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Austria · National Council · 2 March 2000
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Vorlage des Entwurfs einer Novelle zum Wasserrechtsgesetz zur Ermöglichung einer wirksamen Sanierung von nitratbelasteten Grundwasservorkommen
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Sets a three-year term of office for the first person appointed as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy. Makes inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office the exclusive reasons for removing such person from office.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend to August 1, 2012, the indemnification authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to licensees and nonprofit educational institutions. Makes such indemnification authority permanent for the Department of Energy (DOE) with respect to contractors. (Sec. 3) Increases from $10 million to $20 million the maximum amount of standard deferred premium that may be charged a licensee following a nuclear incident in any one year for each facility for which the licensee is required to maintain the maximum amount of primary financial protection. (Sec. 4) Sets a $10 billion ceiling upon the aggregate DOE liability limit pursuant to DOE indemnification agreements and for each nuclear incident. Provides that all agreements which obligate DOE to indemnify a person are deemed to be amended to reflect the indemnification amount for both public liability and any applicable financial protection required of the contractor as of the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 5) Increases from $100 million to $500 million the indemnification amount and the aggregate public liability limitation due from DOE for incidents outside the United States. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of Energy to adjust the indemnification agreement amount in accordance with the aggregate percentage change in the Consumer Price Index at least once during each five-year period. (Sec. 8) Repeals the directive to the Secretary to determine whether a nonprofit educational institution should receive an automatic remission of any penalties for violations of DOE regulations. Shields a nonprofit contractor, subcontractor, or supplier from a civil penalty in excess of any performance fee paid by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President and the Secretary of Energy should: (1) draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) directly through time exchanges (swaps) or other means to combat unfair foreign trade practices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and alleviate their severely deleterious consequences to people and businesses in the United States; and (2) prepare for future threats to the domestic economy and energy supply by developing methods to draw down the SPR when needed, and increase SPR crude oil quantity over time in an economically reasonable manner.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Oil Price Reduction Act of 2000 - Declares it to be U.S. policy: (1) to determine the political, economic, and security relations of the United States with the major net oil exporting countries according to whether they engage in oil price fixing; and (2) to work multilaterally with other countries that are major net oil importers to bring about the complete dismantlement of international oil price fixing arrangements. Directs the President to report to Congress with respect to: (1) the overall economic and security relationship between the United States and each major net oil exporting country (including Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)); (2) the effect that coordination among such countries with respect to oil production and pricing has had on the U.S. economy and global energy supplies; (3) information on all assistance provided to such countries under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act (including licenses for the export of defense articles and defense services); and (4) the President's determination as to whether or not each such country is engaging in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy. Requires the President to reduce, suspend, or terminate such assistance to each country determined to be engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should continue to undertake a diplomatic campaign to convince : (1) all major net oil exporting countries that the current oil price levels are unsustainable and will negatively affect global economic growth rates in oil consuming and developing countries; and (2) other major net oil importing countries to join in multilateral efforts to bring about the complete dismantlement of international oil price fixing arrangements. Requires the President to report to Congress with respect to such diplomatic efforts.
