ELECTRIC POWER see also Power Resources

Addresses

Bonneville Power Authority's Intertie Access Policy: Representative George Miller, 1818 [21JA]

Amendments

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 3072, 3138 [5FE], 3371, 3404 [17FE]

Water and Power Authorization Act: enact (S. 640), 28811, 28816, 28817, 28818, 28819 [22OC]

Analyses

Nuclear Protections and Safety Act (S. 1085), 9435 [23AP]

Articles and editorials

Clean Air, Coal, and Pepco, 14955 [9JN]

Conductor Technology Advances, 11895, 11896 [11MY]

CSU Isolates ``Key'' to Superconductors, 23467 [7AU]

CSU Makes Breakthrough on Superconductivity, 23467 [7AU]

Discoveries Bring a ``Woodstock'' for Physics, 7290 [30MR]

Economic Spin-Off From CERN, 23483 [7AU]

Electricity Rushes Into a New Era of Discovery, 7287 [30MR]

Irresistible Future, 7288 [30MR]

Japan Could Win Superconductor Race With U.S., Scientists Warn, 11895 [11MY]

Japan Is Racing To Commercialize New Superconductors, 6794 [25MR], 6947 [25MR], 7724 [1AP]

Japan Maps Commercial Drive, 7289 [30MR]

New Gain on Conducting Electricity, 7291 [30MR]

Particle Physics and Technological Spinoff, 23481-23483 [7AU]

Rise and Fall of a $400 Million Dream, 34095 [4DE]

Robert O'Connor, 27829 [14OC]

Scientists Predict the Strongest Magnets, 7289 [30MR]

Semiconductor Manufacturing Excellence Initiative, 19397 [10JY]

Stanford Reports Advance in Race for Supercomputer, 7288 [30MR]

Super Discoveries, 7724 [1AP]

Superconductivity, 19393 [10JY]

Two Different Cadences in the Superconductor Race, 19394 [10JY]

Wayne State Physicists Develop Material Superconductive at Higher Temperature, 7724 [1AP]

Bills and resolutions

Appliances: amend energy conservation standards (see S. 83; H.R. 87)

Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act: enact (see S. 879; H.R. 1995)

Colorado River: storage project (see H.R. 3408)

Dept. of Energy: budget authority (see H.R. 857)

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: standards for appliances (see S. 83)

Environmental Equity Act: enact (see H.R. 3525), 28619 [21OC]

Federal Power Act: refunds pursuant to rate decreases (see H.R. 2858)

Geothermal Steam Act: amend (see S. 1006, 1889)

Government: express support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal power policies (see H. Res. 43)

Grand Valley reclamation project: accelerated repayment (see S. 1255), 13555 [21MY]

Lake Tobesofkee, Bibb County, GA: hydroelectric power projects (see H.R. 3790)

National Energy Education Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 19)

Nuclear energy: assurance of plant safety (see H.R. 2279)

———safety of facilities (see S. 1085)

———unlimited liability in event of powerplant accident (see H.R. 2141)

Power resources: domestic energy security (see H.R. 1456)

———intrastate wheeling of electric power (see H.R. 3634)

———refunds pursuant to rate decreases (see S. 1567)

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: amend (see H.R. 1553)

———repeal end use constraints on natural gas (see S. 85)

Public utilities: benefits to consumers from effect of certain corporate tax reductions (see H.R. 1049)

———wheeling services relative to hydroelectric energy generation (see H.R. 2292)

REA: loan guarantee programs (see S. 1933)

———promote economic vitality by directing resources to consumers (see S. 505)

Renewable Energy Trade Equity and Promotion Act: enact (see H.R. 3820)

Rural electrification: direct resources to consumers (see S. 505)

Rural Electrification Act: allow electric and telephone borrowers to prepay and refinance loans held by Federal financing bank (see S. 912)

———prepayment of Federal financing bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see S. 681)

Southeastern Power Administration: study transfer out of Federal ownership (see S. 1719)

———study transfer to private sector (see H.R. 2718)

Taxation: treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see S. 1622; H.R. 3044)

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: amend (see H.R. 2025)

TVA: purchase of electric power by Dept. of Energy (see H.R. 3027)

———reform management system (see S. 1286)

Cloture motions

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 3157 [5FE]

Descriptions

Basic energy sciences semiconductor focus, 32589 [18NO]

Documents

Semiconductor Technology Research and Development: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 25147 [24SE]

Explanations

Semiconductor technology research and development, 25143 [24SE]

Factsheets

Center for Ultraclean Semiconductor Processing Goals and Proposal, 32589 [18NO]

Hearings

Committee on Agriculture: REA and FCIC policies and activities (testimony from Harold V. Hunter and E.R. Fosse), D139 [11MR]

Committee on Appropriations (House): REA (testimony from Kathleen W. Lawrence and Harold V. Hunter), D126 [9MR]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act (S. 879) (testimony), D252 [9AP], D354 [18MY]

History

Public Power in Nebraska, 26732 [6OC]

Letters

Appliance efficiency standards: several appliance manufacturers, 3374 [17FE]

