California Energy Commission 1979 biennial report

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6973194

The California Energy Commission recommends a course of action to meet new electrical-generating capacity needs within the upcoming 12-year planning cycle. The Commission also provides policy recommendations for the the Commission, the governor, the legislature, and other state agencies to implement a transitional energy strategy to ensure that California's future electrical energy needs be met. In assessing the need, four components are identified: growth in demand; compensation for facility retirements; replacement of power currently transferred from the Pacific Northwest; and the necessity to displace utility oil and gas use by approximately 50% by 1990. Independent studies have shown that conservation and alternative energy resources have become economically and technically feasible, while the future monetary, social, and environmental costs of conventional energy sources such as oil and nuclear energy are in serious question. In the plans, though, conventional sources are not being abandoned, but are part of a mixed strategy which also develops alternative energy sources to guarantee uninterrupted energy supplies in the future.

• OSTI ID: 6973194
• Report Number(s): NP-25018
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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CALIFORNIA
DECISION MAKING
DEMAND
DEMAND FACTORS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUPPLIES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
NORTH AMERICA
PLANNING
POWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
STATE GOVERNMENT
USA
WESTERN REGION