Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Harvard Environmental Law Review
Publication Date
Winter 1995
ISSN
0147-8257
Page Number
195
Keywords
energy law, environmental law, national energy policy
Disciplines
Energy and Utilities Law | Environmental Law | Law
Abstract
This Article examines the political and procedural history of the EP Act in order to arrive at some general lessons and recommendations regarding congressional formation of energy policy. At least two commentators on the EP Act praise it as the "second generation" of federal energy policy, based in laws that achieve "their mandates more by consensus than coercion." The EP Act's history, however, was far from smooth. Procedural obstacles, such as filibuster, inter-committee conflict, and inter-chamber conflict, led many to declare the EP Act dead on several occasions prior to its passage.
Recommended Citation
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1098360022006761