Report to Congress on the economic impact of energy actions as required by Public Law 93-275, Section 18(d)

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6493686

The analyses of economic impacts of energy actions form the basis of this report. The DOE program offices determine if proposed actions are likely to have major impacts which require regulatory and economic impact analysis and perform the analysis with assistance from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). A primary criterion for a major impact is whether an action would impose costs of $100 million or more in any year. The first chapter provides a summary of the economic impact analyses for the actions with major impacts taken during the year. These actions included two regulatory changes with respect to heavy crude oil produced in California, a change in price regulations for resale of crude oil, and energy efficiency targets for thirteen appliances. Chapter II provides a listing of the fifty-four FEA/DOE energy actions taken during the last year, most of which did not require economic analyses. Chapter III provides a recommendation, required by Section 18(d), with respect to the need for new Federal programs of employment or economic assistance to minimize the effects of the energy shortage or energy actions. The Executive Order 12044 and DOE Guidelines which establish directions for economic analyses or regulating actions form Appendices A and B. The complete regulatory analysis of the two California Crude Oil actions is provided in Appendix C, the crude oil resale price amendments are analyzed in Appendix D, and the full analysis of the economic impact of meeting the appliance efficiency targets is provided in Appendix E.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Analytical Services
• OSTI ID: 6493686
• Report Number(s): DOE/PE-0007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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APPLIANCES
CALIFORNIA
COMPLIANCE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EVALUATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
MARKET
NORTH AMERICA
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
RECOMMENDATIONS
REGULATIONS
USA
WESTERN REGION