Jersey Central v. FERC decision: Leonard W. Belter, 28932 [22OC]

Purchase of public utilities: Senator D'Amato, 33968 [3DE]

Semiconductor technology research and development: 11 Senators, 25152 [24SE]

———I. Welber, Sandia National Laboratories, 25150 [24SE]

———J.P. Amor, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, 25150 [24SE]

———James E. Halligan, New Mexico State University, 25152 [24SE]

———Laurence H. Lattman, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 25150 [24SE]

———Rudolph Gomez, Western New Mexico University, 25149 [24SE]

———Semiconductor Industry Association, 32588 [18NO]

———Semiconductor Researcher Industry, 32588 [18NO]

———S.R.J. Brueck, University of New Mexico, 25148 [24SE]

———Siegfried Hecker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 25147 [24SE]

Study Southeastern Power Administration transfer of ownership: J. Michael Farrell, 25311 [25SE]

Lists

Cosponsors of Regulatory Fairness Act, 18601 [1JY]

Memorandums

Impact of S. 300 and S. 316 on Electricity-intensive Industries: Larry Parker, 4974 [6MR]

Memorials of legislature

California, 24779 [22SE], 25749 [30SE], 26156, 26157 [1OC]

Idaho, 9648 [23AP]

Illinois, 13736 [27MY], 23080 [7AU]

New York, 23649 [9SE]

Oregon, 14326 [2JN], 16868 [19JN]

Pennsylvania, 30765 [4NO]

Tennessee, 10169 [28AP]

Texas, 11613 [7MY]

Wyoming, 9733 [24AP]

Petitions

Electricity cost: Bay County, FL, Chamber of Commerce, 33253 [30NO]

Remarks in House

Alameda, CA, Bureau of Electricity: tribute, 26942 [7OC]

Appliances: amend energy conservation standards (H.R. 87), 4492-4500 [3MR]

Canada: U.S. purchase of electricity, 6149 [18MR]

Dept. of Energy: shutdown of Mirror Fusion Test Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 34095 [4DE]

Environmental Equity Act: enact (H.R. 3525), 28791 [21OC]

Federal Power Act: refunds pursuant to rate decreases (H.R. 2858), 18601 [1JY], 18693 [1JY], 29272-29273 [27OC], 29764 [28OC]

First Electric Cooperative Corp.: tribute, 28450 [20OC]

Fuel cell technology: national policy for utilization (H.R. 2540), 14086 [28MY]

———promote development (H.R. 2542), 14086 [28MY]

Insurance: regulatory authority to exclude utility deferred premiums, 21607-21611 [30JY]

Long Island Lighting Co.: proceedings of license for nuclear plant in Shoreham, NY, 18357 [30JN]

National Energy Education Day: designate (S.J. Res. 19), 6277 [19MR]

Nuclear energy: safety, 7734 [1AP]

———unlimited liability in event of powerplant accident (H.R. 2141), 18401 [30JN], 21421 [3AU]

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.: Group Load Curtailment Program, 33203 [20NO]

Philadelphia Electric Co.: youth debate on energy, 9186 [21AP]

Physics: superconductivity, 7723-7726 [1AP]

Power resources: Group Load Curtailment Program, 29511 [27OC]

———support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal power policies (H. Res. 43), 1086 [8JA]

Public Power Week: observance, 26731 [6OC], 26938 [7OC]

Public utilities: refund of excess deferred taxes to consumers, 19878 [15JY]

REA: funding, 12236 [12MY]

———population density of customers per mile, 18308-18310 [30JN]

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (H.R. 2045), 9008, 9022, 9035 [10AP]

Superconducting supercollider: application of new technology, 11894 [11MY], 18377 [30JN], 24043 [15SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3228), 22713 [6AU], 23022, 23026 [7AU], 23481 [7AU], 28152 [15OC], 38279 [22DE]

———international cooperation, 27151 [8OC]

———State funding should be a factor in determining site location, 18693 [1JY]

———support, 32966 [19NO]

———technology development, 27334 [9OC]

Taxation: treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (H.R. 3044), 21568 [29JY]

Utility Ratepayer Refund Act: enact (H.R. 1049), 19878 [15JY]

Water and Power Authorization Act: enact (S. 640), 28798, 28803, 28813, 28814-28822 [22OC]

Remarks in Senate

Bloomington Dam, MD: license for hydroelectric development, 31778 [12NO]

Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act: enact (S. 879), 7242 [30MR], 8390 [8AP], 14954 [9JN]

Electric Consumers Protection Act: 1986 remarks by Senator McClure, 16629 [18JN]

FERC: order relative to agreement between Idaho and Idaho Power Co. (S. 214), 650 [6JA]

Geothermal Steam Act: amend (S. 1006), 8835 [9AP], 9402 [23AP]

———amend (S. 1889), 33136 [20NO]

Grand Valley reclamation project: accelerated repayment (S. 1255), 13565 [21MY]

