ENERGY INFORMATION.

SEC. 171. ENERGY INFORMATION. (a) Energy Information Administration.— Section 205(i)(1) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135(i)(1)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “on at least a triennial basis” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “at least once every two years”; and (2) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows: “(D) use of nonpurchased sources of energy, such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, waste by-products, and cogeneration”. (b) Renewable Energy Information.— Section 205 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(j) (1) The Administrator shall annually collect and publish the results of a survey of electricity production from domestic renewable energy resources, including production in kilowatt hours, total installed capacity, capacity factor, and any other measure of production efficiency. Such results shall distinguish between various renewable energy resources. “(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator shall— “(A) utilize, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with the faithful execution of his responsibilities under this Act, reliable statistical sampling techniques; and “(B) otherwise take into account the reporting burdens of energy information by small businesses. “(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘renewable energy resources’ includes energy derived from solar thermal, geothermal, biomass, wind, and photovoltaic resources. “(k) Pursuant to section 52(a) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 790a(a)), the Administrator shall— “(1) conduct surveys of residential and commercial energy use at least once every 3 years, and make such information available to the public; “(2) when surveying electric utilities, collect information on demand-side management programs conducted by such utilities, including information regarding the types of demand-side management programs being operated, the quantity of measures installed, expenditures on demand-side management programs, estimates of energy savings resulting from such programs, and whether the savings estimates were verified; and “(3) in carrying out this subsection, take into account reporting burdens and the protection of proprietary information as required by law. “(l) In order to improve the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nation’s energy efficiency policies and programs, the Administrator shall, in carrying out the data collection provisions of subsections (i) and (k), consider— 106 STAT. 2865 “(1) expanding the survey instruments to include questions regarding participation in Government and utility conservation programs; “(2) expanding fuel-use surveys in order to provide greater detail on energy use by user subgroups; and “(3) expanding the scope of data collection on energy efficiency and load-management programs, including the effects of building construction practices such as those designed to obtain peak load shifting.”.