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15 U.S.C. § 790 — Establishment of Office of Energy Information and Analysis

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15 U.S.C. § 790 — Establishment of Office of Energy Information and Analysis

**(a) Director; appointment; qualifications** (1) There is established within the Federal Energy Administration an Office of Energy Information and Analysis (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Office”) which shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (2) The Director shall be a person who, by reason of professional background and experience, is specially qualified to manage an energy information system. **(b) Delegation of authority by Administrator** The Administrator shall delegate (which delegation may be on a nonexclusive basis as the Administrator may determine may be necessary to assure the faithful execution of his authorities and responsibilities under law) the authority vested in him under [section 796 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section796&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 772 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section772&num=0&edition=prelim) and the Director may act in the name of the Administrator under [section 797 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section797&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 772 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section772&num=0&edition=prelim) for the purpose of obtaining enforcement of the authorities delegated to him. **(c) “Energy information” defined** As used in this chapter the term “energy information” shall have the meaning described in [section 796 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section796&num=0&edition=prelim).

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15 U.S.C. § 761 — Congressional declaration of purpose

**(a) Objectives** The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and the common defense and security require positive and effective action to conserve scarce energy supplies, to insure fair and efficient distribution of, and the maintenance of fair and reasonable consumer prices for, such supplies, to promote the expansion of readily usable energy sources, and to assist in developing policies and plans to meet the energy needs of the Nation. **(b) Necessity for reorganization** The Congress finds that to help achieve these objectives, and to assure a coordinated and effective approach to overcoming energy shortages, it is necessary to reorganize certain agencies and functions of the executive branch and to establish a Federal Energy Administration. **(c) Creation of Federal Energy Administration** The sole purpose of this chapter is to create an administration in the executive branch, called the Federal Energy Administration, to vest in the Administration certain functions as provided in this chapter, and to transfer to such Administration certain executive branch functions authorized by other laws, where such transfer is necessary on an interim basis to deal with the Nation’s energy shortages.

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15 U.S.C. § 772 — Administrator’s information-gathering power

**(a) Comprehensive and particular energy information; categorical groupings; monitoring activity and policy guidance** The Administrator shall collect, assemble, evaluate, and analyze energy information by categorical groupings, established by the Administrator, of sufficient comprehensiveness and particularity to permit fully informed monitoring and policy guidance with respect to the exercise of his functions under this chapter. **(b) Information and data to Administrator from owners or operators of facilities or business premises engaged in energy matters** All persons owning or operating facilities or business premises who are engaged in any phase of energy supply or major energy consumption shall make available to the Administrator such information and periodic reports, records, documents, and other data, relating to the purposes of this chapter, including full identification of all data and projections as to source, time, and methodology of development, as the Administrator may prescribe by regulation or order as necessary or appropriate for the proper exercise of functions under this chapter. **(c) General or special orders for filing reports or answers in writing to specific questions, surveys, or questionnaires; oath or otherwise; filing period** The Administrator may require, by general or special orders, any person engaged in any phase of energy supply or major energy consumption to file with the Administrator in such form as he may prescribe, reports or answers in writing to such specific questions, surveys, or questionnaires as may be necessary to enable the Administrator to carry out his functions under this chapter. Such reports and answers shall be made under oath, or otherwise, as the Administrator may prescribe, and shall be filed with the Administr

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15 U.S.C. § 797 — Enforcement

**(a) Violations** It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of [section 792 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section792&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to coal conversion and allocation) or [section 796 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section796&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to energy information) or to violate any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to any such provision. **(b) Penalties; injunctions; declaratory judgments** (1) Whoever violates any provision of subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,500 for each violation. (2) Whoever willfully violates any provision of subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $5,000 for each violation. (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale or distribute in commerce any coal in violation of an order or regulation issued pursuant to [section 792(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section792/d&num=0&edition=prelim). Any person who knowingly and willfully violates this paragraph after having been subjected to a civil penalty for a prior violation of the same provision of any order or regulation issued pursuant to [section 792(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section792/d&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be fined not more than $50,000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (4) Whenever it appears to the Federal Energy Administrator or any person authorized by the Federal Energy Administrator to exercise authority under [section 792 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section792&num=0&edition=p

