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Date June 24, 1983 Report No. EMD-82-88S Title

Energy: Issues Concerning DOE Justification for Building the Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant

4 tsu7?sJ SUPPLEMENTTOAREPORTBYTHE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES issues Concerning The Department Of Energy’s Justification For Building The Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant This supplement contains GAO’s analysis of and response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) comments on GAO’s May 25, 1982, report on the same subject. In that report, GAO raised a number of questions abou...
Date April 15, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-143 Title

Energy: Data on DOE's Uranium Enrichment Program

bl ;I’ ,, Je STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, UNITE0 ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE rzll53 AN0 RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION April B-207463 15, 1983 The Honorable Gordon J. Humphrey Subcommittee on Regional Chairman, and Community Development Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: "." Subject: ! Data .&n DOE's Uranium 1TGAOyRCED-83-143) En...
Date April 8, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-112 Title

Energy: Status of the Great Plains Coal Gasification Project

Ei’ Ti-lECOMPTROLLEkGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Status Of The Great Plains Coal Gasif ication Project Construction of the Great Plains coal gasification plant in North Dakota was 4 weeks behind schedule as of December 31, 1982, but cumulative project costs were less than originally estimated as of that date. The Great Plains project administrator established an extensive o...
Date Sept. 24, 1982 Report No. 119572 Title

Energy: The Methanol Transportation Fuel Market

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Sentember 24, 1982, Statement of Kevin Boland Energy and Minerals Division Acting Deputy Director, Before the Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce F. Mr. Chairman 119572 and Members to discuss of the Subcommittee: observations reguest I appreciate resulting fro...
Date May 25, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-88 Title

Energy: Issues Concerning the DOE Justification for Building the Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant

. RF$'ORTBY THE t Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Is&es Concerning The Department Of Energy’s Justification For Building Ttle Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant The cent Port year 8 1.2 expe i total 198 epartment of Energy IS building a gas ifuge uranium enrichment plant at mouth, Ohio. By the end of this fiscal the Department will have spent about billion on the project. The Department ts ...
Date May 14, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-23 Title

Energy: Government Support for Synthetic Pipeline Gas Uncertain and Needs Attention

Date April 23, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-42 Title

Energy: Earlier Effective Monitoring of Alcohol Fuels Projects May Have Minimized Problems

r r, i BY THEUS GENE@RAl ACCOUNTING OFFICE 1Wz”” -* Report To Representative Virginia Smith Egrlier Effective Monitoring Of Ailcohol Fuels Projects May Have dinimized Problems Although the Department of Energy’s syste for monitoring projects for the develop ent and production of alcohol fuels now se ms effective, it was not established until 7 f onths after some of the projects started ankf ...
Date Sept. 10, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-142 Title

Energy: The Oil Shale Corporation Loan Guarantee Contract

* L . NY38 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION RELEASED September 10, 1981 ' The Honorable James J. Blanchard Chairman, Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: The Oil Shale Corporation Contract (EMD-81-142) Loan Guarantee Your letter dated Au...
Date July 29, 1981 Report No. 090869 Title

Energy: Project Selection Criteria Proposed by the Synthetic Fuels Corporation

&TED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. \ FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, 1981 STATEMENTOF J. DEXTER PEACH DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE SCBCOMMITTEEON FOSSIL AND SYNTHETIC FUELS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE ON THE PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA PROPOSEDBY THE SYNTHETIC FUELS CORPORATION Mr. Chairman and Members...
Date June 1, 1981 Report No. 119344 Title

Natural Resources: Natural Gas Supplies and Federal Policy Concerning the Use of Natural Gas

. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 2:00 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1981 . STATEMENT 0F J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOSSIL AND SYNTHETIC FUELS ROUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE. ,,,., >.,*.,,.. .-.-119344 . . Mr. Chairman ang Members of the Subcommittee: to be here . today policy to discuss c...
Date May 15, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-86 Title

Energy: Large Businesses Dominated Awards Made Under DOE's Alternative Fuels Program

Large BusinessesDominated Awards Made Under DOE’s Alternative Fuels Program DOE has conducted two rounds of competition for feasibility study and cooperative agreement awards under its alternative fuels program. With respect to non-alcohol fuels technologies, large businesses dominated the awards in both rounds; small businesses received a much smaller share. While the capital-intensive nature o...
Date March 23, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-51 Title

Energy: DOE Light Water Reactor Fuel Utilization Improvement Program

B-202377 MARCH 23,1981 The Honorable Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Dear Madame Chairman: 115038 Light Water Department of uel Utilization Improvement Reactor Program (EMD-81-51) s On May 2, 1980, the former Subcommittee Chairman requested that we evaluate two Department of Energy nuclear ...
Date Feb. 11, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-40 Title

Energy: Actions Needed To Increase Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Development

/( / & BY THECOMP7RO’ LERGENERAL {” OF THEUNITED STATES 114 3Ls Report Td’i’he Congress Actions Needed To Increase Federal Onshore Oil And Gas Exploration And Development The Nation’s need for more oil and gas development from Federal lands will not be met unless Federal agencies act to --make more lands, now closed to leasing, available for oil and gas development, --reduce the number a...
Date Dec. 18, 1980 Report No. 114017 Title