Austria · National Council · 1 March 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Stromimporte aus Tschechien
Austria · National Council · 1 March 2000
betreffend Einrichtung eines eigenen Umweltministeriums, ausgestattet mit entsprechenden Kompetenzen und ausreichenden Budgetmitteln
Austria · National Council · 1 March 2000
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 1 March 2000
betreffend Zusammenführung der Bereiche Konsumenten/innenpolitik und -schutz sowie Veterinärwesen, Gentechnologie und Nahrungsmittelkontrolle in die Kompetenz des Umweltministers/der Umweltministerin
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2000
Stable Oil Supply Home Heating Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that voluntary plans for home heating oil reserve be submitted to the Secretary of Energy by importers, refiners, and wholesalers holding oil inventories for sale to markets in the Northeast in order to ensure stability in energy fuel markets and to protect consumers from dramatic price swings. Prescribes implementation and certification guidelines, including an antitrust defense for actions taken in compliance with this Act. Exempts certain small-sized importers and refiners. Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue an order requiring the establishment of a private home heating oil reserve for the Northeast if a certified plan has not been implemented within a specified time frame for an importer, refiner, or wholesaler that stores heating oil for sale in the Northeast; (2) periodically monitor supply levels to ensure that home heating oil inventories in the Northeast are adequate to supply customer needs during the present or following winter season so as to obviate sudden price increases caused by inadequate inventories; (3) require an importer, refiner, or wholesaler to increase its inventory if the Secretary determines that inventories are insufficient; and (4) establish civil penalties and cooperate with State energy authorities in carrying out this Act. Instructs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to enable importers, refiners, or wholesalers to sell their remaining excess inventories at the end of each winter season.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 2000
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal government should: (1) promote the continued use of renewable ethanol in the Chicago reformulated gasoline market and in other reformulated gasoline areas as a means of enhancing energy security and supporting farm income; (2) allow State and local governments the option of limiting the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as an oxygenate until those governments are certain that MTBE will not harm their environments; and (3) require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Phase II reformulated gasoline regulations under the Clean Air Act to allow ethanol to remain a viable oxygenate within the Act's reformulated gasoline program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should immediately communicate to the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel of crude oil producing countries that the United States seeks an immediate lifting of the OPEC crude oil production quotas; (2) the President should review policies that may put an undue burden on domestic crude oil producers and consider lifting unnecessary regulations that interfere with the ability of U.S. energy industries to supply a greater percentage of U.S. energy needs; and (3) the Senate should appropriate sufficient funds in the FY 2001 Federal budget for the development of alternative energy resources, including measures to increase the use of biofuels and other renewable resources, to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.
Germany · German Bundestag · 28 February 2000
Umsetzung des Stabilisierungskonzepts zur Sicherung der Abnahme des von der VEAG erzeugten Braunkohlestroms durch die westdeutschen Energieversorgungsunternehmen; Senkung der Abgaben für die Braunkohle
Austria · National Council · 24 February 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend die Umsetzung des Anti-Atom-Aktionsplans sowie der EU-Osterweiterung und den damit verbundenen Fragen der nuklearen Sicherheit
Austria · National Council · 24 February 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend die Umsetzung des Anti-Atom-Aktionsplans sowie der EU-Osterweiterung und den damit verbundenen Fragen der nuklearen Sicherheit
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 2000
Electric Power Market Competition and Reliability Act - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Power Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) place within the ambit of Federal regulation unbundled interstate transmission of electric energy sold at retail; and (2) place within the jurisdiction of the State within which the energy is consumed the bundled retail sale of electric energy, unbundled local distribution service, and unbundled retail sale of electric energy and attendant facilities. (Sec. 101) Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to determine which electric energy delivery and transmission facilities fall within either Federal or State jurisdictions. (Sec. 102) Repeals the prohibition against mandatory retail wheeling and sham wholesale transactions. Precludes FERC authority to issue promulgations that require or are conditioned upon the transmission of electric energy directly to an ultimate consumer, or to or for the benefit of an electric or other utility if such electric energy would be sold directly to an ultimate consumer, unless applicable State law requires or permits the relevant seller to sell it to such consumer. (Sec. 103) Identifies areas within the ambit of State jurisdiction to impose public interest requirements, including: (1) distribution system reliability; (2) universal service; (3) assured service to low-income, rural, and remote consumers; (4) recovery of industry transition costs; and (5) transition costs of electricity workers adversely affected by restructuring. (Sec. 104) Prescribes procedural guidelines for FERC approval of: (1) regional transmission organizations; (2) transmission construction and expansion planning proposals; and (3) pricing policies for regional transmission organizations. (Sec. 105) Recognizes