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EMD-80-B-6 1 (1980-07-18)

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      low               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TH4E UNiTED sTAT.Es
                                 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20549




           B-198445                               JUL 18 08





           The I'onorable Harley 0. Staggeors&
           Chairman, Co-mmittee on Interstate   6               092367
             and Foreign Commerce                 CQ
           House of Representatives

           Dear 4.r. Chairman:

                Subject: LProposed Oil Backout Legislatio n_
                       * (EMD-80-e.-6)

                Your letters of April 2 and June 2, 1930, respectively,
           requested our comnzents on H.R. 6930, 96th Congress, and
           H.R. 7341, 96th Congress, bills to expedite the conversion
           of oil and gas burning powerplants to coal or other alter-
           native fuels. The principal sections of these bills are
           similar, and each is entitled the Powerplant Fuel Conservation
           Act of 1980. Our conments relate to both bills, and rely
           principally upon our previous consideration of oil imp;ort
           reduction options and reviews of efforts to convert to coal.
           Our previous consideration of these topics noted significant
           potentiAl for oil savings which could be achieved by utilities
           within 10 years.

                The proposed Powerplant Fuel cn ,-aLr   ,,ould
           (1) strengthen Federal coal conversion authority, (2) provide
           substantial Federal grant funds for conversion, and (3) reduce
           oil imports. As we have noted in mnany previous reports, the
           Nation is both politically and economically vulnerable to
           imported oil disruptions and we believe it should rove to
           develoo energy alternatives which would reduce our denendence
           on foreign oil sources. A balanced orocram consisting of
           conservation, renewable energy sources, conventional oil
           and gas, coal, and synthetic fuels should be iplemented.

t               The conversion of oil consuning boilers to coal has
           een recognized as a method of reducin oil imports since
           the ear-ly 1970s. However, utilities have not been reducing
           their oil use as much as micht be e:znected when ccnsidezinc-
           the technical and eccnc.-ic ccnsideraicns of converston.
           rn addition, the regulalorv nrcqra ,s dezcnzed to ac*,_4ve
           i.-:zr-x~i';e reuuc:!;n3 in ail use are 3Ocrlsnin2     r
                   at a verv slow nace.

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