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[CITE: 42USC8262h]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 91--NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--FEDERAL ENERGY INITIATIVE
 
                    Part B--Federal Energy Management
 
Sec. 8262h. United States Postal Service energy regulations


(a) In general

    The Postmaster General shall issue regulations to ensure the 
reliable and accurate accounting of energy consumption costs for all 
buildings or facilities which it owns, leases, operates, or manages. 
Such regulations shall--
        (1) establish a monitoring system to determine which facilities 
    are the most costly to operate on an energy consumption per square 
    foot basis or other relevant analytical basis;
        (2) identify unusual or abnormal changes in energy consumption; 
    and
        (3) check the accuracy of utility charges for electricity and 
    gas consumption.

(b) Identification of energy efficiency products

    The Postmaster General shall actively undertake a program to 
identify and procure energy efficiency products for use in its 
facilities. In carrying out this subsection, the Postmaster General 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate energy efficient 
information available on Federal Supply Schedules maintained by the 
General Services Administration and the Defense Logistics Agency.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title I, Sec. 163, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2860.)

                          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.


     United States Postal Service Building Energy Survey and Report

    Section 164 of Pub. L. 102-486 directed Postmaster General to 
conduct an energy survey, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 8259(5), for purposes 
of determining maximum potential cost effective energy savings that may 
be achieved in a representative sample of buildings owned or leased by 
United States Postal Service in different areas of the country, making 
recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency and renewable 
energy improvements in those buildings and in other similar United 
States Postal Service buildings, and identifying barriers which may 
prevent the United States Postal Service from complying with energy 
management goals, and further directed Postmaster General to transmit to 
Congress within 180 days after Oct. 24, 1992, a plan for implementing 
this survey, and to report to Congress on the findings and conclusions 
of such survey as soon as practicable after its completion.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8262i of this title.
