Evaluation of possible actions to alleviate the natural gas shortage in California. Final report. SRI project 4684
Possible actions to alleviate the consequences of the natural gas shortage in California before the arrival of deliveries from the North Slope of Alaska in 1982 are examined. An overview of actions available to the State of California through legislative or administrative means, or through influencing Federal actions, is provided as well as a list of options available to natural gas customers to alleviate the effects of the shortage. Unless actions are taken to increase the reliability and quantity of natural gas supplies and reduce the demand for natural gas in California the following consequences are possible: emergency load reduction measures will be necessary to maintain gas supply to businesses that presently lack the ability to burn an alternative fuel; due to combustion of alternative fuels rather than natural gas, sulfur oxide pollutant emissions will increase; demands for fuel oil by customers denied natural gas will require additional desulfurization capacity at existing refineries as well as construction of new refineries; and California energy consumers will pay nearly $2 billion per year more for alternative fuels in the absence of adequate supplies of natural gas. The following measures are recommended to alleviate the short-term impact: (1) changes in Federal gas allocation schemes; (2) increased storage capacity for natural gas and alternative fuels; (3) continue conservation efforts and monitor progress; (4) support legislation to permit California to compete for new natural gas supplies; (5) expedite development of existing natural gas fields in California; and (6) expedite Federal and state regulatory proceedings to permit supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and substitute natural gas (SNG) to be delivered to California.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7105873
- Report Number(s):
- NP-21848
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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