The Legislature further finds and declares that information should be acquired and analyzed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in order to ascertain future energy problems and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:
(a) The state’s role in production of oil from domestic reserves, especially within Petroleum Administration for Defense District V.
(b) The production of Alaskan North Slope oil and its projected use in the state.
(c) Plans of the federal government for development of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the state.
(d) Impacts of petroleum price increases and projected conservation measures on the demand for energy and indirect effects on the need for offshore oil development and Alaskan oil delivery into the state.
(e) Potential shipment of Alaskan oil through the state.
(f) Proposals for processing petroleum outside the state to supply the needs within the state.
(g) The impact on the state of national energy policies, including Project Independence.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1195.)