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State legislatures and energy policy in the Northeast: energy facility siting and legislative action

Description: At the Federal level, a vast array of bureaucratic and legislative institutions are presently immersed in various explorations of energy policy and its national ramifications. Almost each of the 50 states has Energy offices. One element of the institutional/political equation, however, often is missed in studies of energy policy: the state legislature. This institution may well be vitally important to formulation of broad policies, and certainly is critical to successful implementation of certa… more
Date: June 1, 1977
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy in the '80s: decade of decision

Description: This proceeding includes the six papers presented at the Public Awareness Symposium plus the WATTEC/Engineers' Week banquet address on nuclear power by Dr. Harold M. Agnew of General Atomic Co.; these presentations on the final day, February 22, concluded the 1980 WATTEC conference. A separate abstract was prepared for each paper and for the banquet address.
Date: June 1, 1980
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Imperial County geothermal development. Quarterly report, April 1-June 30, 1982

Description: The activities of the Geothermal Office during the quarter are discussed, including: important geothermal events, geothermal waste disposal, a grant award by the California Energy Commission, the geothermal development meeting, and the current status of geothermal development in Imperial County. Activities of the Geothermal Planner are addressed, including permits, processing of EIR's, and other planning activities. Progress on the direct heat study is reported.
Date: June 30, 1982
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R and D in the FY 1983 budget: impacts on the national laboratories

Description: A report on the impact upon LBL of the policy changes and budget actions in Department of Energy programs since early 1981 is given, and some views are given on more general problems that appear to underlie the interaction between the federal government, which supports research, and the scientific community, which performs it. (WHK)
Date: June 1, 1982
Creator: Shirley, D.A.
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US Department of Energy wind turbine candidate site program: the regulatory process

Description: Sites selected in 1979 as tentative sites for installation of a demonstration MOD-2 turbine are emphasized. Selection as a candidate site in this program meant that the US Department of Energy (DOE) designated the site as eligible for a DOE-purchased and installed meteorological tower. The regulatory procedures involved in the siting and installation of these meteorological towers at the majority of the candidate sites are examined. An attempt is also made, in a preliminary fashion, to identify… more
Date: June 1, 1982
Creator: Greene, M.R. & York, K.R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar envelope zoning: application to the city planning process. Los Angeles case study

Description: Solar envelope zoning represents a promising approach to solar access protection. A solar envelope defines the volume within which a building will not shade adjacent lots or buildings. Other solar access protection techniques, such as privately negotiated easements, continue to be tested and implemented but none offer the degree of comprehensiveness evident in this approach. Here, the City of Los Angeles, through the Mayor's Energy Office, the City Planning Department, and the City Attorney's O… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Michigan regulatory incentives study for electric utilities

Description: This is the final report of Phase I of the Michigan Regulatory Incentives Study for Electric Utilities, a three-phase review of Michigan's regulatory system and its effects on resource selection by electric utilities. The goal of Phase I is to identify and analyze financial incentive mechanisms that encourage selection of resources in accord with the principles of integrated resource planning (IRP) or least-cost planning (LCP). Subsequent study phases will involve further analysis of options an… more
Date: June 17, 1991
Creator: Reid, M.W. & Weaver, E.M. (Barakat and Chamberlin, Inc., Oakland, CA (United States))
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drilling for geothermal resources: rules and regulations and minimum well construction standards

Description: The following geothermal rules and regulations are presented: authority; policy; definitions; drilling; records; blow out prevention; injection wells; abandonment; maintenance; hearings; notice procedures; hearings on refused, limited, or conditioned permit; appeals; penalties; and forms;
Date: June 1, 1978
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Geothermal power development in Hawaii. Volume I. Review and analysis

Description: The history of geothermal exploration in Hawaii is reviewed briefly. The nature and occurrences of geothermal resources are presented island by island. An overview of geothermal markets is presented. Other topies covered are: potential markets of the identified geothermal areas, well drilling technology, hydrothermal fluid transport, overland and submarine electrical transmission, community aspects of geothermal development, legal and policy issues associated with mineral and land ownership, lo… more
Date: June 1, 1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regulation and deregulation of natural gas in the US: 1938-1985

Description: Public policy towards natural gas has swung first towards, and then away from regulation in this century. In 1906, the Congress specifically excluded natural gas from the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Three decades later, a New Deal Congress passed the Natural Gas Act of 1938 bringing pipelines under the control of the Federal Power Commission (FDC). Forty years thereafter, the Congress passed a phased decontrol bill, the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) of 1978, as part of t… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Creator: Merrill, Peter R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legislative Options for Financing Water Infrastructure

Description: Report that addresses several options considered by Congress to address the financing needs of local communities for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects and to decrease or close the gap between available funds and projected needs.
Date: June 3, 2013
Creator: Copeland, Claudia; Mallett, William J. & Maguire, Steven
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Trade Reorganization: Overview and Issues for Congress

Description: Report that discusses: President Obama's trade reorganization proposal; the context of the trade reorganization debate; key issues that Congress may face related to the debate; potential policy options for Congress; and the outlook for trade reorganization.
Date: June 6, 2013
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings

Description: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is built on a structure conceived in the 1950's when over-the-air broadcasting was the best-available technology for widely disseminating emergency alerts. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working with the Association of Public Television Stations, is implementing a program that will disseminate national alert messages over digital broadcast airwaves, using satellite and public TV broadcast towers. This program is referred to as the Integrated Public A… more
Date: June 26, 2009
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legal Status of Labor in Great Britain and the United States

Description: An investigation of the legal status of labor in Great Britain and the United States. The basis of labor legislation is considered, and the development of labor legislation traced in both countries. A comparison of the legal status of labor at the present time in both countries is made. - Abstract
Date: June 1939
Creator: Richardson, Addran Dee
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Product liability insurance for WECS

Description: Preliminary findings from a sampling of manufacturers indicate that, in many cases, product liability insurance for WECS is still difficult to obtain. About half of the 21 WECS manufacturers contacted said they did not have product liability insurance. About one manufacturer in three who attempted to obtain insurance was rejected by at least one insurance company. In some instances, although an insurer had offered to provide coverage, the manufacturer found the rates quoted to be prohibitively … more
Date: June 1, 1980
Creator: Noun, R.J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transmission-line access for hydrothermal target prospects in the five Pacific Rim states: a legal/institutional analysis. Report No. 1022

Description: Transmission line access is discussed as a legal and institutional problem impacting geothermal commercialization. A legal and regulatory overview is presented starting with the Federal Power Act of 1935. The legal and institutional attributes of both Bonneville Power Authority and the California Power Pool as well as their satellite transmission systems are examined, with an eye towards the setting that they, as institutions, will present to geothermal commercialization. The physical realities… more
Date: June 20, 1980
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Alternative institutional vehicles for geothermal district heating

Description: The attributes of various institutional entities which might participate in various phases of geothermal heating applications are described. Public entities considered include cities, counties, and special districts. Private entities discussed include cooperative organizations and non-member-owned private enterprises. The powers, authority and manner of operation of each of the institutional entities are reviewed. Some of the public utility regulatory implications which may affect choices among… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Creator: Bressler, S.; Gardner, T.C.; King, D. & Nimmons, J.T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Draft regulatory analysis: notice of proposed rulemaking motor gasoline allocation revisions

Description: The Draft Regulatory Analysis is prepared for those proposed regulations which either may have a major impact on the general economy, individual industries, or geographic regions and levels of government, or may be significant in that they affect important DOE policy concerns and are the object of public interest. The problems and proposed solutions for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Public Hearings on the Motor Gasoline Allocation Program are examined. The ERA's mandate for this program… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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