---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17152"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17152"
heading: "Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17152"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter IV — Energy Savings in Government and Public Institutions"
  - "Part C — Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants"
---

# §17152. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program

- (a) **Establishment—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) shall establish a [program](/usc/42/17151.md?p=5), to be known as the “Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant [Program](/usc/42/17151.md?p=5)”, under which the [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) shall provide grants to [eligible entities](/usc/42/17151.md?p=1) in accordance with this part.
- (b) **Purpose—** The purpose of the [program](/usc/42/17151.md?p=5) shall be to assist [eligible entities](/usc/42/17151.md?p=1) in implementing strategies—
  - (1) to reduce fossil fuel emissions created as a result of activities within the jurisdictions of [eligible entities](/usc/42/17151.md?p=1) in a manner that—
    - (A) is environmentally sustainable; and
    - (B) to the maximum extent practicable, maximizes benefits for local and regional communities;
  - (2) to reduce the total energy use of the [eligible entities](/usc/42/17151.md?p=1); and
  - (3) to improve energy efficiency in—
    - (A) the transportation sector;
    - (B) the building sector; and
    - (C) other appropriate sectors.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 542, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1668.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.