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Created tax incentives for electric vehicles. Extended and modified renewable energy tax incentives and defined electricity as a clean fuel. 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Provided funding for an electric smart grid. Created and modified renewable energy tax cuts. Weatherized modest-income homes.
The Office is administered by the Assistant Secretary for Electricity (ASE), who is appointed by the President of the United States. The Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary is paid at level IV of the Executive ...
The National Energy Act included the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, which reduced the scope of federal price regulation, to bring greater competition to both the natural gas and electric industry. In 1989, Congress ended federal regulation of wellhead natural gas prices, with the passage of the Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989. [13]
The states affect energy in numerous ways, including taxes, land use controls, regulation of energy utilities, and energy subsidies. States may establish environmental standards stricter than those set by the federal government. Regulation of oil and gas production, particularly on non-federal land, is largely left up to the states.
Hungary: Hungarian Energy Office; Kazakhstan: Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies; Kyrgyz Republic: State Department of Fuel & Energy Regulation, Energy and Fuel Resources of Kyrgyz Republic; Latvia: Public Utilities Commission; Lithuania: National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania
Electricity from mass transit was 0.2%; electricity for light passenger vehicles is counted in other sectors, but figures from the US Department of Energy estimate that 2.1 million electric vehicles used 6.1 TWh to travel 19 billion miles, indicating an average fuel efficiency of 3.1 miles per kWh. [95]
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The tax appears on consumer's energy bills and is used to fund the city’s Office of Environmental Affairs that is in charge of programs designed to reduce Boulder's carbon footprint. The CAP tax is to generate roughly $1 million annually. The City Council has the authority to increase the rates as needed.