Creating energy choices for the western region

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7121335

Shortly after the publication of ERDA-48, A National Plan for Energy Research, Development and Demonstration: Creating Energy Choices for the Future, the Energy Research and Development Administration held a series of regional meetings to provide the public with an opportunity to exchange information and opinions about Federal energy planning. To obtain similar evaluation of and comments on ERDA-76-1, ERDA is holding a second series of regional meetings. The need for these meetings is based on the belief that the ultimate decisions about the level of energy to be consumed in the country and the technologies to be employed will be made by the nation as a whole. This iterative approach allows the public, industry, universities, and state and local governments to voice their opinions about the nation's energy policy. In May 1976, ERDA, in conjunction with the Western Governors' Regional Energy Policy Office, sponsored hearings in Denver, Colorado. The states involved were Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. The agenda, which was drawn up to reflect the major concerns of this region, focused on energy conservation, synthetic and fossil fuels technology development and commercialization, environmental and socio-economic impacts of energy resource development, solar and geothermal energy, and intensive electrification. A number of issues were defined and discussed in each of these areas, and a range of important, and often conflicting, opinions were expressed on energy planning, funding priorities, and environmental impacts. These opinions and viewpoints are summarized in this document.

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7121335
• Report Number(s): ERDA-76/1(PM-3); CONF-760597-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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294000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Fossil Fuels
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DECISION MAKING
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ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
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ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
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FUELS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEARINGS
INFORMATION
MEETINGS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
POWER
PUBLIC RELATIONS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
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