State authority to impose reciprocity requirements on an electric utility selling electric energy to an ultimate consumer in such State if the utility or any of its affiliates owns or controls transmission or local distribution facilities and is not itself providing unbundled local distribution service in a State in which it owns or operates a facility used for electric energy generation. (Sec. 107) Expresses the sense of Congress that public utilities are entitled to fully recover all prudently incurred wholesale and retail costs that become stranded as a result of changes in public policy with respect to competition and industry structure. Title II: Repeal of PURPA Mandatory Purchase Requirement - States that, with respect to new contracts, no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electricity or capacity under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). Preserves existing contract rights and remedies under such Act. (Sec. 202) Requires FERC to promulgate and enforce regulations to ensure that an electric utility shall not be required to absorb costs associated with PURPA-mandated purchases of electricity or capacity from a qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Title III: Electric Reliability - Amends the FPA to provide for the establishment and enforcement of mandatory reliability standards to ensure the reliable operation of the bulk-power system. Grants FERC jurisdiction over: (1) the Electric Reliability Organization; (2) all Affiliated Regional Reliability Entities (entities to which authority has been delegated to enforce compliance with reliability standards); (3) all System Operators, and all Users of the Bulk-Power System for purposes of approving and enforcing compliance with standards in the United States. Provides that, before establishment of the Electric Reliability Organization (Organization), any person (including the North American Electric Reliability Council and its member Regional Reliability Councils) shall file a proposed reliability standard, guidance, or practice which, subject to FERC approval, shall be mandatory and enforceable. (Sec. 301) Prescribes procedural guidelines for FERC approval of: (1) applications competing for status as the Electric Reliability Council; and (2) Organization Standards. Requires all Users of the Bulk-Power System to comply with such standards. Mandates that: (1) the Organization take all appropriate steps to gain recognition in Canada and Mexico; and (2) the United States use its best efforts to enter into international agreements with the governments of Canada and Mexico to effectuate compliance with Organization standards, and to provide for the effectiveness of the Organization's mission. Requires every System Operator to be a member of the Electric Reliability Organization, and of any Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity operating under an agreement applicable to the region in which the System Operator operates or is responsible for the operation of a Bulk-Power System facility. Empowers the Organization to take disciplinary and enforcement action. Directs the Organization to assess periodically the reliability and adequacy of the inter-connected Bulk-Power System in North America, and to report its findings and recommendations annually to FERC and to the Secretary. Provides for the assessment and recovery of implementation and enforcement costs incurred by the Organization and each Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity, respectively. (Sec. 302) Establishes a rebuttable presumption that activities undertaken pursuant to this Act by either the Electric Reliability Organization, its members, or members of an Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity to be in compliance with the antitrust laws. (Sec. 304) Instructs the Secretary of Energy, upon the petition of the Governors of at least two-thirds of the States within a region that have more than one-half of their electrical loads serviced within the region, to establish a regional advisory body to provide advice to an Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity, the Electric Reliability Organization, or FERC. Declares this title inapplicable to Alaska or Hawaii. Title IV: Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999 - Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 effective one year after enactment of this title. (Sec. 405) Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) FERC access to records of a public utility or natural gas holding company (including subsidiaries, associates and affiliates); and (2) and State access to records of a public utility in a holding company system. (Sec. 407) Instructs FERC to promulgate a final rule to exempt from such Federal access requirements any holding company with respect to one or more: (1) qualifying facilities under PURPA; (2) exempt wholesale generators; or (3) foreign utility companies. Requires FERC to exempt any person or transaction from such access requirements if it finds that their regulation is irrelevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company. (Sec. 408) Retains the jurisdiction of FERC and State commissions to determine whether a public utility company or natural gas company may recover in rates any costs of affiliate transactions. (Sec. 409) Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) the United States; (2) a State or its political subdivision; and (3) a foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States. (Sec. 411) Grants FERC certain FPA enforcement powers. (Sec. 414) Transfers from the Securities and Exchange Commission to FERC all books and records that relate primarily to the functions vested in FERC by this Act. (Sec. 415) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 416) Amends the FPA to repeal its conflict of jurisdiction guidelines. Title V: Nuclear Decommissioning - Nuclear Decommissioning Assurance Act - Permits a nuclear power facility licensee to petition the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a determination of whether: (1) adequate amounts are deposited in its nuclear decommissioning trust fund; and (2) future funding for any nuclear power plant is assured for any nuclear power plant owned in whole or in part by such licensee. (Sec. 503) Sets a timeframe by which the NRC must issue a