New England Energy Congress: progress report - a descriptive summary

• Main Authors: Pratt, Robert L., Mayer, Jean, Buckley, John G., Spencer, Bailey, Alford, Zeb D., Keating, Jr., Stephen J., Aubin, Elmer B.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION; CONSUMPTION; AND UTILIZATION; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; ENERGY DEMAND; ENERGY SUPPLIES; CALCULATION METHODS; COST; DATA COMPILATION; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FOSSIL FUELS; IMPORTS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PUBLIC OPINION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; REVIEWS; DATA; DOCUMENT TYPES; FUELS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INFORMATION; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER; REACTOR MATERIALS; USA; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6020455; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6020455; https://doi.org/10.2172/6020455

New England's dependence on oil (about 80%) is posing a double threat to the region and its economic prosperity, as oil dependency means extreme supply vulnerability and substantially higher prices than the national average. The New England Energy Congress, sponsored by the New England Congressional Caucus and Tufts Univ., represents the concerted effort of a highly diverse group of New Englanders to address these problems. The work of the six committees of the Congress is reviewed in this report. The committees are the Supply Committee, Energy Demand Committee, Energy Conservation Committee, Regulatory and Institutional Processes Committee, Economic Development through Alternative Sources of Energy Committee, and Energy Economics and Financing Committee. (MCW)