Similar protections were included in subsequent federal environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ( through 1978 amendment to protect nuclear whistleblowers ), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( CERCLA, or the Superfund Law ) ( 1980 ), and the Clean Air Act ( 1990 ).

The agency was abolished by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which assigned its functions to two new agencies: the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

* 1974 – Energy Reorganization Act PL 93-438 ( Split the AEC into the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission )

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) is an independent agency of the United States government that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and was first opened January 19, 1975.

* The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and was first opened January 19, 1975.

* 1974-Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 PL 93-438 ( Split the AEC into the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission )

The fullest cooperation by and with Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Department of State, and other concerned agencies shall also be carried out in the interest of achieving the objectives of this Act.

The decisions of the Supreme Court in cases such as Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission ( broadly reading the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ), Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill ( broadly reading the Endangered Species Act ), and, much more recently, Massachusetts v. EPA ( requiring EPA to reconsider regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act ) have had policy impacts far beyond the facts of the particular case.

* 1983 – The U. S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee ( ultimately found to be 4. 2 million pounds ), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.

After Indian independence, Prime Minister Jawarharalal Nehru authorized the development of a nuclear programme headed by Homi J. Bhabha ; the Atomic Energy Act of 1948 focuses on peaceful development.

Section 526 of the Energy Independence And Security Act prohibits United States government agencies from buying oil produced by processes that produce more greenhouse gas emissions than would traditional petroleum.

The position was formed on October 1, 1977 with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act.

Since SUVs are considered light trucks in North America, and often share the same platform with pick-up trucks, at one time, they were regulated less strictly than passenger cars under the two laws in the United States, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act for fuel economy, and the Clean Air Act for emissions.

President Harry S. Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

President Harry S. Truman signed the McMahon / Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946, transferring the control of atomic energy from military to civilian hands, effective from January 1, 1947.

Before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) was created, nuclear regulation was the responsibility of the AEC, which Congress first established in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

Eight years later, Congress replaced that law with the Atomic Energy Act Amendments of 1954, which for the first time made the development of commercial nuclear power possible, and resolved a number of other outstanding problems in implementing the first Atomic Energy Act.

* 1974 — Alvin M. Weinberg ( Director, Office of Research and Development, Federal Energy Office )

Pakistan's Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto vowed in June 1974 that he would never succumb to " nuclear blackmail " or accept " Indian hegemony or domination over the subcontinent ".< ref > The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Munir Ahmed Khan said that the test would force Pakistan to test its own nuclear bomb.

In order to reduce crude oil consumption, the 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act mandated maximum speed limits of on public highways and became the first instance where the U. S. federal government began providing funding for ridesharing and states were allowed to spend their highway funds on rideshare demonstration projects.

* International Energy Agency established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) in 1974

The United States became involved in 1974, establishing the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority at Keahole Point on the Kona coast of

* John McPhee, The Curve of Binding Energy, Ballantine, 1973, 1974.

* Mason Willrich, Ted Taylor, Nuclear Theft: Risks and Safeguards: A Report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation, Ballinger, 1974, ISBN 0-88410-208-4

In the Labour Government of 1974 – 1979 he returned to the Cabinet, initially as Secretary of State for Industry, before being made Secretary of State for Energy, retaining his post when James Callaghan replaced Wilson as Prime Minister.

The Woodlands was dedicated by George P. Mitchell in 1974, managed by The Woodlands Corporation as an extension of Mitchell Energy & Development.

* Pokhran-I ( Smiling Buddha ): On 18 May 1974 India detonated an 8 Kiloton nuclear device at Pokhran Test Range becoming the first nation to become nuclear capable outside the five permanent members of United Nations Security Council as well as dragging Pakistan along with it into a nuclear arms race with the Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto swearing to reciprocate India .< ref > The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Munir Ahmed Khan said that the test would force Pakistan to test its own nuclear bomb.

In a speech in Lincoln on 18 February 1974, reported in The Times the following day, Healey went further, promising he would " squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak " and said Lord Carrington, the Conservative Secretary of State for Energy, had made £ 10m profit from selling agricultural land at prices 30 to 60 times as high as it would command as farming land.

