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Geopressured-geothermal energy development: government incentives and institutional structures

Description: The following subjects are included: a geothermal resource overview, the evolution of the current Texas geopressured-geothermal institutional structure, project evaluation with uncertainty and the structure of incentives, the natural gas industry, the electric utility industry, potential governmental participants in resource development, industrial users of thermal energy, current government incentives bearing on geopressured-geothermal development, six profiles for utilization of the geopressu… more
Date: January 1, 1979
Creator: Frederick, D.O.; Prestwood, D.C.L.; Roberts, K. & Vanston, J.H. Jr.
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Powerplant Productivity Improvement Study: project summary report

Description: Key findings from the Illinois Powerplant Productivity Improvement Study are: (1) the historic performance (equivalent availability) of large generating units in Illinois is below national average performance; (2) cost-effective opportunities to improve performance exist, and utilities pursue many of these; (3) there are no strong regulatory disincentives to the undertaking of productivity improvement projects, but no strong incentives either; (4) current utility practices, procedures, and mana… more
Date: December 21, 1979
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Modeling approaches to long-run integrated technological impact analysis

Description: Analysis of the energy-economic-environmental impacts of energy policies, such as a major synthetic fuels program, requires methodologies that reflect the potential benefits and costs of proposed policy alternatives. Energy policies typically have secondary economic and environmental effects as well as direct effects on energy itself, and these must collectively be assessed to provide a complete basis for policy selection. The focus of this report is on approaches to the analysis of long-term i… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Groncki, P.J.
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Building retrofit for cities

Description: The impact of high fuel prices on retrofit in the urban sector is discussed. Then, the benefits of a strong urban retrofit program are enumerated. Institutional, financial, informational, and attitudinal barriers that stand in the way of widespread implementation of energy conservation retrofit are discussed. Policy tools which can be used to implement a retrofit program consist of tax breaks, financing arrangements, mandatory building efficiency standards, and education programs.
Date: November 1, 1979
Creator: Heinrich, H.
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Powerplant Productivity. Improvement Study: current practices in Illinois utilities towards powerplant productivity. Final report, Project 1, Task 1

Description: Efforts of this task indicate that powerplant productivity is a complex issue that has to take into account economic factors, equipment limitations, and system-loading characteristics as well as external constraints such as regulatory requirements. Among the specific findings are: (1) utilities in Illinois use the industry-wide measures of performance such as capacity factor, availability factor, forced outage rates etc.; equivalent availability as a measure is not in common practice; (2) sever… more
Date: April 5, 1979
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Electricity cogeneration in urban areas

Description: Some of the social and regulatory constraints to increased cogeneration of electricity and thermal energy are examined. Environmental regulations, taxation, and potential cost burdens on other utility customers are given particular attention. (MCW)
Date: November 1, 1979
Creator: Johnson, K.E.
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Institutional arrangements for the reduction of proliferation risks formulation, evaluation, and implementation of institutional concepts

Description: The purpose of this study was to: (1) identify alternative institutional arrangements applicable to the sensitive steps in the back-end of the fuel cycle that might reduce their associated proliferation risks; and (2) assess their advantages and disadvantages from the standpoint of nonproliferation effectiveness and political, economic, and operational acceptability. The concept of international or multinational custody of sensitive materials and facilities was found to offer a high degree of p… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Kratzer, M.B.; Wonder, E.F.; Gray, J.E.; Shantzis, S.B.; Sievering, N.F.; Paige, H.W. et al.
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Intergroup welfare comparisons using aggregate consumption data

Description: In this paper, the distributional impact of President Carter's domestic-oil-price decontrol program on different groups of households in the economy, distinguished by income, age of head of household, size of household, region (Northeast, North Central, South, and West), residential location (urban/rural), and race (white/non-white), is explored. The specific question being addressed is: how much additional disposable income (called compensating variation, which may be negative) should be given… more
Date: August 1, 1979
Creator: Jorgenson, D.W.; Lau, L.J. & Stoker, T.M.
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Powerplant Productivity Improvement Study: benefits of improved powerplant reliability. Final report, Project 2, Task 2

