How The Energy Policy Act ( 2005 )

As we have moved further beyond the Event Horizon, a sense of short-sightedness is occurring. Sen Bill Cassidy (R-LA), for example, sponsored the failed S. 3110 - American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016, which called for increased drilling and increasing the revenue cap to Gulf States from $500 million to $750 million. The details of the distribution of the funds were detailed through numerous state and federal programs, seemingly ignoring the people that suffer the most during these events. Even with the proposed increase in revenue with this program, Sen Cassidy included additional Atlantic States in the equation. This would naturally decrease the revenue stream to the original four states.

“For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy industry. President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule. Lifting these restrictions will greatly help American workers, increasing wages by more than $30 billion over the next

In the same aspect, issues are to become a greater appeal to the policy makers if they are to be recognized more easily than others. This could be presented through Peters views that “the presence of an analogy to other public programs” will affect its likelihood of being placed on the agenda (71). Moreover, as government officials look to create a variation of policy through the impact of the placement of a problem onto the agenda, there is a hesitancy to institute major changes within the scope of operations. This could be best seen through the process of Incrementalism within public policy. Described by Lindblom, Incrementalism is the ideal that minor change over periods of time are more effective than an attempt at major change all at once (27). As a result of this, incremental policy is “both more feasible politically and more prudent analytically that leaping beyond the limits of understanding” (Lindblom 28). If policy is then considered as only having slight

Energy is more than a utility that keeps the lights on in our homes or the gas in our cars; it’s a foundational resource that plays a key role in a nation’s ability to provided economic opportunity and basic services and security to its people. As such, it is imperative to a nation’s overall security that it develops/acquires access to energy, ensures energy needs are properly met and supplies are readily available, and disruptions minimized. Policy directs that the U.S. has a role in developing energy security throughout the world. For the U.S., we’ve long recognized the importance of energy security and have gone to great lengths to ensure its protection by developing depth and breadth in energy capabilities,

The clean power plan was adopted by the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) on August 03, 2015 to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants. Under the Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA , greenhouse gases meet the definition of air pollutants under the Clean Air Act, implying they need to be controlled, if

Richard Nixon mapped out ways to cut down energy such as making the speed limit 50 mph for cars and 55 for heavy duty trucks and buses. Both of the primary sources are alike because they both talk about the Energy Crisis and its effects on America and how they are trying to deal with it but the EPA paper does not go too much into depth as Richard Nixon’s Speech does to ensure more energy is saved. The EPA paper starts off by saying, “It is important to realize that the nation’s environmental protection program is not a primary cause of the energy shortage” (EPA Position Paper). As if they are trying to save their own selves and say they are not the problem. As the Era of Limits states, “The economic downturn of the 1970’s was the deepest slump since the Great Depression” (America A Concise History). As the two papers were trying to find ways to fix the economy in this time, based on the history book, “Americans were forced to consider other limits of growth and expansion that had long been markers of progress” (America A Concise

In regard to the existing policy models and theories, policymaking seems like driving a great car, with some best friends, on the perfect road, at a constant speed to some beautiful destinations. In practice, however, that is not the case. Policy practice is like driving an almost damaged car with a sick passenger, on a full of holes road, to uncertain destinations. That simple illustration from one of my class sessions reminds me of some challenging real-world policymaking I ever experienced. As a junior analyst at the office of Indonesian VP, I learned that regardless of the positive impacts, the VP’s energy conversion policy had to confront various uncertainties that made the policymaking was tough. Using that particular example, this essay highlights some of the uncertainties practical policymaking has to deal with. Some valuable lessons are discussed showing that policymaking needs not only careful analyses but also fast decision-making and strong leadership.

What’s even more surprising is that since Richard Nixon, every president has made a national goal to end its addiction to imported petroleum, but all the initiatives since then have contributed to the development of new green energy technologies, instead of deploying existing renewal

What is energy deregulation? Energy deregulation is the breakup of the utility monopoly in 35 states. Currently only 11 states allow full deregulation which allows consumers and businesses to choose their own electricity and gas providers. Energy deregulation is very similar to the AT&T divestiture back in 1984. Consumers & businesses were bound to AT&T for their local and long distance services regardless of cost. The break-up of AT&T to Bell companies allow consumers to choose providers such as MCI, Sprint, and other telecommunication companies which allowed increased competition. Energy deregulation will do the same; however the PUC (Public Utilities Commission) of each given state is cautious of the breakup to prevent another Enron catastrophe. Also consumers need to make sure what agreement they sign as contracts are usually determined by fixed and variable rates. Also do not confuse energy deregulation with alternative energy or renewable energy, energy deregulation simply means shopping for electricity & gas services through the open market.

On August 3, 2015, under the Obama Administration, the EPA finalized new rules or standards, that would reduce carbon emissions from power plants. Prior to the rule,

Solar Photovoltaic is part of the green energy movement in Canada. In Ontario, there was legislation called the Green Energy Act of 2009. This Act called for the transition from dirty fossil fuels to more clean energy. The province gave incentives for wind, solar and biomass power-generation projects and green construction. It also created a program called feed-in tariff that would reward producers renewable energy a higher rate. (Stastna, "How Canada 's provinces are tackling greenhouse gas emissions"). Ontario also has moved away from dirty coal by closing its last coal-fired generating plant in 2014 and this coal was generating 25% of the power in Ontario. Ontario now generates 2.6GW of power from solar power. (Paul Gipe, "Ontario 's Solar PV Installations May Surpass California in 2011") Now I would talk about the classification of soil and the reaction of the people to the solar farms in Ontario and the Peterborough County.

According to Kraft, “because political conflict is endemic to policymaking, almost all policies represent a compromise on the goals being sought as well as the policy tools proposed to achieve them” (Kraft, 2015).

No. 37 talks about government must be at least as energetic and strong as the one put foreword to be, they must look for the false and negativity of the existing government. Madison wrote, Energy in government is essential to that security against external and internal danger and to that prompt and salutary execution of the law, which enter into the very definition of good government. Stability in government is essential to national character. . . On comparing, however, these valuable ingredients with the vital principles of liberty, we must perceive at once the difficulty of mingling them in their due proportions." Madison talks about the hardships that lingered over certain issues such as the power of state over the freedom of the

The agenda is quite simply defined by the author as what policymakers are paying attention to at any given point in time as well as why some ideas are considered prime and in time and why others are neglected. Again, this is a marked improvement from the literature of the past because before the concept of agenda setting was not really very well conceived and the distinction between agenda setting and alternatives was also not very well defined. In this way Kingdon does what Earnest and Julio Gallo do for the wine industry, but Kingdon does it with public policy- he brings the idea of a robust agenda setting process to the

The most forceful argument of Tarrow’s study will be, therefore, that people engage in contentious politics when patterns of political opportunities and constraints change and then, by strategically employing a set of actions, create new opportunities, which are used by others in widening cycles of contention. (Tarrow, 1998: 19) Despite success or failure, such actions are key to set in motion a change in historical and political patterns of dominance and power. (Tarrow, 1998: 2)