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State legislatures and energy policy in the Northeast: energy facility siting and legislative action

At the Federal level, a vast array of bureaucratic and legislative institutions are presently immersed in various explorations of energy policy and its national ramifications. Almost each of the 50 states has Energy offices. One element of the institutional/political equation, however, often is missed in studies of energy policy: the state legislature. This institution may well be vitally important to formulation of broad policies, and certainly is critical to successful implementation of certa… more

Date: June 1, 1977

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Business strategy groups lessons learned

Since FY 1977, 29 business strategy group (BSG) sessions are known to have been conducted. Four were in nuclear, 3 in resource applications, 9 in fossil energy, 10 in solar/geothermal, 1 in conservation, and 2 in EIA (systems operations and support services and programming services). DOE management needs to re-emphasize with the program mamangement the importance for the use of BSGs in the mission needs and advanced procurement plan stages of major acquisition. BSG briefings and report findings… more

Date: August 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Study of the impacts of regulations affecting the acceptance of Integrated Community Energy Systems: public utility, energy facility siting and municipal franchising regulatory programs in the United States. Preliminary background report

This report is a summary of a series of preliminary reports describing the laws and regulatory programs of the United states and each of the 50 states affecting the siting and operation of energy generating facilities likely to be used in Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICES). A brief summary of public utility regulatory programs, energy facility siting programs, and municipal franchising authority is presented in this report to identify how such programs and authority may impact on the ab… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Feurer, D. A.; Weaver, C. L.; Gallagher, K. C.; Hejna, D. & Rielley, K. J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Management of social and economic impacts associated with the construction of large-scale projects: experiences from the Western coal development communities

The construction and operation of large-scale energy or resource development projects are accompanied by environmental, social, and economic changes or impacts. Impact assessment is the key tool used to determine which impact areas will most severely affect the community and will thus need to be managed. Impact management, only recently recognized as part of the assessment process, includes public and private actions to ameliorate impacts. The use of available impact management strategies can a… more

Date: June 1, 1977

Creator: Greene, M.R. & Curry, M.G.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Whole facility energy use monitoring

Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) is conducting numerous field monitoring studies of the induces of energy in buildings. Energy use monitoring techniques have been developed to provide reliable empirical measurements of energy consumption according to enduse and time of day. These measurements are analyzed in conjunction with climate and site characteristics data to determine energy use efficiencies and identify energy conservation and load management opportunities. This paper draws upon this … more

Date: May 1, 1989

Creator: Mazzucchi, R.P. & Jo, J.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Energy and land use

This report addresses the land use impacts of past and future energy development and summarizes the major federal and state legislation which influences the potential land use impacts of energy facilities and can thus influence the locations and timing of energy development. In addition, this report describes and presents the data which are used to measure, and in some cases, predict the potential conflicts between energy development and alternative uses of the nation's land resources. The topi… more

Date: December 1, 1981

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Mobilizable RDF/d-RDF burning program

The Mobilizable RDF/d-RDF Burning Program was conceived to promote the utilization of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) as a supplement to existing fossil fuel sources in industrial-sized boilers. The program explores the design, development, and eventual construction of densified-RDF (d-RDF) for use in boiler combustion testing as a supplement to stoker coal or wood wastes. The equipment would be mounted on trailers and assembled and operated at preselected sites throughout the country where approxim… more

Date: March 1, 1982

Creator: Niemann, K. & Campbell, J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Energy Northwest: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

The four-state area, one of 10 Federal regions established to streamline Federal operations and encourage Federal-state-local cooperation, includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The sources of energy and some energy technology are first reviewed briefly. The physical characteristics and regional developments are identified. Energy reserves, production, imports, facilities, and consumption are examined for the Northwest. The following energy issues are examined: conservation, electric r… more

Date: October 1, 1977

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Quarterly report, 1 January-31 March 1980

Progress is reported in the following areas of research: characterization of organic pollutants emitted by fossil fuel processing and energy generating plants; environmental effects of using municipal solid wastes as a supplementary fuel; microbiological air quality at the Ames Municipal Solid Waste Recovery System; solid waste to methane environmental study; x-ray and ultraviolet excited optical luminescence (XEOL, UVEOL) of carcinogens - analytical possibilities; laser pumped luminescence (LP… more

Date: May 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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International data collection and analysis. Task 1

Commercial nuclear power has grown to the point where 13 nations now operate commercial nuclear power plants. Another four countries should join this list before the end of 1980. In the Nonproliferation Alternative Systems Assessment Program (NASAP), the US DOE is evaluating a series of alternate possible power systems. The objective is to determine practical nuclear systems which could reduce proliferation risk while still maintaining the benefits of nuclear power. Part of that effort is the d… more

Date: April 1, 1979

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Evaluation of energy related risk acceptance (APHA energy task force)

Living in a technological society with large energy requirements involves a number of related actities with attendant health risks, both to the working and to the general public. Therefore, the formulation of some general principles for risk acceptance is necessary. In addition to maximizing benefits and minimizing risk, relevant considerations must be made about the perception of risk as voluntary or involuntary, the number of persons collectively at risk at any one occasion, and the extent to… more

Date: January 1, 1977

Creator: Hull, A.P.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Study of the impacts of regulations affecting the acceptance of Integrated Community Energy Systems: public utility, energy facility siting and municipal franchising regulatory programs in the United States. Preliminary background report

This report is one of a series of preliminary reports describing the laws and regulatory programs of the United States and each of the 50 states affecting the siting and operation of energy generating facilities likely to be used in Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICES). Public utility regulatory statutes, energy facility siting programs, and municipal franchising authority are examined to identify how they may impact on the ability of an organization, whether or not it be a regulated util… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Feurer, D. A.; Weaver, C. L.; Gallagher, K. C.; Hejna, D. & Rielley, K. J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Potential of mediation for resolving environmental disputes related to energy facilities

