42 U.S.C. § 18777 — Harmonization of efforts and data

The Administrator must set up a system to harmonize data efforts, as much as practical without hurting data quality. This must happen within 1 year after November 15, 2021. The system must line up three things: (1) Data collection efforts. The Administrator must match up their own data collection, including anything required under this subchapter, with the data collection done by (A) the Environmental Protection Agency, (B) other relevant federal agencies, and (C) state or regional energy credit registries — wherever the Administrator decides that makes sense. (2) The data itself. The Administrator must line up the data collected under this subchapter — including the electricity generation operating data collected under section 18772(a) — with data collected by the EPA, other federal agencies, and state or regional registries. This includes any greenhouse gas or other pollutant emissions data the EPA collects, again wherever the Administrator decides it's appropriate. (3) Reporting efforts. The Administrator must line up their own work identifying and reporting impacts, opportunities, and patterns in energy use — including community-level economic and environmental impacts required under section 18773(b)(1)(C) — with similar work done by the EPA and other federal agencies.