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<br /> <br />Billions of <br />600 1975 dollars <br /> <br />o <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />How Much Will <br />Energy Supply <br />Investment Cost? <br /> <br />c:=J Other <br />500 C]SynlUelS <br />"Coal <br />~OillGas <br />400 ,.----, <br />L...-.J Electricity <br /> <br />300 <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />'00 <br /> <br />1965-74 <br /> <br />1975-84 <br /> <br />. Energy investments in the United Slates will be about $580 <br />billion (in 1975 dollars) in the next 10 years. <br />-While this investment seems large, it is about 30 percent of <br />fixed business inveslment. which is energy's historical share. <br />-In certain sectors. such as utilities, large demands will be <br />placed on the capital markets. <br />. Oil, gas. and electric utility capital spending will almost <br />double in the next 10 years. <br />. The largest portion of the energy investment will be in the <br />electric utility sector which could account for 47 percent of the <br />total. <br />. Oil and gas investment depends greatly on the pricing and <br />policy strategies that are adopted and could range from about <br />$160 to $315 billion. <br /> <br />. Coal investment could Increase 10 $18 billion or only 3 per- <br />cent of the total. but representing a 200 percent increase from <br />the 1965-1974 total of $6 billion. <br />. Investments to increase energy efficiency could also be sig- <br />nificant. perhaps an additional $250 biflion through 1985. <br />-Conservation investments are difficult to separate from <br />non.energy investments and will be spread throughout the <br />economy. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />