Energy

Erstes Gesetz zur Änderung des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (G-SIG: 15019134)

Germany · German Bundestag · 11 April 2003

<b>Bezug:</b> Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz vom 29.3.2000, BGBl I, Nr. 13 S. 305 (s. GESTA 14. WP 1-E004) Der Gesetzentwurf ist textidentisch mit dem Entwurf der Fraktionen der SPD und B90/GR auf BT Drs. 15/810 N002 Siehe auch N005, N007, N008 und N019 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Einfügung § 11a Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Ermächtigung des Bundesamtes für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle zur teilweisen Befreiung stromintensiver Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs vom EEG-Kostenanteil bei Nachweis einer Beeinträchtigung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Aufnahme der Neuregelung in den Erfahrungsbericht nach § 12 EEG. Die Neuregelung kann zu geringfügig höheren Haushaltsausgaben für den Strombezug von Bund, Ländern und Kommunen führen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Stromverbrauch/Teilweise Befreiung stromintensiver Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs vom EEG-Kostenanteil * Produzierendes Gewerbe/Teilweise Befreiung stromintensiver Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs vom EEG-Kostenanteil * Bericht der Bundesregierung/Erfahrungsbericht gem. § 12 EEG

Tierärzte - Amtstierärzte - Fleischuntersuchungstierärzte

Austria · National Council · 10 April 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Tierärzte - Amtstierärzte - Fleischuntersuchungstierärzte

Weiterverwendung des Pflanzenschutzmittels Aldicarb

Austria · National Council · 10 April 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Weiterverwendung des Pflanzenschutzmittels Aldicarb <i>(im Zuckerrübenanbau und in Baumschulen)</i>

Veterinärjahresbericht 2002 - Schlachttier- und Fleischuntersuchungen

Austria · National Council · 10 April 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Veterinärjahresbericht 2002 - Schlachttier- und Fleischuntersuchungen

Bericht der parlamentarischen Enquete-Kommission "Grundlagen eines modernen Österreichischen Bundestierschutzgesetzes"

Austria · National Council · 10 April 2003

Bericht der parlamentarischen Enquete-Kommission zum Thema "Grundlagen eines modernen Österreichischen Bundestierschutzgesetzes"

Department of Energy Catalysis Research and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2003

Department of Energy Catalysis Research and Development Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy, through the Director of the Office of Science, to establish a research and development program in catalysis science meeting certain criteria. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to review and report triennially on the program and on gains made in the fundamental science of catalysis, as well as progress made towards developing new fuels for energy production, material fabrication processes and global warming reduction.

Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2003

Reform of Energy Workers Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to provide for worker compensation benefit payments to contractor employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) who were exposed to toxic substances at DOE facilities. (This new subtitle D replaces the current provisions for DOE assistance to such employees in State workers compensation proceedings.) Requires DOE to review claims and determine causation within specified time limits (with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) continuing to appoint members of physician review panels for diagnosing such occupational illnesses). Requires the Secretary of Energy to appoint a Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee to advise on claims procedures and related matters. Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting as a third-party administrator for DOE, to pay such benefits from the EEOICPA fund for claimants approved by DOE. Requires the Secretaries of Energy and of Labor to ensure that such claims are resolved in a nonadversarial manner. Revises EEOIPA subtitle B program administration provisions to add as covered illnesses: (1) chronic renal disease, for uranium workers; and (2) lung cancer, among beryllium-related diseases. Revises provisions relating to: (1) a special exposure cohort expansion procedure; (2) the radioepidemiologic model for determining compensation; and (3) additional specified cancers. Provides for coverage of individuals employed by atomic weapons employers or beryllium employees during a period of residual contamination. Requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to report to Congress on its access to information relating to performing radiation dose reconstructions. Provides administrative assistance for claimants under either subtitle B or D, including administrative relief and proof where medical records are not available, resource centers, and outreach programs. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Labor the Office of the Ombudsman for Occupational Illness Compensation, which is to coordinate activities of the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and HHS under EEOICPA.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2003

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 6 (enhancing energy conservation and addressing the issues of security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people).