Description: A summary of total cumulative fuel consumption differences by fuel type through 1990 for four improvement scenarios is presented for Commonwealth Edison Company (CE) and for Illinois Power Company (IP). In all scenarios, liquid-fuel consumption is reduced. Generation is shifted to the coal and/or nuclear units for which improved availability has been assumed. For a 2% improvement in both planned (POR) and forced outage rates (FOR), a total of more than 16 million barrels of No. 6 oil will have … more
Date: June 5, 1979
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Use of benefit-cost analysis in establishing Federal radiation protection standards: a review

Description: This paper complements other work which has evaluated the cost impacts of radiation standards on the nuclear industry. It focuses on the approaches to valuation of the health and safety benefits of radiation standards and the actual and appropriate processes of benefit-cost comparison. A brief historical review of the rationale(s) for the levels of radiation standards prior to 1970 is given. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) established numerical design objectives for light water reactors… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Erickson, L. E.
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Geothermal development in southwest Idaho: the socioeconomic data base

Description: This report inventories, analyzes, and appraises the existing socioeconomic data base for the ten counties in southwest Idaho that would be impacted by any significant geothermal development. The inventory describes key sociological demographic, and economic characteristics, and presents spatial boundaries, housing data, and projections of population and economic activity for the counties. The inventory identifies the significant gaps in the existing data base and makes recommendations for futu… more
Date: September 1, 1979
Creator: Spencer,S.G. & Russell, B.F. (eds.)
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Institutional arrangements for the reduction of proliferation risks formulation, evaluation, and implementation of institutional concepts. Appendices

Description: The purpose of this supporting analysis is to provide a foundation for developing a model, an international or multinational institution capable of accomodating the back end of the fuel cycle, while meeting US nonproliferation goals. The analysis is based on a review of selected, defunct and extant institutions which, although not necessarily concerned with nonproliferation, have faced a trade-off between acceptability and effectiveness in meeting their objectives. Discussion of the various ins… more
Date: December 1, 1979
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Institutional arrangements for the reduction of proliferation risks. Formulation, evaluation, and implementation of institutional concepts

Description: The purpose of this study was to: (1) identify alternative institutional arrangements applicable to the sensitive steps in the back-end of the fuel cycle that might reduce their associated proliferation risks; and (2) assess their advantages and disadvantages from the standpoint of nonproliferation effectiveness and political, economic, and operational acceptability. The concept of international or multinational custody of sensitive materials and facilities was found to offer a high degree of p… more
Date: December 1, 1979
Creator: Kratzer, M.B.; Wonder, E.F.; Gray, J.E.; Shantzis, S.B.; Sievering, N.F.; Paige, H.W. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Study of capital requirements for solar energy. Final report, Volume 1. Analysis of the macroeconomic effects of increased solar energy market penetration

Description: This report defines the analytical framework for, and presents the results of, a study to determine the macroeconomic effects of increased market penetration of solar energy technologies over the 1977-2000 time period. For the purposes of this document, solar technologies are defined as wind, photovoltaics, ocean thermal electric (OTEC), small-scale (non-utility) hydroelectric and all solar active and passive thermal technologies. This research has been undertaken in support of the National Pla… more
Date: July 19, 1979
Creator: Pleatsikas, C.J.; Hudson, E.A.; O'Connor, D.C. & Funkhouser, D.H.
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Problems of hydroelectric development at existing dams: an analysis of institutional, economic, and environmental restraints in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland

Description: The methodology that has been developed to analyze the impact of possible government actions on the development of small-scale hydroelectric power in the United States is described. The application of the methodology to a specific region of the United States is also described. Within the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) region, the methodology has been used to evaluate the significance of some of the existing institutional and economic constraints on hydroelectric development at existing … more
Date: April 1, 1979
Creator: Taylor, R. J. & Green, L. L.
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Idaho geothermal commercialization program. Semi-annual report, January-June 1979

