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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 5905. Comprehensive plan and implementing program for energy research, development, and demonstration; transmission to Congress; purposes; scope of program; comprehensive environment and safety program implementing plan; development and transmission to Congress
(a) Pursuant to the authority and directions of this chapter and
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438) [42
U.S.C. 5801 et seq.], the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), and titles XX through XXIII of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 [42 U.S.C. 13401 et seq., 13451 et seq., 13501
et seq., 13521 et seq.], the Secretary, in consultation with the
Advisory Board established under section 2302 of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 [42 U.S.C. 13522], shall transmit to the Congress, on
or before June 30, 1975, a comprehensive plan for energy research,
development, and demonstration. This plan shall be appropriately
revised annually as provided in section 5914(a) )1(! of this title.
Such plan shall be designed to achieve -
(1) solutions to immediate and short-term (the period up to 5
years after submission of the plan or its annual revision) energy
supply system and associated environmental problems;
(2) solutions to middle-term (the period from 5 years to 10
years after submission of the plan or its annual revision) energy
supply system and associated environmental problems; and
(3) solutions to long-term (the period beyond 10 years after
submission of the plan or its annual revision) energy supply
system and associated environmental problems.
(b)(1) Based on the comprehensive energy research, development,
and demonstration plan developed under subsection (a) of this
section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Board
established under section 2302 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 [42
U.S.C. 13522], shall develop and transmit to the Congress, on or
before June 30, 1975, a comprehensive nonnuclear energy research,
development, and demonstration program to implement the nonnuclear
research, development, and demonstration aspects of the
comprehensive plan. Such program shall be updated and transmitted
to the Congress annually as part of the report required under
section 5914 )1(! of this title.
(2) This program shall be designed to achieve solutions to the
energy supply and associated environmental problems in the
immediate and short-term, middle-term, and long-term time intervals
described in subsection (a)(1) through (3) of this section. In
formulating the nonnuclear aspects of this program, the Secretary,
in consultation with the Advisory Board established under section
2302 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 [42 U.S.C. 13522], shall
evaluate the economic, environmental, and technological merits of
each aspect of the program.
(3) The Secretary shall assign program elements and activities in
specific nonnuclear energy technologies, to the short-term,
middle-term, and long-term time intervals, and shall present full
and complete justification for these assignments and the degree of
emphasis for each. These program elements and activities shall
include, but not be limited to, research, development, and
demonstrations designed -
(A) to advance energy conservation technologies, including but
not limited to -
(i) productive use of waste, including garbage, sewage,
agricultural wastes, and industrial waste heat;
(ii) reuse and recycling of materials and consumer products;
(iii) improvements in automobile design for increased
efficiency and lowered emissions, including investigation of
the full range of alternatives to the internal combustion
engine and systems of efficient public transportation; and
(iv) advanced urban and architectural design to promote
efficient energy use in the residential and commercial sectors,
improvements in home design and insulation technologies, small
thermal storage units and increased efficiency in electrical
appliances and lighting fixtures;
(B) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of technologies
for producing low-sulfur fuels suitable for boiler use;
(C) to demonstrate improved methods for the generation,
storage, and transmission of electrical energy through (i)
advances in gas turbine technologies, combined power cycles, the
use of low British thermal unit gas and, if practicable,
magnetohydrodynamics; (ii) storage systems to allow more
efficient load following, including the use of inertial energy
storage systems; and (iii) improvement in cryogenic transmission
methods;
(D) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of technologies
for producing substitutes for natural gas, including coal
gasification: Provided, That the Secretary shall invite and
consider proposals from potential participants based upon Federal
assistance and participation in the form of a joint
Federal-industry corporation, and recommendations pursuant to
this clause shall be accompanied by a report on the viability of
using this form of Federal assistance or participation;
(E) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of technologies
for producing syncrude and liquid petroleum products from coal:
Provided, That the Secretary shall invite and consider proposals
from potential participants based upon Federal assistance and
participation through guaranteed prices or purchase of the
products, and recommendations pursuant to this clause shall be
accompanied by a report on the viability of using this form of
Federal assistance or participation;
(F) in accordance with the program authorized by the Geothermal
Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-410) [30 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.], to accelerate the
commercial demonstration of geothermal energy technologies;
(G) to demonstrate the production of syncrude from oil shale by
all promising technologies including in situ technologies;
(H) to demonstrate new and improved methods for the extraction
of petroleum resources, including secondary and tertiary recovery
of crude oil;
(I) to demonstrate the economics and commercial viability of
solar energy for residential and commercial energy supply
applications in accordance with the program authorized by the
Solar Heating and Cooling Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-409) [42
U.S.C. 5501 et seq.];
(J) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of environmental
control systems for energy technologies developed pursuant to
this chapter;
(K) to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of
tidal power for supplying electrical energy;
(L) to commercially demonstrate advanced solar energy
technologies in accordance with the Solar Research, Development,
and Demonstration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-473) [42 U.S.C. 5551
et seq.];
(M) to determine the economics and commercial viability of the
production of synthetic fuels such as hydrogen and methanol;
(N) to commercially demonstrate the use of fuel cells for
central station electric power generation;
(O) to determine the economics and commercial viability of in
situ coal gasification;
(P) to improve techniques for the management of existing energy
systems by means of quality control; application of systems
analysis, communications, and computer techniques; and public
information with the objective of improving the reliability and
efficiency of energy supplies and encourage the conservation of
energy resources;
(Q) to improve methods for the prevention and cleanup of marine
oil spills;
(R) to implement the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 12001 et seq.);
and
(S) to implement titles XX through XXIII of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 [42 U.S.C. 13401 et seq., 13451 et seq., 13501 et
seq., 13521 et seq.].
(c) Based upon the comprehensive plan developed under subsection
(a) of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Advisory Board established under section 2302 of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 [42 U.S.C. 13522], shall develop and transmit to the
Congress, on or before September 1, 1978, a comprehensive
environment and safety program to insure the full consideration and
evaluation of all environmental, health, and safety impacts of each
element, program, or initiative contained in the nuclear and
nonnuclear energy research, development, and demonstration plans.
Such program shall be updated and transmitted to the Congress
annually as part of the report required under section 5914 )1(! of
this title.
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