DocumentCode
1156193
Title
A U.S. energy bill at last
Author
Sweet, W.
Volume
42
Issue
9
fYear
2005
Firstpage
11
Abstract
This paper reports on a US Congress-approved comprehensive energy law to make electric power reliability rules mandatory so that the kinds of lapses on the part of utility managers that led to the big blackout of August 2003 will now be punishable. The energy bill also allocates billions of dollars for a variety of incentives to encourage energy efficiency and conservation as well as greater use of wind, solar, and nuclear energy.
Keywords
electricity supply industry; legislation; power generation reliability; August 2003 blackout; US Congress; comprehensive energy law; electric power reliability rules; energy bill; energy conservation; energy efficiency; energy production improvement; utility managers; Additives; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Ethanol; Gas industry; Global warming; Legislation; Petroleum industry; Power generation; Proposals;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2005.1502521
Filename
1502521
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