Intergovernmental Relations in Energy Policy, or How to Get Along with the In-Laws,

Abstract

The following are among the author's recommendations: Wherever possible, federal policy planners should resist the temptation to preempt state action; The $10 million FEA grant program is critical in establishing continuing working relations with states, regions, and localities, and in priming the pump for a necessarily larger joint planning program thereafter; Regional or public access to Project Independence Blueprint computer models would be beneficial; Critical planning problems are often regional or interregional (e.g., PAD Districts I, III, V for offshore drilling, and state decisions on synthetic gas and coal involve interregional dependencies); and Productive results can be anticipated from joint federal/interstate-regional, and federal/intrastate-regional energy planning, in addition to FEA grants at the state level.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA019347

Entities

People

  • William R. Harris

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Drilling
  • Energy Conservation
  • Environment
  • Offshore
  • Offshore Drilling
  • Regions

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Military Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies