Alaska Federal-Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act of 1979. Hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session, March 27, 1980

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6769961

The purpose of S. 1784 is to improve the electrical-generating efficiency of joint Federal-civilian sharing practices in Alaska, to increase the use of coal-fired, electrical generating power plants in Alaska, and to lower the cost of electricity to civilian and Federal users in Alaska. The bill authorizes the Secretary of any of the executive departments to sell surplus Federally-generated electric power produced in Alaska without regard to availability of power from local sources, if such action will result in reduced electrical costs to Federal or civilian consumers and, in the case of coal-fired power plants, will result in reduced consumption of oil and natural gas. The bill also obligates a Secretary, whenever practicable and consistent with the mandate of a Federal facility in Alaska, to purchase civilian-generated electrical power when the purchase of that power will result in a savings to civilian consumers and will not increase the cost to Federal consumers, or will result in a savings to Federal consumers without increasing costs to civilian consumers. The bill applies only to surplus power. It does not require building additional power plants by the Federal government to accommodate the needs of civilian consumers. DOE encourages joint-pooling practices if diversion of Federally-generated power does not interfere with the operations of Federal agencies, especially with military operations. Recommended amendments are noted.

• Research Organization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (U.S. Senate), Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6769961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296001* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power Generation-- (-1989)
ALASKA
COST
EFFICIENCY
HEARINGS
JOINT VENTURES
MARKET
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OWNERSHIP
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
POWER GENERATION
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA