Table 23. Comparison of Estimates of Federal Financial Interventions and 
Subsidies in EnergyTransformation and End Use on a Budget Outlay Basis: 
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
LIHEAP 1,500 1,712 1,255
Weatherization Assistance and State Energy Programs 262 299 166
Subtotal (Direct Expenditures) 1,762 2,010 1,421
Tax Expenditures
Interest Income Exclusion (Certain Energy Facilities) 185 211 155
Utility-Sponsored Conservation Exclusiona NI NI 110
Credit/Deduction for Clean Fuel Vehiclesa NI NI 105
Subtotal (Tax Expenditures) 185 211 370
Research and Development
Building Technology, State and Community Programs 45 51 81
Industryb 97 110 133
Transportation 109 125 202
Unallocated 3 3 38
Federal Energy Management Program Adjustmentc -4 -5 NA
Subtotal (Research and Development) 249 285 454
Total 2,196 2,506 2,245
NI = not included. NA = not applicable.
aProgram not in existence in 1992.
bExpenditures for Advanced Turbine Systems ($33 million) were reported as primary energy.
cFEMP was not itemized separately in 1992 budget documents. It has been removed in this report.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets, SR/EMEU/92-02 (Washington, DC, November 1992); Federal Financial Interventions and Energy 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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