; or (B) demonstrating compliance through actual reductions in delivery or sales of electricity and natural gas, rather than on program savings; and (7) recommendations regarding potential changes to the programs, including to regulations and procedures for implementing the programs, or to related public policies. (b) Recommendations to Congress Not later than January 1, 2024, and every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report making recommendations for modifications and improvements to the programs established under sections 610 and 611 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (as added by this Act), including an explanation of the inconsistencies, if any, between the recommendations of the Secretary of Energy and the recommendations included in the evaluation of the National Academy of Sciences under subsection (a). 7. Conforming amendment The table of contents of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. prec. 2601) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the following: Sec. 609. Rural and remote communities electrification grants. Sec. 610. Federal renewable electricity standard. Sec. 611. Federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas suppliers. .