H. R. 1543: This Act may be cited as the Comprehensive Energy Policy Act of 1991, introduced in the House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 21, 1991

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OSTI ID:5070233

This bill would encourage cost effective energy conservation and energy efficiency and would permit the exploration, development, production, purchase, and sale of domestic energy resources to the maximum extent practicable and in a manner consistent with environmental values. Sections of the bill describe the following: Conservation and energy efficiency in the electricity sector (electricity and utilities; residential, commercial, and Federal energy use; standards and information; and tax provisions); Conservation in the transportation sector (alternative fuels; natural gas as a transportation fuel; fuel economy; and miscellaneous); Renewable energy sources (PURPA size cap and co-firing reform; hydroelectric power regulatory reform; credit for electricity generated using solar, wind, or geothermal energy; study of tax and rate treatment of renewable energy projects; and encouragement of energy recovery from waste); Electric power (Public Utility Holding Company Act reform; miscellaneous); Natural gas regulatory reform; Oil and gas production (Arctic coastal plain domestic energy leasing; tax incentives for oil and gas exploration and production; oil pipeline deregulation; leasing of Naval Petroleum Reserve; outer continental shelf local impact assistance; western hemisphere energy policy); Coal and coal technology;Nuclear energy (licensing reform; amendment of PUHCA; and Fast Flux Test Facility).

• OSTI ID: 5070233
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
290600 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
293000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
294000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Fossil Fuels
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
299000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COCOMBUSTION
COMBUSTION
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
DEREGULATION
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY FACILITIES
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EXPLORATION
FAST REACTORS
FFTF REACTOR
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL ECONOMY
FUEL GAS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
LAWS
LEASING
LEGISLATIVE TEXT
LICENSING
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ENERGY ACT
NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATURAL GAS
NUCLEAR ENERGY
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM
PIPELINES
POWER
POWER PLANTS
PRODUCTION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT
REACTORS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
RESERVES
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
RESOURCES
SIZE
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TAX CREDITS
TAXES
TEST REACTORS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
WIND POWER PLANTS