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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 ...
Transmission Summit Readout
On October 9, 2025, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a States Transmission Summit coinciding ...
Permitting Progress
“Permitting reform is one of those issues where both Republicans and Democrats recognize the problem, we largely agree on solutions, ...
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- 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.
NGA to Partner with Four States on Electric Grid Modernization
Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico and Rhode Island to Work on Adapting the Grid to Clean Energy, Electrification and Energy Resilience Trends The National Governors Association (NGA) announced it will ...
Experts Roundtable on Energy Cybersecurity Coordination and Information Sharing among State, Federal and Utility Officials
Washington, D.C. | Aug. 15, 2019 NGA's Energy, Infrastructure & Environment team hosted an expert’s roundtable on Aug. 15 in Washington, D.C., on the topic of energy cybersecurity and information ...
Governors Advisors Energy Policy Institute
St. Paul, MN | July 17 – 19, 2019 The National Governors Association’s (NGA) Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute brought together governors’ energy policy staff to share energy policy solutions, ...
State Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII)
States are developing rules to better protect critical energy infrastructure from cyber and other threats. This policy scan explores state laws that protect critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) from public ...
Energy Security
The production facilities, transportation networks and distribution infrastructure that comprise the nation's energy sector represent both a key economic asset and a significant national vulnerability. The U.S. economy and the ...
Smart & Safe: State Strategies for Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Electric Sector
Cybersecurity threats have increased in the last few years and the electric sector has become a prime target for those attacks. A successful cyberattack on the electric system could lead ...
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.
WRDA Reauthorization
The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate United States Capitol, S-230 Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Harry Reid Minority Leader U.S. Senate United States Capitol, S-221 Washington, D.C. 20510 ...
Opportunities for Governors to Align Electricity Markets with State Energy Goals
Electric utilities are facing a fundamental challenge to their profitability and long-term viability as the business models shaped by state regulation and legislation have not kept pace with contemporary technologies, ...
Opportunities for Energy Efficiency to Help States Reduce Costs and Achieve Co-Benefits Under the Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued state-specific reduction targets for carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Power Plan (CPP)— established pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act to reduce emissions ...
Opportunities for States to Pursue Multistate Compliance Options under the Clean Power Plan
The Clean Power Plan (CPP) — established pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from existing power plants—was finalized and states have begun to ...
Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Webinar #3
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the final in a series of three webinars designed to provide governors’ advisors with information and best practices surrounding ...
WRDA Reauthorization
The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate United States Capitol, S-230 Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Harry Reid Minority Leader U.S. Senate United States Capitol, S-221 Washington, D.C. 20510 ...