Energy Policy and Conservation Act

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United States federal law energy law environmental law in the United States

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is a U.S. federal law that establishes national energy conservation programs, including fuel economy standards and strategic petroleum reserves, to promote energy efficiency and security.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Energy Policy and Conservation Act canonical	10
Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975	2
An Act to increase domestic energy supplies and availability; to restrain energy demand; and to prepare for energy emergencies, and for other purposes	1
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products	1
U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ energy law ⓘ environmental law in the United States ⓘ
administeredBy	Federal Trade Commission ⓘ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
amendedBy	Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ⓘ Energy Policy Act of 1992 ⓘ National Energy Conservation Policy Act ⓘ
authorizes	creation of Strategic Petroleum Reserve ⓘ drawdown of Strategic Petroleum Reserve in emergencies ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ Title 49 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1975-12-22 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishesProgram	Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards ⓘ Strategic Petroleum Reserve ⓘ energy conservation programs for major appliances ⓘ energy efficiency labeling requirements ⓘ
focusesOn	improvement of vehicle fuel economy ⓘ management of strategic oil reserves ⓘ reduction of petroleum consumption ⓘ
hasComponent	Corporate Average Fuel Economy program ⓘ Energy Policy and Conservation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Strategic Petroleum Reserve ⓘ surface form: Strategic Petroleum Reserve program
intendedEffect	encourage development of energy-efficient technologies ⓘ provide emergency fuel supply through oil reserves ⓘ reduce dependence on imported oil ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
policyArea	energy policy of the United States ⓘ environmental policy of the United States ⓘ transportation policy of the United States ⓘ
primaryGoal	energy conservation ⓘ energy security ⓘ improvement of energy efficiency ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 94-163 ⓘ
regulates	fuel economy of light trucks ⓘ fuel economy of passenger automobiles ⓘ
requires	energy efficiency standards for certain consumer products ⓘ energy use labeling for appliances ⓘ fuel economy testing procedures for vehicles ⓘ
responseTo	1973 oil crisis ⓘ
shortName	EPCA ⓘ
signedBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
yearEnacted	1975 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Energy Policy Act of 2005 → amends → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

Strategic Petroleum Reserve → legalBasis → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

94th United States Congress → passed → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

Energy Policy and Conservation Act → hasComponent → Energy Policy and Conservation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products

SPR → legalBasis → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Petroleum Reserve

SPR → relatedTo → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Petroleum Reserve

this entity surface form: Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975

Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 → relatedTo → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

Arab oil embargo → influenced → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 → amends → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

National Energy Conservation Policy Act → amends → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

National Energy Conservation Policy Act → relatedTo → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

EPCA → fullName → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

Corporate Average Fuel Economy program → legalBasis → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975

Public Law 94-163 → shortName → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

Public Law 94-163 → title → Energy Policy and Conservation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to increase domestic energy supplies and availability; to restrain energy demand; and to prepare for energy emergencies, and for other purposes