Archive for the 'Policy' Category
July 8th, 2009 by
A new report published by Energy Business Reports, a leading publisher in the energy industry, provides an understanding of state-based Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). Titled “Understanding U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards,” the report examines the nature, mechanics, features and advantages of RPS and provides a comprehensive guide to the U.S. State RPS Program requirements.
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As President Obama has called for 10 percent of the nation’s electricity to come from a renewable source by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025, different states have varying RPS targets and years (e.g., Arizona’s 15 percent by 2025 and Colorado’s 20 percent by 2020). However, multiple factors shape the various program designs, including resource eligibility, in-state requirements, new build requirements, technology favoritism, cost caps, program coverage, cost recovery by utilities, penalties for noncompliance, rules regarding REC creation and trading, and additional nonbinding goals.
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May 5th, 2009 by
As was the case with other industries that have been deregulated, natural gas deregulation has resulted in competition which helps lower the cost of natural gas and increase customer choices.
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Deregulation is the process of lessening the amount of government restrictions an oversight applied to private companies. The natural gas industry has been gradually deregulated over the past ten years.
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March 26th, 2009 by
Earth Hour 2009 Could Impact Global Energy Policies
At 8.30 pm on March 28, in the Chatham Islands off the New Zealand coast, the diesel generators will be switched off, kicking off Earth Hour 2009.
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For the next 48 hours or so, as the earth rotates, electrical power grids will be shut off across the world, so that every part of the earth experiences a dark hour. The Earth Hour initiative is intended to raise global warming awareness.
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February 10th, 2009 by
In recent years, investments in oil sands projects have become more attractive due to the increasing price of crude oil and technology improvements that have brought down the costs of bitumen production. The latest report from Energy Business Reports, an energy industry think tank, focuses on the issues, challenges and potentialities associated with bitumen recovery.
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In 2005, crude oil derived from oil sands and associated bitumen accounted for about 50% of Canada’s crude oil output. The figure is expected to increase to 77% by 2012. Over the next decade, synthetic crude produced from Alberta’s oil sands will be between 1.5 and 1.7 million barrels per day, and the amount of bitumen shipped to market will double from its current volume of around 350,000 bbl/d.
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January 7th, 2009 by
A research report published by Energy Business Reports, “Natural Disaster Management,” provides a detailed guide for communities and emergency operations team to develop and maintain a viable disaster management and recovery plan.
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The report explains in details the concept of disaster management and various steps from planning-to-preparing for any natural disaster. It further highlights the role of government agencies and local authorities at the time of disaster, as well as before and after it. It also discusses long and short-term goals for mitigation, planning, and recovery from disaster along with initiatives that the U.S. government has taken in recent years.
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January 1st, 2009 by
A new report published by Energy Business Reports, “Understanding Barack Obama’s Energy Plan” examines the proposed energy policies of the new White House administration.
In his New Energy for America plan, Obama proposes to reduce overall U.S. oil consumption by at least 35%, or 10 million barrels per day, by 2030 in order to offset imports from OPEC nations. Obama voted in favor of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which provided incentives (chiefly tax breaks) to reduce national consumption of energy and to encourage a wide range of alternative energy sources. It also resulted in a net tax increase on oil companies.
This report takes a look at what energy changes Obama has in store for the United States of America.
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