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State Funding and Financing Strategies for Advancing Energy Projects
This policy brief highlights several state case studies of effective funding and financing mechanisms for energy projects, including the braiding ...
Public Communications Playbook for Energy Emergencies
This playbook outlines essential strategies for state leaders to manage public communications during and energy emergency. This guidance equips Governors ...
Advanced Grid Technologies: Governor Leadership to Spur Innovation and Adoption
This paper is part of a series published by the National Governors Association (NGA) to identify actions Governors can take ...
Meet the Team
- Daniel Lauf, Program Director
- Chris Fletcher, Program Director
- Henry Ashley, Policy Analyst
- Fiona Forrester, Policy Analyst
- Jenna Johnston, Policy Analyst
- Alex Sherwood, Policy Coordinator
Projects
Energy Library
Energy development and use affects the nation’s economy, environment and national security. States play an important role in shaping our energy choices through a range of policy, regulatory and budgetary actions including: prioritizing resource use; setting prices; permitting generation, production and transmission; funding and performing research and technology development; providing financing and incentives; developing refueling infrastructure; sponsoring demonstration projects; and promoting economic development initiatives.
State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool Demonstration
The SRAP tool is meant to help Governors and their staff assess state resilience, identify gaps, and plan for disasters. Nov 16, 2020 NGA hosted a webinar to provide an ...
Governors Leading on Energy Transitions: An Overview of State Energy Goals
This paper provides an overview of current Governor leadership on advancing clean energy. (View/Download) Introduction Governors are leading on incentivizing and investing in clean energy. As of this writing, 30 ...
State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool
The State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool was created to help Governors and their staffs assess state resilience, identify gaps, and plan for natural and man-made disasters. Background | Vision/Goals ...
Offshore Wind Summit for Governors’ Energy Advisors
This 2020 Summit examines how coastal states - with a particular focus on the Eastern Seaboard - can promote the build-out of offshore wind as a source of affordable, clean ...
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
This webinar highlights state energy and infrastructure resilience solutions and funding opportunities through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program. 29 September 2020 Between ...
Planning For The Future Workshop: Strategies To Meet Governor’s Clean Energy Goals
This Workshop provided governors’ staff with policy and regulatory solutions to help meet their state energy goals, address areas for regional collaboration, and allow time for small group discussions among ...
environment Library
States serve as environmental stewards through their roles in managing state parks and forests, energy production and distribution, wildlife protection, land use and waste management. States also directly affect natural resources through their preservation and conservation strategies. To be effective environmental stewards, states must seek to balance efforts to maintain a healthy environment with efforts to develop and utilize natural resources.
Energy Efficiency Experts Roundtable
September 18, 2018 | Washington D.C. The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices held an Energy Efficiency Experts Roundtable in Washington D.C. on September 18, 2018. The Roundtable ...
2018 Annual Water Policy Institute
September 11 - 12 | San Francisco, California The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the 2018 Annual Water Policy Institute in San Francisco, California. This ...
Urging Action on Critical Programs Set to Expire
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging action on critical programs set ...
In-State Water Energy Nexus Retreat
August 3 | St. Paul, MN The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the second Water Energy Nexus in State Retreat for the state of Minnesota ...
NGA Selects States for New Smarter States, Smarter Communities Learning Lab
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) has selected Colorado, New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota and Virginia to participate in the NGA Center for Best Practices’ Smarter States, Smarter Communities Learning Lab ...
Governor Sandoval releases podcasts as part of NGA Chair’s initiative
Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, the 2017-2018 NGA Chair, has released two new podcasts related to his chair's initiative, Ahead of the Curve: Innovation Governors. The initiative is examining technology transformation ...