42 U.S.C. § 6362
Section 6362 · Energy conservation policies and practices
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Common Cause v. Department of Energy (1983)
Most recently applied in Ryder Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States (October 1983)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this section, “agency” means—
(1) the Department of Transportation with respect to part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code;
(2) the Interstate Commerce Commission;
(3) the Federal Maritime Commission; and
(4) the Federal Power Commission.
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each of the agencies specified in subsection (a) of this section shall, where practicable and consistent with the exercise of their authority under other law, include in any major regulatory action (as defined by rule by each such agency) taken by each such agency, a statement of the probable impact of such major regulatory action on energy efficiency and energy conservation.
Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to any authority exercised under any provision of law designed to protect the public health or safety.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–272, §4(h)(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which related to reports to Congress by Federal agencies, feasibility of additional savings in energy consumption, and administration of laws permitting inefficient use of energy.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–272, §4(h)(2), substituted “subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1)”.