---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 2626"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "2626"
heading: "Reports respecting standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/2626"
units:
  - "Chapter 46 — Public Utility Regulatory Policies"
  - "Subchapter II — Standards for Electric Utilities"
---

# §2626. Reports respecting standards

- (a) **State authorities and nonregulated utilities—** Not later than one year after November 9, 1978, and annually thereafter for ten years, each [State regulatory authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=17) (with respect to each [State regulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=18) for which it has [ratemaking authority](/usc/16/2602.md?p=11)), and each [nonregulated electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=9), shall report to the [Secretary](/usc/16/2602.md?p=14), in such manner as the [Secretary](/usc/16/2602.md?p=14) shall prescribe, respecting its consideration of the standards established by sections [2621(d)](/usc/16/2621.md?p=d) and [2623(b)](/usc/16/2623.md?p=b) of this title. Such report shall include a summary of the determinations made and actions taken with respect to each such standard on a utility-by-utility basis.
- (b) **Secretary—** Not later than eighteen months after November 9, 1978, and annually thereafter for ten years, the [Secretary](/usc/16/2602.md?p=14) shall submit a report to the President and the Congress containing—
  - (1) a summary of the reports submitted under [subsection (a)](#a),
  - (2) his analysis of such reports, and
  - (3) his actions under this chapter, and his recommendations for such further Federal actions, including any legislation, regarding retail [electric utility](/usc/16/2602.md?p=4) [rates](/usc/16/2602.md?p=10) (and other practices) as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–617, title I, § 116, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3128.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I (§ 101 et seq.) of Pub. L. 95–617, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3120, which enacted subchapters I to IV of this chapter and section 6808 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 6802 to 6807 of Title 42. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.