S. HRG. 107-144 (Pt. 2) NATIONAL/ENERGY ISSUES TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS RELATED TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY, IN- CLUDING S. 352, THE ENERGY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT OF 2001; TITLE XIII OF S. 597, THE COMPREHENSIVE AND BALANCED ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2001; SECTION 602-606 OF S. 388, THE NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY ACT OF 2001; S. 95, THE FEDERAL ENERGY BANK ACT, AND S.J. RES. 15, PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RELATING TO THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONERS TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS RELATED TO REDUCING THE DEMAND For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Bingaman, Hon. Jeff, U.S. Senator from New Mexico Burns, Hon. Conrad, U.S. Senator from Montana Emblem, Erik, Administrator, National Energy Management Institute, Alex- Garman, David K., Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Manoogian, Mary Ann, Director, Governor's Office of Energy and Community O'Hagan, Dr. Malcolm, President, National Electrical Manufacturers Associa- Parks, David, President, Goodman Manufacturing Company, Houston, TX Rees, Clifford, Jr., President, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, Wagner, Mark F., Director, Federal Government Relations, Johnson Controls, Inc., on behalf of the Federal Performance Contracting Coalition 133 Johnson, Hon. Tim, U.S. Senator from South Dakota 87 McNutt, Barry D., Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Domestic Policy and Inter- 78 Zeltmann, Eugene, Co-Chairman, Electric Vehicle Association of the Ameri- cas 121 JULY 18, 2001 Bingaman, Hon. Jeff, U.S. Senator from New Mexico Blake, Francis, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy Bouchard, Jacques, Director, French Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Page 141 146 Energy Division, Paris, France 212 Burns, Hon. Conrad, U.S. Senator from Montana 145 Carper, Hon. Thomas R., U.S. Senator from Delaware 146 Choppin, Dr. Gregory R., Florida State University, Department of Chemistry, 214 Cochran, Thomas B., Ph.D., Director, Nuclear Program Natural Resources 203 Corradini, Dr. Michael L., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 193 142 Fri, Bob, Chairman, Committee on Benefits of DOE R&D on Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy 182 Holdren, Dr. John P., Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 157 Hubbard, Dr. H.M., The Pacific Center for High Technology Research (Retired), Lee's Summit, MO 187 Moniz, Ernest J., Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 172 144 Richardson, Dr. Robert C., Physics Professor and Vice Provost for Research, 170 NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 a.m. in room SD366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jeff Bingaman, chairman, presiding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JEFF BINGAMAN, U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO The CHAIRMAN. The hearing will come to order. Today's hearing will focus on proposals to expand existing programs to assist low income consumers to meet their energy needs and to weatherize their homes, also programs to encourage State energy plans and activities and proposals to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, particularly Federal buildings, appliances, and industry. Yesterday we took testimony on a number of oil and gas supply issues. We will continue the efficiency theme next Tuesday with a hearing on vehicle issues, discussing energy research and development on Wednesday and renewables, distributed power technologies, and hydroelectric relicensing on Thursday, so as we move forward toward a markup of a balanced and comprehensive energy bill, I believe we are trying to have hearings that reflect that same balance of the array of energy options we have before us. Increasing the efficient use of energy is the single most effective and least-cost policy for both the short term and the long term. Energy efficiency can reduce the demand for tight energy supplies and can reduce the upward pressure on energy prices. Energy efficiency allows us to maintain the same economic productivity and quality of life with less energy input, and efficiency helps us reduce pollution and environmental impacts associated with energy production and use. There are some interesting statistics that the Alliance to Save Energy, a group that I have been associated with for many years, has come up with. Their analysis shows that energy efficiency provided the Nation with 27 quadrillion Btu's, or quads, or about 22 percent of U.S. energy consumption in 1999. This made energy efficiency the second leading source of energy in 1999, trailing oil consumption, which was 38 quads, but contributing more than natural gas (22 quads), coal (22 quads), nuclear (8 quads), and hydro (4 quads). We have some excellent witnesses today, including the Assistant Secretary Garman, who is, of course, well-known and respected by (1) |