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The Domestic Natural Gas and Oil Initiative
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ACTION 4.0 - Support Natural Gas Regulatory Reform and a "Contract Portfolio"
Approach ................................................. 50
4.1 Ensure Robust Secondary Markets for Pipeline Capacity ................. .52
4.2 Encourage Open Access to the Electric Transmission Grid ................ 52
4.3 Expedite Construction of New Natural Gas Facilities .................... 53
4.4 Encourage Open Access for Natural Gas Transporters Through Distributors,
to Resolve the "Contract Portfolio" Issue .............................. 53
4.5 Promote the Use of Efficient Natural Gas and Electricity Pricing ........... .54
4.6 Encourage the End of Fuel-Specific Subsidies .......................... 54
4.7 Foster the Use of Incentive Rate Design .............................. 55
4.8 Encourage the Elimination of Regulations that Inhibit the Use of Natural Gas
in Vehicles .................................................... 55
4.9 Encourage the Use of Natural Gas for Electric Power Generation ........... .55
ACTION 5.0 - Provide Information Services .................................. 56
5.1 Develop an Energy and Resources Mapping and Information System ........ .56
5.2 Enhance the Energy Information Administration's Natural Gas Storage
Data Collection ................................................. 56
5.3 Develop a "One-Stop-Shopping" Contact List Readily Accessible to a
Clearinghouse for the Natural Gas and Oil Industry ..................... .57
STRATEGIC ACTIVITY III - IMPROVE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION
AND DECISIONMAKING .................................................. 59
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF STRATEGIC ACTIVITY III ACTIONS ............... .59
ACTION 6.0 - Simplify Regulations Without Compromising Environmental Protection . . 60
6.1 Streamline State and Federal Regulation ............................. . 61
6.2 Enhance State and Federal Regulatory Decisionmaking Capability .......... 63
6.3 Progress Beyond Command-and-Control Regulation ..................... .65
6.4 Enhance Dialogue through Industry/Government/Public Partnerships ....... .67
6.5 Review the Findings and Recommendations of the National Petroleum
Council's Report on U.S. Oil Refining ................................ 68
6.6 Enhance the Scope of the National Petroleum Council ................... .70
ACTION 7.0 - Evaluate Production From Federal Lands ......................... .70
7.1 Continue the Interagency Energy Coordinating Group ................... .70
7.2 Develop the Natural Gas and Oil Resources of the Naval Oil Shale Reserves .. 71
7.3 Increase Production on the Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf ............ 72
7.4 Assess Options for Developing Marginal Prospects on the Gulf of Mexico Outer
Continental Shelf ............................................... 73
7.5 Enhance the Ability of Smaller Operators to Meet Outer Continental Shelf
Financial Requirements .......................................... 73First Annual Progress Report
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