§13523 Management plan

Summary

The Secretary must make a management plan, working with the Advisory Board, for research, development, demonstration, and commercial use of energy technologies that fits the goals in section 13401. The plan must target finding and developing promising energy and efficiency technologies that can strengthen energy security, cut supply risks, reduce harm to the environment and climate and the economy, and create export opportunities to help U.S. competitiveness. As part of the plan, the Secretary must create an inventory and status report of fossil, renewable, nuclear, and energy‑conservation technologies that are not yet fully reliable or cost‑competitive but might become so with more work. For each technology the report must say how mature it is; list the main research and demonstration problems, including cost barriers, technical performance, and possible environmental impacts; estimate whether it will be available in the near, mid, or long term (or if timing is too uncertain or unlikely); and project future cost‑competitiveness. The proposed plan must be published for at least 90 days for public comment, those comments must be considered and summarized, the first plan had to be sent to Congress within one year after October 24, 1992, and revised plans must be sent every two years with the President’s budget.