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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Energy Conservation Policy Act · Sec. 213

Sec. 213. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION PLANS FOR REGULATED UTILITIES

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## SEC. 213 REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION PLANS FOR REGULATED UTILITIES ###
(a)General Requirements No proposed residential energy conservation plan submitted for regulated utilities shall be approved by the Secretary unless such plan— ####
(1)requires each regulated utility to implement a utility program which meets the requirements of section 215 (except such requirements of section 215 as do not apply by reason of section 216(f)) and contains adequate State enforcement procedures in connection with such implementation; ####
(2)provides adequate procedures to assure that each regulated utility will charge fair and reasonable prices and rates of interest to its residential customers under such utility program in connection with the purchase and installation of residential energy conservation measures; ####
(3)provides procedures for resolving complaints against persons who sell or install residential energy conservation measures under such program; ####
(4)provides procedures for insuring that effective coordination exists among various local, State, and Federal energy conservation programs within and affecting such State, including any energy extension service program administered by the Secretary of Energy; ####
(5)is adopted after notice and public hearings; ####
(6)meets such other requirements as may be contained in the rules promulgated under section 212, and ####
(7)requires any utility undertaking a program involving the supply or installation of any residential energy conservation measure as permitted under section 216(c) or providing financing for the purchase or installation of any such measure to notify the Secretary of Energy when such program becomes effective. ###
(b)Requirements Concerning Unfair, Deceptive, or Anticompetitive Acts or Practices ####
(1)No proposed residential energy conservation plan submitted for regulated utilities shall be approved by the Secretary unless such plan contains adequate measures for preventing unfair, deceptive, or anticompetitive acts or practices affecting commerce which relate to the implementation of utility programs within such State. ####
(2)The measures under paragraph
(1)shall include— #####
(A)provisions to assure that, in carrying out procedures under section 215(b) (or the corresponding procedures in section 217) the regulated utility will not unfairly discriminate among— ######
(i)residential customers, ######
(ii)suppliers and contractors of such measures, or ######
(iii)lending institutions in the utility's service area which offer loans for the purchase and installation of residential energy conservation measures, and will not unfairly discriminate among measures which are purchased from, or installed by, any person under such program, #####
(B)provisions to assure that in the case of a furnace which uses as its primary source of energy any fuel or source of energy other than the fuel or source of energy sold by a utility, such utility will not inspect such furnace, or make, install, or inspect any furnace efficiency modification referred to in section 210(11)(B), unless the residential customer requests (in writing) such inspection, installation, or modification; #####
(C)provisions to assure that, whenever any public utility undertakes to finance its lending program for residential energy conservation measures through financial institutions, the utility shall (to the extent such utility determines feasible, consistent with good business practice, and not disadvantageous to its customers) seek funds for such financing from financial institutions located throughout the area covered by the lending program; and #####
(D)provisions to assure that, in the case of any residential energy conservation plan which permits or requires any such utility to supply or install any residential energy conservation measure, the procedures under which any such utility undertakes such supply or installation will be consistent with the requirements of section 216(c). ###
(c)Redress No residential energy conservation plan submitted for regulated utilities shall be approved by the Secretary unless such plan contains provisions to assure that any person who alleges any injury resulting from a violation of any plan provision shall be entitled to redress under such procedures as may be established by the Governor or State agency. **[**[42 U.S.C. 8214](/us/usc/t42/s8214)**]**
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