Local government: purchase of electric utility, 33968 [3DE]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funds, 35237 [11DE]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 801 [6JA], 2648 [3FE], 2860 [4FE], 2997-3003, 3061-3073 [5FE], 3370-3382 [17FE]

———enact (S. 83), cloture motion, 3157 [5FE]

National Energy Education Day: designate (S.J. Res. 19), 6142 [18MR]

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: economic development with TVA, 17350 [24JN]

NRC: changes in requirements for emergency plans, 30340 [30OC]

Nuclear energy: safety of facilities (S. 1085), 9431 [23AP], 27325 [9OC], 30805 [4NO]

———U.S. policy, 9153 [21AP]

Power resources: adjust minimum fuel efficiency standard for gas steam boilers, 3072 [5FE]

———refunds pursuant to rate decreases (S. 1567), 21739 [30JY]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal end use constraints on natural gas (S. 85), 8421-8429 [8AP]

Public utilities: prepayment of Federal bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (S. 681), 5005 [6MR]

REA: budget proposal, 1616 [21JA]

———criteria for refinancing, 13905 [28MY]

———direct loans toward rural consumers (S. 505), 3089 [5FE]

———loan guarantee programs (S. 1933), 34339 [8DE]

Rural Electrification Act: allow electric and telephone borrowers to prepay and refinance loans held by Federal financing bank (S. 912), 7977, 7978 [3AP], 12289 [13MY]

———amend relative to prepayment of Federal financing bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (S. 681), 8049 [6AP]

Southeastern Power Administration: study transfer out of Federal ownership (S. 1719), 25311 [25SE]

Supercollider superconductor: research, 13690 [27MY], 6793 [25MR], 25141 [24SE]

Superconductivity Competition Act: enact (S. 880), 7286 [30MR]

Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Act: enact (S. 263), 728 [6JA]

TVA: reform management system (S. 1286), 13945 [28MY]

West Florida Electric Cooperative Association: anniversary, 11564 [6MY]

Reports

Electric Power Energy Conservation Standards Relative to Appliances (H.R. 87): Committee on Energy and Commerce, 4548 [3MR]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H. Rept. 100-162), 17159 [24JN]

Energy Conservation Standards for Appliances: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. Rept. 100-6), 2446 [2FE]

Reports filed

Copyright Protective Orders for Semiconductor Chip Products: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1951) (H. Rept. 100-388), 28619 [21OC]

Dept. of Energy Appropriations for the Superconducting Supercollider Program: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 3228) (H. Rept. 100-413), 29936 [29OC]

Establishment of Emergency Response Program Within NRC: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1570) (H. Rept. 100-243), 21185 [27JY]

Federal Power Act Refunds: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2858) (H. Rept. 100-384), 28517 [20OC]

FERC Issue Docket No. EL-85-38-000: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 519) (H. Rept. 100-418), 30911 [4NO]

Nuclear Protections and Safety Act: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1085) (S. Rept. 100-232), 33122 [20NO]

Safety of Nuclear Facilities: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1085) (S. Rept. 100-173), 25184 [24SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Public power: town of Auburn, NE, 26732 [6OC]

REA funding: Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc., 12237 [12MY]

———Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc., 12236 [12MY]

Statements

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act Amendments: Representative Barton (dissenting views), 4503 [3MR]

Superconductivity: Bertram Batlogg, Bell Laboratories, 12764 [19MY]

———Frank Y. Fradin, 12764 [19MY]

———John J.M. Rowell, 12764 [19MY]

Tables

Tax data for major utilities, 19878 [15JY]

Testimonies

TVA: Marvin T. Runyon, Jr., 36548 [19DE]

Texts of

H.R. 87, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act amendments, 4492-4500 [3MR]

H.R. 2045, Rural Electrification Act amendments, 9009 [10AP]

H.R. 2540, Fuel Cells Energy Utilization Act, 14087 [28MY]

H.R. 2542, Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell Systems Integration Act, 14087 [28MY]

S. 83, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act amendments, 3062-3069 [5FE], 3375-3382 [17FE], 4506-4513 [3MR]

S. 85, repeal end use constraints on natural gas under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act, 8421, 8428 [8AP]

S. 263, Tennessee Valley Authority Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Act, 728 [6JA]

S. 505, direct REA loans toward rural consumers, 3090 [5FE]

S. 640, Water and Power Authorization Act, 28809 [22OC]

S. 681, prepayment of Federal bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems, 5006 [6MR]

S. 880, Superconductivity Competition Act, 7286 [30MR]

S. 912, Rural Electrification Act amendments, 7978 [3AP]

S. 1006, Geothermal Steam Act amendments, 8835 [9AP]

S. 1085, Nuclear Protections and Safety Act, 9432-9435 [23AP]

S. 1255, Grand Valley reclamation project accelerated repayment, 13565 [21MY]

S. 1719, study transfer of Southeastern Power Administration out of Federal ownership, 25311 [25SE]

S. 1889, Geothermal Steam Act amendments, 33136 [20NO]

S. 1933, REA loan guarantee programs, 34339 [8DE]

S.J. Res. 19, National Energy Education Day, 6142 [18MR], 6277 [19MR]