Integrating policy analysis. Northwest Energy Policy Project Study Module VII. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:7099605

A study of the energy economy of the Pacific Northwest was undertaken. A major goal of the Project was to identify policy options available to governors and legislatures in the region and to assess the likely impacts of alternative policies on future patterns of energy consumption and production in relation to other factors. The policy challenges facing the region stem from changes in supply conditions of electricity, gas, and oil. Chapter 1 discusses the patterns of energy supply use in the region over the past two decades and identifies the changes that have begun to occur in the Pacific Northwest's energy economy during the 1970s. Chapter 2 discusses the implications of these changes for regional energy policy and identifies the key policy issues facing the region. Chapter 3 presents alternative forecasts of future energy demand and supply. Impacts on households and industry of higher energy prices are also analyzed. Chapter 4 presents a profile of the region's environment, and discusses how future energy growth and environmental protection policies are likely to affect the environment. Chapter 5 analyzes the potential for energy conservation and evaluates alternative regional conservation policies. Chapter 6 examines several policy issues pertaining to energy supply. Chapter 7 summarizes the key findings with respect to regional energy policy and poses the critical choices with respect to growth, conservation, and the environment that will face the region over the rest of the century.

• Research Organization: Charles River Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7099605
• Report Number(s): NP-23219
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
292000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Supply
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293000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
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COST
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SUPPLIES
FORECASTING
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
IDAHO
LEGAL ASPECTS
NORTH AMERICA
OREGON
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
USA
WASHINGTON