Strategy Papers Prepared by the Implementation Group of the New England Energy Congress

摘要

Over the nine months prior to release of this report, a 55-member task force worked at developing strategies and program initiatives to implement the New England Energy Congress' Blueprint for Energy Action, released in June 1979. Prepared for the bi-partisan, six-state New England Congressional Caucus, the Blueprint was the result of a first in the national effort to formulate a regional energy plan. Comprised of representatives of eleven constituencies ranging from environmental organizations to industry to state and Federal agencies, the Implementation Group of the Energy Congress divided itself into five working committees: (1) Wood, Solid Waste and Peat, (2) Electric Issues, (3) Conservation, Solar and Low Income, (4) Oil, and (5) Natural Gas, Coal, and Synfuels. Each committee developed strategy papers and program initiatives, which were reviewed by the full Implementation Group, and are presented here. Although the formal deliberations of the Energy Congress are now complete, the goals developed by the group are just beginning to be fulfilled. Initiatives in both the public and private sectors have been put into motion to achieve Energy Congress objectives. A number of recently enacted Federal and state laws directly reflect the group's input. (ERA citation 06:022119)