42 U.S.C. § 16181: Goals

increasing the efficiency of all energy intensive sectors through conservation and improved technologies; promoting diversity of energy supply; decreasing the dependence of the United States on foreign energy supplies; improving the energy security of the United States; and decreasing the environmental impact of energy-related activities. Energy efficiency for buildings, energy-consuming industries, and vehicles. Electric energy generation (including distributed generation), transmission, and storage. Renewable energy technologies, including wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, hydrogen-fueled systems, biomass-based systems, biofuels, and hydropower. Fossil energy, including power generation, onshore and offshore oil and gas resource recovery, and transportation fuels. Nuclear energy, including programs for existing and advanced reactors, and education of future specialists. The Secretary shall provide mechanisms for input on the annually published goals from industry, institutions of higher education, and other public sources. Nothing in subsection (a) or the annually published goals creates any new authority for any Federal agency, or may be used by any Federal agency, to support the establishment of regulatory standards or regulatory requirements.