An Analysis of the Department of Energy's Fuel Allocation Plan and Related Policies
David Budin and James Pawela
1980. 134p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to the Institute of
Public Administration, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20036.
This study evaluated the impact of the Department of Energy's fuel allocation plan on independent gasoline retailers in terms of efficiency and equity. The researchers reported that DOE gasoline allocation regulations, as widely applied, tended to favor new retail stations over existing gasoline retailers. The authors concluded that allocation regulations seemed to be administered in an atmosphere of "benign neglect."
NTIS order number:
PB81-110322
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Comparative Class Rates of Return in the Electric Utility Industry: A Comparative Study of Electric Rates Charged to Small Business Consumers
John W. Wilson
1980. 74p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to J. W. Wilson & Associates, 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20007.
The report finds that electric rates for small business as a class provide higher earnings levels than utility companies generally obtain from their residential and industrial customers. Small business is not usually represented in regulatory proceedings.
NTIS order number:
PB83-114231
Price codes:
A12 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
The Decline of the Lessee Gasoline Dealer
Howard P. Marvel
1982. 259p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to the Ohio State
University Research Fund, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus,
OH 43212.
During the 1970s, the number of retail gasoline stations declined by over 20 percent. The hardest hit were lessee dealers of the major oil companies. This study examines the history of this decline and focuses on the regulatory and antitrust framework that governed the relationship between refiners and dealers.
NTIS order number:
PB91-119586
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Effects of Railroad Abandonment on Small Business
Consad Research Corporation
1977. 53p. Contract awarded in FY 1976 to Consad Research
Corporation, 121 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.
This study is a follow-up to a study funded by the U.S.
Department of Transportation on the effects of rail service
abandonments in the aftermath of the reorganization of bankrupt
railroads in the Northeast and the establishment of federal
subsidies for rail service (by the organization of Conrail and
Amtrak) in the early to mid-l970s. The study focuses on the
alternatives available to small businesses when faced with rail
service termination, and quantifies the increased costs and
capital investments that would be incurred.
NTIS order number:
PB81-118879
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Effects of the Recent Gasoline Shortage on Retail Service Station Operations
Nolton Popeck
1979. 61p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to RTA, Inc., 10400
Connecticut Avenue NW, Kensington, MD 20795.
This study sought to discover the effects on retail gasoline dealers of both the 1973 Arab oil embargo and the contemporaneous trend toward refiner-operated retail locations. It was based on a survey of dealers located in the greater Washington, D.C., area.
NTIS order number:
PB81-179798
Price codes:
A07 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
An Evaluation of U.S. Federal Government Programs Available to Aid Small Business in the Energy Area
Joseph Tovey
1979. 138p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to Tovey and Company, 20
Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate energy programs and loan guarantee programs that assist individuals to enter energy- related fields. Among the federal programs it evaluates are the Investors Evaluation Program, the Department of Energy Appropriate Technology Program, and similar commercialization-of-technology programs.
NTIS order number
PB83-208025
Price codes:
A13 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Impact of Increasing Energy Prices and Energy Supply Curtailments on Small Business in the U.S.
Samuel L. Doctors
1981. 287p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to the University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
This study addresses the impact on small businesses of increasing energy prices, energy curtailments, and energy shortages during the 1970s. It is based on a survey of 6,083 small businesses employing less than 500 workers. The data are stratified by size of business, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and type of business.
NTIS order number:
PB81-117160
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Reducing the Impact of Margin Ceilings on Gasoline Wholesalers
Peter Bos
1979. 73p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to Resource Planning
Associates, 44 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Marginal ceilings on wholesale sales of gasoline were imposed by the Federal Energy Office in 1973, but never subsequently revised to reflect the effects of inflation and supply shortages on wholesalers' earnings. To measure the effects of this regulation, this study used a, national survey of 192 gasoline jobbers. It focused on their cost increases and overall profitability from 1974 through 1979, and found significant adverse effects.
NTIS order number:
PB91-119578
Price codes:
A04 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Short Line Railroads As an Investment
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Planning, Research, and Data Management 1977. 62p.
As a result of federal railroad legislation in the 1970s, over 33,000 miles of rail lines were defined as "light density lines." A high percentage of these lines faced abandonment. However, some of the more active lines were converted by private investors into short line railroads. This study examined the financial health of three active short line railroads to determine the financial success of their operations with an eye toward investment possibilities for other, similar short line railroads.
NTIS order number:
PB81-248551
Price codes:
A05 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Small and Large Business Participation in the Ethanol Equipment Manufacturing Industry and the Effect of Government Programs
Milton L. David
1981. 76p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to Development
Planning and Research Associates, 200 Research Drive,
Manhattan, KS 66502.
In the late 1970s, the federal government strongly supported
ethanol production as a means of lowering oil imports. This
study examined the effects of government programs and policies on
small business participation in the ethanol equipment
manufacturing industry. It was based on a survey of 47
manufacturers, out of some 100 manufacturers identified by the
authors.
NTIS order number:
PB83-117333
Price codes:
A08 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Small Business in the Emerging Energy Technologies
Michael D. Yokell
1982. 172p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to Resource
Management Consultants, Inc., P.O. Drawer 0, Boulder,
CO 80306.
This purpose of this study was to determine the effect of federal of solar, photovoltaics, and biomass industries and also to examine the structure of these industries with a view toward where future opportunities might lie for small business.
NTIS order number:
PB81-216384
Price codes:
A05 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
Steps to Ensure the Viability of the Residential Fuel Oil Distribution System
Peter Bos
1980. 99p. Contract awarded in FY 1981 to Resource Planning
Associates, 50 Church Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
In the 1970s, there were about 8,000 heating oil dealers in the
United States, most of them small independent businesses. This
study took a look at some of the problems then threatening the
viability of these small firms-such as tighter supplier credit,
decreasing market share, and anticompetitive government
regulation-and offered some strategies to alleviate the negative
impact of these trends.