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§13233 Data Acquisition Program

Title 42 › CHAPTER 134 — ENERGY POLICY › SUBCHAPTER II — ALTERNATIVE FUELS—NON-FEDERAL PROGRAMS › § 13233

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Set up a data collection program within one year after October 24, 1992. The Secretary, working through the Energy Information Administration and with state, regional, and local authorities, must run the program in at least 5 different geographic and climate regions. The program must gather information useful to people who make, convert, sell, own, or run alternative fueled vehicles or fueling stations. That includes daily travel patterns and miles per trip, forecasts of how alternative vehicles and other transit will be used, cost/performance/environmental/energy/safety facts about fuels and vehicles, and basic demographic and consumer preference data. The Secretary must talk with interested groups — other federal agencies, manufacturers, utilities, fleet owners/operators of light-duty vehicles, and state or local governments — to decide which specific data to collect and study.

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Title 42, §13233

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(a)Not later than one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary, through the Energy Information Administration, and in cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and local authorities, shall establish a data collection program to be conducted in at least 5 geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States for the purpose of collecting data which would be useful to persons seeking to manufacture, convert, sell, own, or operate alternative fueled vehicles or alternative fueling facilities. Such data shall include—

(1)identification of the number and types of motor vehicle trips made daily and miles driven per trip, including commuting, business, and recreational trips;

(2)the projections of the Secretary as to the most likely combination of alternative fueled vehicle use and other forms of transit, including rail and other forms of mass transit;

(3)cost, performance, environmental, energy, and safety data on alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles; and

(4)other appropriate demographic information and consumer preferences.

(b)The Secretary shall consult with interested parties, including other appropriate Federal agencies, manufacturers, public utilities, owners and operators of fleets of light duty motor vehicles, and State or local governmental entities, to determine the types of data to be collected and analyzed under subsection (a).

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 13233

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102