This paper deals with the market for SO{sub 2} emission allowances over time and electric utility compliance choices … scrubber incentives in Phase 1, there is likely to be substantial emission banking for use in Phase 2. Allowance prices are … or other potential speculators in the allowance market are not expected to bank allowances. The allowances will be banked …

bidding. Competition in awarding cleanup contracts can make use of market incentives to lower project costs and reduce … completion of projects from a cost-plus Management and Operations (M and O) contract, to incentive-based contracts with the … slippage time. Fixed-price contracts encourage contractors to minimize schedule delays and cost overruns once the scope of a …

. The materials costs are current Los Alamos prices. Additional information sources include material and equipment quotes …The Los Alamos National Laboratory Building Cost Index indicates that actual escalation since 1970 is near 10% per year … the cost of a typical construction project, which for our purposes, is a complex of office buildings and experimental …

procurement decisions that are valid for the life of the equipment. This describes a method of financial analysis that considers …Until the 1970s, it was commonplace for institutions and governments to purchase equipment based on lowest initial … equipment or yearly recurring costs such as energy and maintenance costs. The practice of purchasing based on lowest initial …

This audit was performed to follow up on actions taken in response to the July 1990 report on ``Procurement of Support … the cost-reimbursement contracts examined was recurring and could have been estimated with a reasonable degree of accuracy … making the work suitable for fixed-price contracting. The report made recommendations to the Head of Procurement and the …

. Consequently, the Department may have decreased their ability to control cost growth on these three contracts. As discussed in Part …. However, one of six cost-plus-award-fee contractors received award fees that exceeded its performance ratings by $89 …

, and prices for publication in February, May, August, and November in the Short-Term Energy Outlook (Outlook). An annual …

public procurement can play a significant role in market transformation through its influence on both buyers and suppliers … leading manufacturers and distributors to increase their sales and market share by offering energy-efficient products at … competitive prices. Under proper circumstances, a highly visible government purchasing policy can have a disproportionately large …