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ISSN: 0098-5104 CODEN: EAPAD March 1983

ENERGY ABSTRACTS
FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

ABOUT ENERGY ABSTRACTS FOR POLICY
ANALYSIS

Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis (EAPA), while embracing all phases of energy analysis and development, is limited primarily to nontechnological or quasitechnological articles or reports having significant reference value. This selectivity in scope and coverage of EAPA is effected to emphasize the following: programmatic efforts; policy, legislative, and regulatory aspects; social, economic, and environmental impacts; regional and sectoral analyses, institutional factors, etc. Note: the "hard" scientific and technical literature is abstracted for the most part in DOE Energy Research Abstracts (ERA) and is included in the DOE Energy Data Base.

Selection for EAPA is based strictly on content (substantive articles) and is made from Congressional committee prints; Federal agency and department reports; regional commission and state and local government reports; periodicals, including trade journals and newsweeklies; conference proceedings and/or conference papers; books, including manuals, directories, encyclopedias, etc.; and documents from industrial firms, private institutes and foundations, educational institutions, societies, associations, etc.

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Lee M. Thompson Editor

5411 (ANL/CNSV-TM-67) Oasis code application to proposed Argonne National Laboratory cogeneration plant. Bingman, D.J.; Leslie, N.P.Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)). Jun 1981 Contract W-31-109-ENG-38. 135p. 'NTIS, PC_A07/MF A01. Order Number DE81025869.

A computer program, OASIS (Optimization and Simulation of Integrated Systems), has been developed by Argonne National Laboratory to provide detailed representations of the processes and operating conditions in central plants. It contains an extensive library of generic component subroutines that model representative equipment using part-load performance curves. New technologies may be modeled by adding FORTRAN written subroutines in the job input stream. The equipment performance and economic data already included are easy to modify, so that almost any plant configuration and set of operating conditions may be modeled. The use of OASIS is described for an evaluation of the proposed cogeneration plant at Argonne National Laboratory.

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5520 Taxation of coal: an update. 'Stewart, R.R., Jr.; Stevens, B.J. (Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Denver, CO). Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly; 29: No. 4, 694-715 Jun 1981).

The coal-mining industry is subject to a myriad of tax laws, regulations, and rulings. Recent developments in the area of coal mining have resolved some past conflicts and further confused others. Nevertheless, a taxpayer involved in any aspect of coal mining should carefully analyze both tax and nontax implications related thereto. There can be benefits for the taxpayer who considers the structure of the transaction, the timing and method of acquisition, classification of exploration and development stage costs, and the interaction of depletion, Section 631(c), and the concept of economic interest. 71 references.

INDEXES TO ENERGY ABSTRACTS FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

Four indexes are provided for approaching the contents of each issue of Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis (EAPA). These indexes are cumulated annually. Each index is preceded by an introduction that details the organization of the index and the principles by which it was compiled. The reader is referred to these introductions for information not found in the index examples that follow.

29 GENERAL

01 Energy Analysis and Modeling

(Methodology or techniques for process analysis, input-output analysis, systems analysis, regional analysis, etc., including energy accounting and net energy evaluations. For analysis for a specific purpose, see the appropriate subcategory; e.g., for forecasting electric power demand, see the subcategory Electric Power.)

02 Economics and Sociology

(All economic, sociological, or political aspects of any energy action or policy, e.g., energy source development, energy facility construction and/or siting, implementation of conservation or other programs, the OPEC cartel, etc., also, basic economic and social studies that are applicable to analysis of energy systems or policy.)

03 Environment, Health, and Safety

(Policy and management aspects as opposed to tech

nological studies; energy or monetary costs of complying with regulations; environmental impacts of energy source development, energy facility construction, and/or siting, conventional energy supplies, etc.; environmental regulations and legislation per se.)

04 Natural Resources

(Broad survey-type or economics-oriented studies related to resource development or utilization; includes ores, minerals, and materials generally, but not specifically, unless an element of unusual interest, e.g., uranium; also includes general studies on water resources, land use, food production, and resource conservation.)

05 Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercialization

(Overall energy RD&D programs of Federal, state, or local governments or organizations; industrial laboratories; regional organizations; private institutions; and foreign governments and organizations. Technology assessment, transfer, and utilization are also included here.)

06 Nuclear Energy

(Only the broader nontechnological aspects of nuclear energy as related to overall energy policy or strategy.)

07 Transport and Storage

(ENERGY TRANSPORT or ENERGY

STORAGE, not energy aspects of transportation or energy supply stockpiling or storage.)

08 Waste Heat Utilization

(Total energy systems, co-generation, district heating and cooling, or any other use of waste heat.)

10 Conservation

(Policy, management, legislative, programmatic, and regulatory aspects of conservation.)

20 Supply, Demand, and Forecasting

(Surveys, analyses, simulations, forecasts, and forecasting techniques for predicting energy demand or supply; also, emergency measures, e.g., allocations, substitutions, etc., to ensure adequate supplies.)

30 Policy, Legislation, and Regulation

(Congressional hearings, legislation, regulations,

etc., for implementing or interpreting alreadyestablished policy or that can aid in formulating policy; also, assessments, evaluations, surveys, regional hearings, etc., on present or to-beestablished policies. Information concerning energy policies of state, local, and foreign governments or regional or international organizations is also included.)

(Surveys and forecasting of electricity demand and supply; statistics of power consumption on a local, regional, or national basis; utility management problems including planning, rate structures and regulations, accounting procedures, peak-load pricing, load management, power thefts, public relations, etc.)

80 Consumption and Utilization

(Survey- or statistical-type information on energy usage in the consuming sectors.)

90 Unconventional Sources and Power Generation (Policy and management aspects of solar, geothermal, wind, tidal wave, or other renewable energy sources.)

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