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[CITE: 42USC6801]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 81--ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN INITIATIVES
 
Sec. 6801. Congressional findings and purpose

    (a) The Congress finds that improvement in electric utility rate 
design has great potential for reducing the cost of electric utility 
services to consumers and current and projected shortages of capital, 
and for encouraging energy conservation and better use of existing 
electrical generating facilities.
    (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to require the Secretary to 
develop proposals for improvement of electric utility rate design and 
transmit such proposals to Congress; to fund electric utility rate 
demonstration projects; to intervene or participate, upon request, in 
the proceedings of utility regulatory commissions; and to provide 
financial assistance to State offices of consumer services to facilitate 
presentation of consumer interests before such commissions.

(Pub. L. 94-385, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1142; Pub. 
L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 
1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 94-385 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this 
chapter, section 6327 of this title, section 1701z-8 of Title 12, Banks 
and Banking, sections 787 and 790 to 790h of Title 15, Commerce and 
Trade, amending sections 5818, 6211, 6295, 6323, 6325, and 6326 of this 
title and sections 757, 764, 766, 772, 774, 777 and 784 of Title 15, and 
enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 6801, 6831, and 6851 
of this title, and sections 753, 757, 761, and 790 of Title 15] may be 
cited as the `Energy Conservation and Production Act'.''
    Section 301 of title III of Pub. L. 94-385 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the 
`Energy Conservation Standards for New Buildings Act of 1976'.''
    Section 401 of title IV of Pub. L. 94-385 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting subchapter III of this chapter, section 6327 of this 
title, and section 1701z-8 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and amending 
sections 6323, 6325, and 6326 of this title] may be cited as the `Energy 
Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976'.''

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary'', meaning Secretary of Energy, substituted for 
``Federal Energy Administration'' in subsec. (b) pursuant to sections 
301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95-91, which are classified to sections 
7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Federal 
Energy Administration and transferred its functions (with certain 
exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.
