Review of the Gas Research Institute's 1980-1984 Five-Year Research and Development Plan and 1980 Research and Development Progam by the Energy Research Advisory Board for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

摘要

ERAB was asked specifically to examine the proposed R and D program with respect to the following: GRI management of its R and D program; coordination of GRI programs with DOE and other gas R and D efforts; and the substance and adequacy of GRI's R and D program. They recommend that GRI should: (1) examine its organizational structure with an eye to strengthening consumer representation, (2) further review its project appraisal methodology with respect to its application, (3) place more emphasis on selecting individual projects on the basis of their merits and begin an evaluation of the value of completed research, (4) have more flexibility to reprogram funds between budget cycles, (5) analyze and overcome barriers toward commercialization inherent in institutionally sponsored research, (6) improve and extend formal cooperation with DOE and the Electric Power Research Institute, (7) examine evolution of gas technologies over time, the changing role and structure of the gas industry within the larger context of energy supply, labor context of energy supply, energy employment, labor productivity, and the diversity and scale of social organization, (8) continue its increased emphasis on enhanced recovery, and on discovery and development of traditional sources of gas, (9) include more broad-based conservation research, and place greater emphasis on conservation-related program areas, including hybrid systems, (10) increase research on environmental impacts so that environmental issues can be addressed in parallel or ahead of technology development, (11) begin to place some emphasis on the social sciences, and (12) consider funding research to improve the nation's capability for decentralized generation of gas. (ERA citation 08:035368)