A feature article called “Scanning the Research Agenda” in the January/February 1979 issue of EPRI Journal describes 30 representative projects to reveal the scope and direction of EPRI’s research. These included:

• Refining demand and supply forecast models
• Developing models that help electric system planners account for uncertainties in customer demand, generation mix, and capital and fuel costs
• Designing reliable nuclear fusion reactors
• Designing residential solar heating and cooling systems
• Developing liquid fuels from coal
• Demonstrating a 4.5-megawatt fuel cell power plant
• Monitoring air pollutants
• Investigating ecological effects of power plant cooling systems
• Investigating effects of high-voltage electromagnetic fields on plants and animals