PA 395 Energy Policy
Lecture Notes 2006

Week One

Day One-Heinberg Chapt1-3 Heinberg4-6 Oil Peak  Simon

Day Two-Cornucopians and Cassandras, Energy Alternatives

Day Three-Climate Change Governance-Speth

World Energy, wind intro, wind, Denmark, solar, biomass, geothermal, nuclear, ocean, hydro, tidal,

Week Two

Day One-Thursday, Short presentations 5 minutes student reports on international papers.

Read prologue and Intro to Stagliano-discussion

Discussion of US Energy policy book. Summaries of the 6 chapters by students

Stagliano

CH1

Day Two-Friday:

Future Energy
EV History

Stagliano continued

CH5-06

Day Three-Saturday:

Discussion of the governance issues of US Energy policy Act of 1992 & 2005

2005 Energy Policy Act
Efficiency Vermont 2005 Energy Policy Act page

Alternative Energy Sources
+ Green-e Renewal Electricity
+ Green Tags - Bonneville Environmental Foundation
+ Native Energy
+ New Wind Energy
+ Renewable Energy Vermont

Short preview of Vermont issues

Week Three
Day One-Thursday
4PM: Rick Foley, History of Vt. Energy Policy
6:30PM-Joyce Errecart-Current legislative Energy policy
2005 Legislative summary
2006 Legislative Summary

Day Two-Friday-

2004
Rick Weston-Vermont
Dave Lamont-PSD
Michael Dworkin-PSB
Patti Richards-BED
Chamber of Commerce list of issues

2006
VT Transportation info Garabedian
DPS-Renewable Energy-Allen
Air Quality-Garabedian
Clean Energy Group-Sinclair

Day Three-Saturday-Vermont issues and course summary
Jon Reidel-Vermont's 20-year plan
+ Vermont Natural Resources Council
+ Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG)