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§8262 Definitions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 91 — NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY › SUBCHAPTER III — FEDERAL ENERGY INITIATIVE › Part B — Federal Energy Management › § 8262

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this subtitle. Agency means what section 551(1) of title 5 says, but it does not include the United States Postal Service. Facility energy supervisor is the employee who runs the daily energy work at a Federal facility. They manage, install, operate, and maintain the facility’s energy systems and may cover more than one building. Trained energy manager is a person who has shown skill or finished coursework in building energy basics, energy codes and standards, energy accounting and analysis, life‑cycle cost methods, fuel supply and pricing, and the tools used for energy surveys and audits. Task Force means the Interagency Energy Management Task Force set up under section 8257 of this title. Energy conservation measures has the meaning given in section 8259(4) of this title.

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Title 42, §8262

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For purposes of this subtitle—
(1)the term “agency” means has the meaning given such term in section 551(1) of title 5, except that such term does not include the United States Postal Service;
(2)the term “facility energy supervisor” means the employee with responsibility for the daily operations of a Federal facility, including the management, installation, operation, and maintenance of energy systems in Federal facilities which may include more than one building;
(3)the term “trained energy manager” means a person who has demonstrated proficiency, or who has completed a course of study in the areas of fundamentals of building energy systems, building energy codes and applicable professional standards, energy accounting and analysis, life-cycle cost methodology, fuel supply and pricing, and instrumentation for energy surveys and audits;
(4)the term “Task Force” means the Interagency Energy Management Task Force established under section 8257 of this title; and
(5)the term “energy conservation measures” has the meaning given such term in section 8259(4) of this title.

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References in Text

This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle F (§§ 151–168) of title I of Pub. L. 102–486, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2843, which enacted this section and section 8258a, 8258b, 8262a to 8262k of this title, amended sections 8252 to 8256, 8258, 8259, 8287, and 8287c of this title and section 490 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 8262h of this title and former section 1815 of Title 2, The Congress, and repealed provisions set out as a note under section 8253 of this title. For complete classification of subtitle F to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 8262

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110