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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Committee and Panel Activities." National Research Council. 2007. Prospective Evaluation of Applied Energy Research and Development at DOE (Phase Two). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11806.
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Committee and Panel Activities

COMMITTEE MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

JULY 13-15, 2005


Summary of Phase One Report

Robert Fri, Phase One Chair


Identification of User Needs

Kevin Carroll, House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy; Rob Sandoli and Leo Sommaripa, Office of Management and Budget; Kevin Hurst, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Sam Baldwin, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and Jay Braitsch, DOE Office of Fossil Energy


Assessing the Benefits of R&D: A Framework of Analysis and an Application Using NEMS

Kevin Forbes, Catholic University of America


COMMITTEE MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2005


Metrics for Energy Security Benefits

Russell Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)


Measuring Oil Security Benefits

Dave Greene, ORNL


Energy Security Benefits of Coal R&D

Darren Mollot, DOE Office of Fossil Energy


Energy Security Benefits of Oil and Gas R&D

Rodney Geisbrecht, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory


Estimating Environmental Benefits

Russell Lee, ORNL


Environmental Benefits of Coal R&D

Darren Mollot, DOE Office of Fossil Energy


Environmental Benefits of Oil and Gas R&D

Bill Hochheiser, DOE Office of Fossil Energy


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROGRAM

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

SEPTEMBER 29-30, 2005


Program Elements and Objectives Most Closely Related to Quantitative Estimates of Prospective Program Benefits

Sean Plasynski, DOE


Relationship of Sequestration Projects to Program Objectives: CO2 Capture Projects

Jose Figueroa, DOE


Relationship of Sequestration Projects to Program Objectives: CO2 Storage Projects

Karen Cohen, DOE


Relationship of Sequestration Projects to Program Objectives: Monitoring, Mitigation, and Verification

Karen Cohen, DOE


Relationship of Sequestration Projects to Program Objectives: Regional Partnerships

John Litynski, DOE


NEMS-Based Approaches

Juli Klara, DOE


CarBen Spreadsheet Model

Sarah Forbes, DOE


Economics—Impact of Technology Advances on COE

Jared Ciferno, DOE


DOE Progress to Date on Sequestration Decision Tree and Probability Analysis

Jay Braitsch, DOE

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Committee and Panel Activities." National Research Council. 2007. Prospective Evaluation of Applied Energy Research and Development at DOE (Phase Two). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11806.
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MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE HYBRID TECHNOLOGY R&D PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 3-4, 2005


Prospective Benefits of DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy R&D Programs (Phase Two)

Ed Wall, DOE


Estimating Benefits of EERE Light Duty Vehicle R&D

Philip Patterson, DOE/EERE; Frances Wood, OnLocation, Inc.; and Chip Friley, Brookhaven National Laboratory


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE TECHNOLOGY R&D PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 5-6, 2005


Overview of DOE Benefits Analysis

Darren Mollot, DOE Office of Fossil Energy


DOE IGCC Program

Gary Stiegel and Richard Dennis; DOE Office of Fossil Energy


DOE Methodologies for Estimating IGCC Benefits

Julianne Klara, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory


DOE Progress to Date on Decision Tree Analysis

Jay Braitsch, DOE Office of Fossil Energy


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 10-11, 2005


Overview of the Chemicals Subprogram

Dickson Ozokwelu, DOE Lead Technology Manager


Estimating Benefits of EERE Chemical Industrial Technologies R&D

Joan Pellegrino, Energetics


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 12-13, 2005


FE Methodologies for Estimation of Oil and Gas Program Benefits

Rodney Geisbrecht, DOE


Natural Gas Research and Development

Bob Silva, DOE


Assessing the Benefits of R&D: A Framework of Analysis and an Application Using NEMS

John Pyrdol, DOE


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 24-25, 2005


DOE Program

Pat Hoffman, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Estimating Benefits of EERE Combined Heat and Power R&D

Frances Wood, OnLocation, Inc.; Chip Friley, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Chris Marnay and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


COMMITTEE MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 26-29, 2005


DOE Experience with Decision Trees

Darren Mollot, Office of Fossil Energy


DOE Energy Working Group

John R. Sullivan, Associate Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NOVEMBER 3-4, 2005


Discussion of DOE’s ITP Chemicals Subprogram

Dickson Ozokwelu, DOE


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE HYBRID TECHNOLOGY R&D PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NOVEMBER 7-8, 2005


Discussions of DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Program

Ed Wall, DOE


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NOVEMBER 9-10, 2005


Discussion of DOE’s Natural Gas E&P Program

Bob Silva, DOE

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Committee and Panel Activities." National Research Council. 2007. Prospective Evaluation of Applied Energy Research and Development at DOE (Phase Two). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11806.
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MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE TECHNOLOGY R&D PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NOVEMBER 29-30, 2005


Q&A and Discussion of DOE’s IGCC Program

Jay Braitsch, DOE


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

DECEMBER 13-14, 2005


Q&A and Discussion of DOE’s Program

Pat Hoffman, DOE


MEETING OF PANEL ON DOE’S CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

DECEMBER 15-16, 2005


CO2 Capture R&D Pathways for IGCC

Jared Ciferno, DOE

COMMITTEE MEETING IRVINE, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 10-11, 2006


Closed Meeting

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Committee and Panel Activities." National Research Council. 2007. Prospective Evaluation of Applied Energy Research and Development at DOE (Phase Two). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11806.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Committee and Panel Activities." National Research Council. 2007. Prospective Evaluation of Applied Energy Research and Development at DOE (Phase Two). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11806.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Committee and Panel Activities." National Research Council. 2007. Prospective Evaluation of Applied Energy Research and Development at DOE (Phase Two). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11806.
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Since its inception in 1977 from an amalgam of federal authorities, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has administered numerous programs aimed at developing applied energy technologies. In recent years, federal oversight of public expenditures has emphasized the integration of performance and budgeting. Notably, the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) was passed in 1993 in response to questions about the value and effectiveness of federal programs. GPRA and other mandates have led agencies to develop indicators of program performance and program outcomes. The development of indicators has been watched with keen interest by Congress, which has requested of the National Research Council (NRC) a series of reports using quantitative indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of applied energy research and development (R&D).

The first such report took a retrospective view of the first 3 years of DOE R&D programs on fossil energy and energy efficiency. The report found that DOE-sponsored research had netted large commercial successes, such as advanced refrigerator compressors, electronic lighting ballasts, and emission control technology for flue gas desulfurization. However, some programs were judged to be costly failures in which large R&D expenditures did not result in a commercial energy technology. A follow-up NRC committee was assigned the task of adapting the methodology to the assessment of the future payoff of continuing programs.

Evaluating the outcome of R&D expenditures requires an analysis of program costs and benefits. Doing so is not a trivial matter. First, the analysis of costs and benefits must reflect the full range of public benefits that are envisioned, accounting for environmental and energy security impacts as well as economic effects. Second, the analysis must consider how likely the research is to succeed and how valuable the research will be if successful. Finally, the analysis must consider what might happen if the government did not support the project: Would some non-DOE entity undertake it or an equivalent activity that would produce some or all of the benefits of government involvement?

This second report continues to investigate the development and use of R&D outcome indicators and applies the benefits evaluation methodology to six DOE R&D activities. It provides further definition for the development of indicators for environmental and security benefits and refines the evaluation process based on its experience with the six DOE R&D case studies.

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