Bericht des Ausschusses für Bildung, Forschung und Technikfolgenabschätzung (17. Ausschuss) gemäß § 56a der Geschäftsordnung zur Technikfolgenabschätzung hier: Monitoring - "Maßnahmen für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung im Bereich Mobilität" (G-SIG: 15000382)

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 April 2003

Analyse des Büros für Technikfolgenabschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) zu Auswirkungen politischer Maßnahmen auf eine nachhaltige Verkehrsentwicklung: Zielsetzung und Methodik, Szenarien zur Verkehrsentwicklung, Folgewirkungen, Energieverbrauch und Kohlendioxidemissionen, Tendenzen 2020 bis 2050, Kompatibilität verkehrspolitischer Maßnahmen mit Verfassungs- und Europarecht

COAST Anti-Drilling Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2003

Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic planning area or the North Atlantic planning area.

Keine neue Regulierungsbehörde - Bundeskartellamt als Wettbewerbsbehörde stärken (G-SIG: 15010260)

Germany · German Bundestag · 9 April 2003

Keine neue nationale Behörde zur Ex-ante-Regulierung der Energiemärkte, Aufsicht durch das Bundeskartellamt als sachgerechte Umsetzung der EU-Beschleunigungsrichtlinie zum Energiebinnenmarkt, Weiterentwicklung der Verbändevereinbarungen, Aufschub der Entscheidung und Parlamentsvorbehalt

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Energy Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 2003

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Energy Act of 2003 - George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003 - Reauthorizes through FY 2010 and revises the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to emphasize fuel cell research, development, and demonstration activities. Renames the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technical Advisory Panel. Directs the President shall establish an interagency task force to coordinate Federal hydrogen and fuel cell energy activities. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a public education program designed to increase public interest in and acceptance of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technologies. Mandates implementation of pilot projects to demonstrate the viability of: (1) fuel cells and associated hydrogen fueling infrastructure; (2) hydrogen-powered vehicles and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along major transportation routes or in entire regions; and (3) fuel cells and associated hydrogen fueling infrastructure in foreign countries. Requires a program of demonstration projects to test the technical and commercial viability of hydrogen production from renewable resources. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to direct the Secretary to revise Federal building energy efficiency performance standards to require the use of fuel cells as a primary power source in new Federal buildings. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prescribe increasing percentages of zero-emission vehicles in Federal fleets from ten percent in FY 2007 up to 75 percent in FY 2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide as a credit against tax for: (1) acquisition of fuel cell and hydrogen motor vehicles; (2) installation of qualified hydrogen-fuel vehicle refueling property; (3) retail sale of hydrogen fuel as motor vehicle fuel; and (4) expenditures for energy-efficient building property, both business and nonbusiness.

Initiative zur Gründung einer Internationalen Agentur zur Förderung der Erneuerbaren Energien (International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA) (G-SIG: 15010248)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 2003

Konzeption und Umsetzung, Einsetzung einer Kommission, Finanzbedarf

Internationale Konferenz für Erneuerbare Energien (G-SIG: 15010245)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 2003

Vorbereitung und Durchführung der Internationalen Konferenz für Erneuerbare Energien Anfang Juni 2004 in Deutschland: internationales Vorbereitungskomitee, nationales Begleitkomitee, Johannesburger Initiative gleichgesinnter Staaten, Foren zu diversen Themenbereichen, internationales Parlamentarier-Forum

Erstes Gesetz zur Änderung des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (G-SIG: 15019119)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 2003

<b>Bezug:</b> Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz vom 29.3.2000, BGBl I, Nr. 13 S. 305 (s. GESTA 14. WP 1-E004) Der Gesetzentwurf ist textidentisch mit der Regierungsvorlage auf BR Drs. 242/03 N003 Siehe auch N005, N007, N008 und N019 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Einfügung § 11a Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Ermächtigung des Bundesamtes für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle zur teilweisen Befreiung stromintensiver Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs vom EEG-Kostenanteil bei Nachweis einer Beeinträchtigung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Aufnahme der Neuregelung in den Erfahrungsbericht nach § 12 EEG. Die Neuregelung kann zu geringfügig höheren Haushaltsausgaben für den Strombezug von Bund, Ländern und Kommunen führen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Stromverbrauch/Teilweise Befreiung stromintensiver Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs vom EEG-Kostenanteil * Produzierendes Gewerbe/Teilweise Befreiung stromintensiver Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs vom EEG-Kostenanteil * Bericht der Bundesregierung/Erfahrungsbericht gem. § 12 EEG

Zukunftsorientierte und effiziente Gestaltung der Novelle des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (G-SIG: 15010252)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 April 2003

