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NGA Nuclear Dispatch: Powering a New Era of Innovation
As demand for artificial intelligence (AI) services has grown in recent years, the amount of power they require to continue ...
Energy Security Training
Secure and resilient energy infrastructure is essential for the safety, stability, and economic vitality of every state. Modern life depends ...
2025 Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute
The National Governors Association (NGA) held the 2025 Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, October 7-8. The annual ...
Meet the Team
- Daniel Lauf, Program Director
- Chris Fletcher, Program Director
- Henry Ashley, Policy Analyst
- Jenna Johnston, Policy Analyst
- Alex Sherwood, Policy Coordinator
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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 Energy Toolkit
Governors are developing policies to promote the ongoing transformation of the energy sector into one that is more diverse, efficient, sustainable, resilient and secure. Primary areas of focus include energy ...
New Mexico Grid Modernization Retreat
December 12, 2019 | Santa Fe, NM The New Mexico Grid Modernization Retreat explored strategies to implement New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act, which requires 100 percent zero-carbon electricity for utilities ...
Governors Taking Action by Leading by Example
Governors have the unique ability to reduce energy consumption in state-owned facilities through aggressive lead-by-example (LBE) targets. Energy use at state government facilities accounts for around 10 percent of a ...
Maryland Grid Modernization Retreat
Nov. 7, 2019 | Hanover, MD The National Governors Association (NGA) co-hosted this meeting with the State of Maryland to explore grid modernization strategies. Maryland is preparing for increased electrification, ...
National Governors Association Selects 4 States for Assistance in Energy Security Exercise
Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho and Maryland to Review and Test Energy Emergency Response in a Simulated Environment The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected four states – Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho and ...
America’s Governors Are Strengthening and Protecting Our States’ Critical Infrastructure
Originally published in the Detroit News By Gretchen Whitmer and Larry Hogan As the East Coast cleans up from hurricanes, the West Coast grapples with wildfires, and the Midwest faces ...
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.
Setting Site-Specific Priorities in the Federal Budget Process for Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Waste
Opportunities for State Engagement Sufficient federal funding to clean up the U.S. nuclear weapons complex is a priority for states that host or are affected by the 17 sites still ...
Setting Site-Specific Priorities in the Federal Budget Process for Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Waste: Opportunities for State Engagement
This issue brief focuses on the opportunities for state engagement at each stage of the budget process and suggests how states can ensure that site budgets incorporate state input and ...
Governors Concentrate on Water Conservation, Quality
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today (NGA) announced California Gov. Edmund G. Brown and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will serve as co-chairs of the new NGA Center for Best Practices’ Water Policy Learning Network. The ...
Endangered Species Act
The Honorable John Barrasso Chairman Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works ...
States Advance Energy Goals Through New NGA Opportunity
The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that five states— Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington—will participate in a state retreat to help them explore innovative policies and programs to reduce energy costs and ...
Opening Workshop on Policy Academy on Power Sector Modernization
February 1-3, 2017 | San Diego, CA The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held an opening workshop as part of the Power Sector Modernization Policy Academy ...