Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
President: George W. Bush
Requires executive agencies to prepare and publish a Statement of Energy Effects for regulatory actions that are significant under EO 12866 and likely to have a significant adverse energy effect, or that OIRA designates.
Status: In effect.
Is Executive Order 13211 still in effect? Yes. Active; agencies continue applying the energy-effects review.
What does Executive Order 13211 do?
The order assigned these duties: Rulemaking agency — Determine whether an action meets the significant-energy-action test; Rulemaking agency — Prepare alternatives and adverse-energy-effects analysis when covered.
Before and after
Before the order
EO 12866 review did not separately require a public analysis focused on adverse effects on energy supply, distribution or use.
After the order
OIRA issued implementation guidance in July 2001. Agencies still cite and apply EO 13211 in rulemaking analyzes, including in 2026, usually explaining why a rule is not a significant energy action.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Rulemaking agency | Determine whether an action meets the significant-energy-action test | During regulatory development |
| Rulemaking agency | Prepare alternatives and adverse-energy-effects analysis when covered | With its EO 12866 submission |
| Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | Issue guidance, review statements and designate additional actions where appropriate | Ongoing |
| Rulemaking agency | Publish the statement or a summary | In the related proposed and final rules |
What happened next
EO 13211 signed.
OMB issued Memorandum M-01-27 with thresholds and implementation guidance.
EPA’s current official summary continued to describe the order as applicable.
EPA again evaluated a rule under EO 13211 in the Federal Register.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
EO 13211 is an internal regulatory-review directive with an express no-private-right clause. It preserves otherwise available review of the underlying agency action, but compliance claims ordinarily turn on the governing statute and Administrative Procedure Act rather than a private cause of action under the order.
Sources by type
If a source is unavailable, first check the cited publisher or another official repository. The cited publisher remains the authority.
Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- Federal Register — 2026 agency application (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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