From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
Subject: Department of Energy
Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:35:15 GMT

In Message-ID: <1483600066@igc.apc.org> jlohrmann@igc.apc.org writes:
}Posted by:	The Office of the President-elect
}Date:		December 21, 1992 
}
}
}DEPARTMENT TITLE:             Department of Energy
}
}SECRETARY DESIGNEE:           Hazel Rollins O'Leary
}
}
}     The Department of Energy was formed during the energy crisis
}of the 1970s with the mission of creating a comprehensive energy
}plan and unifying energy-related policies and activities from
}divergent parts of the Federal government.  
}
}     Among the Department's responsibilities are:
}
}     *    Coordination of long-term, high risk research and
}          development of new energy sources and technology;
}
}     *    Protecting human health and the environment;
}
}     *    Promoting competition in the environment;
}
}     *    Marketing Federal power;
}
}     *    Promotion of consumer interest in energy conservation;
}
}     *    Development and regulation of nuclear power; and
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	   Interesting position, considering the slice of the DoE budget
	   it takes up.  Nevertheless (especially you, Greg) there it
	   sits.  Andit does NOT mention weapons, let alone "build
	   nukes".

}
}     *    Collection and analysis of energy-related research data.
}
}  (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary)  
}
}
}NAME:                    Hazel Rollins O'Leary
}
}SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR:  Department of Energy
}
}EDUCATION:               B.A., Fisk College
}                         J.D., Rutgers University School of Law
}
}
}     Hazel O'Leary, a senior energy policy official in the Ford and
}Carter Administrations, is the Executive Vice President of Northern
}States Power Company in Minneapolis, MN.
}
}     Prior to joining Northern States in 1989, Mrs. O'Leary was
}Vice President and General Counsel for O'Leary Associates, an
}international energy economics and strategic planning firm.  She
}served in the U.S. Department of Energy after its formation by
}President Carter, and in the Federal Energy Administration during
}the Ford Administration.  During that period, she played a key role
}in regulation of the oil, gas, and electrical industries, and in
}implimentation of environmental and conservation policies.

Would seem to be a conflict here.  Oil and gas are neither long-term, high
risk, or nuclear.  The experience seems to be in a different arena.
BTW:  I think we can recall how well the gasoline regulation did
during the Carter and Ford administrations.  I, at least, do remember
the gas lines...

}     Since leaving the government, she has remained active in
}public service.  She currently chairs the U.S. Department of
}Energy's State Energy Advisory Board, and served on the Governor of
}Minnesota's Commission on Long Term Financial Planning and
}Management.  She is a trustee of the William Mitchell College of
}Law and the St. Paul Minnesota Chamber Orchestra, a member of the
}Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Advisory Committee,
}and is on the boards of the Greater Minneapolis Red Cross, the
}Minneapolis Red Cross, the Minneapolis Foundation, and the
}Northwest Area Foundation.  
}
}     In addition, she is a board member of the Executive Leadership
}Council, a leadership forum for black corporate executives, and a
}member of the Committee of 200, an international organization of
}leading businesswomen.
}
}     O'Leary was formerly a partner at Coopers and Lybrand,
}Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Assistant
}Prosecutor of Essex County, New Jersey, and General Counsel of the
}U.S. Community Services Administration.

Hmmmm.  Nothing in there about nuclear power development and regulation...
 
}                   Statement of Hazel O'Leary
}                 Secretary of Energy - Designee
}                        December 21, 1992
}
}
}
}  Thank you very much.  I am delighted to accept President-elect
}Clinton's nomination to be Secretary of Energy.  In many ways, I
}feel as though I've been in training for this job for the past
}twenty years.
}
}  In the public sector, I have regulated.  In the private sector I
}have lived with regulation and have learned that command and
}control regulations do not always work.  Like President-elect
}Clinton, I believe we need change in the Department of Energy. 
}Change is necessary because the same tried and true strategies do
}not work.
}
}  Our energy policy decisions are essential to creating jobs, to
}maintaining the health of our nation's economy and to sustain the
}quality of our environment.  

While "health" and "environment" are parts of the DoE description provided, jobs and
economy are not.  "Research" and "nuclear power" are, but are not mentioned.

}  Experience has taught me that balance is essential to effective
}energy policy.  We must utilize a range of demand and supply
}options to ensure adequate supplies of energy at reasonable cost. 
}
}  This is underscored by the recently ratified treaty, signed in Rio
}this past June concerning Global Climate Change.  We need to
}address this challenge to the global environment and to our nation. 
}To rise to this challenge we need more creativity and innovation in
}technology development.
}
}  As President-elect Clinton has advocated, the nation needs to use
}energy more efficiently and conserve our natural resources. 
}Increasing efficiency and conservation will enhance our economic
}competitiveness and reduce our reliance on foreign supplies of oil. 
}Plus, it will reduce pollution.
}
}  There was a time when serving our government was a noble calling. 
}People used to believe that we each could make a difference to
}improve each other's lives and our country.  In more recent years,
}people have not wanted to serve because they have felt that they no
}longer can make that difference.  The election of Bill Clinton has
}renewed hope and dedication to public service through a policy of
}inclusion for Americans with diverse ideas and experiences. 
}Inclusion will make us stronger as we benefit from diversity of
}ideas and experiences.
}
}  I am humbled and honored to be called upon to serve in this effort. 
}This is a great challenge and challenges never come without risk. 
}I accept this risk because without it there cannot be change and I
}believe that change can bring opportunities for our country. 
}

Hmmmm.  Nothing in her statement about one of the roles of the DoE
(see above) at all, in spite of its major budgetary consideration...
There were no grandeose statements concerning the unnuclear of the DoE,
no matter what Greg would like to wish.


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