---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15831"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15831"
heading: "Public energy education program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15831"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter I — Energy Efficiency"
  - "Part C — Energy Efficient Products"
---

# §15831. Public energy education program

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 180 days after August 8, 2005, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall convene an organizational conference for the purpose of establishing an ongoing, self-sustaining national public energy education program.
- (b) **Participants—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall invite to participate in the conference individuals and entities representing all aspects of energy production and distribution, including—
  - (1) industrial firms;
  - (2) professional societies;
  - (3) educational organizations;
  - (4) trade associations; and
  - (5) governmental [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1).
- (c) **Purpose, scope, and structure—**
  - (1) **Purpose—** The purpose of the conference shall be to establish an ongoing, self-sustaining national public energy education program to examine and recognize interrelationships between energy sources in all forms, including—
    - (A) conservation and energy efficiency;
    - (B) the role of energy use in the economy; and
    - (C) the impact of energy use on the environment.
  - (2) **Scope and structure—** Taking into consideration the purpose described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1), the participants in the conference invited under [subsection (b)](#b) shall design the scope and structure of the program described in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (d) **Technical assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall provide technical assistance and other guidance necessary to carry out the program described in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (e) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title I, § 133, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 622.)