Energy Alternatives for California: The Current Crisis IV: Regulatory Aspects of Energy Policy.

William R. Harris

Expert InsightsPublished 1974

Discussion of some of the critical elements of governmental regulatory policy that are likely to affect the availability and distribution of energy--natural gas, petroleum products, and electric power--in California during the present period of scarcity. The author recommends that the state be institutionally prepared for the following energy allocation decisions: (1) participation in the Federal Power Commission's (FPC's) review of its end use natural gas priorities; (2) development of a state policy on natural gas development, conservation, and distribution that takes account of prospective FPC reallocation policies; (3) representation of the state's interests in acquisition of low sulfur petroleum products; and (4) redistribution of electric utility fuels and/or power output in the context of a statewide energy policy. (Statement before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Committee on Planning and Land Use, California State Assembly, Sacramento, December 11, 1973.) 21 pp. Ref.

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