Ergebnisse des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (EEG), Auswirkung von EEG, Ökosteuer und Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz (KWK-Gesetz) auf den Strompreis, Fördervolumen des EEG, Strompreise für die Industrie, insbesondere energieintensive Betriebe, Gestaltung der Strompreise nach Erzeugungsweisen, Subventionen für regenerative Energieträger, Produktionskosten je Kilowattstunde nach Erzeugungsart, Genehmigungsverfahren für Windenergieanlagen, Entwicklung von Wasserkraftanlagen, Förderung der Wasserstoff-Technologie und von Photovoltaik-Anlagen, Wirkungsgrad von Kohlekraftwerken

2003/269/EC: Council Decision of 8 April 2003 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the Community of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy-efficient labelling programmes for office equipment

European Union · EUR-Lex · 8 April 2003

A bill to provide for increased energy savings and environmental benefits through the increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2003

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and each agency head to implement fully all procurement requirements and incentives, including Federal procurement guidelines, that provide for the use of cement and concrete incorporating recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects. Requires each agency head to give priority to achieving greater use of recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects for which recovered mineral components historically have not been used or have been used only minimally. Instructs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy, to study and report to Congress on the extent to which current procurement requirements may realize energy savings and environmental benefits attainable with substitution of recovered mineral component in cement used in cement or concrete projects.

Energy Policy Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2003

Energy Policy Act of 2003 - Amends Federal energy law with respect to specified areas of Federal energy policy. Provides for private development of energy resources on previously proscribed Federal lands. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act regarding energy conservation, energy assistance, and energy efficiency programs, including the Energy Star programs. Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2003 - Sets forth a statutory framework for expedited approval, construction, and operation of an Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project as an alternative to the framework provided in the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976. Instructs the President to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to full capacity. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the temporary funding and exercise of authorities governing the SPR (thus making permanent the authority to operate the SPR and other energy programs). Prescribes guidelines for the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to implement a program for the recovery of unproven oil and natural gas reserves. Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) extend to August 1, 2017, the authority to indemnify Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees, Department of Energy (DOE) contractors, and nonprofit educational institutions; and (2) revise requirements concerning secure transfer of nuclear materials, contractor financial accountability, the carrying of firearms by licensee employees, sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel, highly enriched uranium diversion, and related matters. Amends the USEC Privatization Act regarding uranium sales. FreedomCAR and Hydrogen Fuel Act of 2003, or Freedom Act - Directs the Secretary to conduct a program in partnership with the private sector to facilitate production and conservation of energy and deployment of energy infrastructure. Authorizes the Secretary to establish: (1) a fuel cell program at national parks; and (2) an advanced power system technology incentive program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot grant program for the acquisition of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses; (2) establish an acquisition program for fuel cell-powered school buses; and (3) provide funding for demonstration sites that address the reliability of fuel cell heavy-duty vehicles. Directs the Secretary to establish energy programs that target: (1) advanced solid-state lighting technologies; (2) secondary electric vehicle battery use; (3) hybrid distributed power systems; (4) electrical transmission systems; (5) bioenergy; (6) nuclear energy research; (7) advanced fuel recycling technology research and development; (8) university nuclear science and engineering; and (9) ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production. Amends the Federal Power Act to set forth implementation guidelines for: (1) establishment by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of incentive-based transmission rate treatments to promote capital investment in electric energy transmission facilities in interstate commerce; (2) the siting of interstate electrical transmission facilities; and (3) open access transmission by unregulated transmitting utilities. Creates a statutory mechanism for electric reliability standards incorporating Electric Reliability Organizations to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk-power system, subject to FERC review. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act. Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) direct FERC to promulgate market transparency rules governing sales of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, or transmission services in interstate commerce; (2) prohibit round trip trading; and (3) extend FERC jurisdiction over certain interstate sales of electric energy that violate FERC rules. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules that prohibit in the absence of consumer consent: (1) the change of selection of an electric utility ("slamming"); and (2) the sale of goods and services to an electric consumer ("cramming"). Outlines technical and financial criteria for Federal funding of a clean coal power initiative, including establishment of Centers of Excellence. Amends the Clean Air Act to prescribe guidelines for a renewable motor vehicle fuel program based upon cellulosic biomass ethanol. Establishes a safe harbor for renewable fuels containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) that is used for, or intended as motor vehicle fuel. Provides Federal funding for MTBE contamination.

