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EMD-81-100 1 (1981-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcck0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 1, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE A 49WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION B-198213 June 25, 1981 The Honorable James B. Eawards The Secretary of Energy 115704 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: 0E Needs to Reestablish a Solar Energy Goal ana Develop Plans to Achieve That Goa lEND-8l-100) As you know, in 1979 the former Presicent set a national goal of meeting one-fifth--20 percent--of the Nation's energy needs with solar and renewable resources by the ena of tnis century. With respect to the Department of Energy's (DOL's) efforts to achieve that goal, we previously issuea a report entitled, 20-Percent Solar Energy Goal--Is There a Plan to Attain It? (EMD-dO-64, Mar. 31, 1980). Our primary concern related to the lack of a comprehensive plan for attaining tne goal. Accoraingly, in that report we recommended that DuO develop and establish such a plan, furnisn the plan to the congressional oversight and budget committees to assist them in their deliberations on solar energy policy and buaget mat- ters, and periodically review the plan's effectiveness. in commenting on our recomnendations, DUL stated it supported the concept of an overall Federal plan for achieving tne goal and planned to take actions to develop such a plan. We recently completed a survey which followed up on actions taken oy DOE in response to our past recommendations. We conducted our work primarily at DOE headquarters offices in Washington, D.C. We interviewed DOE officials in regard to the goal and plan, and examined documents they provided. we also contacted officials at' the Solar Energy Research In- stitute (SERI) in Golden Colorado, to discuss their planning efforts relative to reaching the 20-percent goal. we found that DOE nad taken steps toward aeveloping a plan for achieving the 20-percent goal, but with the change in administration and the administration's recent proposea (307196) 6 / tL/r/(

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