Texts of selected Energy Laws and Regulations

• 16 USC 12: FPA
  The Federal Power Act of 1933
  
• 15 USC 2C: PUHCA
  The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
  
• Public Law 95-617: PURPA
  The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
  
• Public Law 102-486: EPACT
  The Energy Policy Act of 1992
  
• FERC Order 888
  "Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities"
• FERC Order 2000
  "Regional Transmission Organizations"

Regional Restructuring

• Chronology of Restructuring in Michigan, April 1999
  
• Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
  
• The Utility Reform Network (California)
  
• The American Local Power Project (California)
  
• Northeast Utilities page on restructuring (New England)
  

Topics and Issues

• Search for the term Electric Power,
  for a listing of reports and presentations by Consumers Union.
  
• "Ensuring an Adequate Power Supply",
  by Robert J. Graniere, (National Regulatory Research Institute) 2001, in The World & I Magazine - Online.
  
• Hearing on anti-trust aspects of electric restructuring before the House Judiciary Committee
  
• "Shopping for an Electric Company"
  by AARP.
  
• Electricity Reform Abroad and U.S. Investment
  
• "Idea House - Electric Power"
  National Center for Policy Analysis
  
• "The Politics of Electric Power Deregulation," by John Howes (Washington International Energy Group), in Regulation: The Cato Review of Business & Government.
  
• "Electric Power Deregulation: Will It Mean Dirtier Air?"
  by Ronald Begley, American Chemical Society.
  
• Why use Power Marketers?
  
• Uses of Options in Electric Power Marketing
  

Organizations related to restructuring electrical power

• American Public Power Association
  
• Canadian Electricity Association
  
• Edison Electric Institute
  
• Electricity Consumers Resource Council
  
• EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)
  
• EPSA (Electric Power Suppliers Association)
  
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Harvard Electricity Policy Group
  
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  
• The Large Public Power Council
  
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
  
• National Association of State Energy Officials
  
• National Council on Electricity Policy
  
• National Energy Affordability and Accessibility Project
  
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  
• North American Electric Reliability Council
  
• North American Energy Standards Board
  
• Renewable Energy Policy Project
• Transmission Access Policy Study Group
  
• Union of Concerned Scientists
  
• U.S. Department of Energy

Bibliographies & Pages of Interest

• Frequently Asked Questions - Deregulation
  by Public Service of New Hampshire.
  
• "Interactive bibliography on the economics of networks and related subjects."
  
• Statement to the Federal Communications Commission
  
• "Electricity Restructuring Fact Sheets"
  by the Energy Information Agency of the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
  

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