This study assesses the potential of mediation as a tool for resolving disputes related to the environmental regulation of new energy facilities and identifies possible roles the Federal government might play in promoting the use of mediation. These disputes result when parties challenge an energy project on the basis of its potential environmental impacts. The paper reviews the basic theory of mediation, evaluates specific applications of mediation to recent environmental disputes, discusses t… more

Date: December 1, 1979

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Linear-programming approach to county-level energy-scenario disaggregation

Many recent national and regional Energy Planning Studies utilize the scenario approach as a framework for R and D Assessment or policy analysis, with information detail at best to the census or Reliability Council Region level. Unfortunately, such scenarios are of limited utility to State Agencies, or to those interested in environmental-impact or resource-constraint questions. This paper describes an LP disaggregation procedure to translate regional energy scenarios to county-level detail, wi… more

Date: January 1, 1977

Creator: Meier, P.M.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Decentralized energy studies: compendium of international studies and research

The purpose of the compendium is to provide information about research activities in decentralized energy systems to researchers, government officials, and interested citizens. The compendium lists and briefly describes a number of studies in other industrialized nations that involve decentralized energy systems. A contact person is given for each of the activities listed so that interested readers can obtain more information.

Date: March 1, 1980

Creator: Wallace, C.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Institutional analysis for energy policy

This report summarizes principles, techniques, and other information for doing institutional analyses in the area of energy policy. The report was prepared to support DOE's Regional Issues Identification and Assessment (RIIA) program. RIIA identifies environmental, health, safety, socioeconomic, and institutional issues that could accompany hypothetical future scenarios for energy consumption and production on a regional basis. Chapter 1 provides some theoretical grounding in institutional anal… more

Date: July 1, 1980

Creator: Morris, F.A. & Cole, R.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Report of the Task Group on operation Department of Energy tritium facilities

This report discusses the following topics on the operation of DOE Tritium facilities: Environment, Safety, and Health Aspects of Tritium; Management of Operations and Maintenance Functions; Safe Shutdown of Tritium Facilities; Management of the Facility Safety Envelope; Maintenance of Qualified Tritium Handling Personnel; DOE Tritium Management Strategy; Radiological Control Philosophy; Implementation of DOE Requirements; Management of Tritium Residues; Inconsistent Application of Requirements… more

Date: October 1, 1991

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Study of the impacts of regulations affecting the acceptance of Integrated Community Energy Systems: public utility, energy facility siting and municipal franchising regulatory programs in Arizona. Preliminary background report

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Feurer, D. A.; Weaver, C. L.; Gallagher, K. C.; Hejna, D. & Rielley, K. J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Development of a risk analysis model. Appendix E. 1,000 ton per day anaerobic digestion plant case study, Final report, October 1979

The Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating processes for the recovery of energy from urban wastes, with the intention of determining how the barriers standing in the way of commercialization of these processes can be overcome. Commercialization of any urban waste energy recovery process is constrained by many complex, uncertain components and interactions. Technical, economic, and institutional barriers presently exist which increase both the real and perceived risks of making such a ventu… more

Date: October 1, 1979

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Unreviewed safety question determination application guide

The basic purpose of the Unreviewed Safety Question Determination (USQD) process is to ascertain if a change to a facility can be made without a prior safety review and approval by the original approving body. The USQD process judges whether the change could result in the facility being outside its authorization basis. If the change could result in the facility being outside its authorization basis, the change involves an Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ). The authorization basis consists of tho… more

Date: September 1, 1991

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Validation of the Cumberland Energyplex concept. Volume 3. Appendixes. Final report

This volume contains brief appendixes of three types: (1) some topics, although their analyses were not directly requested in the contract work statement, are examined because they are central to determining the validity of the Energyplex concept (e.g., socioeconomic effects and anaerobic digestion of animal wastes to recovery energy). (2) Methane from Illinois coal beds is discussed as a potential energy resource; however detailed analysis has been prevented by the paucity of necessary geologi… more

Date: June 1, 1979

Creator: Barkhordar, P.M.; Crooks, G. & Martin, P.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Development of a risk-analysis model. Final report

This report consists of a main body, which provides a presentation of risk analysis and its general and specific application to the needs of the Office of Buildings and Community Systems of the Department of Energy; and several case studies employing the risk-analysis model developed. The highlights include a discussion of how risk analysis is currently used in the private, regulated, and public sectors and how this methodology can be employed to meet the policy-analysis needs of the Office of … more

Date: October 1, 1979

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Application of interstate compacts to energy-facility siting

This paper examines the nature and function of interstate compacts in the US, and explores their potential for helping to resolve environmental issues related to the siting and permitting of energy-producing facilities (e.g., power plants, synthetic fuel plants). Elements of state energy facility-siting programs are identified, and the ability of interstate compacts to assist in accomplishing each element is analyzed. This analysis provides the basis for assessing the potential capabilities and… more

Date: October 1, 1979

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Data bank for the geographical allocation of future U. S. energy supply facilities by county

To aid the analysis and evaluation of the biomedical and environmental effects of future energy systems, a county-level data bank of future U.S. energy supply facilities is considered. This data file attempts to fulfill a requirement for a county-level imformation source useful in future energy supply and utilization projections, and the generation of closer links between energy resources, their development and use, and a comprehensive set of the effects of energy consumption. The data file for… more

Date: May 1, 1977

Creator: Sevian, W A & Bozzo, S R

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department