§7321. National Energy Policy Plan — Inbound Citations
42 U.S.C. § 7321
Cited by 3 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 42 U.S.C. § 7321 as a whole
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(4) The plan shall address the role of federally-assisted research, development, and demonstration in the achievement of applicable national policy goals of the National Energy Policy Plan required under section 7321 of this title and the plan developed under section 5905 of this title.
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(a) The first National Energy Policy Plan (in this subchapter referred to as the “Plan”) under section 7321 of this title prepared and required to be submitted by the President to Congress after February 1, 1993, and each subsequent such Plan, shall include a least-cost energy strategy prepared by the Secretary. In developing the least-cost energy strategy, the Secretary shall take into consideration the economic, energy, social, environmental, and competitive costs and benefits, including costs and benefits for jobs, of his choices. Such strategy shall also take into account the report required under section 13381 of this title and relevant Federal, State, and local requirements. Such strategy shall be designed to achieve to the maximum extent practicable and at least-cost to the Nation—(1) the energy production, utilization, and energy conservation priorities of subsection (d);(2) the stabilization and eventual reduction in the generation of greenhouse gases;(3) an increase in the efficiency of the Nation’s total energy use by 30 percent over 1988 levels by the year 2010;(4) an increase in the percentage of energy derived from renewable resources by 75 percent over 1988 levels by the year 2005; and(5) a reduction in the Nation’s oil consumption from the 1990 level of approximately 40 percent of total energy use to 35 percent by the year 2005.
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(b) The Advisory Board shall provide impartial technical advice to the Secretary to assist in the development of energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application plans and reports under sections 5905 and 59141 of this title, under section 7321 of this title, and as otherwise provided in subchapters VIII through XI of this chapter. The Advisory Board shall also periodically review such plans and reports and their implementation in relation to the goals stated in section 13401 of this title, and report the results of such review to the Secretary and the Congress. Such report shall be included as part of the report required under section 59141 of this title.