Electric energy supply in the New York area: environmental damage, economic development and the political decision-making process. Final report, 1 September 1972-31 August 1974

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:5749411

The possible impact of areawide residential location policy on future residential electricity usage in the Tri-State Metropolitan Region centering on New York City is investigated. At the outset this project was devoted to testing a number of hypotheses: that the growth of the electric energy supply in New York was likely to fall short of demand because of insufficient generating capacity, that the resulting effects might make a case for relaxing environmental standards, that management of supply would be essential, and that governmental processes were not dealing effectively with the problem. The energy crisis, though, has changed the hypotheses. The limits to the power supply are much more likely to be a function of the price of fuels, and there is a much greater price elasticity of demand for electricity than was initially expected. Thus, in midstream this project changed its focus to the consequences of higher electricity prices in terms of electricity use, residential location, and economic development. It has produced estimates and projections of effects which have policy implications, but not policy answers.

• Research Organization: New York Regional Energy Study, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5749411
• Report Number(s): PB-293059
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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