DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ISSUES RULE: RESCINDING THE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND BUILDINGS OWNED BY UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC CARE INSTITUTIONS REGULATIONS

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Department Of Energy has issued a rule called: Rescinding the Grant Programs for Schools and Hospitals and Buildings Owned by Units of Local Government and Public Care Institutions Regulations.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 14 by Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

Summary: The Department of Energy (DOE) publishes a final rule to eliminate the subject regulations due to their non-applicability to operating DOE programs. In 1996, DOE consolidated legacy programs into the State Energy Program and determined all programming would be regulated through a different regulatory framework, leaving the regulations at this part without utility. Now, these r...