{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s8235c","title_num":"42","num":"§ 8235c.","heading":"Approval of applications for plans for prototype residential energy efficiency programs","status":null,"guid":"id78e8abef-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 95–619, title II, § 264, as added Pub. L. 96–294, title V, § 562, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 748.)","seq_in_title":5572,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch91/schII/ptC","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch91","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 91—","heading":"NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch91/schII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER II—","heading":"RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch91/schII/ptC","level":"part","num":"Part C—","heading":"Residential Energy Efficiency Programs","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"idac8078f8-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c\"><num value=\"8235c\">§ 8235c.</num><heading> Approval of applications for plans for prototype residential energy efficiency programs</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"idac8078f9-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Approval requirements</heading><chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Secretary may approve an application submitted under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235b\">section 8235b of this title</ref> for a plan establishing a prototype residential energy efficiency program only if—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idac8078fa-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><chapeau> the application is approved in writing—</chapeau><subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"idac8078fb-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/a/1/A\"><num value=\"A\">(A)</num><content> by the public utility which is to enter into the contract under the plan;</content>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"idac8078fc-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/a/1/B\"><num value=\"B\">(B)</num><content> by the State regulatory authority having ratemaking authority over such public utility, in the case of a regulated utility; and</content>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"idac8078fd-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/a/1/C\"><num value=\"C\">(C)</num><content> by the Governor (or any State agency specifically authorized under State law to approve such plans) of the State whose government is submitting the application (if the application is submitted by a State government) or of the State in which the local government is located (if the application is submitted by a local government); and</content>\n</subparagraph>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idac8078fe-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the application has been published, a public hearing on the application has been conducted, after notice to the public, at which representatives of the public utility which is to enter into the contract under the plan, persons engaged in the supply or installation of residential energy conservation measures, and members of the public (including ratepayers of such public utility and other interested individuals) had an opportunity to provide comment on the application, and any amendments to the application, which may be made to take into account the proceedings of the hearing, are made.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"idac8078ff-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Factors in approving applications</heading><chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Secretary shall take into consideration in approving an application under subsection (a) for a plan establishing a prototype residential energy efficiency program—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idac807900-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/b/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> the potential for energy savings from the demonstration of the program;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idac807901-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/b/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the likelihood that the value of the energy saved by public utilities under the program will be sufficient to cover the estimated cost of the energy conservation measures to be supplied and installed under the program;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idac807902-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/b/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> the anticipated effects of the program on competition in the portion of the service area of the public utility designated in the contract entered into under the plan; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idac807903-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s8235c/b/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> such other factors as the Secretary determines are appropriate.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"idac807904-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/95/619/tII/s264\">Pub. L. 95–619, title II, § 264</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/96/294/tV/s562\">Pub. L. 96–294, title V, § 562</ref>, <date date=\"1980-06-30\">June 30, 1980</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/94/748\">94 Stat. 748</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-163","currency_date":"2020-10-02","congress":116,"law_num":163,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":214,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","03","06","07","08","10","15","17","18","21","22","23","26","28","31","35","36","38","40","42","45","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}