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In 1972, at a formal hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Starr presented a vision for the Electric Power Research Institute to serve Congress's mandate for objective, scientific research. [3] Starr served as the first President of EPRI for five years and formally retired at age 65, but continued to work at EPRI for the next 30 years. [4]
The National Power Corporation (Filipino: Pambansang Korporasyon sa Elektrisidad, also known as NAPOCOR, NPC or National Power) is a Philippine government-owned and controlled corporation that is mandated to provide electricity to all rural areas of the Philippines by 2025 (known as "missionary electrification"), to manage water resources for power generation, and to optimize the use of other ...
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: First comprehensive nuclear waste legislation. 1989 Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989: Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to declare that the price guidelines for the first sale of natural gas. 1992 Energy Policy Act: Required alternative fuel vehicle use in some private/government fleets. 2005 Energy ...
NEA—The National Energy Act of 1978 (US) NEB—National Energy Board (Canada) NEDRI—New England Distributed Resources Initiative (US) NEM—Net energy metering (US) NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act (US) NEPOOL—New England Power Pool; NERC—North American Electric Reliability Council; NGA—Natural Gas Act (US)
The Bonneville Project, named for the then-new Bonneville Dam, was established by an act of Congress that was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 20, 1936. The federal agency was created to market electricity from the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams based on the model of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
The Act also started the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program. [34] The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 provided funding to help improve building codes and outlawed the sale of incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescents and LEDs. [1] The act included a solar air conditioning program and funding to increase ...
This list of countries by electrification rate sorts countries by the share of their inhabitants with access to electricity. Access to electricity is considered one of the prerequisites for a modern life. In 2021, 91.4% of the world population had access to electricity.