To establish a research, development, and demonstration program in genetics, protein science, and computational biology of microbes and plants to support the energy and environmental mission of the Department of Energy.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2003

Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program in genetics, protein science, and computational biology of microbes and plants to support the energy and environmental mission of the Department. Provides that the program shall support individual investigators and multidisciplinary teams of investigators through competitive, merit-reviewed grants. Establishes as the program goal developing technologies and methods, based on the biological functions of microbes and plants, that: (1) can facilitate the production of fuels; (2) convert carbon dioxide to organic carbon; and (3) detoxify soils and water at DOE facilities contaminated with heavy metals and radiological materials. Requires the Secretary to: (1) transmit to Congress a research plan describing how the program will accomplish that goal; (2) contract with the National Academy of Sciences to review the plan; and (3) transmit the review to Congress along with the Secretary's response to recommendations. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting biomedical research in carrying out such program.

Energy Policy Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2003

Energy Policy Act of 2003 - Amends Federal energy law with respect to specified areas of Federal energy policy. Provides for private development of energy resources on previously proscribed Federal lands. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to energy conservation, energy assistance, and energy efficiency programs, including the Energy Star programs. Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2003 - Sets forth a statutory framework for the expedited approval, construction, and operation of an Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project as an alternative to the framework provided in the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976. Instructs the President to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to full capacity. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the temporary funding and exercise of authorities governing the SPR (thus making permanent the authority to operate the SPR and other energy programs). Prescribes guidelines for the Secretary of Energy to implement a program for the recovery of unproven oil and natural gas reserves. Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend to August 1, 2017, the authority to indemnify Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees, Department of Energy (DOE) contractors, and nonprofit educational institutions. Amends the Federal Power Act to set forth implementation guidelines for: (1) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) establishment of incentive-based transmission rate treatments to promote capital investment in electric energy transmission facilities in interstate commerce; (2) the siting of interstate electrical transmission facilities; and (3) open access transmission by unregulated transmitting utilities. Creates a statutory mechanism for electric reliability standards incorporating Electric Reliability Organizations to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk-power system, subject to FERC review. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act. Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) direct FERC to promulgate market transparency rules governing sales of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, or transmission services in interstate commerce; (2) prohibit round trip trading; and (3) extend FERC jurisdiction to certain interstate sales of electric energy that violate FERC rules. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules that prohibit in the absence of consumer consent: (1) the change of selection of an electric utility ("slamming"); and (2) the sale of goods and services to an electric consumer ("cramming"). Establishes a safe harbor for renewable fuels containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) that is used for or intended as a motor vehicle fuel. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a loan guarantee program for private sector construction of facilities to process and convert municipal solid waste into fuel ethanol and other commercial byproducts. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct energy research and development programs concerning: (1) energy efficiency; (2) distributed energy and electric energy systems; and (3) renewable, fossil, and nuclear energy. Targets the following areas for program implementation: (1) bioenergy programs; (2) renewable energy in public buildings; (3) nuclear energy research programs; (4) advanced fuel recycling technology; (5) university nuclear science and engineering support; (6) fossil energy research, including coal mining technologies; and (7) technologies for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources. Provides loan guarantees for: (1) a certain coal gasification project that produces power in deregulated energy generation markets; (2) a petroleum coke gasification polygeneration project; and (3) the owner of a specified experimental plant on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Energy determines, including interest rates and upfront payments. Outer Continental Shelf Shallow Water Deep Gas Royalty Relief Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend royalties under existing leases for natural gas produced from deep wells on oil and gas lease tracts in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to: (1) mandate that a specified statutory bidding system be used on certain prospective oil or gas lease sales located on tracts within certain Planning Areas in the Gulf of Mexico and all tracts in a frontier area offshore Alaska; and (2) extend the royalty-suspension authority of the Secretary of the Interior to the planning areas offshore Alaska. National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 to permit easements for specified activities not otherwise authorized when such activities: (1) support exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals; or (2) produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas. Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003 - Sets forth an oil and gas leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain. Repeals the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980. Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal the 160-acre limitation for coal leases; (2) authorize further extension of the diligent development period for mining plans beyond the statutory forty-year maximum; and (3) prohibit requirement of financial assurance for certain coal leases. Prescribes implementation guidelines for: (1) corridor designations needed or useful for oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and facilities on Federal lands in specified Western States; (2) electricity transmission rights-of-way through a specified National Forest and other public lands; and (3) wind energy development projects on public lands. Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to credits and deductions pertaining to energy conservation, distribution, and production. Prescribes tax treatment of corporate expatriation. Amends specified statutes relating to Federal housing mortgage insurance to increase mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient housing.

