§8262b Intergovernmental energy management planning and coordination

Summary

The Administrator of General Services must run regular workshops every two years in each of the 10 Federal regions about energy management, conservation, efficiency, and planning. The Administrator will work with the Secretary, the Task Force, the Department of Energy, and other agencies to plan the events. State, local, tribal, and county officials with energy duties or interest must be invited and their views used in planning. Workshops will cover coordinating energy policies across governments, making and updating government buildings to save energy, buying energy‑efficient products, sharing successful programs and technologies, and giving technical help to design good energy plans. The Administrator must include the workshop schedule in the first report under section 8262a. At least five workshops had to be held by September 30, 1993, and there must be at least one workshop in each of the 10 regions every two years starting September 30, 1993.