EXHIBITS Page 149 <br />2. Many energy supply and demand factors which influence the metropolitan area are <br />beyond local control. An example is the petroleum supply decisions made by <br />Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations. <br />Energy savings can be obtained by utilizing forms of energy other than electricity or <br />fossil fuels for space heating. <br />4. Recent trends and analysis indicate that the relative cost of non-renewable energy <br />supplies, such as petroleum, and the relative cost of the majority of the electric power <br />received by the metropolitan area, will increase in the future. <br />Wood fiber presently provides a significant amount of energy to the metropolitan area. <br />The continued utilization of this alternative energy source will be influenced by the <br />economic and resource conditions affecting the lumber industry and by the air quality <br />conditions and regulations affecting the metropolitan area. <br />6. Municipal waste can serve as an indirect energy source through the energy savings <br />resulting from the recycling of nonrenewable resources such as metals and glass <br />containers. <br />7. Solar energy can provide a significant amount of the energy used for the metropolitan <br />area hot water heating and can provide cost-effective supplementary space heating when <br />used in basic, simple, passive systems. <br />8. An electrical generation facility which is powered by part of an industrial process <br />(cogeneration) is presently operating in the metropolitan area. Additional opportunities <br />for cogeneration facilities exist in the region. <br />9. Waste heat from metropolitan area industrial processes can be used for space heating of <br />nearby buildings. <br />Objectives <br />Utilize cost-effective energy conservation techniques, as determined by methods which <br />consider initial operating, replacement, and decommissioning costs of facilities--in other <br />words, life cycle costs. <br />2. Maintain options for the potential use of energy conservation methods, such as increased <br />building weatherization and some forms of public transit, that are not cost-effective at the <br />present time. <br />Minimize negative environmental effects associated with energy production and use and <br />encourage the utilization of energy sources having the least negative environmental <br />impact. <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 712 <br />