Description: The task accomplished during the first six months of the cooperative agreement between the US Department of Energy and the Idaho Office of Energy is summarized, concentrating on geothermal resource data, regional and local development plans, energy and economic factors and institutional factors.
Date: June 1, 1979
Creator: McClain, D.W. & Eastlake, W.B.
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Survey of Indian issues in the state of New Mexico relating to uranium mining and milling

Description: (Estimates of Indian uranium resources range from 11 to 50% of the US total resources. About 17% of New Mexico's reserves are known to be on Indian lands. New Mexico has produced almost half of the nation's uranium supply; over half of the known reserves are located within the state. However, the state has virtually no jurisdiction over development of Indian uranium. As a result, economic and environmental impacts on the state are beyond its control. The lack of state and federal control over t… more
Date: November 1, 1979
Creator: Vandevender, S.G.; Barsumian, L. & Gurbaxani, S.H.
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Direct regional energy/economic modeling (DREEM) design

Description: This report summarizes an investigation into the use of regional and multiregional economic models for estimating the indirect and induced impacts of Federally-mandated energy policies. It includes an examination of alternative types of energy policies that can impact regional economies and the available analytical frameworks for measuring the magnitudes and spatial extents of these impacts. One such analytical system, the National Regional Impact Evaluation System (NRIES), currently operationa… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Hall, P.D. & Pleatsikas, C.J.
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Comparative study on the impact of coal and uranium mining, processing, and transportation in the western United States

Description: A comparative study and quantitative assessment of the impacts, costs and benefits associated with the mining, processing and transportation of coal and uranium within the western states, specifically Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming are presented. The western states possess 49% of the US reserve coal base, 67% of the total identified reserves and 82% of the hypothetical reserves. Western coal production has increased at an average annual … more
Date: June 1, 1979
Creator: Sandquist, G.M.
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Community systems programs that may help small businesses survive in the 80's

Description: In 1975, the Community Systems Program (CSP) was established in the Energy and Environmental Systems (EES) Division at Argonne for research in areas of community systems and their application. The work in EES includes research and long-range planning and development. Some of the work in the program is described and how it is applied in the local community is explained. The programs, if successful, will affect all economic levels. The basic premise behind the efforts is the saving of energy and … more
Date: January 1, 1979
Creator: Clifford, D W
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Geopressured-geothermal resource development on public free school lands

Description: The study's findings and recommendations are based upon analysis of the following: financial and economic feasibility of geopressured-geothermal resource development; possible ecological, social, and economic impacts of resource development on PFSL; and legal issues associated with resource development. The results of the analysis are summarized and are discussed in detail in a series of four technical papers which accompany this volume. Existing rules of the General Land Office (GLO), the Scho… more
Date: July 1, 1979
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Energy planning with solar and conservation: individual values and community choice

Description: Conflict among the priorities of individuals, private sector businesses, and government entities makes the transition to a renewable energy-resource base a difficult one. These conflicts are intensified by the overwhelming number of externalities created by the actions of each of these decision making groups. This paper explores the nature of some of these conflicts and externalities and gives an illustrative example of the benefits to be derived from community energy planning. Community energy… more
Date: January 1, 1979
Creator: Noll, S.A.; Roach, F. & Palmiter, L.
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Regional Issue Identification and Assessment (RIIA): an analysis of the mid-range projection, Series C Scenario

Description: The Department of Energy has hypothesized a number of alternate energy futures as part of its energy planning and analysis programs. How a proposed energy future called the Mid-Range Projection Series C Scenario would affect Federal Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico) is examined in this report. This scenario assumes a medium supply and a medium demand for fuel through 1990, and it incorporates the fuel-switching provisions of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coo… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Honea, B. & Hillsman, E.
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Market for ethanol feed joint products

Description: This report presents results of econometric estimations and mathematical simulations of markets for joint feed products of motor ethanol. The major issues considered are the nature of current market price relationships, effects on prices, including feed substitutes prices, and effects of demands for increased use of distillers' grains and gluten meal. The econometric section shows that soybean meal was by far the dominant force in the pricing of the two products. However, neither one could be a… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Hertzmark, D. & Gould, B.
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