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2023 Michigan Energy Law
The 2023 Michigan Energy Law is a package of public acts signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in November 2023 requiring 100% clean electricity by 2040 and creating a state siting process for renewable projects.
2023 Mining Code (Mali)
The 2023 Mining Code is Mali's law governing mineral exploration and exploitation, promulgated on 29 August 2023 to replace the 2019 code and raise the state's share of mining revenue.
45Z clean fuel production tax credit
The 45Z clean fuel production tax credit is a US federal tax credit for domestically produced transportation fuel, created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Administered Pricing Mechanism (India)
The Administered Price Mechanism (APM) is India's system of government-set prices, applied to petroleum products from 1975 until its dismantling in 2002 and still applied to natural gas from ONGC and Oil India nomination fields.
Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit
The Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit is a US federal tax credit under Section 45X paying manufacturers per unit for clean energy components made in America.
Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis
The Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) is Brazil's federal regulatory agency for the oil, natural gas, biofuels, and hydrogen industries, created in 1997.
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) is a decentralized European Union agency, created in 2011 and headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, coordinating national energy regulators.
AMDAL
AMDAL (Analisis Mengenai Dampak Lingkungan) is Indonesia's environmental impact assessment system, introduced in 1982 and required before activities with significant environmental and social impacts can receive environmental approval for licensing.
Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins is an American energy policy analyst and consultant physicist who co-founded RMI in 1982 and is known for the soft energy path, the negawatt, and integrative design.
Approved List of Models and Manufacturers
The Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) is a list maintained by India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy specifying which solar modules and cells may be used in government-backed projects.
Arizona Corporation Commission
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is a five-member, publicly elected commission established by the Arizona Constitution in 1912 that sets rates for investor-owned utilities, regulates securities, and handles corporate filings.
ASEAN Taxonomy
The ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, established in 2021, is a classification system defining sustainable economic activities across ASEAN's ten member states, using green, amber, and red traffic-light tiers.
Australian Energy Regulator
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) regulates Australia's electricity and gas networks and monitors wholesale and retail markets nationwide except Western Australia, having begun operations in 2005.
Autorità di Regolazione per Energia, Reti e Ambiente
The Autorità di Regolazione per Energia, Reti e Ambiente (ARERA) is Italy's independent regulatory authority for electricity, natural gas, water services, urban waste, and district heating, established in 1995.
Autoriteit Consument en Markt
The Autoriteit Consument en Markt (ACM, Authority for Consumers and Markets) is the Netherlands' independent regulator for competition, consumers, energy, telecom, transport, and post, created in 2013.
Bill C-59 (Canada, 2024)
Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, is a Canadian statute assented in June 2024 that amended the Competition Act to prohibit greenwashing.
Blueberry River First Nations
Blueberry River First Nations is a Dane-zaa and Cree First Nation in northeastern British Columbia whose 2021 Yahey treaty victory led to a 2023 implementation agreement with the province.
Brennstoffemissionshandelsgesetz
The Brennstoffemissionshandelsgesetz (BEHG, Fuel Emissions Trading Act) is a German law of 2019 establishing a national emissions trading system for CO2 from fuels used in transport and heating.
Buildings Energy Act
The Buildings Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz, GEG) is Germany's federal law on building energy performance and heating sources, which took effect on 1 November 2020 and merged three predecessor laws.
California Air Resources Board
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the California agency regulating air pollution and climate-changing emissions, created by the Mulford-Carrell Act signed by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1967.
California Assembly Bill 1054
California Assembly Bill 1054, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in July 2019, restructured how California allocates wildfire costs of investor-owned utilities and created a $21 billion Wildfire Fund.
California cap-and-trade program
The California cap-and-trade program, renamed Cap-and-Invest in 2025, is a state emissions trading system run by the California Air Resources Board since 2012 and extended through 2045.
California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is California's primary energy policy and planning agency, established in 1975 to forecast demand, set efficiency standards, and license power plants.
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard is a CARB program requiring declining cuts in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels, the first such standard in the United States.
California Public Utilities Commission
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is the California state agency, established in 1911 and renamed in 1946, that regulates rates and service of investor-owned electric, gas, water, and telecommunications utilities.
California Senate Bill 901
California Senate Bill 901 (SB 901) is a 2018 California law signed by Governor Jerry Brown that addressed utility wildfire cost recovery, mitigation planning, and forest management.
Canada Energy Regulator
The Canada Energy Regulator is the independent federal agency regulating interprovincial and international energy infrastructure in Canada, created in 2019 to replace the National Energy Board.
Carbon pricing
Carbon pricing is the practice of putting an explicit price on greenhouse gas emissions per ton of CO2 equivalent, most commonly through carbon taxes and emissions trading systems, covering 29% of global emissions as of 2026.
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is India's statutory regulator for the inter-State electricity sector, constituted in 1998 under the Electricity Act, 2003, and regulates tariffs, transmission licenses, and the Grid Code.
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
A certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) is a state utility regulator's authorization letting a utility build plants or transmission lines after proving public need.