Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§13456 Improving Efficiency in Energy-intensive Industries

Title 42 › CHAPTER 134 — ENERGY POLICY › SUBCHAPTER IX — ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT › Part A — Improved Energy Efficiency › § 13456

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must run a program to research, develop, test, and help bring to market technologies that make energy‑intensive industries use less energy and work more efficiently. The Secretary must also set up joint ventures with private partners, hold a competitive call for proposals, and give financial help to at least five such joint ventures. Those joint ventures must focus on changing and testing industrial processes to boost energy efficiency and productivity, though they may show other benefits too if energy savings are the main goal. When choosing projects, the Secretary must consider if they improve quality and energy efficiency, how industries are spread across regions, and whether the project is located where the industries that would benefit are found.

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Title 42, §13456

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(a)Secretarial action

The Secretary, in accordance with section 13541 and 13542 of this title, shall—

(1)pursue a research, development, demonstration and commercial application program intended to improve energy efficiency and productivity in energy-intensive industries and industrial processes; and

(2)undertake joint ventures to encourage the commercialization of technologies developed under paragraph (1).

(b)Joint ventures

(1)The Secretary shall—

(A)conduct a competitive solicitation for proposals from private firms and investors for such joint ventures under subsection (a)(2); and

(B)provide financial assistance to at least five such joint ventures.

(2)The purpose of the joint ventures shall be to design, test, and demonstrate changes to industrial processes that will result in improved energy efficiency and productivity. The joint ventures may also demonstrate other improvements of benefit to such industries so long as demonstration of energy efficiency improvements is the principal objective of the joint venture.

(3)In evaluating proposals for financial assistance and joint ventures under this section, the Secretary shall consider—

(A)whether the activities conducted under this section improve the quality and energy efficiency of industries or industrial processes;

(B)the regional distribution of the energy-intensive industries and industrial processes; and

(C)whether the proposed joint venture project would be located in the region which has the energy-intensive industry and industrial processes that would benefit from the project.

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42 U.S.C. § 13456

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110