In Touch with Industry: ICAF Industry Studies, Academic Year 1996: Energy   [open pdf - 975KB]

The working group recommended the following policies and measures for the U.S. government: (1) provide incentives to lower petroleum consumption in order to reduce environmental degradation and lessen the vulnerability of the economy to oil price increases; (2) delegate authority to draw upon the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to a level below that of the president; (3) develop a coherent long-range strategy for carrying out the deregulation of the electric power industry; and (4) set priorities for investment in advanced technology that vail contribute the most to the overall aims of national energy policy.