Energy: Potential of Alternative Liquid Fuels for Automotive Use

. . IlYOl “I .wY UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 2C548 WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 3:15 p.m. THURSDAY, DECEMBER18, 1980 STATEMENTOF II J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION IIL 11.m ,111, 1.1 11.1111111,,1,, BEFORE THE 114017 SUBCOMMITTEEON ENERGY AND POWER HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommi...
Date Dec. 8, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-36 Title

Energy: Special Care Needed in Selecting Projects for the Alternative Fuels Program

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Energy And Power, Committee On Interstate And Foreign Commerce, House Of Representatives @FTHE UNITEDSPATES Projects For The Alternative FuelsProgram Under the Alternative Fuels Program, the Department of Energy is providing financial incentives to expedite the development of alternatives to imported oil. GAO reviewed the Department’s procedures and criter...
Date Sept. 30, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-128 Title

Conduct of DOE's Gasohol Study Group: Issues and Observations

, . . I w REPORTBY THE ,. Comptroller General Study Group: Issues And Observations GAO reviewed a number of allegations concerning the conduct of the Department of Energy’s Energy Research Advisory Board Gasohol Study Group and found them of mixed validity. The most serious deficiencies GAO found were that --the Study Group was not operated in accordance with the requirements governing Federal a...
Date Sept. 24, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-120 Title

Energy: Information on the 1949-54 Bureau of Mines Coal Liquefaction Pilot Plants

s-199294 September 24, 1980 The tionorable Jim Sasser Chairman, Subcommittee on Leqislative Eranch Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Ilr . Chairman: Subject: on b nformation Coal Liquefaction the Nllllll Illlllll 113617 1949-54 Bureau of ivlines Pilot Plants (EMD-80-120) J This is in response to your letter of May 2, 1980, in which you requested information about the Bureau of ...
Date July 28, 1980 Report No. PSAD-80-50 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: A Look at NASA's Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES A Look At NASA’s Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program Four years ago the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) initiated the Aircraft Energy Efficiency program to provide by 1985 the technology for making future transport aircraft up to 50 percent more fuel efficient than today’s aircraft. Thus far, NASA has help...
Date July 22, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-88 Title

Energy: Concerns Over the Department of Energy's Program and Organization for Developing and Promoting the Use of Alcohol Fuels

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-198431 July 22, 1980 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Charles W. Duncan, of Energy Jr. p% Secretary: the Department of Energy’s @oncerns,Over ~(DQfYs)’ -Program and Organization for Developing and Promoting the Use of Alcohol Fuels (EMD-80-88) _I The General Accounting Office has recently completed a review of alcohol’s pot...
Date July 18, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-104 Title

Energy: Oil and Gas Potential in the William O. Douglas Arctic Wildlife Range

B-199626 July 18, 1980 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Subject: III Ill II lllllll 112867 /%i.l and Gas Potential in the William 0. ""Douglas Arctic Wildlife Rangs((EMD-80-104) 1980, supplemented by'diswe exami...
Date June 13, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-55 Title

Energy: How the Petroleum Refining Industry Approaches Energy Conservation--A Case Study

01 T n The U.S. petroleum refining industry accounts For about 4 percent of total domestic energy consumption and over IQ percent of all energy consumed hy the indus?rial sector. The Qepartmene of Energy ~porrs 2P1,:rt the industry has made significant strides irl increasing its energy efficIene;y. ~fWllJ~!iFi~j its Fsnergy requiremelrltr; to refine a b;arwl :3f crrrde oil by 19.5 percenl between ...
Date June 3, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-73 Title

Energy: Potential of Ethanol as a Motor Vehicle Fuel

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Honorable Max Baucus United States Senate CjL Tt-E UNITEDSTATES /’ A Motor Vehicle Fuel GAO reviewed selected aspects of ethyl alcohol’s (ethanol’s) potential for widespread use as a motor vehicle fuel and focused on Federal and other efforts to assess that potential. GAO found that, even considering constraints on the availability of feedstocks for p...
Date Nov. 9, 1979 Report No. EMD-80-12 Title

Energy: How To Burn Coal Efficiently and Economically, and Meet Air Pollution Requirements--The Fluidized-Bed Combustion Process

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES How To Burn Coal Efficiently And Economically, And Meet Air Pollution Reouirements-The Fluidized-Bed Combustion Process Burning coal more efficiently and economically and meeting air pollution requirements, a goal set by the Energy Department, can be done through fluidized-bed combustion--a process that has been operating success...
Date Oct. 26, 1979 Report No. EMD-80-9 Title

Energy: Issues Relating to the Proposed Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Issues Relating To The Proposed Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project This Project currently is scheduled for completion in 1984--about 2 years later than anticipated in 1977--as an entirely private enterprise. Two key remaining issues concern the requirements that will be included in the right-of-way agreements and how the gasco...
Date April 20, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-58 Title

