(Optional) Discuss examples of energy policy and why they are important.
Discussion should include
- oil and gas
- petroleum reserve and home heating oil
- natural gas
- production
- incentives
- procurement
- market
- spark spread
- day-ahead dispatch
- real-time dispatch
- coal
- clean coal power initiative
- clean power projects
- clean air coal program
- nuclear matters and security
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- decommissioning
- waste disposal
- next generation nuclear plant project
- nuclear facility and materials security
- vehicles and fuels
- existing programs
- hybrid vehicles
- advanced vehicles
- fuel cell buses
- clean school buses
- biodiesel engine testing
- automobile efficiency
- fleet procurement
- hydrogen
- hydrogen and fuel cell programs.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why are policies needed?
- What does day-ahead dispatch mean?
- What is an example of a procurement policy?