U.S. Energy Law: An Introduction
A basic guide to U.S. energy law research.
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Legal Databases
- VitalLaw: Energy & Environment
- Lexis Advance: Energy & Utilities Law
- PLI PlusProvides online access to the full collection of Practising Law Institute (PLI) Press publications, including treatises, course handbooks, and journals.
- Westlaw: Energy & Environment
Websites
U.S. Government Agencies:
- Permiting CouncilEstablished in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), the Permitting Council is charged with improving the transparency, predictability, and outcomes of the Federal environmental review and authorization process for certain large-scale critical infrastructure projects.
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)An agency within the U.S. Dept. of Energy; collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- U.S. Department of State: Energy
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
- U.S. Department of the Interior: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Energy
- U.S. Department of Transportation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Organizations | Trade Associations | Nonprofits:
- American Bar Association. Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section
- American Bar Association. Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Section Committees: Energy & Resources Committees
- American Bar Association. Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)
- American Clean Power (ACP)
- American Gas Association (AGA)
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- American Public Power Association (APPA)
- Center for Biological Diversity (CBD): Energy Justice
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
- Database for State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
- Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
- Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
- Energy Bar Association (EBA)
- The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (FNREL)
- Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
- National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): Energy
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
- North American Energy Standards Board (NAES)
- Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
- Sabin Center for Climate Change Law(Columbia Law School)
- Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
- United States Energy AssociationAn association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies.
Interdisciplinary Databases
GW Gelman Library provides access to numerous subject databases that can be used to locate articles on energy law & policy, science, technology, engineering, and related topics. To locate a non-law or law-related journal online, click on "Journal Title" and type the title of the journal in the search box.
Recommended Starting Points:
- Academic Search CompleteProvides citations, with some full text, to scholarly, multi-disciplinary journal articles.
- ProQuest CentralCovers the journal literature across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, education, science and technology, and humanities.
Other Subject Databases:
- ABI/Inform Complete PlusCovers business and industry-specific topics. Includes articles from magazines, trade publications, and scholarly journals.
- Business Source UltimateProvides citations with selected full text to articles from scholarly business journals.
- EconLitCovers the economic literature in scholarly journals (including book reviews), books, dissertations, and working papers. Published by the American Economic Association.
- FactivaProvides access to articles from newspapers and other business, financial and company publications.
- GreenFILEIncludes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, on the environment and related disciplines. Some full text included.
- GEOBASE (Engineering Village)Indexes the research literature on earth sciences and related disciplines, such as geology and alternative energy sources,
- Military & Government CollectionProvides current news pertaining to all branches of the military.
- Web of Science (WOS)Includes several citation indices covering research journals in the sciences and social sciences. Permits cited reference searching (searching for articles that cite a particular author or work).