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15 U.S.C. § 796 — Reporting of energy information

**(a) Authority of Federal Energy Administrator to request, acquire, and collect energy information; rules and regulations** For the purpose of assuring that the Federal Energy Administrator, the Congress, the States, and the public have access to and are able to obtain reliable energy information, the Federal Energy Administrator shall request, acquire, and collect such energy information as he determines to be necessary to assist in the formulation of energy policy or to carry out the purposes of this chapter or the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 [[15 U.S.C. 751](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section751&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].11 See References in Text note below. The Federal Energy Administrator shall promptly promulgate rules pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section requiring reports of such information to be submitted to the Federal Energy Administrator at least every ninety calendar days. **(b) Powers of Federal Energy Administrator in obtaining energy information; verification of accuracy; compliance orders** (1) In order to obtain energy information for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of subsection (a), the Federal Energy Administrator is authorized— (A) to require, by rule, any person who is engaged in the production, processing, refining, transportation by pipeline, or distribution (at other than the retail level) of energy resources to submit reports; (B) to sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and other documents; (C) to require any person, by general or special order, to submit answers in writing to interrogatories, requests for reports or for other information; and such answers or other submi

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15 U.S.C. § 790a — National Energy Information System; information required to be maintained

**(a)** It shall be the duty of the Director to establish a National Energy Information System (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “System”), which shall be operated and maintained by the Office. The System shall contain such information as is required to provide a description of and facilitate analysis of energy supply and consumption within and affecting the United States on the basis of such geographic areas and economic sectors as may be appropriate to meet adequately the needs of— (1) the Federal Energy Administration in carrying out its lawful functions; (2) the Congress; (3) other officers and employees of the United States in whom have been vested, or to whom have been delegated energy-related policy decisionmaking responsibilities; and (4) the States to the extent required by the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and the Federal Power Act [[16 U.S.C. 791a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section791a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. **(b)** At a minimum, the System shall contain such energy information as is necessary to carry out the Administration’s statistical and forecasting activities, and shall include, at the earliest date and to the maximum extent practical subject to the resources available and the Director’s ordering of those resources to meet the responsibilities of his Office, such energy information as is required to define and permit analysis of— (1) the institutional structure of the energy supply system including patterns of ownership and control of mineral fuel and nonmineral energy resources and the production, distribution, and marketing of mineral fuels and electricity; (2) the co

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15 U.S.C. § 790b — Administrative provisions

**(a) Compensation of Director** The Director of the Office shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed for offices and positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule as specified in [section 5315 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5315&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Authorization of Director to appoint and fix compensation of employees** To carry out the functions of the Office, the Director, on behalf of the Administrator, is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such professionally qualified employees as he deems necessary, including up to ten of the employees in grade GS–16, GS–17, or GS–18 authorized by [section 766 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section766&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Delegation of functions by the Director** The functions and powers of the Office shall be vested in or delegated to the Director, who may from time to time, and to the extent permitted by law, consistent with the purposes of this chapter, delegate such of his functions as he deems appropriate. Such delegation may be made, upon request, to any officer or agency of the Federal Government. **(d) Access to Director by Congress; requests for appropriations** (1) The Director shall be available to the Congress to provide testimony on such subjects under his authority and responsibility as the Congress may request, including but not limited to energy information and analyses thereof. (2) Any request for appropriations for the Federal Energy Administration submitted to the Congress shall identify the portion of such request intended for the support of the Office, and a statement of the differences, if any, between the amounts requested and the Direct

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15 U.S.C. § 790c — Analysis and evaluation of energy information; establishment and maintenance by Director of professional, etc., capability; specific capabilities

