---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6372c"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6372c"
heading: "State plans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6372c"
units:
  - "Chapter 77 — Energy Conservation"
  - "Subchapter III — Improving Energy Efficiency"
  - "Part F — Energy Conservation Program for Buildings Owned by Units of Local Government and Public Care Institutions"
---

# §6372c. State plans

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1) shall invite the [State energy agency](/usc/42/6371.md?p=10) of each [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) to submit, within 90 days after the effective date of the guidelines prescribed pursuant to [section 6372a of this title](/usc/42/6372a.md), or such longer period as the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1) may, for good cause, allow, a proposed [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) plan under this section for such [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4). Such plan shall include—
  - (1) the results of [preliminary energy audits](/usc/42/6371.md?p=14) conducted in accordance with the guidelines prescribed pursuant to [section 6372a(a)(1) of this title](/usc/42/6372a.md?p=a-1), and an estimate of the [energy](/usc/42/6291.md?p=3) savings that may result from the modification of maintenance and operating procedures in [buildings](/usc/42/6321.md?p=c-2) owned by units of local government and [public care institutions](/usc/42/6372.md?p=4);
  - (2) a recommendation as to the types of [technical assistance](/usc/42/6371.md?p=17) programs considered appropriate for [buildings](/usc/42/6321.md?p=c-2) owned by units of local government and [public care institutions](/usc/42/6372.md?p=4) in such [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4), together with an estimate of the costs of carrying out such programs;
  - (3) a program for identifying [persons](/usc/42/6202.md?p=2) qualified to carry out [technical assistance](/usc/42/6371.md?p=17) programs;
  - (4) procedures for the coordination among [technical assistance](/usc/42/6371.md?p=17) programs within any [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) and for coordination of programs authorized under this part with other [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) [energy](/usc/42/6291.md?p=3) conservation programs,[^1]
  - (5) a description of the policies and procedures to be followed in the [allocation](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=2) of funds among eligible applicants for [technical assistance](/usc/42/6371.md?p=17) within such [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4), including procedures to insure that funds will be allocated among eligible applicants on the basis of relative need and including recommendations as to how priorities should be established between [buildings](/usc/42/6321.md?p=c-2) owned by units of local government and [public care institutions](/usc/42/6372.md?p=4), and among competing proposals taking into account such factors as cost, [energy](/usc/42/6291.md?p=3) consumption, and [energy](/usc/42/6291.md?p=3) savings;
  - (6) procedures to assure that all grants for [technical assistance](/usc/42/6371.md?p=17) provided under this part are expended in compliance with the requirements of an approved [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) plan for such [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) and in compliance with the requirements of this part (including requirements contained in rules promulgated under this part); and
  - (7) policies and procedures designed to assure that financial assistance provided under this part in such [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) will be used to supplement, and not to supplant [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4), local, or other funds.
- (b) Each [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) plan submitted under this section shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1) not later than 60 days after receipt by the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1). If such plan meets the requirements of [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1) shall approve the plan. If a [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) plan submitted within the 90 day period specified in [subsection (a)](#a) has not been disapproved within the 60-day period following its receipt by the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1), such plan shall be treated as approved by the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1). A [State energy agency](/usc/42/6371.md?p=10) may submit a new or amended plan at any time after the submission of the original plan if the [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) obtains the consent of the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 400D, as added Pub. L. 95–619, title III, § 311(a), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3251; amended Pub. L. 105–388, § 5(a)(12), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3479.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–388 substituted semicolon for comma at end.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105–388, which directed substitution of semicolon for comma at end, could not be executed because comma does not appear at end.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105–388 substituted semicolon for comma at end.