Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§6371a Guidelines

Title 42 › CHAPTER 77 — ENERGY CONSERVATION › SUBCHAPTER III — IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Part E — Energy Conservation Program for Schools and Hospitals › § 6371a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make rules, not later than 60 days after November 9, 1978, that set up how to do preliminary and full energy audits of schools and hospitals. The preliminary audit rules must say what kinds, how many, and how they should be spread out so each State gets a reasonably accurate picture of its needs. The Secretary must also make rules, not later than 90 days after November 9, 1978, for State plans to carry out energy projects. Those plan rules must cover how to pick priority projects (including cost, energy use, energy savings, and conservation goals), how to find qualified people to do the work, and what kinds of measures fit each region. The rules can be changed later after notice and a chance to comment. The Secretary must also make rules to decide which schools and hospitals are in a severe-hardship class, using factors like climate, fuel costs, fuel availability, ability to pay the non‑Federal share, and other appropriate factors.

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Title 42, §6371a

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(a)Energy audits

The Secretary shall, by rule, not later than 60 days after November 9, 1978—

(1)prescribe guidelines for the conduct of preliminary energy audits, including a description of the type, number, and distribution of preliminary energy audits of school and hospital facilities that will provide a reasonably accurate evaluation of the energy conservation needs of all such facilities in each State, and

(2)prescribe guidelines for the conduct of energy audits.

(b)State plans for implementation of energy conservation projects in schools and hospitals

The Secretary shall, by rule, not later than 90 days after November 9, 1978, prescribe guidelines for State plans for the implementation of energy conservation projects in schools and hospitals. The guidelines shall include—

(1)a description of the factors which the State energy agency may consider in determining which energy conservation projects will be given priority in making grants pursuant to this part, including such factors as cost, energy consumption, energy savings, and energy conservation goals,

(2)a description of the suggested criteria to be used in establishing a State program to identify persons qualified to implement energy conservation projects, and

(3)a description of the types of energy conservation measures deemed appropriate for each region of the Nation.

(c)Revisions

Guidelines prescribed under this section may be revised from time to time after notice and opportunity for comment.

(d)Determination of severe hardship class for schools and hospitals

The Secretary shall, by rule prescribe criteria for determining schools and hospitals which are in a class of severe hardship. Such criteria shall take into account climate, fuel costs, fuel availability, ability to provide the non-Federal share of the costs, and such other factors that he deems appropriate.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6371a

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110