determination whether the nuclear decommissioning trust fund and the currently approved decommissioning recovery cost rates are adequate to ensure full and safe facility decommissioning. Details mandatory NRC considerations. (Sec. 504) Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize any entity, including a public power entity, responsible for decommissioning a nuclear power facility in whole or in part, which has obtained an NRC finding under this title, to petition FERC for an order approving rates and charges in connection with the transmission or wholesale sale of electric energy to collect all or part of the revenues necessary to ensure adequate funding to satisfy its decommissioning obligations. Instructs FERC to: (1) find certain decommissioning costs and revenue requirements, determined necessary by the NRC, to be just and reasonable, prudently incurred, and recoverable in transaction or wholesale rates; (2) find the remainder of such costs which are not recovered to be just and reasonable, prudently incurred, and recoverable through a nonbypassable charge or rate; and (3) enforce any rule or order designed to ensure collection of adequate decommissioning revenues.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 2000
Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to urge importers, refiners, and wholesalers holding primary heating oil inventories for sale to markets in the Northeast to develop and submit voluntary plans to maintain readily available minimum product inventories in order to mitigate the risk of severe price increases and to reduce adverse impacts upon regional and national economies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress regarding the certification status of submitted voluntary plans. Provides a defense to an antitrust action brought against such voluntary plans. Requires the Secretary, if a certified plan is not implemented for each such importer, refiner, and wholesaler, to establish a private home heating oil reserve for the Northeast, according to specified requirements.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 February 2000
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 February 2000
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der CDU/CSU, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 February 2000
Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle an Kernkraftwerksstandorten aufgrund fehlender Genehmigungen für Transporte in zentrale Zwischenlager; Sicherheitsaspekte; Akzeptanzprobleme bei der Bevölkerung
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 February 2000
Sanierung der bereits vorhandenen und Konditionierung der neu anfallenden radioaktiven Abfälle in der Hauptabteilung Dekontaminationsbetriebe im Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, bisherige und zukünftige Mengen, Standorte für eine Zwischenlagerung der aus dem Rückbau kerntechnischer Anlagen anfallenden radioaktiven Abfälle, Erweiterung der Lagerkapazitäten in Karlsruhe, Kosten
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 February 2000
<b>Bezug:</b> Siehe auch E006 und E009 Das Gesetz wird ersetzt durch das Gesetz für die Erhaltung, die Modernisierung und den Ausbau der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (s. E030) <br><br><b>Europäische Impulse:</b> EU-Binnenmarktrichtlinie Elektrizität Entschließung des EU-Ministerrates vom 8.12.1999 zu einer "Gemeinschaftsstrategie zur Förderung der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung" <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Erhalt der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung auf dem liberalisierten Strommarkt im Interesse von Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz; Abnahme- und Vergütungspflicht mit degressiv ausgestalteter Mindestvergütung als Übergangsregelung bis zum Inkrafttreten eines bis Ende 2000 zu erarbeitenden Gesetzes zur langfristigen Sicherung und zum Ausbau der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (KWK-Ausbaugesetz). Keine Kostenangabe. <br><br><b>Änderungen aufgrund der Ausschußempfehlung:</b> Titeländerung (eingebracht als: Gesetz zum Schutz der Stromerzeugung aus Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (KWK-Vorschaltgesetz)). <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Stromerzeugung/Gesetz zum Schutz der Stromerzeugung aus Kraft-Wärme- Kopplung (Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz) * Energieeinsparung/Erhalt der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung im Interesse von Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz * Klima/Erhalt der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung im Interesse von Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz * Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung/Kraft-Wärme- Kopplungsgesetz (eingebracht als: KWK-Vorschaltgesetz)
Germany · German Bundestag · 21 February 2000
Rücknahme des Entwurfs eines Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes; stattdessen Vorlage eines energiepolitischen Gesamtkonzepts für eine markt- und wettbewerbskonforme Förderung regenerativer Energien unter Einbeziehung öffentlicher Haushaltsmittel
Germany · German Bundestag · 17 February 2000
Einführung des Energy-Star-Zeichens für stromsparende Geräte der IuK-Technik; Einrichtung eines Energy-Star-Büros der Europäischen Union (EUESB)
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 2000
Declares that the President violated the good faith of Congress and ignored or disregarded the concerns and objections of citizen stakeholders and State and local governments by declaring the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the Agua Fria National Monument, and the California Coastal National Monument, and expanding the Pinnacles National Monument on January 12, 2000. Calls upon the President and the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) disclose immediately to the public any plans for additional national monument declarations; and (2) seek formal input from all stakeholders, State and local governments, and Congress before declaring any national monument, including the Sequoia National Monument, in a manner that is consistent with H.R. 1487 (national monument declarations) as passed by the House of Representatives and reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the106th Congress.
