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<br />. <br /> <br />Thus, the objectives of the work reported here were to: <br />1. Provide regional detail for the ERDA Forecast 2 energy <br />scenario for the year 2000 consistent with the level of <br />geographic resolution contained in the FEA 1985 Referer.~~ <br />Case. Specifically, the level chosen was that of United <br />States Census Regions (see Table 1.1); <br />Provide an integrated intertemporal view of regional energy <br /> <br />o <br />-.l <br />tv <br />CO <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />futures as tracked from the present through 1985 (FEA) <br />and to the year 2000 (ERDA). <br /> <br />The data generated in these efforts provide a consistent starting <br />point for the tasks. enumerated above, to be performed by OR,\lL <br />Ind LASL. <br /> <br />**- <br /> <br />* (LOS ALAMOS) Los Alamos Lab. Water for Energy in the West: <br />of the Impact of Federal Energy Supply and Demand Projections. <br />(Rough Draft). <br /> <br />An i\nalysis <br />June, 1977 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I1f5 "'1<1 :2CCO <br />1. This report disaggregatesll energy supply and demand data from the Brook- <br />haven report (10 Census Regions) to WRC ASAs (aggregated sub-areas). The- <br />report is confined in scope to the western United States. <br /> <br />f '-.' <br />2. The report identifies unit energy process technology water reqUIre- <br />ments (Section 3.10). <br /> <br />3. Case Study A discusses the implications of changed water demand and <br />utilization and specifically discusses policy and planning options for <br />the Upper Colorado River Basin states. <br /> <br />4. Case Study B discusses implications of energy development and agricul- <br />tural use in the Upper Colorado River Basin. 1118 case study employs an <br />econometric model to detennine the optimum reallocations of water from <br />agricultural to energy uses in Upper Basin counties. Model runs are also <br />made with different water supply and water rights assumptions. This is <br />a linear progrmillling analysis. <br /> <br />lV- <br />-/I' <br /> <br />5. !><lodels and futures used in this report (as extracted from the rough <br />draft report) are: <br /> <br />Sel ection of 1985 and 2000 Sccnar ios <br /> <br />The national energy futures selected hy Ime for this study arc the <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Energy. Administration's (FEAl $13/barrel reference case for 1985 I <br /> <br /> <br />. and the Forecast 2 scenario for the year 2000 developed by EIWA I s Assistant <br />Administrato~ for Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation.2 <br /> <br />-8- <br />