42 U.S.C. § 8258 — Reports

(a) Reports to Secretary — Each agency must send the Secretary a report, at least once a year, with full information on its work under this part, including (1) its progress toward the goals in section 8253; and (2) the procedures it uses under section 8256(a)(2), how many contracts it signed under subchapter VII, the energy and cost savings and penalty risks from those contracts, how it used cost savings under section 8256(c), and any problems it had making these contracts or carrying out section 8256. (b) Reports to the President and Congress — By April 2 each year, for each fiscal year after November 5, 1988, the Secretary must report to the President and Congress: (1) on all activities under this part and progress toward its goals, including (A) the list of exclusions made under sections 8253(a)(2) and 8253(c)(3), (B) the information required under section 8253(b)(2), and (C) details on funds each agency got under section 8256(b), the conservation measures installed, projected savings, and — for any measure that didn't reach its projected savings — the shortfall, the reasons, and plans and costs to fix it; (2) how many contracts all agencies signed under subchapter VII, any problems making them, and proposed solutions; (3) how much agencies are sharing information about conserving energy; (4) the information required under section 8262g(d); and (5) the status of agencies' energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts — (A) to the extent not already reported elsewhere, (B) their quantity and value for the past year, (C) their guaranteed or estimated savings compared to actual measured savings, (D) a forecast of next year's contracts, and (E) how last year's forecast compared to what actually happened, and why, if different. (c) Other report — The Secretary, working with the General Services Administration, must (1) study the legal, institutional, and other obstacles to connecting federally owned or leased buildings to district heating and cooling systems; and (2) within 18 months of October 24, 1992, send Congress a report on that study's findings, including ideas for making it easier to connect buildings to these systems.