Energy: The Potential for Hydrogen as an Energy Source

-. c @9i.m STUDYBY THE STAFF THl?U.S< OF ‘ _::. I General Accounting Office . . The Potential For Hydrogen As an Energy Source GAO surveyed a portion of the literature on the status, progress, and problems surrounding the development and commercialization of hydrogen as an energy source. Generally, hydrogen as a fuel is virtually inexhaustible, clean burning, convenient, versatile, and free from...
Date April 3, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-35 Title

Energy: Loan Guarantees for Alternative Fuel Demonstration Facilities

,COMPTROCLER CBNERAL WAsnlNOTON. OP’hiE O.C. UNITED 70548 STATE? APRIL 3, 1979 B-178205 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy 5 and Natural Resources / h") United States Senate s$ The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology r%5e3>* House of Representatives The Department of Energy Act of 1978--Civilian Applications (Public Law 95-238), among other...
Date July 10, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-47 Title

The Advance Payment Program: An Uncontrolled Experiment

DOCUMENT C6487 - IB19469601 RESUME The Advance Payment Program: An Uncontrolled Experilent. EMD-78-47; 8-181503. July 10, 1978. Feleased July 17, 1978. PP. 22 feport to Rep. Harl-y O. Staggers, Chairman, House Committee on Interstate and 'oreiqn Commerce; Hep. John E. Moss, Chairman, House Committee on Interstate and Fcreign Ccmmerce: Cversigit and InvestiqatioLs Subcommittee; by Elmer E. Staats, ...
Date Nov. 7, 1977 Report No. 093828 Title

Energy: The Role of the Federal Government in Expanding the Use of Coal

"4 - I CThe R o l e of t h e F e d e r a l Government i n Expanding t h e Use of CoalJ P r e s e n t e d by Monte C a n f i e l d , J r . 1/ D i r e c t o r , Energy and M i n e r a l s D i v i s i o n U.S. G e n e r a l A c c o u n t i n g O f f i c e Before A Symposium t o I n c r e a s e t h e Use of C o a l : Today t o 1990 Reston, V i r g i n i a November 7 , 1977 S p o n s o r e d by t h e M...
Date Jan. 28, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-3 Title

Energy: Improvements Needed in the Federal Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Research, Development, and Demonstration Program

DOCUJEU1T RESUKE 0t0169 -- [A0751105] Improvements Needed in the Federal Enhanced oil and Gas Recovery Research, Development, and Demonstration Program. LtD-77-3; B-178205. January 28, 1977. 26 pp. + appendices !27 pp.). .eport to the Congress; by ElMeL B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy: Effect of Federal Fin&acial Incentives, Tax Policies, and Regulatory Policies on Energy Supply...
Date Sept. 1, 1976 Report No. EMD-76-8 Title

Energy: Plans for Construction of a Magnetohydrodynamics Test Facility in Montana

IllIIllIIIIlllIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIlll LM098184 Plans For Construction Of A Magnetohydrodynamics Test Facility In Montana Energy Research And Development Administration This is GAO’s analysis on matters conccrniny the ccmstrticticm md opcrntion of ;i nkqW0 hydrodyndnws test fm!tty in hlont;,na and Its concIuso9 tt:;ii thu Coil
Date July 2, 1976 Report No. EMD-76-1 Title

Energy: Certain Actions That Can Be Taken To Help Improve This Nation's Uranium Picture

\\\ 1) 4tq , ‘/ CT : .ue 5 -‘cc,,, s\“ BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES’ LM098252 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll - Certain Actions That en To elp Improve This Nation’s ranium Picture Energy Research and Development Administration Nuclear reactors--using uranium as a fuel--will be used to meet a major part of this country’s future energy needs. Because uranium may ...
Date March 19, 1976 Report No. RED-76-82 Title

Energy: Comments on the Administration's Proposed Synthetic Fuels Commercialization Program

--=-=.-------~-~4-=..“. IllllllllII11llllllllllllll 11111 IllI IIIllllllllll LM099410 Proposals providing for Federa zsist;nce PO aid industry in constructing and operating a limited nur&er of synthetic fuel commerc;a: demonstration faci?ities have beer-~ or 2re being considered by the Congress. Before legislation is enacted authonsing a synthetic 5~4s commercial dcxox:stration program, the scop...
Date Dec. 10, 1975 Report No. 096891 Title

Government Operations: Evaluation of the Administration's Proposal for Government Assistance to Private Uranium Enrichment Groups

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 2:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY,DECEMBERlo, 1975 STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY ON THE@VALUATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE To PRIVATE URANIUM ENRICHMENT GROUPg Illllllllllllllllllllll...
Date June 26, 1974 Report No. 094580 Title

Energy: Future Structure of the Uranium Enrichment Industry

Date July 25, 1972 Report No. B-140579 Title

Energy: Study of National Fuel and Energy Policy

RELE/iSED B-14 ,0579 Dear Mr. Chairman : jui 2 5 1972 lb r, ,” In your letter of November 8, 1971, you asked the Genera1 Accounting Office to assist.,the Senate Committee on Inte--““,%2 cl rior and Insular Affairs in its study of wonal--.y.ill-”..,. . fuel and /- energy policyJ! by obtaining information as to Federal funding an$+Fersonnel being committed to fueland energy-related acIn resp...