引言 今年是美国能源政策和能源法律结构可望发生变化的一年。很多决策机构,包括联邦和州政府的一些行政、立法和司法部门,正在盛传着要进行一次重大变革。人们对环境问题日益重视,并且意识到世界政局的变化可能引起石油及石油产品价格发生混乱;此外,为使能源法规在结构上能适应现代需要,以往曾作了一些努力和尝试,但其进展速度和效果均令人不满,所有这一切不能不使白宫、国会和能源各界加以揣摩和思忖。 Introduction This year is a year that the U.S. energy policy and energy law structure are expected to change. Many policy-making bodies, including the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal and state governments, are vilifying a major change. People pay increasing attention to environmental issues and are aware that changes in world politics may cause chaos in the prices of oil and petroleum products. In addition, some efforts and attempts have been made to make energy laws and regulations structurally compatible with modern needs. However, progress has been made Both the speed and the effect are unsatisfactory, all of which can not but allow the White House, the Diet and the energy community to try to figure out and think.