporting burdens and the protection of proprietary information as required by law.
(l)
Data collection— In order to improve the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the energy efficiency policies and programs of the United States, the Administrator shall, in collecting data under subsections (i) and (k), consider—
(1)
expanding the survey instruments to include questions regarding participation in Federal and utility conservation programs;
(2)
expanding fuel-use surveys in order to provide greater detail on energy use by user subgroups; and
(3)
expanding the scope of data collection on energy efficiency and load-management programs, including the effects of building construction practices, such as practices designed to obtain peak load shifting.
(m)
Renewable fuels survey—
(1)
In general— To improve the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the renewable fuels mandate of the United States, the Administrator shall conduct and publish the results of a survey of renewable fuels demand in the motor vehicle fuels market in the United States monthly.
(2)
Confidentiality— The Administrator shall conduct the survey in a manner designed to protect the confidentiality of individual responses.
(3)
Information— In conducting the survey, the Administrator shall collect information both on a national and regional basis, including each of the following:
(A)
The quantity of renewable fuels produced.
(B)
The quantity of renewable fuels blended.
(C)
The quantity of renewable fuels imported.
(D)
The quantity of renewable fuels demanded.
(F)
Such other analyses or evaluations as the Administrator finds are necessary to achieve the purposes of this section.
(4)
Prior years— The Administrator shall collect or estimate information both on a national and regional basis, pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (3), for the 5 years prior to implementation of this subsection.
(5)
National Energy Information System— This subsection does not affect the authority of the Administrator to collect data under section 52 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (
15 U.S.C. 790a).