Fallout from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Pts. 1&2

Now, foreign investors have been granted even greater leeway as now realized by such mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) which essentially eliminated the Public Utilities Holding Company Act (PUHCA) of 1935. Yet, EPAct 2005 has continually escaped public scrutiny and a lack of accountability in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

U.S. energy policy and the generation of power is a complex web of public policy, law, economics, infrastructure and ever-present globalization. So for purposes of this report, and in order to best comprehend current U.S. energy policy, it is helpful to take stock of the more recent evolution of such and to examine its many and varied elements which have changed post-2005.

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