Germany · German Bundestag · 16 February 2000
<b>Bezug:</b> Siehe auch E006, E007 und E030 <br><br><b>Europäische Impulse:</b> EU-Binnenmarktrichtlinie Elektrizität <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Erhalt und weiterer Ausbau der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung auf dem liberalisierten Strommarkt im Interesse von Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz, vorübergehende Sicherung der KWK-Stromerzeugung durch degressiv ausgestaltete Bonuszahlungen, weiterer Ausbau durch ein Pflichtquoten- und Zertifikatssystem für KWK-Strom; Gesetz zur Sicherung der gekoppelten Strom- und Wärmeerzeugung in der allgemeinen Versorgung als Art. 1 und Gesetz zum Ausbau der gekoppelten Strom- und Wärmeerzeugung als Art. 2 der Vorlage. Geringfügige Kostenrisiken für den Bund. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Stromerzeugung/Gesetz zur Sicherung und zum Ausbau der gekoppelten Strom- und Wärmeerzeugung * Energieeinsparung/Erhalt der Kraft-Wärme- Kopplung im Interesse von Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz * Klima/ Erhalt der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung im Interesse von Energieeinsparung und Klimaschutz
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2000
Home Heating Readiness Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Agency) to submit to Congress a Home Heating Readiness Report on the readiness of the heating oil and propane industries to supply fuel under various weather conditions, including rapid decreases in temperature. Specifies Report contents.
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 February 2000
Gefährdung mittelständischer Tankstellenbetreiber durch "Tanktourismus" aufgrund des Kraftstoff-Preisgefälles zwischen Deutschland und einigen Nachbarländern; Rolle der Ökosteuer; Maßnahmen zur Sicherung der Konkurrenzfähigkeit grenznaher Tankstellen
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 February 2000
Einsetzung der Enquete-Kommission aus 13 Abgeordneten und 13 Sachverständigen; Auftrag: Entwicklung einer an den Zielen einer sicheren, umweltverträglichen und kostengünstigen Energieversorgung orientierten Energiepolitik, die der Umsetzung der Nachhaltigkeitsziele von Rio (Agenda 21) dient; Auslotung von Energiesparpotenzialen sowie der Einsatzmöglichkeiten von erneuerbarer Energie, Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung, Kernenergie und weiteren Technologien vor dem Hintergrund des liberalisierten Energiemarktes; Erarbeitung langfristiger Szenarien der zukünftigen Energieversorgung in Deutschland<br /> <br /> <strong>Teilbericht der Enquete-Kommission auf BT-Drs 14/7509 (Nachhaltige Energieversorgung auf liberalisierten und globalisierten Märkten. </strong><strong>Bestandsaufnahme und Ansatzpunkte): </strong>Konkretisierung des Leitbildes “nachhaltig zukunftsfähige Entwicklung” allgemein und für den Energiebereich, Ausgangssituation und Rahmenbedingungen: Klimawandel, Energienachfrage und Ressourcenverfügbarkeit, Globalisierung und Liberalisierung der Energiemärkte; Sondervoten, Dissenstexte<br /> <br /> <strong>Abschlussbericht der Enquete-Kommission auf BT-Drs 14/9400: </strong>Aufgabe und Arbeitsweise der Enquete-Kommission; Ziele für ein nachhaltiges Energiesystem, globale und europäische Entwicklungstrends, (Ziel-) Szenarien, Potenziale und Optionen für die Entwicklung in Deutschland (private Haushalte, Industrie, Gewerbe, Handel, Dienstleistungen, Verkehr, fossiler und nuklearer Umwandlungsbereich, erneuerbare Energieträger, Kreislaufwirtschaft sowie Material- und Produktnutzung, Energienutzung), Strategien und Instrumente einer nachhaltigen Energiepolitik, Handlungsempfehlungen; Minderheits- und Sondervoten
European Union · European Parliament · 14 February 2000
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Electric Reliability 2000 Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to provide for the establishment and enforcement of mandatory reliability standards to ensure the reliable operation of the bulk-power system. Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Corporation (FERC) jurisdiction, for purposes of approving and enforcing compliance with standards in the United States, over: (1) the electric reliability organization; (2) all Affiliated Regional Reliability Entities (entities to which authority has been delegated to enforce compliance with reliability standards); (3) all system operators; and (4) all users of the bulk-power system. Provides that, prior to the establishment of the Electric Reliability Organization (Organization), any person (including the North American Electric Reliability Council and its member Regional Reliability Councils) may file a proposed reliability standard, guidance, or practice which, subject to FERC approval, shall be mandatory and enforceable. Prescribes procedural guidelines for FERC approval of: (1) applications competing for status as the Electric Reliability Council; and (2) Organization standards. Requires all users of the bulk-power system to comply with such standards. Mandates that: (1) the Organization take all appropriate steps to gain recognition in Canada and Mexico; and (2) the United States use its best efforts to enter into international agreements with the governments of Canada and Mexico to effectuate compliance with Organization standards, and to provide for the effectiveness