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S. 247 · 101st Congress · enacted

State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990

Became Public Law No: 101-440.

Latest official action 1990-10-18 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that each State energy conservation plan which receives Federal assistance under the Act contain specified energy efficiency improvement goals for the year 2000. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption and programs implementing all the functions currently performed by the Energy Extension Service. Repeals the National Energy Extension Service Act. Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Establishes an Energy Technology and Engineering Services Program designed to assist on a fee basis small and start-up businesses engaged in energy technology. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Sets forth additional allocation guidelines for Federal financial assistance to State energy conservation plans. Includes as an eligibility criterion for such assistance submission of a State supplementary emergency contingency plan to the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary). Directs the Secretary to establish policies and procedures designed to assure that Federal financial assistance for related State energy conservation programs will only be used to supplement, rather than supplant, State and local energy conservati…

Congressional Research Service · 1990-01-25

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