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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155075603321

Autore

Klass Alexandra B. <1967->

Titolo

Energy law / / Alexandra B. Klass, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law School; Hannah J. Wiseman, Attorneys' Title Professor of Law, Florida State University, College of Law

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Paul, Minnesota : , : West Academic Publishing, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-68328-418-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages)

Collana

Concepts and insights series

Disciplina

346.7304/679

Soggetti

Power resources - Law and legislation - United States

Energy facilities - Law and legislation - United States

Energy industries - Law and legislation - United States

Power resources - Transportation - Law and legislation - United States

Petroleum law and legislation - United States

Smart power grids - Law and legislation - United States

Energy policy - United States

Electric utilities - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Energy facility siting -- Oil and gas extraction -- Energy transportation : accessibility, reliability, and cybersecurity -- Environmental regulation of energy production and use -- Energy financing, incentives, and mandates -- Energy markets -- Energy imports and exports -- The smart grid and distributed generation.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides [an]...understanding of the major components of energy systems, energy infrastructure, and energy markets and the laws that guide their development. It covers all major energy policy sectors including oil and gas extraction, electricity regulation, renewable energy development, and regulation of vehicles and transportation fuels...The book is timely describing rapidly changing policy in environmental regulation such as hydraulic fracturing,



planning for electric transmission lines, and natural gas and oil exports. It also places these recent developments in the context of the many long-lasting policies that created current energy infrastructure and markets."--