of the Organization's mission. Requires every system operator to be a member of the Organization and of any Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity operating under an agreement applicable to the region in which the system operator operates or is responsible for the operation of a bulk-power system facility. Empowers the Organization to take disciplinary and enforcement action. Directs the Organization to assess periodically the reliability and adequacy of the inter-connected bulk-power system in North America, and to report its findings and recommendations annually to FERC and to the Secretary. Provides for the assessment and recovery of implementation and enforcement costs incurred by the Organization and each Affiliated Regional Reliability Entity, respectively. Sets forth antitrust defenses for activities undertaken by the Organization, its members, or members of an affiliated regional reliability entity. Instructs FERC to establish a regional advisory body on the petition of the Governors of at least two-thirds of the States within a region that have more than one- half of their electrical loads served within the region. Restricts such body to the 48 contiguous States.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Home Heating Readiness Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Agency) to submit to Congress a Home Heating Readiness Report on the readiness of the heating oil and propane industries to supply fuel under various weather conditions, including rapid decreases in temperature. Specifies Report contents.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Home Heating Fuel Price Spike Act of 2000 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a study to identify reasons for the home heating fuel shortage and its corresponding price surge in the northeast region, (2) propose alternatives to alleviate future shortages; and (3) establish a heating oil reserve in various northeast regions. Permits those reserves to be filled by trading petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heating oil. Authorizes the President to immediately drawdown heating oil from such reserves to address severe home heating price fluctuations, or at any other time to serve the national interest.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to declare that a severe energy supply interruption is deemed to exist if the President determines that a severe increase in petroleum product prices is likely to cause a major adverse impact upon a State or regional economy, as well as on (as under current law) the national economy.
Austria · National Council · 9 February 2000
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Ludmilla Parfuss, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend budgetäre, organisatorische sowie personelle Vorkehrungen zur Schaffung eines Bundestierschutzgesetzes im Sinne des Tierschutz-Volksbegehrens
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 2000
Home Heating Oil Price Stability Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to immediately create a Heating Oil Reserve containing two million barrels of heating oil in leased storage facilities in the New York Harbor area and 4.7 million barrels in one of the four Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) caverns on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Permits the Secretary to fill such Heating Oil Reserve by trading SPR crude oil for heating oil. Authorizes the President to immediately draw down the Heating Oil Reserve when domestic fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, during a fuel oil shortage, or during periods of extreme winter weather. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 2000
Home Heating Oil Price Stability Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to immediately create a fuel oil reserve containing two million barrels of heating oil in leased storage facilities in the New York Harbor area and 4.7 million barrels in one of the four Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) caverns in the Gulf Coast. Permits the Secretary to fill such heating oil reserve by trading SPR crude oil for heating oil. Authorizes the President to immediately draw down the Fuel Oil Product Reserve only when domestic fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, during a fuel oil shortage, or during periods of extreme winter weather. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 2000
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives commending Michael Horowitz for his actions on February 2, 2000, in working to raise the knowledge of the American public about the conflict in Sudan and the lack of: (1) direct action on the part of the Administration to support those in the south who are fighting against the totalitarian northern regime in Khartoum; (2) involvement by the Administration in acting as an international voice of support for a comprehensive peace process; and (3) action taken by the Administration against companies such as Canada's Talisman Energy, Inc., which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and the proposed Initial Public Offer (IPO) of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for their involvement in oil ventures in Sudan, which seek to strengthen the power and financial capability of the Government of Sudan at the detriment of those in the south.