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2003

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Prescribes procedural guidelines for both Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and State access to records of a holding company (including subsidiaries, associates, and affiliates) of a public utility or natural gas company. Instructs FERC to promulgate a final rule to exempt specified holding companies from such access requirements. Requires FERC to exempt any person or transaction from such access requirements if it finds that regulation of such person or transaction is irrelevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company. 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 associate company transactions. 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. Grants FERC certain Federal Power Act enforcement powers. Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal its conflict of jurisdiction guidelines.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 April 2003. # SITA EcoService Nederland BV, formerly Verol Recycling Limburg BV v Minister van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Raad van State - Netherlands. # Environment - Waste - Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 - Directive 75/442/EEC - Treatment of waste in several stages - Use of waste as fuel in the cement industry and use of incineration residues as raw material in cement manufacture - Classification as a recovery operation or as a disposal operation - Concept of the use of waste principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy. # Case C-116/01.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 3 April 2003

Outer Continental Shelf Shallow Water Deep Gas Royalty Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 2003

Outer Continental Shelf Shallow Water Deep Gas Royalty Relief Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend royalties under certain leases issued prior to January 1, 2001, for natural gas produced from deep wells on oil and gas lease tracts in certain shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Prescribes the amount of royalty relief for specified suspension volumes of production. Prohibits the Secretary from granting the royalty incentives if the average annual NYMEX natural gas price exceeds for one full calendar year the threshold price of $5 per million Btu, adjusted from the year 2000 for inflation.

Stromrechnungen transparent gestalten (G-SIG: 15010229)

Germany · German Bundestag · 2 April 2003

Umsetzung der EU-Beschleunigungsrichtlinien zum Binnenmarkt für Strom und Gas: getrennte Ausweisung der Einzelkosten (Netznutzungskosten, Stromsteuer etc.) für den Verbraucher

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning difficulties which have arisen for those who are promoting the development of wind farms; the national guidelines in this regard; and his views on whether an active planning policy is necessary if there is to be any coherent and co-ordinated policy for the development of renewable energy project facilities. [8789/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2003

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning difficulties which have arisen for those who are promoting the development of wind farms; the national guidelines in this regard; and his views on whether an active planning policy is necessary if there is to be any coherent and co-ordinated policy for the development of renewable energy project facilities. [8789/03]

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning difficulties which have arisen for those who are promoting the development of wind farms; the national guidelines in this regard; and his views on whether an active planning policy is necessary if there is to be any coherent and co-ordinated policy for the development of renewable energy project facilities. [8789/03]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2003

84 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning difficulties which have arisen for those who are promoting the development of wind farms; the national guidelines in this regard; and his views on whether an active planning policy is necessary if there is to be any coherent and co-ordinated policy for the development of renewable energy project facilities. [8789/03]

Supplemental Appropriations Act to Support Department of Defense Operations in Iraq for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 2003

Supplemental Appropriations Act to Support Department of Defense Operations in Iraq for Fiscal Year 2003 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) the Agricultural Research Service; (2) the Department of Justice; (3) the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors; (4) the Department of Defense (DOD), including the Defense Emergency Response Fund; (5) the Department of the Interior; (6) the Department of Energy; (7) bilateral economic assistance, including the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund; (8) the Department of State; (9) military assistance; (10) the Department of Homeland Security; (11) the Department of Health and Human Services; (12) the Legislative Branch; (13) the Department of Transportation; (14) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (15) the District of Columbia; (16) the Department of Labor; (17) the Department of Education and related agencies; (18) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (19) liquidation of obligations of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Makes specified transfers of DOD funds for drawdown support in the war against Iraq. Repeals the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the reconstruction of Iraq should be funded to the maximum extent possible from revenues produced by Iraqi oil. Makes specified funds from this Act available to DOD to carry out military construction projects necessary to respond to or protect against acts or threatened acts of terrorism or to prosecute operations in Iraq. Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to construct in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, a memorial marker honoring the seven members of the crew of the Columbia Orbiter who died on February 1, 2003, during the landing of space shuttle mission STS-107. Makes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for FY 2003 to: (1) reimburse the airline industry for certain increased aviation security costs; and (2) compensate air carriers for costs of strengthening flight deck doors and locks. Places specified limits on executive officer compensation for the provision by the Secretary of Transportation of war risk insurance or reinsurance for air carriers. Provides additional temporary extended unemployment compensation for displaced airline related workers.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 2003

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, through December 31, 2008, a limited credit for energy-efficient building property. Defines such property as a fuel cell power plant that: (1) generates electricity using an electrochemical process; (2) has an electricity-only generation efficiency greater than 30 percent; and (3) generates at least 0.5 kilowatt of electricity, using an electrochemical process. Allows, through December 31, 2008, a limited credit to an individual for nonbusiness energy-efficient building property (U.S. residential property) expenditures.

