Estimates of Energy Non-Resource Costs: Energy Taxes and Subsidies. Analysis Report

摘要

This report establishes quantitative estimates of selected taxes and subsidies that impact the costs of producing and consuming different energy sources. The taxes and subsidies selected for discussion are judged to be unrelated to any direct valuation of resources used in the production and distribution process, and further, these taxes and subsidies are not applied uniformly to each fuel type. Such lack of uniformity in treatment prevents comparisons of energy costs on a consistent basis. This report presents estimates of each relevant tax ans subsidy program and describes the methodology used to calculate specific impacts on the marginal costs for each fuel type. Results are reported for 1979, 1985, 1990, and 1995 at the national level. The esimates of tax and subsidy impacts can be used in conjunction with the Analysis Reports, Projecting Marginal Energy Costs Using the Mid-Term Energy Forecasting System, and Marginal Costs of Energy in 1979: Estimates by Economic Sector and Fuel Type, to isolate the direct resource costs of alternative energy sources. (ERA citation 05:011992)