Energy plan: Carter chooses the hard path. [Energy Mobilization Board, synfuel proposals, and utility conversion from oil]

Journal Article · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Power Line; (United States)

OSTI ID:5743588

Feeney, A

Portions of President Carter's proposed energy plan are criticized. The proposed Energy Mobilization Board (EMB) would have authority to put selected energy projects on a fast track by making sweeping exceptions to federal and local laws. The Administration bill would exempt the EMB from the Administration Procedures Act (requiring full and fair hearings), the Freedom of Information Act, and the Ethics in Government Act. According to the author this would make EMB decisions extremely hard for energy activists to challenge in court. While the synfuel programs come in for some criticism on its own, the author also sees the EMB as a means to push synfuel projects. Besides synfuels and the EMB, the author discusses Carter's proposal for utilities to cut their oil use by 50% over the next ten years. Several problems with the oil conversion are noted. One is that air pollution standards may make conversion to coal difficult or impossible. Another problem, according to the author, is that subsidies to aid utility conversions to non-oil alternatives could be used for nuclear reactors.

• OSTI ID: 5743588
• Journal Information: Power Line; (United States), Journal Name: Power Line; (United States) Vol. 5:2; ISSN POLID
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
293000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY POLICY
EVALUATION
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FUELS
FURNACES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
LEGISLATION
NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN
OIL FURNACES
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC FUELS INDUSTRY