National Energy Conservation Policy Act

{{Short description|US federal law concerning saving electricity}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox U.S. legislation

| shorttitle = National Energy Conservation Policy Act

| othershorttitles = National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978

| longtitle = An Act for the relief of Jack R. Misner.

| colloquialacronym = NECPA

| nickname = Federal Photovoltaic Utilization Act

| enacted by = 95th

| effective date = November 9, 1978

| public law url = https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-92/pdf/STATUTE-92-Pg3206.pdf

| cite public law = 95-619

| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|92|3206}}

| acts amended = Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975

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| title amended = 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare

| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|42|91}} § 8201 et seq.

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| introducedin = House

| introducedbill = {{USBill|95|H.R.|5037}}

| introducedby = Jack Kemp (R–NY)

| introduceddate = March 14, 1977

| committees = House Ways and Means, Senate Finance

| passedbody1 = House

| passeddate1 = July 18, 1978

| passedvote1 = Passed

| passedbody2 = Senate

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| passeddate2 = September 13, 1978

| passedvote2 = Passed, in lieu of inserted {{USBill|95|S.|2057}}, amended {{USBill|95|S.|701}}, & certain provisions of {{USBill|95|H.R.|8444}}

| conferencedate = October 6, 1978

| passedbody3 = Senate

| passeddate3 = October 9, 1978

| passedvote3 = [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/95-1978/s1103 86-3]

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| passedbody4 = House

| passeddate4 = October 14, 1978

| passedvote4 = [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/95-1978/h1530 231-168]

| signedpresident = Jimmy Carter

| signeddate = November 9, 1978

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The National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 (NECPA, {{USStatute|95|619|92|3206|1978|11|9}}) is a United States statute that was enacted as part of the National Energy Act.

The H.R. 5037 legislation was passed by the 95th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on November 9, 1978.{{cite web |url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=30136 |title = Jimmy Carter: "National Energy Bills Remarks on Signing H.R. 4018, H.R. 5263, H.R. 5037, H.R. 5146, and H.R. 5289 Into Law. ," November 9, 1978 |author1= Gerhard Peters |author2 = John T. Woolley |publisher = University of California - Santa Barbara |work = The American Presidency Project |accessdate= 16 July 2016}}

Energy demand management programs had been legislated earlier in California and Wisconsin as early as 1975.