State planning for winter energy emergencies: workshop materials

• Main Author: Not Available
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; COMMERCIAL SECTOR; EMERGENCY PLAN; MEETINGS; ENERGY SHORTAGES; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING; WATER HEATERS; ATLANTA; ENERGY SUPPLIES; IOWA; MASSACHUSETTS; OPERATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PLANNING; SEASONS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; THERMOSTATS; USA; WASHINGTON; APPLIANCES; BUILDINGS; CENTRAL REGION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; GAS APPLIANCES; GEORGIA; HEATERS; HEATING; MIDWEST REGION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION; SAFETY; SOUTHEAST REGION; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6700379; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6700379; https://doi.org/10.2172/6700379

Workshops were conducted in 5 cities to improve communications between the states and the Federal government so that both might be better prepared to avoid or mitigate the impacts of energy emergencies during the winter; to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information regarding selected energy demand restraint measures which could be implemented by individual states or regions in an energy emergency; and to promote the concept of pre-crisis contingency planning and strategy development, with particuliar emphasis on the need for interstate coordination of emergency plans. The major topics addressed by the discussion guide involved net energy use impact, implementation procedures and problems, and social and economic effects. The Task Force performed extensive research into the technical considerations and prior experience in implementing each of the demand restraint measures selected for discussion. Results and conclusions are summarized for reduction of thermostat setting for space conditioning and water heating; reduction in hours of operation and lighting in commercial establishments; reduction in hours of operation in school, and industrial fuel substitution. (MCW)