Table 22. Summary of Primary Energy and Energy Transformation and End Use Subsidy Elements in Federal
Programs by Fuel and Program Type on a Budget Outlay Basis, Fiscal Year 1999

(Million 1999 Dollars)

Fuel Type of Subsidy Total
Direct 
Expenditures
Tax Expenditures Research and 
Development
Income Excise

Primary Energy

Oil

0 263 0 49 312

Gas

0 1,048 0 115 1,163

Coal

0 85 0 404 489

Oil, Gas, and Coal Combineda

0 205 0 0 205

Nuclear

0 0 0 640 640

Renewables

4 15 b725 327 1,071

Electricity

0 40 0 c33 73

Subtotal

4 1,656 725 1,567 3,953

Energy Transformation and End Use

Oil

255 0 0 0 255

Gas

501 0 0 0 501

Renewables

40 0 0 0 40

Electricityd

459 155 0 0 614

Conservation

166 110 0 0 276

End Use

0 105 0 454 559

Subtotal

1,421 370 0 454 2,245

Total, All Energy

1,425 2,026 725 2,021 6,198
aThe category Oil, Gas, and Coal Combined includes expenditures that were not allocated to any one of the three individual fuels.
bAlcohol fuels excise tax.
cElectricity research and development includes only Advanced Turbine Systems. Other generation technology research and development is distributed by fuel.
dFurther estimates of Federal electricity subsidies, not included in this table, are presented in Chapter 4.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy Markets 1999: Primary Energy, SR/OIAF/99-03 (Washington, DC, September 1999), and estimates presented in this report.

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