10 CFR § 420.1 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "10 CFR § 420.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "420.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "420"
part_name: "STATE ENERGY PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Title III, part B, as amended, of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 ); Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 )"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 35895, July 8, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "420"
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# 420.1 Purpose and scope.

It is the purpose of this part to promote the conservation of energy, to reduce the rate of growth of energy demand, and to reduce dependence on imported oil through the development and implementation of a comprehensive State Energy Program and the provision of Federal financial and technical assistance to States in support of such program.