§790f — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

The Director must send regular reports and can send special reports to Congress and the public. These reports must show a full picture of the quarterly, monthly, and, as appropriate, weekly supply and use of nonmineral energy, mineral fuels, and electricity in the United States. The data can be shown by company, State, region, or other producer or consumer groups and must include a clear talk about how the supply and use are changing and any important national or international trends. The Director must also write one annual report that summarizes the Office’s and the National Energy Information System’s work, lists special reports and statistics from the past year, gives short-, medium-, and long-term trends and forecasts, and, as much as possible, shows amounts of fuels and energy resources that can reach the market at different prices and technologies and how they match expected demand. For the Administrator, the Director must make full documentation for all statistical and forecast reports available to the public when those reports are published. The Director must regularly check and validate the methods used and must share those audits and validations with the public. Before publishing, the Director does not have to get another government official’s approval for the substance of technical statistical or forecasting reports prepared under the law.

Title 15, §790f

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(a)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)(1)The Director, on behalf of the Administrator, shall insure that adequate documentation for all statistical and forecast reports prepared by the Director is made available to the public at the time of publication of such reports. The Director shall periodically audit and validate analytical methodologies employed in the preparation of periodic statistical and forecast reports.

(2)The Director shall, on a regular basis, make available to the public information which contains validation and audits of periodic statistical and forecast reports.

(c)Prior to publication, the Director may not be required to obtain the approval of any other officer or employee of the United States with respect to the substance of any statistical or forecasting technical reports which he has prepared in accordance with law.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 150 days after Aug. 14, 1976, see section 143 of Pub. L. 94–385, set out as a note under section 790 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (a)(2) of this section relating to an annual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 90 of House Document No. 103–7.

Transfer of Functions

Functions assigned to Director of Office of Energy Information and Analysis under this subchapter vested in Administrator of Energy Information Administration within Department of Energy by section 7135(c) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by section 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42.

§790f Reports by Director