§8258 Reports

Summary

Each federal agency must send the Secretary a full report on its work under this part at times the Secretary sets, but at least once a year. The agency report must say how it is doing on the goals in section 8253 and must give details about contracts made under subchapter VII — how many, the energy and cost savings from them, any penalty exposure for ending them, how cost savings were used under section 8256(c), the procedures used under section 8256(a)(2), and any problems with those contracts or with putting section 8256 into action. The Secretary must send a single report to the President and Congress by April 2 each year for every fiscal year that starts after November 5, 1988. That report must cover overall activities and progress, include a copy of any exclusions listed under sections 8253(a)(2) and 8253(c)(3) and the info from section 8253(b)(2), show how funds from section 8256(b) were spent and what measures were installed and their projected savings (and, for any measure that did not meet projections, the percent missed, reasons, and plans and costs to fix it), list the number of contracts under subchapter VII and any difficulties and fixes, describe interagency information sharing on energy conservation, include the data called for in section 8262g(d), and summarize the status, size, investment value, and guaranteed or estimated versus measured savings of energy savings and utility energy service contracts, plus next-year forecasts and explanations for any differences from prior forecasts. The Secretary and the Administrator of General Services must study legal, institutional, and other barriers to connecting federal buildings to district heating and cooling systems and must report the findings and recommendations to Congress within 18 months after October 24, 1992.