Bureaucracy and You
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Bureaucracy and You
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Bureaucracy and You 1
Five ways that the Federal Bureaucracy regulates my life is the FDA inspects and passes all the food and drink I consume everyday, the FERC regulates the electricity I use in my home everyday, the EPA regulates the gasoline that I burn in my car everyday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates the safety of the toys my child plays with everyday, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regulates and protects the money I deposit in my checking account everyday.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affects our daily life on an everyday basis, one regulated activity that surprised me the most is that they license and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectricity projects. I can understand the fact that they oversee municipal and state projects but what surprised me most is the fact that they oversee private projects also.
What surprised me the least is that the FERC does not issue State water quality certificates, because FERC does not regulate water quality, however it does regulate hydroelectricity projects which is in combination of electricity and water, water quality has no effect in generating hydroelectricity.
The FERC was first established in 1920, but at that time it was called the Federal Power Commission (FPC), FPC could only hire an Executive Secretary so therefore all other personnel was borrowed from the Secretary of War, Interior, and Agriculture. In 1928 Congress voted to give the FPC the funds to permanently hire their borrowed staff. Two years later, the Federal Power Act established a five- member, bipartisan commission to run FPC. (www.ferc.gov/students/whatisferc/history.htm)
Bureaucracy and You 2
Due to the passage of new acts and court decisions the mission of the FPC expanded, the Federal Power Act of 1935 and the Natural Gas Act of 1938 allowed the FPC to regulate the sale and...
Axia College of University of Phoenix
Bureaucracy and You 1
Five ways that the Federal Bureaucracy regulates my life is the FDA inspects and passes all the food and drink I consume everyday, the FERC regulates the electricity I use in my home everyday, the EPA regulates the gasoline that I burn in my car everyday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates the safety of the toys my child plays with everyday, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regulates and protects the money I deposit in my checking account everyday.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affects our daily life on an everyday basis, one regulated activity that surprised me the most is that they license and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectricity projects. I can understand the fact that they oversee municipal and state projects but what surprised me most is the fact that they oversee private projects also.
What surprised me the least is that the FERC does not issue State water quality certificates, because FERC does not regulate water quality, however it does regulate hydroelectricity projects which is in combination of electricity and water, water quality has no effect in generating hydroelectricity.
The FERC was first established in 1920, but at that time it was called the Federal Power Commission (FPC), FPC could only hire an Executive Secretary so therefore all other personnel was borrowed from the Secretary of War, Interior, and Agriculture. In 1928 Congress voted to give the FPC the funds to permanently hire their borrowed staff. Two years later, the Federal Power Act established a five- member, bipartisan commission to run FPC. (www.ferc.gov/students/whatisferc/history.htm)
Bureaucracy and You 2
Due to the passage of new acts and court decisions the mission of the FPC expanded, the Federal Power Act of 1935 and the Natural Gas Act of 1938 allowed the FPC to regulate the sale and...