Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1979

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Author: Jimmy Carter  | Date: July 10, 1979

National Energy Supply Shortage
Message to the Congress on the Implementation of Energy Conservation Contingency Plan No. 2.
July 10, 1979

To the Congress of the United States:

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, I have found and proclaimed (copy of the Proclamation is enclosed) that a severe energy supply interruption currently exists with respect to the supply of imported crude oil and petroleum products and have implemented the authority vested in me to impose emergency building temperature restrictions as set forth in Standby Energy Conservation Contingency Plan No. 2.

The Plan will become effective as of July 16, 1979. A copy of the final Department of Energy regulations which more fully explain the manner for the exercise of the Plan is enclosed.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
July 10, 1979.

NOTE: The Department of Energy regulations are printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER of July 5, 1979.

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Chicago: Jimmy Carter, "National Energy Supply Shortage Message to the Congress on the Implementation of Energy Conservation Contingency Plan No. 2.," Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1979 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1979 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), Pp.2300-2302 Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2022, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L98A41U3AX5DTT4.

MLA: Carter, Jimmy. "National Energy Supply Shortage Message to the Congress on the Implementation of Energy Conservation Contingency Plan No. 2." Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1979, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1979 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), Pp.2300-2302, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2022. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L98A41U3AX5DTT4.

Harvard: Carter, J, 'National Energy Supply Shortage Message to the Congress on the Implementation of Energy Conservation Contingency Plan No. 2.' in Public Papers of Jimmy Carter, 1979. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1979 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), Pp.2300-2302. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2022, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L98A41U3AX5DTT4.