Energy Law
Fall 2012 – Palmiter
First Class
Updated 28 Aug 2012
Wikibook updates/revisions
Energy sources
Energy demand
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http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/pecss_diagram.cfm
Pop quiz
• DOE• EPA• EISA• FERC• FPA• FPC• NGA• NGPA• PURPA
• 1920• 1935• 1938• 1977• 1978• 1982• 1992• 2005• 2007
Tragedy of commons?
• Antitrust law• Public utility law• Environmental law• Market-traded caps• Taxes
“We already have the technology we need to take the world off the path toward dramatic climate change.”
Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala,
Stabilization Wedges (2004)
The end