Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy Markets 1999: Primary Energy - Table 4. Comparison of Estimates of Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Primary Energy Markets: Values for Corresponding Categories From the 1992 and 1999 EIA Reports

Table 4. Comparison of Estimates of Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in
Primary Energy Markets: Values for Corresponding Categories From the 1992 and 1999 EIA Reports

Subsidy Category	1992 Estimate (Million 1992 Dollars)	1992 Estimate (Million 1999 Dollars)	1999 Estimate (Million 1999 Dollars)
Direct Expenditures
Renewable Energy Production Incentive	NI	NI	4
Synthetic Fuel Subsidies	72	82	^aNI
Subtotal (Direct Expenditures)	72	82	4
Tax Expenditures
Capital Gains Treatment of Royalties in Coal	10	11	85
Expensing of Exploration and Development Costs	-55	-63	-90
Exception From Passive Loss Limitation for Working Interests in Oil and Gas Properties	100	114	35
Enhanced Oil Recovery	^bNI	^bNI	245
Expensing of Tertiary Injectants	20	23	NI
Alternative Fuel Production Credit	670	764	1,030
New Technology Credit	65	74	40
Alcohol Fuel Credit	80	91	15
Excess of Percentage Over Cost Depletion	1,025	1,170	295
Subtotal (Income Taxes)	1,915	2,185	1,656
Excise Taxes	460	525	725
Subtotal (Tax Expenditures)	2,375	2,710	2,381
Research and Development
Nuclear Power
New Nuclear Plants	122	139	30
Waste/Fuel/Safety	620	707	467
Unallocated	148	169	143
Subtotal (Nuclear Power)	890	1,015	640
Coal
Preparation/Mining	81	93	^cNI
Coal Conversion	51	58	^dNI
Power Generation	148	168	^eNI
Clean Coal Technology Program	415	474	183
Interagency National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program	31	35	^aNI
Advanced Clean Efficient Power Systems	NI	NI	^f88
Advanced Clean Fuels	NI	NI	^g16
Advanced Research and Technology Development	NI	NI	^h20
Unallocated	79	90	97
Subtotal (Coal)	804	918	404
Other Fossil Energy
Oil	51	59	49
Natural Gas	13	14	115
Shale Oil	6	7	^aNI
U.S. Geological Survey Energy Research and Development	26	30	^aNI
Subtotal (Other Fossil Energy)	96	109	164
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic/Wind/Other Solar	137	156	134
Biomass	21	24	96
Geothermal	27	31	29
Hydroelectric	1	1	3
Electricity Technologies	38	43	44
Unallocated	19	22	22
Subtotal (Renewable Energy)	244	278	327
Electricity
Advanced Turbine Systems	5	5	33
Subtotal (Research and Development)	2,039	2,326	1,567
Clean Coal Technology Adjustmentⁱ	253	289	--
Subtotal (Research and Development, Including Clean Coal Technology)	1,786	2,037	1,567
Total	4,233	4,829	3,953
NI - not included. ^aProgram terminated. ^bNot reported in the Federal budget until 1994. ^cReclassified as Advanced Research and Technology Development. ^dReclassified as Advanced Clean Fuels. ^eReclassified as Advanced Clean and Efficient Power Systems. ^fReplaces Power Generation category from 1992 EIA report. ^gReplaces Coal Conversion category from 1992 EIA report. ^hReplaces Preparation/Mining category from 1992 EIA report. ⁱValue of appropriations from 1992 EIA report (1992) and value of outlays from this report (1999). Sources: This report and Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets, SR/EMEU/92-02 (Washington, DC, November 1992).

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