Small Wind Energy Systems Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 2003

Residential, Farm, Ranch, and Small Business Wind Energy Systems Act of 2003 or the Small Wind Energy Systems Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an annual credit for 30 percent of the cost of installing a qualified residential wind turbine. Limits such credit to $1,000 for each kilowatt of capacity. (Excludes swimming pools or any storage medium which has a function other than a storage function.) Allows an annual business credit for installation of a qualifying wind turbine on a farm, ranch, or small business. Limits such credit to the smaller of: (1) 30 percent of basis, including installation; or (2) $1,000 for each kilowatt of capacity.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuels, petroleum-based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 2003

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to make grants: (1) to improve the commercial value of forest biomass to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, or substitutes for petroleum-based products; and (2) to develop or research opportunities to improve the use of, or add value to, biomass, with preference given to preferred communities (as defined by this Act).

Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 2003

Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish credits for the following: (1) residential solar energy property; (2) qualified fuel cell power plants; (3) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (4) construction of new energy efficient home; (5) combined heat and power system property; (6) production of low sulphur diesel fuel; and (7) producing oil and gas from marginal wells. Repeals: (1) the 4.3-cent per gallon diesel fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation; (2) phaseouts for qualified electric vehicle credit and the deduction for clean fuel-vehicles; and (3) for two years, the alternative minimum tax preference for intangible drilling costs for certain taxpayers and the minimum tax limitation on the oil recovery credit. Treats: (1) natural gas gathering lines as 7-year property; (2) natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property; and (3) electric transmission property treated as 15-year property. Extends and modifies the credits for: (1) electricity produced from renewable resources; (2) producing fuel from a nonconventional source. Provides for: (1) reduced motor fuel excise tax on certain mixtures of diesel fuel; (2) the expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with environmental protection agency sulfur regulations; (3) an increase in the barrel per day small refiner exception to oil depletion deduction; (4) treating of gain ratably over an 8-year period with respect to sales or dispositions to implement Federal energy regulatory commission or State electric restructuring policy; (5) modifications to the special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs; (6) the treatment of certain income of rural electric cooperatives; and (7) amortization, over a 2-year period, of delay rental payments and of geological and geophysical expenditures. Allows: (1) the prepayment of premium liability for coal industry health benefits; (2) generally, for the inapplicability of arbitrage rules to prepayments for natural gas; (3) the suspension, until December 31, 2006, of the limitation based on 65 percent of taxable income and of taxable income limit with respect to marginal production; and (4) certain business related energy credits against the regular and minimum tax.

George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2003

George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to reauthorize and revise requirements for the Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration programs, and to instruct the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive coordination plan for activities under this Act and under title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996. Renames the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel as the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on such programs. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to review progress under this Act every four years. Amends the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to revise requirements for the program for integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production systems. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) solicit proposals for projects demonstrating hydrogen technologies needed to use fuel cells in Federal, State, and local government stationary and transportation applications; and (2) establish an interagency task force to develop an implementation plan for a fuel cell demonstration program that includes hydrogen-based infrastructure for fleet transportation systems and for distributed power generation. Requires the Secretary to enter into cooperative and cost-sharing agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies for participation in related demonstrations.

National Coal Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2003

National Coal Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) perform an assessment that identifies cost and performance goals of technologies permitting continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, as chemical feedstocks, and as transportation fuel in 2007, 2015, and the years after 2020; and (2) implement a technology research, development, and demonstration program to facilitate production and generation of coal-based power through methods and equipment under specified Federal law. Prescribes conditions and criteria for the authorization of appropriations for a clean coal power initiative program. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) fund coal energy generation projects that advance efficiency, environmental performance, and cost competitiveness well beyond the level of technologies in operation as of the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) award competitive, merit-based grants to universities for the establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prescribe credits against tax for: (1) production from a qualifying clean coal technology unit; and (2) production from and for investment in a qualifying advanced clean coal technology unit. Prescribes guidelines for the treatment of persons not able to use the entire credit relating to clean coal technology.

