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[CITE: 42USC13523]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
           SUBCHAPTER XI--POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 13523. Management plan


(a) Plan preparation

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Board established 
under section 13522 of this title, shall prepare a management plan for 
the conduct of research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application of energy technologies that is consistent with the goals 
stated in section 13401 of this title.

(b) Contents of plan

    The management plan under subsection (a) of this section shall 
provide for--
        (1) investigation of promising energy and energy efficiency 
    resource technologies that have been identified as potentially 
    significant future contributors to national energy security;
        (2) development of energy and energy efficiency resource 
    technologies that have the potential to reduce energy supply 
    vulnerability, and to minimize adverse impacts on the environment, 
    the global climate, and the economy; and
        (3) creation of opportunities for export of energy and energy 
    efficiency resource technologies from the United States that can 
    enhance the Nation's competitiveness.

(c) Energy technology inventory and status report

    As part of the management plan, the Secretary, with the advice of 
the Advisory Board established under section 13522 of this title, shall 
develop an inventory and status report of technologies to enhance energy 
supply and to improve the efficiency of energy end uses. The inventory 
and status report shall include fossil, renewable, nuclear, and energy 
conservation technologies which have not yet achieved the status of 
fully reliable and cost-competitive commercial availability, but which 
the Secretary projects may become available with additional research, 
development, and demonstration. The inventory and status report shall 
provide, for each technology--
        (1) an assessment of its--
            (A) degree of technological maturity; and
            (B) principal research, development, and demonstration 
        issues, including--
                (i) the barriers posed by capital, operating, and 
            maintenance costs;
                (ii) technical performance; and
                (iii) potential environmental impacts;

        (2) the projected time frame for commercial availability, 
    specifying at a minimum whether the technology will be commercially 
    available in the near-term, mid-term, or long-term, whether there 
    are too many uncertainties to project availability, or whether it is 
    unlikely that the technology will ever be commercial; and
        (3) a projection of the future cost-competitiveness of the 
    technology in comparison with alternative technologies to provide 
    the same energy service.

(d) Public comment

    The Secretary shall publish the proposed management plan for a 
written public comment period of at least 90 days. The Secretary shall 
consider such comments and include a summary thereof in the management 
plan.

(e) Plan submission

    Within one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit 
the first management plan under this section to Congress. Thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit a revised management plan biennially, at the 
time of submittal of the President's annual budget submission to the 
Congress.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XXIII, Sec. 2304, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 
3093.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13474 of this title.