* The Curve of Binding Energy ( 1974 ) ISBN 0-374-13373-5 — finalist for the National Book Award

Within the United States the authority to produce and develop nuclear weapons was removed from military control and put instead under the civilian control of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

In one result, Queensland Energy Resources put the proposed Stuart Oil Shale Project in Australia on hold in 2004.

As of March 24, 2009, the bill was put from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to the Subcommittee on Health where it has been debated, but never brought to a conclusion.

The Atomic Energy Authority Act 1986 put the Authority into trading fund mode, requiring it to act and account as though it were a commercial enterprise and become self financing.

The economic slowdown of 1974 and 1975 again saw the project been temporarily put on hold, but when Desmond O ' Malley became the new Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy in 1977 the project once again became a priority of government policy, this time the plans becoming more serious and controversial, the government wanted to build a 650 MW plant at Carnsore at a cost of £ 350 million ( Punt ) at the then prices.

* Photo Energy: Whenever the creature with this ability is put into the battle zone, if a creature of a certain race is tapped in the mana zone to summon the creature, the creature gains the Photo Energy ability.

As did Hectic, Energy had outtakes that were later put onto the album Unreleased Energy.

Einstein Observatory ( HEAO-2 ) was the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into space and the second of NASA's three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories.

" That domain, as Fricke put it was " the Detroit Church of High Energy Rock ," where Sonic's " holy rank " secured " forever.

His dual role as Chairman of the Governor's Energy Council and Chairman of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council put him at the center of the Three Mile Island crisis in 1979.

Preliminary cost estimates for the repairs was put at between $ 900 million and $ 1. 3 billion, but this estimate was later called into question by Duke Energy.

The Comisión Nacional de la Energía ( National Energy Commission ) is the regulatory body for energy systems, created by Law 34 / 1998, of 7 October of the Hydrocarbons Sector, and developed by Royal Decree 1339 / 1999, of 31 July, which approved its regulations.

Congress insisted that a separate independent regulatory body be retained, and the FPC was renamed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, preserving its independent status " within " the Department.

FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the United States Department of Energy.

* European Energy Community, a regulatory framework for trading energy in Europe

In reaction to “ market developments ” and regulatory and judicial decisions that had “ homogenized ” commercial and investment banking, Representative Edward J. Markey ( D-MA ) had written a 1990 article arguing “ Congress must amend Glass-Steagall .” As chairman of a subcommittee of the House Commerce and Energy Committee, Markey had joined with Committee Chairman Dingell in opposing the 1988 Proxmire Financial Modernization Act.

As a result the federal regulator, the Atomic Energy Control Board, because of the decision to delay the upgrade of the emergency shutdown systems at the station, required the corporation to obtain regulatory approval before restarting the units.

He is a leading congressional advocate of nuclear power, and " introduced a bill in 2009 to fast-track the regulatory process for approving new reactors, he called it the ' Streamline America's Future Energy ( SAFE ) Nuclear Act.

The ODTR was established in 1997 to take over the licensing and regulatory functions of the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communication which related primarily to broadcasting and communications.

On the other hand, in Federal Energy Administration v. Algonquin SNG, Inc. ( 1976 ), the Court validated presidential restrictions on oil imports based on very broad congressional language delegating apparently unlimited regulatory authority to the executive branch.

In June 2005, the acquisition of PSEG by Exelon, a Chicago and Philadelphia based utility conglomerate, was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ; however, the deal was never consummated and eventually dissolved after it became clear that it would not win state regulatory approval.

Ownership of all of the site ’ s assets and liabilities was transferred to The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ( NDA ), a new regulatory body created as a result of The Energy Act of 2004.

Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation ( Rosatom ) (), is a state corporation in Russia, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex.

Due to passage of the 2005 Energy Bill, the regulatory authority for off-shore energy projects has been transferred from the Army Corps to the Minerals Management Service ( MMS ) within the Department of the Interior.

In addition, changes to the Clean Water Act made in the 2005 Energy Policy Act exempt natural gas explorers from disclosing what chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, allowing those explorers to avoid costly regulatory oversight.

* Energy Market Authority, a regulatory body in Singapore

The merger has been approved by stockholders of both companies, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and regulatory commissions in Virginia and West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

Allegheny Energy formerly operated in sections of eastern Ohio, until early 2006, when regulatory issues within Ohio forced them to sell the territory to Columbus Southern Power, a division of American Electric Power, Inc.