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DOE Comprehensive National Energy Strategy (9-9-98)

In April 1998, the Department of Energy (DOE) released its Comprehensive National Energy Strategy. In developing the strategy, DOE held 3 public hearings -- in Texas, California, and Washington DC -- and received more than 300 public comments. AGI Executive Director Marcus Milling presented testimony at the Washington DC hearing, which is available on the AGI website.

The report contains five main goals for US energy policy, objectives to support those goals, and specific performance measures to track progress in meeting these goals. A brief outline of the goals and objectives follows. The full report is available on the DOE website, which also contains information on ordering copies of the report.

Goal 1: Improve the efficiency of the energy system

Support competitive and efficient electric systems
Significantly increase energy efficiency in the transportation, industrial, and building sectors by 2010.
Increase the efficiency of Federal energy use

Goal 2: Ensure against energy disruption

Reduce the vulnerability of the US economy to disruptions in oil supply
Ensure energy system reliability, flexibility, and emergency response capability

Goal 3: Promote energy production and use in ways that respect health and environmental values

Increase domestic energy production in an environmentally responsible manner
Accelerate the development and market adoption of environmentally friendly technologies

Goal 4: Expand Future Energy Choices

Maintain a strong national knowledge base as the foundation for informed energy decisions, new energy systems, and enabling technologies of the future
Develop technologies that expand long-term energy options

Goal 5: Cooperate internationally on global issues

Promote development of open, competitive international energy markets and facilitate the adoption of clean, safe, and efficient energy systems.
Promote foreign regional stability by reducing energy-related environmental risks in areas of US security interests

Please send any comments or requests for information to the AGI Government Affairs Program.

Contributed by Kasey Shewey, AGI Government Affairs
Posted September 9, 1998

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