Notice Of Public Hearing On The
Energy Commission Staff Report On The
Supply and Cost of Alternatives to MTBE In Gasoline

The California Energy Commission’s Fuels and Transportation Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss the methodology and findings of the staff report Supply and Cost of Alternatives to MTBE in Gasoline. The report examines the possible options of replacing the use of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) with another oxygenate, and the resulting impacts on the supply, production and price of gasoline to California consumers.

The report, as directed by the California State Legislature, evaluates:

• Alternative additives and compounds that could be used in lieu of MTBE in California.

• The relative air quality and environmental benefits associated with each alternative additive or compound.

• Potential costs or savings to the public in increases or decreases in retail gasoline prices for each alternative.

• Present and future availability of each alternative.

• Minimum time frames within which one or more alternatives could be substituted for MTBE without resulting in significant disruption of gasoline supply.

The hearing is scheduled as follows:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1998
Beginning at 9 a.m.
California Energy Commission
Hearing Room A
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)

Hearing Agenda

This hearing will be open to the public. The Committee invites participants to present any comments, questions or concerns on these topics either orally or in writing at the hearing. Written comments (the original and 12 copies) should be submitted to the California Energy Commission, Dockets Unit, 1516 Ninth Street, MS-4, Sacramento, CA 95814, (E-Mail <docket@energy.state.ca.us>) by November 6, 1998. Please refer to Docket No. 96-FR-1 in your written submittal.

To obtain a copy of Supply and Cost of Alternatives to MTBE in Gasoline please contact Mary Freeland at (916) 654-4865, or e-Mail her at Mfreelan@energy.state.ca.us, or you may obtain this report from the internet at www.energy.ca.gov/mtbe.

This hearing will be "broadcast" over the Internet using RealAudio^TM technology. Go to www.energy.ca.gov/realaudio for information about listening to the hearing.

For further information on how to participate in this hearing, contact the Commission’s Public Adviser, Roberta E. Mendonca, at (916) 654-4489 or toll free at (800) 822-6228. Technical questions regarding the hearing or report should be directed to Gordon Schremp at (916) 654-4887.

Dated: October 23, 1998

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JANANNE SHARPLESS	MICHAL C. MOORE
Commissioner and Presiding Member	Commissioner and Associate Member
Fuels and Transportation Committee	Fuels and Transportation Committee

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