This journal is a multi-disciplinary focus for activities relating to the development, assessment and management of energy-related programs. It is hoped that this publication will prove to be an important factor in raising the standards of discussions, analyses, and evaluations relating to energy programs. The following are among the topical areas on which important contributions are solicited: input-output analyses relating to energy-consuming systems, careful resource or reserve assessments of all types, energy-conservation measures and their implementations, incisive evaluation of energy-systems managements, environmental-impact assessments, and policy alternatives stressing economic implications.