---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7265"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7265"
heading: "Regional Energy Advisory Boards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7265"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter VI — Administrative Provisions"
  - "Part C — General Administrative Provisions"
---

# §7265. Regional Energy Advisory Boards

- (a) **Establishment; membership—** The Governors of the various [States](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) may establish Regional Energy Advisory Boards for their regions with such membership as they may determine.
- (b) **Observers—** Representatives of the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3), the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) of Commerce, the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) of the Interior, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) shall be entitled to participate as observers in the deliberations of any Board established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) of this section. The Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission or any regional commission under title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act [[42 U.S.C. 3181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(/us/usc/t42/s3181)) et seq.] shall be entitled to participate as an observer in the deliberations of any such Board which contains one or more [States](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) which are members of such Commission.
- (c) **Recommendations of Board—** Each Board established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) may make such recommendations as it determines to be appropriate to programs of the Department having a direct effect on the region.
- (d) **Notice of reasons not to adopt recommendations—** If any Regional Advisory Board makes specific recommendations pursuant to [subsection (c)](#c), the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) shall, if such recommendations are not adopted in the implementation of the program, notify the Board in writing of his reasons for not adopting such recommendations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 655, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 602.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Public Works and Economic Development Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 89–136, Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 552. Title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act was classified generally to subchapter V (§ 3181 et seq.) of chapter 38 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1821(a)(8), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 766. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3121 of this title and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.