Homeland Infrastructure Power Security and Assurance Incentives Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2003

Homeland Infrastructure Power Security and Assurance Incentives Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish within the Department of Energy an Advanced Technology Incentives Program to provide funding to accelerate development and deployment of new advanced technologies such as fuel cells, turbines, hybrid, and storage system power technologies. Requires the use of such funding for: (1) eligible owners or operators to support efforts to reduce system costs, and improve the performance and reliability of advanced distributed power generation and energy storage systems; and (2) demonstrating the capability of new technologies to increase power generation through enhanced operational, economic, and environmental performance. Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate security and assurance performance improvement; (2) define locations and facilities that would benefit most from such improvements; and (3) determine the criteria for facilities that generate or store and distribute electric energy that improves the security and reliability of the nation's electricity grid and protects locations critical to its security (including military installations, financial institutions, medical and first responder facilities).

Save America's Valuable Energy Resources Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2003

Save America's Valuable Energy Resources Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish credits for: (1) qualified energy efficient improvements to existing homes; and (2) the construction of qualified new energy efficient homes. Allows a deduction for energy efficient commercial property expenditures.

Securing Transportation Energy Efficiency for Tomorrow Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2003

Securing Transportation Energy Efficiency for Tomorrow Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to authorize the Administrator of General Services to establish a program for the procurement and installation of photovoltaic solar electric systems for electric production in public buildings. Directs the Architect of the Capitol to evaluate the energy infrastructure of the Capitol Complex to determine how it could be augmented to become more energy efficient, using photovoltaic solar energy systems, district-heating, and other unconventional and renewable energy resources. Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to carry out a demonstration program for the development of brightfield sites (brownfield sites redeveloped through the incorporation of solar energy technologies). Amends Federal transportation law to: (1) direct the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to establish a program of grants to State and local governments for fuel conservation projects; (2) authorize the Secretary to make grants for fuel cell bus technology projects; (3) direct the Secretary to establish a Conserve By Bicycling pilot program for projects to encourage the use of bicycles in place of motor vehicles; (4) require environmental impact statements for Federal-aid highway and transit projects to consider energy impacts as an environmental project consequence; and (5) direct the Secretary to establish a specified public-private research partnership dedicated to advancement of railroad technology, efficiency, and safety owned by the Federal Railroad Administration and operated in the private sector. Amends Federal transportation law to direct: (1) the Secretary to establish a pilot clean airport bus replacement and fleet expansion grant program; and (2) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a public-private research partnership to develop a clean ground demonstrator engine utilizing specified National Aeronautics and Space Administration-developed technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish a public-private research partnership to develop and demonstrate technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs of marine transportation, as well as the efficiency of intermodal transfers. Directs the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on the potential for reduced fossil fuel consumption through an increase in U.S. hydropower capabilities. Encourages specified adjacent States to continue to prohibit off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes for oil and gas, and other adjacent States and the Canadian Province of Ontario to prohibit such drilling. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income as a qualifying transportation fringe benefit a commuting allowance of $75 per month for individuals who bicycle, carpool, or car-share to work.

Clean School Buses Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2003

Clean School Buses Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program for awarding grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the demonstration and commercial application of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses. Directs the Secretary to establish a program for entering into cooperative agreements with private sector fuel cell bus developers to develop fuel cell-powered school buses, and subsequently with at least two units of local government using natural gas-powered school buses and such private sector fuel cell bus developers to demonstrate the use of fuel cell-powered school buses.

Nitratbelastung des Grundwassers in Österreich

Austria · National Council · 26 March 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Nitratbelastung des Grundwassers in Österreich

Strategie zur Minimierung des Pestizideinsatzes

Austria · National Council · 26 March 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Strategie zur Minimierung des Pestizideinsatzes <i>(in der Landwirtschaft)</i>

Ausnahmen für Wirkstoffe in Pestizidprodukten

Austria · National Council · 26 March 2003

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Ausnahmen für Wirkstoffe in Pestizidprodukten

Ausbau des Hochspannungsnetzes in Österreich

Austria · National Council · 26 March 2003

Antrag der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die dringende Notwendigkeit des Ausbaus des Hochspannungsnetzes in Österreich

Energie-Regulierungsbehördengesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 26 March 2003

Antrag der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Energie-Regulierungsbehördengesetz geändert wird

Electricity Gouging Refund Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2003

Electricity Gouging Refund Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Power Act to instruct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order a refund (including interest) for that portion of charges on the transmission or sale of electric energy between June 1, 2000, and June 19, 2001, which the Commission finds unjust and unreasonable. States that the total amount of such refunds shall be not less than $8.9 billion. Directs the Commission to order the renegotiation of the long-term electricity contracts entered into between the energy companies and the State of California between January 1 and May 31, 2001.

