§773 Public Disclosure of Information

Summary

The Administrator must regularly publish the statistics, studies, data, and reports needed to keep people up to date about shortages of energy supplies. That includes how big the shortages are, how long they might last, what effects they cause, and what steps are being taken to lessen those effects. The Freedom of Information Act generally applies to these disclosures, but trade secrets and certain confidential business information can only be shared with people who have authority under this law when needed for their official duties or in related proceedings. The Administrator must also release, for a reasonable cost and if the request is clear, information like what companies must put in their public annual SEC reports, unless it would reveal trade secrets or secret business methods. The Administrator must set rules to protect people’s private information and, when possible, let individuals see the personal data the agency has about them.