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Introduction
For a number of years, analyses of minority household energy demand have been
supported by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Economic Impact
and Diversity (formerly the Office of Minority Economic Impact).1 The intention of these
analyses has been to characterize patterns of energy demand by various demographic,
regional and socioeconomic groups and to develop analytical tools to assess the
distributive impact of energy prices and policy on these groups. The model supports
strategic objectives outlined by the Department of Energy to explicitly recognize and
promote equity in state public utility commission decisions and to assess the potential
impact of federal and state energy policy on demographically diverse groups as reported in
the Department's Annual Energy Outlook and the upcoming National Energy Policy Plan.
The legislation mandating the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity had been
premised on the assumption that patterns of energy demand for minority households are
different from the population as a whole. Determining the validity of this premise and its
potential economic impact on different population groups has been a major objective of
these analyses. Consequently, the recripriocal impacts of energy policy on demographic
groups and energy consumption and expenditure dynamics on policy formulation and
strategy is a central objective of these studies.
Residential energy demand research has been substantial in the past twenty years.
' The Office of Minority Economic Impact (now the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity) was
created in 1979 as a result of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act. It is a statutory agency
responsible for monitoring the impacts of energy events and policies on racial minorities in the United
States and for formally reporting such impacts to the Secretary of the Department of Energy (See, Wray,
1991; Henderson, 1981).
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Poyer, D.A. & Henderson, L. Energy policy: Comparative effects on minority population groups, article, June 1, 1995; Illinois. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc791746/m1/3/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.