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            UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548


                                          FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                          Expected at 9:30 a.m.
                                          Friday, November 17, 1978



                    J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR            LM098110
                  ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION
                            BEFORE THE
                SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER
                              OF THE
          COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
             UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We appreciate your invitation to appear before the Sub-

committee to discuss the review you asked us to carry out on

energy emergency contingency planning at the Federal and State

levels. We will be discussing our findings and conclusions in

the context of whether energy emergencies can be managed more

effectively.

     Let me begin, Mr. Chairman, by summing up briefly the

major conclusions of our report, Improved Energy Contingency

Planning Is Needed To Manage Future Energy Shortages More

Effectively. They are:

     --The centerpiece of the Department of Energy's (DOE)

       energy emergency preparedness effort was the Energy

       Emergency Planning Guide. However, the Guide was

       merely a list of proposed measures that might be

       taken at Federal, State, or local levels. Not all

       of those measures were feasible alternatives.

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