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Title: Fiscal Year 1986 Department of Energy Authorization (Conservation and Renewable Energy). Volume III. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, March 5, 7, 1985

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OSTI ID:6273569

Volume III of the hearing record covers two days of hearings on DOE budget requests for energy conservation and renewable energy programs. The witnesses included DOE and several panels of representatives of utility regulatory commissions, the solar industry, research laboratories, organizations involved in building construction and engineering, private citizens, and others interested in the efficient use of energy and the development of alternative energy sources. Energy Under Secretary William Patrick Collins defended the budget request as consistent with the goals of the fourth national energy policy plan in its support of a mix of technologies. Witnesses described successful efforts, such as the Building and Community Systems and the Industrial Energy Conservation Programs, as well as progress reports on the various technologies. An appendix with additional material submitted for the record follows the testimony.

OSTI ID:
6273569
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English