42 U.S.C. § 18803 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare § 18803. Commercial building energy consumption information sharing

(1)Administrator

The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.

(2)Agreement

The term “Agreement” means the agreement entered into under subsection (b).

(3)Survey

The term “Survey” means the Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey.

(1) provide, to the extent permitted by law, that--

(2) describe the manner in which the Administrator shall use the data described in paragraph (1) and subsection (d);

(3) describe and compare--

(4) consider whether, and the methods by which, the Administrator may collect and publish new iterations of Survey data every 3 years--

(1) is collected through the Portfolio Manager database of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(2) is required to be publicly available on the internet under State and local government building energy disclosure laws (including regulations); and

(3) includes information on private sector buildings that are not less than 250,000 square feet.

(1)section 552(b)(4) of Title 5 (commonly known as the “Freedom of Information Act”);

(2) subchapter III of chapter 35 of Title 44; and

(3) any other applicable law (including regulations).