ommendations regarding the deployment of indus-
trial energy efficiency, including proposed regulatory 
guidance to States and relevant Federal agencies to 
address barriers to deployment. 
SEC. 8. BEST PRACTICES FOR ADVANCED METERING. 
Section 543(e) of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(e)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which guidelines are established under para-
graph (2), in a report submitted by the agency 
under section 548(a), each agency shall submit to 
the Secretary a plan describing the manner in which 
the agency will implement the requirements of para-
graph (1), including— 
‘‘(A) how the agency will designate per-
sonnel primarily responsible for achieving the 
requirements; and 
‘‘(B) a demonstration by the agency, com-
plete with documentation, of any finding that 
advanced meters or advanced metering devices 
(as those terms are used in paragraph (1)), are 
not practicable. 
‘‘(4) BEST PRACTICES REPORT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense and the Adminis-
trator of General Services, shall develop, and 
issue a report on, best practices for the use of 
advanced metering of energy use in Federal fa-
cilities, buildings, and equipment by Federal 
agencies. 
‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The report shall in-
clude, at a minimum— 
‘‘(i) summaries and analysis of the re-
ports by agencies under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(ii) recommendations on standard re-
quirements or guidelines for automated en-
ergy management systems, including— 
‘‘(I) potential common commu-
nications standards to allow data 
sharing and reporting; 
‘‘(II) means of facilitating contin-
uous commissioning of buildings and 
evidence-based maintenance of build-
ings and building systems; and 
‘‘(III) standards for sufficient 
levels of security and protection
against cyber threats to ensure sys-
tems cannot be controlled by unau-
thorized persons; and 
‘‘(iii) an analysis of— 
‘‘(I) the types of advanced meter-
ing and monitoring systems being pi-
loted, tested, or installed in Federal 
buildings; and 
‘‘(II) existing techniques used 
within the private sector or other non- 
Federal government buildings.’’. 
SEC. 9. FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND DATA COL-
LECTION STANDARD. 
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (f) 
(as added by section 434(a) of Public Law 110-140 
(121 Stat. 1614)) as subsection (g); and 
(2) in subsection (f)(7), by striking subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each facility that 
meets the criteria established by the Secretary 
under paragraph (2)(B), the energy manager 
shall use the web-based tracking system under 
subparagraph (B)—
‘‘(i) to certify compliance with the re-
quirements for— 
‘‘(I) energy and water evalua-
tions under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(II) implementation of identified 
energy and water measures under 
paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(III) follow-up on implemented 
measures under paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(ii) to publish energy and water con-
sumption data on an individual facility 
basis.’’. 
SEC. 10. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) TITLE III OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SE-
CURITY ACT OF 2007—ENERGY SAVINGS THROUGH IM-
PROVED STANDARDS FOR APPLIANCES AND LIGHTING.— 
(1) Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(u)) (as amended 
by section 301(c) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1550)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (4); and
(B) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘supplies is’’ and inserting ‘‘supply 
is’’. 
(2) Section 302(b) of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1551) is 
amended by striking ‘‘6313(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘6314(a)’’. 
(3) Section 342(a)(6) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)) (as amend-
ed by section 305(b)(2) of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1554)) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)(II)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)(II)’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) 
FACTORS.—In 
determining 
whether a standard is economically justi-
fied for the purposes of subparagraph
(A)(ii)(II), the Secretary shall, after receiv-
ing views and comments furnished with re-
spect to the proposed standard, determine 
whether the benefits of the standard ex-
ceed the burden of the proposed standard 
by, to the maximum extent practicable, 
considering— 
‘‘(I) the economic impact of the 
standard on the manufacturers and 
on the consumers of the products sub-
ject to the standard; 
‘‘(II) the savings in operating 
costs throughout the estimated aver-
age life of the product in the type (or 
class) compared to any increase in the 
price of, or in the initial charges for, 
or maintenance expenses of, the prod-
ucts that are likely to result from the 
imposition of the standard; 
‘‘(III) the total projected quan-
tity of energy savings likely to result 
directly from the imposition of the 
standard; 
‘‘(IV) any lessening of the utility 
or the performance of the products
paragraph (D), an amendment prescribed under 
this subparagraph’’. 
