Federal Energy Administration

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The Federal Energy Administration (FEA) was a

United States government organization created in 1974 to address the 1970s energy crisis, and specifically the 1973 oil crisis.[1] It was merged in 1977 with the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) into the newly created United States Department of Energy.[2]

History

In 1973, the

naval reactors programs.[6]

In December 1975,

crude oil prices would rise gradually. Additionally, subject to congressional review, the FEA could now remove refined petroleum products from pricing controls. By June 1976, fuel oil, middle distillates, naphtha, and gas oils were no longer under pricing controls.[7]

The Federal Energy Administration Act created the first U.S. agency with the primary focus on energy and mandated it to collect, assemble, evaluate, and analyze energy information. It also provided FEA with data collection enforcement authority for gathering data from energy producing and major consuming firms. Section 52 of the FEA Act mandated establishment of the National Energy Information System to "contain such energy information as is necessary to carry out the Administration’s statistical and forecasting activities."

The

Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 created the United States Department of Energy (USDOE), which merged ERDA and FEA under USDOE. It also created the Energy Information Administration as the primary Federal Government authority on energy statistics and analysis.[8][9]

Leaders

  Denotes acting capacity.

National Energy Office

Name Start End President(s)
Charles DiBona April 18, 1973 July 16, 1973 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)

Energy Policy Office

Name Start End President(s)
John Love July 16, 1973 December 4, 1973 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)

Federal Energy Office

Name Start End President(s)
William Simon December 4, 1973 May 9, 1974 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
John Sawhill May 9, 1974 June 28, 1974

Federal Energy Administration

Name Start End President(s)
John Sawhill June 28, 1974 December 18, 1974 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
Frank Zarb December 18, 1974 January 15, 1977
Gorman Smith
Acting 		January 15, 1977 February 5, 1977 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
John O'Leary February 5, 1977 September 30, 1977

Andrew Gibson was nominated to succeed Sawhill in 1974, but was withdrawn before the Senate had a chance to act on it.

Deputy Administrators

  • John Sawhill (December 4, 1973 – April 17, 1974)
  • Eric Zausner (December 18, 1974 – Designated Acting July 31, 1976)
  • John Hill (Early 1975 – July 1976)
  • David Bardin (May 1977 – September 30, 1977)
  • Gorman Smith, Acting (February 1977 – June 1977)[7]

References

  1. ^ Staff report (May 8, 1974). Energy Crisis Still With Us, Nixon Warns. Los Angeles Times
  2. ISBN 978-0-521-33572-0
  3. JSTOR 20024363
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  4. ^ "Richard Nixon: Executive Order 11748—Federal Energy Office". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. ^ "Richard Nixon: Statement About the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. ^ Buck, Alice (1982). A History of the Energy Research and Development Administration (PDF). U.S. Department of Energy. pp. 2–3.
  7. ^ a b Anders, Roger (1980). The Federal Energy Administration (PDF). U.S. Department of Energy. p. 4.
  8. ^ Carter, Jimmy (2005). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter- 1977 Book II. University of Michigan Library. p. 1584.
  9. ^ Department of Energy, Announcement No. 1, September 28, 1977
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