Federal Power Act Amendments Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2003

Federal Power Act Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Power Act to provide that Federal regulation of electric energy transmission and sales shall not extend to those matters which are subject to regulation by the States, including the retail sale of electric energy and any component service. Denies the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over: (1) bundled retail sales of electric energy (sales of electric energy to retail customers where generation, transmission, distribution, and other services necessary to supply electric energy to such customers are sold as a single delivered service by a single seller); and (2) the transmission component of sales of electric energy to retail customers. Requires FERC, upon request of a Regional Transmission Organization or any FERC-authorized transmission entity, to authorize the recovery of costs on a participant-funding basis of transmission facilities that increase the transfer capability of the transmission system. Directs FERC to establish technical standards and procedures for the interconnection of facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce with facilities used for the generation of electric energy. Instructs FERC to ensure, in setting rates for transmission services, that all jurisdictional uses of transmission facilities bear an allocation of the embedded costs of the facilities, as well as the costs of other services ancillary to the transmission of electric energy. Directs FERC to promulgate pricing policies and standards to promote expansion and improvement of interstate transmission networks through incentive-based, performance-based, participant-funded and cost of service-based rate treatments to ensure reliability of the electric system, to support interstate wholesale markets for electric power, and to expand transmission transfer capacity needed to sustain wholesale competition. Directs FERC to convene regional discussions with State and other retail regulatory commissions to address whether wholesale electric markets in each region (especially regions without a regional transmission organization) are working effectively to provide reliable service to electric consumers in the region at the lowest reasonable cost. Authorizes FERC to require an unregulated transmitting utility to provide open access transmission services.

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the consequences of the war in Iraq for energy and transport

European Union · European Commission · 26 March 2003

Emissionshöchstmengengesetz-Luft; Ozongesetz, Immissionsschutzgesetz-Luft, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 25 March 2003

Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über nationale Emissionshöchstmengen für bestimmte Luftschadstoffe (Emissionshöchstmengengesetz-Luft, EG-L) erlassen sowie das Ozongesetz und das Immissionsschutzgesetz-Luft geändert werden

Preserving Our World's Energy and Resources Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 2003

Preserving Our World's Energy and Resources Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include as energy property for purposes of claiming the energy (investment) credit equipment which uses wind to generate electricity and cool roof property. Allows a nonrefundable personal credit for qualified renewable resource property (solar, wind, and geothermal) and qualified cool roof property. Amends the Federal Power Act to require retail electric suppliers to comply with specified requirements concerning net metering.

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2003

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 2003

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish credits for: (1) residential solar energy property; (2) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (3) alternative motor vehicles credit; (4) production from qualifying advanced clean coal technology; and (5) producing oil and gas from marginal wells. Extends and expands the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources. Extends and modifies the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source. Provides for: (1) the treatment of natural gas gathering lines as 7-year property; (2) the temporary suspension of the limitation based on 65 percent of taxable income and the extension of suspension of taxable income limit with respect to marginal production; (3) the election to expense geological and geophysical expenditures for oil and gas wells; (4) a five-year net operating loss carryback for losses attributable to operating mineral interests of oil and gas producers.

A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to monitor and investigate gasoline prices under certain circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2003

Requires the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the retail price of gasoline in a State to determine if it is being artificially manipulated if, based on weekly data published by the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy, the average price of regular grade gasoline has increased 20 percent or more for at least seven days during any three-month period. Requires the Commission to: (1) report investigation results to Congress; (2) present such results in a public hearing in the affected State; and (3) cooperate with the Attorney General of the affected State to take appropriate action if it finds market manipulation. Instructs the Secretary of Energy, within two weeks of notification by the Commission that such increase in gasoline prices is not due to market manipulation, to decide if the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be used to assure adequate supplies of gasoline.