Review of DOE's response to the committee report on emergency proparedness. Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session, September 13, 1984
Energy Secretary Donald Hodel was the principal witness at a hearing reviewing DOE's preparation for an energy crisis of global proportions. The purpose was to learn what DOE has done in the past year to remedy the findings of a committee review of DOE's test response to an international oil crisis (AST-4) that found current emergency plans to be inadequate. Hodel responded that only net losses of oil supply could lead to problems, and cited several conditions which reduce the risk of a net loss of supply. He also noted the failure of government price and allocation efforts and the fact that impacts of higher oil prices on average households would be less than previously expected. He outlined four options for mitigating economic impacts. Additional correspondence and an appendix with DOE's response to the committee report follow his testimony.
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- 5797473
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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