TITLE: National Energy Issues, Part 2

CIS-NO: 2001-S311-61  
SOURCE: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-144, pt. 2  
DATE: July 13, 17, 18, 2001  
LENGTH: iv+256 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1040-A; 1040-B  
SUDOC: Y4.EN2:S.HRG.107-144/PT.2  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27577-1.

SUMMARY:
Hearings to consider legislative proposals to extend and revise various DOE and other Federal agency energy security and conservation programs and policies.
 
Briefly considers S. 352, the Energy Emergency Response Act of 2001, to extend and revise the State Energy Program providing grants to States for emergency energy programs and energy conservation initiatives, and to extend and revise low-income weatherization grant programs.
 
Supplementary material (p. 229-256) includes witnesses' written replies to Committee questions and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Energy security and conservation programs revision

BILLS: 107 S. 352

DESCRIPTORS:  
    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ENERGY REGULATION; ENERGY SECURITY; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-ENERGY; ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; POVERTY; ENERGY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT; ENERGY CONSERVATION

01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 1     July 13, 2001 p. 4-19
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GARMAN, DAVID K. (Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Concerns regarding S. 352 and other legislative proposals to revise Federal energy policies and programs.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
 
01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 2     July 13, 2001 p. 20-41
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   MANOOGIAN, MARY A. (Director, Office of Energy and Community Services, New Hampshire Governor's Office; representing National Association of State Energy Officials)
   CHOATE, JO-ANN L. (Manager, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Energy and Housing Services, Maine Housing Authority; representing National Energy Assistance Directors Association)
   EMBLEM, ERIK S. (Executive Director and Administrator, National Energy Management Institute)
   WAGNER, MARK F. (Director, Federal Government Relations, Johnson Controls, Inc.; also representing Federal Performance Contracting Coalition)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Support for S. 352, citing benefits for State energy programs; need to improve regulations regarding energy efficiency in buildings, with views on bills under consideration.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFICIALS; NATIONAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION; NATIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE; JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.; FEDERAL PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING COALITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION.IN.BUILDINGS
 
 
01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 3     July 13, 2001 p. 41-74
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   NADEL, STEVEN (Executive Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy)
   REES, CLIFFORD, JR. (President, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute)
   PARKS, DAVID R. (President, Goodman Manufacturing)
   O'HAGAN, MALCOLM (President, National Electrical Manufacturers Association)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Analysis of Federal energy efficiency standards, with specifics on implications for various household appliances; differing views on DOE proposal to increase the minimum seasonal energy efficiency ratio for heating and cooling systems; review of and recommendations for Federal energy efficiency regulations, with perspectives on energy efficiency provisions of bills under consideration.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMY; AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION INSTITUTE; GOODMAN MANUFACTURING; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION; HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT; HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS
 
 
01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 4     July 17, 2001 p. 78-94
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   MCNUTT, BARRY D. (Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Domestic Policy and International Affairs, DOE)
   SHELTON, L. ROBERT (Executive Director, NHTSA)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on energy proposals impacting use of petroleum products in light duty vehicles.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; TRUCKS AND TRUCKING INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
 
 
01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 5     July 17, 2001 p. 94-140
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GIBBENS, CHARLES (Automotive Fleet Manager, Henrico County, Va.; representing National Association of Fleet Administrators)
   MCCORMICK, J. BYRON (Director, Global Alternative Propulsion Center, General Motors Corp)
   DANA, GREGORY (Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers)
   KOLODZIEJ, RICHARD R. (President, Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition)
   MARSHALL, GARY (Vice Chairman, National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition)
   ZELTMANN, EUGENE (President and Chief Operating Officer, New York State Power Authority; representing Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Review of alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) use and development; need for Federal policies to encourage AFV use; analysis of natural gas vehicle market issues; examination of electric vehicle and other alternative vehicle development; recommendations for Federal policies to reduce difficulties in AFV production.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FLEET ADMINISTRATORS; GENERAL MOTORS CORP.; ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; NATURAL GAS VEHICLE COALITION; NATIONAL ETHANOL VEHICLE COALITION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAS; AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES; NATURAL GAS AND GAS INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; FUEL
 
 
01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 6     July 18, 2001 p. 146-157
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   BLAKE, FRANCIS S. (Deputy Secretary, DOE)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on various proposals to improve energy R&D programs.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   ENERGY RESEARCH
 
 
01-S311-61 TESTIMONY NO: 7     July 18, 2001 p. 157-227
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   HOLDREN, JOHN P. (Director, Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Kennedy School, Harvard University)
   RICHARDSON, ROBERT C. (Professor, Physics, Cornell University)
   MONIZ, ERNEST J. (Professor, Physics, MIT)
   FRI, ROBERT W. (former Chairman, Committee on Benefits of DOE R&D on Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy, National Academy of Sciences)
   HUBBARD, H. M. (former Chair, Study Committee for the Programmatic Review of the Office of Power Technologies, NRC)
   CORRADINI, MICHAEL L. (Chairman, Engineering Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
   COCHRAN, THOMAS B. (Director, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council)
   BOUCHARD, JACQUES (Director, Nuclear Energy Division, French Atomic Energy Commission)
   CHOPPIN, GREGORY R. (Professor, Department of Chemistry, Florida State University)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Assessment of recent Federal energy R&D programs and findings; need for funding to continue and improve various Federal energy R&D programs and priorities; findings of studies to assess efficacy of DOE and other Federal energy R&D programs in improving energy policies and programs.
   Recommendations to improve energy sciences education and training to ensure qualified energy sector workforce; opinions on proposals to revise energy R&D programs, focusing on nuclear energy R&D proposals; review of nuclear waste management considerations and policy recommendations.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Energy security and conservation programs revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; ENERGY RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT SPENDING; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY; TECHNICAL EDUCATION; SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; NUCLEAR RESEARCH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL

LOAD-DATE: November 22, 2002