10 CFR § 436.15 - Formatting cost data.

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title: "10 CFR § 436.15 - Formatting cost data."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "436.15"
section_name: "Formatting cost data."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
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part_number: "436"
part_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROGRAMS"
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regulatory_source: "44 FR 60669, Oct. 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 436.15 Formatting cost data.

In establishing cost data under §§ 436.16 and 436.17 and measuring cost effectiveness by the modes of analysis described by § 436.19 through § 436.22, a format for accomplishing the analysis which includes all required input data and assumptions shall be used. Subject to § 436.18(b), Federal agencies are encouraged to use worksheets or computer software referenced in the Life Cycle Cost Manual for the Federal Energy Management Program.