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FROM VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2, FEBRUARY 1992

REPORTS...
ENERGY POLICY AND USE

Item #d92feb36

A Review of the National Energy Modeling System, Nat. Res. Council, Comm. on the Nat. Energy Modeling System, Jan. 1991. Available in book form in March from Nat. Acad. Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC 20418 (800-624-6242; 202-334-3313); $26 + $3 shipping.

The 16-member committee recommends that a National Energy Modeling System be developed from existing models within the Energy Information Administration (EIA), an independent, non-advocacy unit of the U.S. Department of Energy. Such a system would be useful for analyzing various energy scenarios and policy options in terms of economic, environmental and national security impacts. Development should focus on the intermediate future (2-25 years), and involve cooperation between the EIA and various public and private groups. Other recommendations are made for timing, management and design.

Item #d92feb37

Saving Energy and Reducing CO₂ with Electricity--Estimates of Potential (EPRI CU-7440), Elec. Power Res. Inst., 148 pp., Oct. 1991. Res. Reports Ctr., POB 50490, Palo Alto CA 94303 (415-965-4081); $200 (EPRI nonmembers).

Analysis of energy scenarios through the year 2010 shows that with "beneficial electrification" (whereby new and enhanced electric end use replaces inefficient fossil fuel end use), and electric efficiency measures, U.S. electric energy consumption could be reduced by 28% and U.S. CO₂ emissions from electricity generation by 26%.

Item #d92feb38

Utility Demand-Side Management Programs Can Reduce Electricity Use (GAO/RCED-92-13), 60 pp., Oct. 1991. U.S. General Accounting Office (POB 6015, Gaithersburg MD 20877; 202-275-6241). First five copies free; additional $2 each.

Examines (1) the potential for utility sponsored demand-side management programs to cut future electricity demand; (2) impediments to the effectiveness of such programs; and (3) efforts by utilities, states and federal power-marketing agencies to encourage efficient electricity use.

Item #d92feb39

The Sense and Nonsense of Energy Conservation (Contemp. Issues Ser. 45), R.B. McKenzie, 18 pp., Oct. 1991. No charge from Ctr. Study Amer. Business, Campus Box 1208, Washington Univ., St. Louis MO 63130 (314-935-5630).

This abbreviated version of a paper published by the American Petroleum Institute questions the need for an energy conservation policy to lessen America's dependence on foreign oil, and finds that markets provide the best mechanism for protecting resources and the environment. The worst enemy of the environment is not oil, energy or the market system, but poverty, as evidenced by the formerly socialist economies.

Item #d92feb40

Environmental Issues in Planning Building Energy Technologies R&D in the United States (PNL-SA-19657), B.C. Farhar (Battelle Pacific NW Labs, Richland, Wash.), F.H. Abel et al., 31 pp., Aug. 1991. NTIS: DE92-000392; $21.95.

A conference paper presented at a symposium on energy and environment (Espoo, Finland, Aug. 1991) describing projects of the U.S. Department of Energy that investigate the impact of building energy use on the environment. Three types of projects have been funded: incorporating the cost of externalities into utility electricity generation; CFC substitutes for refrigeration equipment; and indoor air quality.

Item #d92feb41

Analyzing U.S. Transportation Efficiency Standards, beyond the National Energy Strategy (NES) (PNL-SA-19822), J.M. Callaway (Battelle Pacific NW Labs, Richland, Wash.), J.A. Edmonds, 26 pp., Aug. 1991. NTIS: DE91-1018361; $13.95.

Conference paper which analyzes the effects of imposing CAFE standards in conjunction with actions contained in the President's NES. Finds that additional effects on emissions, energy use and global warming potential are small, because substantial reductions are achieved in the NES by the use of electric vehicles, methanol and natural gas.