Austria · National Council · 7 February 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Theresia Haidlmayr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Verankerung wirtschaftlicher Grundsätze im WRG <i>(Wasserrechtsgesetz)</i> - Fehlen der am 14. Juli 1999 für die "nächsten Wochen" angekündigten "Vorschläge" einer BMU <i>(Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie)</i> /BMLF <i>(Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft)</i> -Arbeitsgruppe
Austria · National Council · 7 February 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Theresia Haidlmayr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Verankerung wirtschaftlicher Grundsätze im WRG <i>(Wasserrechtsgesetz)</i> - Fehlen der am 14. Juli 1999 für die "nächsten Wochen" angekündigten "Vorschläge" einer BMU <i>(Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie)</i> /BMLF <i>(Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft)</i> -Arbeitsgruppe
Austria · National Council · 3 February 2000
Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Antrag 58/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einrichtung eines Beirates für die ländliche Entwicklung
Austria · National Council · 3 February 2000
Bericht des Ausschusses für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Bericht (III-23 d.B.) des Bundesministers für Land- und Forstwirtschaft über den Gewässerschutzbericht 1999
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 February 2000
That this House notes the continued discrepancy between rates of VAT charged on energy conservation (17.5 per cent.) and on energy consumption (5 per cent.); believes that the Government's limited reduction on VAT on energy-saving materials purchased under certain promotional schemes, while welcome, does not address this wider distortion; notes that in September 1999 the French Government cut VAT on energy-saving materials from 20.6 per cent. to 5.5 per cent. and has not been challenged by other EU member states or by the European Commission; notes a similar reduction has been made in Italy from January 2000, again without challenge; believes that this demonstrates that the UK could extend the current limited VAT reduction to all installations of energy saving materials carried out by contractors and remain in line with EU law; and therefore urges the UK Government to do this at the earliest possible opportunity.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization and Improvements Act of 2000 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal the mandate for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to maintain an office in the District of Columbia for the service of process. (Sec. 4) Restricts the initial duration of a combined construction and operating license to 40 years from the date on which the NRC finds that certain acceptance criteria have been met prior to facility operation. (Sec. 5) Limits to production facilities only the current prohibition against granting either a commercial license or a medical therapy and research and development license to an alien or a corporation or other entity under foreign ownership or domination (thus allowing such licenses for utilization and other kinds of facilities). (Sec. 6) Shields from NRC antitrust scrutiny certain industrial and commercial license applications to construct or operate utilization facilities. (Sec. 7) Confers gift acceptance authority upon the NRC. Establishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fund to accept gifts or net proceeds of gift sales. (Sec. 8) Authorizes the NRC to authorize employees of NRC licensees to carry firearms for the protection of licensee property designated of significance to or necessary in the interest of the common defense and security. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the NRC to prescribe and collect cost recovery fees from other Federal agencies. (Sec. 12) Encompasses within NRC police powers: (1) installations subject to its licensing or certification authority; (2) facilities for storage, treatment, or disposal; and (3) facilities for production, utilization, waste storage, treatment and disposal, and uranium enrichment, or nuclear fuel fabrication. (Sec. 14) Directs the NRC to promulgate requirements to ensure that a non-licensee complies fully with any nuclear decommissioning obligation. (Sec. 15) Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to provide for continuation of service until a successor has taken office of an NRC member whose term of office has expired. (Sec. 16) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to prohibit commencement of administrative or judicial actions regarding source, special nuclear, or byproduct material that is subject to NRC or State-issued decontamination regulations unless the action is pursuant to NRC or State request. (Sec. 17) Authorizes appropriations for FY2001, including those for the Office of Inspector General of the NRC.
European Union · European Commission · 28 January 2000
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 2000
See summary of: H.R. 3533
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 2000
Oil Price Safeguard Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to deem a severe energy supply to exist if the President determines that: (1) a significant reduction in petroleum supply of significant scope and duration has caused a significance increase in the price of petroleum products which is likely to cause a significant adverse impact upon the national economy; and (2) a substantial cause of such reduction is the anticompetitive conduct of foreign countries or international entities. Mandates that proceeds from petroleum sales drawn down pursuant to the President's determination be deposited in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Account and used exclusively for specified Account purposes. Requires the President to report certain information and analyses to specified congressional committees if crude oil prices exceed $25 per barrel for more than 14 days.
Austria · National Council · 26 January 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gerhard Kurzmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Kernkraftwerk Krsko
Austria · National Council · 26 January 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend bleifreie Werkzeugstähle <i>(im Autobau)</i>
Austria · National Council · 26 January 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Flucht aus der Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung <i>(bei der getrennten Errichtung eines Maststalles samt Silo</i> <i>sowie die Errichtung eines Ferkelaufzuchtstalles samt</i> <i>Brunnen und Güllebehälter durch die Hagenauer &</i> <i>Sonnleitner-Eigner OEG)</i>