§15832 Energy efficiency public information initiative

Summary

The Secretary must run a national advertising and media program to tell people to cut energy use during the 4-year period starting August 8, 2005. The program must explain why using less electricity, natural gas, and petroleum (including gasoline) matters, especially at peak times, and how saving energy helps the economy and U.S. manufacturing jobs. It must give simple, low-cost tips such as fixing heating and cooling equipment and ducts, weatherizing buildings, buying efficient products, and keeping tires properly maintained. The program must work with State and local officials and the private sector and use successful local programs as much as possible. The Secretary must report to Congress on how well the program worked by July 1, 2009. The program ends December 31, 2010. Up to $90,000,000 may be provided for each fiscal year 2006 through 2010.