(4) Section 342(a)(6)(B)(iii) of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (as added by section 
306(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 (121 Stat. 1559)) is transferred and redes-
ignated as clause (vi) of section 342(a)(6)(C) of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (as amended by 
section 305(b)(2) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1554)). 
(5) Section 345 of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6316) (as amended by sec-
tion 312(e) of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1567)) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subparagraphs 
(B) 
through (G)’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (I), (J), and 
(K)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘part A’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘part B’’; 
(C) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (8), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(ii) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) section 327 shall apply with respect to 
the equipment described in section 340(1)(L) begin-
ning on the date on which a final rule establishing 
an energy conservation standard is issued by the 
Secretary, except that any State or local standard 
prescribed or enacted for the equipment before the 
date on which the final rule is issued shall not be 
preempted until the energy conservation standard 
established by the Secretary for the equipment takes 
effect.’’; 
(D) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
325(p)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
325(p)(4)’’; and 
(E) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
342(f)(3)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
342(f)(4)’’. 
(6) Section 321(30)(D)(i)(III) of the Energy 
Policy 
and 
Conservation 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
6291(30)(D)(i)(III)) 
(as 
amended 
by 
section 
321(a)(1)(A) of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1574)) is amended by 
inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘or, in 
the case of a modified spectrum lamp, not less than 
232 lumens and not more than 1,950 lumens’’. 
(7) Section 321(30)(T) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(30)(T)) (as 
amended by section 321(a)(1)(B) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 
1574)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
(i) by striking the comma after 
‘‘household 
appliance’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘and’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and is sold at retail,’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘when sold 
at retail,’’ before ‘‘is designated’’. 
(8) Section 325(l)(4)(A) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)(4)(A)) (as 
amended by section 321(a)(3)(B) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 
1581)) is amended by striking ‘‘only’’. 
(9) Section 327(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297(b)(1)(B)) (as 
amended by section 321(d)(3) of the Energy Inde-
pendence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 
1585)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking clause (iii). 
(10) Section 321(30)(C)(ii) of the Energy Pol-
icy 
and 
Conservation 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
6291(30)(C)(ii)) 
(as 
amended 
by 
section 
322(a)(1)(B) of the Energy Independence and Secu-
rity Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1587)) is amended by 
inserting a period after ‘‘40 watts or higher’’. 
(11) Section 322(b) of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1588) is 
amended by striking ‘‘6995(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘6295(i)’’. 
(12) Section 325(b) of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1596) is 
amended by striking ‘‘6924(c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘6294(c)’’. 
(13) This subsection and the amendments made 
by this subsection take effect as if included in the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 1492).
(b) ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005.— 
(1) Section 325(g)(8)(C)(ii) of the Energy Pol-
icy 
and 
Conservation 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
6295(g)(8)(C)(ii)) (as added by section 135(c)(2)(B) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) is amended by 
striking ‘‘20°F’’ and inserting ‘‘negative 20°F’’. 
(2) This subsection and the amendment made 
by this subsection take effect as if included in the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 
Stat. 594). 
(c) ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT.— 
(1) Section 340(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6311(2)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (xii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xiii) other motors.’’. 
(2) Section 343(a) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6314(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration In-
stitute’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (4)(A)
and (7) and inserting ‘‘Air-Conditioning, Heating, 
and Refrigeration Institute’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6582 
AN ACT 
To allow for innovations and alternative tech-
nologies that meet or exceed desired energy effi-
ciency goals, and to make technical corrections to 
existing Federal energy efficiency laws to allow 
American manufacturers to remain competitive.