**(a)** The Director shall establish and maintain the scientific, engineering, statistical, or other technical capability to perform analysis of energy information to— (1) verify the accuracy of items of energy information submitted to the Director; and (2) insure the coordination and comparability of the energy information in possession of the Office and other Federal agencies. **(b)** The Director shall establish and maintain the professional and analytic capability to evaluate independently the adequacy and comprehensiveness of the energy information in possession of the Office and other agencies of the Federal Government in relation to the purposes of this chapter and for the performance of the analyses described in [section 790a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section790a&num=0&edition=prelim). Such analytic capability shall include— (1) expertise in economics, finance, and accounting; (2) the capability to evaluate estimates of reserves of mineral fuels and nonmineral energy resources utilizing alternative methodologies; (3) the development and evaluation of energy flow and accounting models describing the production, distribution, and consumption of energy by the various sectors of the economy and lines of commerce in the energy industry; (4) the development and evaluation of alternative forecasting models describing the short- and long-term relationships between energy supply and consumption and appropriate variables; and (5) such other capabilities as the Director deems necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

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15 U.S.C. § 790e — Coordination by Director of energy information gathering activities of Federal agencies

**(a) Review** In carrying out the purposes of this chapter the Director shall, as he deems appropriate, review the energy information gathering activities of Federal agencies with a view toward avoiding duplication of effort and minimizing the compliance burden on business enterprises and other persons. **(b) Policy recommendations** In exercising his responsibilities under subsection (a) of this section, the Director shall recommend policies which, to the greatest extent practicable— (1) provide adequately for the energy information needs of the various departments and agencies of the Federal Government, the Congress, and the public; (2) minimize the burden of reporting energy information on businesses, other persons, and especially small businesses; (3) reduce the cost to Government of obtaining information; and (4) utilize files of information and existing facilities of established Federal agencies. **(c) Report to Administrator by other Federal agencies involved in collection of energy information; cooperation of other Federal agencies; report by Administrator to President, Congress, and Energy Resources Council** (1) At the earliest practicable date after August 14, 1976, each Federal agency which is engaged in the gathering of energy information as a part of an established program, function, or other activity shall promptly provide the Administrator with a report on energy information which— (A) identifies the statutory authority upon which the energy information collection activities of such agency is based; (B) lists and describes the energy information needs and requirements of such agency; and (C) lists and describes the categories, definitions, levels of detail, and frequency of collection of the energy information collected by such agency.

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15 U.S.C. § 790f — Reports by Director

**(a) Periodic and special reports by Director to Congress and public; contents** The Director shall make periodic reports and may make special reports to the Congress and the public, including but not limited to— (1) such reports as the Director determines are necessary to provide a comprehensive picture of the quarterly, monthly, and, as appropriate, weekly supply and consumption of the various nonmineral energy resources, mineral fuels, and electricity in the United States; the information reported may be organized by company, by States, by regions, or by such other producing and consuming sectors, or combinations thereof, and shall be accompanied by an appropriate discussion of the evolution of the energy supply and consumption situation and such national and international trends and their effects as the Director may find to be significant; and (2) an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, a description of the activities of the Office and the National Energy Information System during the preceding year; a summary of all special reports published during the preceding year; a summary of statistical information collected during the preceding year; short-, medium-, and long-term energy consumption and supply trends and forecasts under various assumptions; and, to the maximum extent practicable, a summary or schedule of the amounts of mineral fuel resources, nonmineral energy resources, and mineral fuels that can be brought to market at various prices and technologies and their relationship to forecasted demands. **(b) Duty of Director to insure adequate documentation of forecasts and reports; periodic audit and validation of analytical methodologies; availability of information to public** (1) The Director, on behalf of the Administrator, shall insure

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15 U.S.C. § 790g — Access by Director to energy information

**(a) Access by Director to energy information in possession of other Federal agencies; limitations** In furtherance and not in limitation of any other authority, the Director, on behalf of the Administrator, shall have access to energy information in the possession of any Federal agency except information— (1) the disclosure of which to another Federal agency is expressly prohibited by law; or (2) the disclosure of which the agency so requested determines would significantly impair the discharge of authorities and responsibilities which have been delegated to, or vested by law, in such agency. **(b) Authority to obtain information from original or alternate sources** In the event that energy information in the possession of another Federal agency which is required to achieve the purposes of this chapter is denied the Director or the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator, or the Director, on behalf of the Administrator, shall take appropriate action, pursuant to authority granted by law, to obtain said information from the original sources or a suitable alternate source. Such source shall be notified of the reason for this request for information.

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