Editorial Notes
Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(10) to (13). Pub. L. 116–260 added pars. (10) and (11) and redesignated former pars. (10) and (11) as (12) and (13), respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Coordination of Efforts

Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title VIII, § 8006, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2586, provided that: “In carrying out the amendments made by this title [enacting sections 16236, 17014, 17384a, 17387, and 17388 of this title and amending this section, section 17384 of this title and sections 3501 and 3502 of Title 25, Indians], the Secretary [probably means Secretary of Energy] shall coordinate with relevant entities to the maximum extent practicable, including—

“(1)
electric utilities;
“(2)
private sector entities;
“(3)
representatives of all sectors of the electric power industry;
“(4)
transmission organizations;
“(5)
transmission owners and operators;
“(6)
distribution organizations;
“(7)
distribution asset owners and operators;
“(8)
State, Tribal, local, and territorial governments and regulatory authorities;
“(9)
academic institutions;
“(10)
the National Laboratories;
“(11)
other Federal agencies;
“(12)
nonprofit organizations;
“(13)
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
“(14)
the North American Reliability Corporation;
“(15)
independent system operators; and
“(16)
programs and program offices at the Department.”