Title: Identify the agencies involved in energy regulation.
Course: Energy and Power (20101-36) > Section: Introducing Safety and Regulations in Energy and Power

Identification should include

- localities
- state agencies
  - Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
  - Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
  - Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME)
  - Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC)
  - Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) and Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Safety Compliance Division
  - Virginia Department of Health (VDH)

- federal agencies
  - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  - Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
  - Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  - Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  - FEMA
  - U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
  - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
  - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  - U.S. Forest Service
  - U.S. Department of Energy
  - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

- international
  - North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
  - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does agency leadership and funding affect regulation enforcement?
- What is the purpose and function of the Virginia SCC?
- What is the process by which a utility in Virginia gains approval to build a new power plant?