16 U.S.C. § 2626 — Reports respecting standards

(a) State authorities and nonregulated utilities by one year after November 9, 1978 , and annually thereafter for ten years, each State regulatory authority (about each State regulated electric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility, must report to the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary must prescribe, respecting its consideration of the standards established by sections 2621(d) and 2623(b) of this title. Such report must include a summary of the determinations made and actions taken about each such standard on a utility-by-utility basis. (b) Secretary by eighteen months after November 9, 1978 , and annually thereafter for ten years, the Secretary must submit a report to the President and the Congress containing— (1) a summary of the reports submitted under subsection (a), (2) his analysis of such reports, and (3) his actions under this chapter, and his recommendations for such further Federal actions, including any legislation, regarding retail electric utility rates (and other practices) as can be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.