Overview

Overview

As we continue our review of energy in the U.S., we now turn to the role of Energy Policy legislation and Executive Branch actions. In a previous lesson, we learned specifically about the role of deregulation and how it relates to renewable energy policy. But on a much broader scale, there have been several times in history when global and national events and conditions led to the creation of overarching energy policy legislation that had significant, cross-cutting impact on energy development and markets. There have been five major, relatively recent policies. In this lesson, we will review those policies and what the key impacts were for each. We will also touch on executive branch actions that have affected the marketplace.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:   

• Identify the key aspects of the seven pieces of energy policy legislation 
• Describe how the Federal government leverages its energy use to impact the energy marketplace
• Describe the role of Executive Orders in driving Federal government energy use
• Explain how these policies affect energy accessibility, reliability, security, and sustainability

Lesson Roadmap

Lesson Activities to be Completed

Read	Lesson 10 content and all assigned readings
Discuss	Energy markets
Write	325 word (+/- 10%) essay

Questions?

If you have questions, please feel free to post them to the Questions about EGEE 401 Discussion forum in Canvas. While you are there, feel free to post your own responses if you, too, are able to help a classmate.