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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 ...

2024 State Experts Roundtable on Protecting Energy Infrastructure from Physical Attacks

On September 12, 2024, the National Governors Association (NGA), in partnership with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), ...

Daniel Lauf, Program Director
Chris Fletcher, Program Director
Henry Ashley, Policy Analyst
Fiona Forrester, Policy Analyst
Jenna Johnston, Policy Analyst
Alex Sherwood, Policy Coordinator

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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 Lead-By-Example Policy Workshop

March 19-20, 2018 | Washington, DC The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a Lead-by-Example (LBE) workshop to help states better tap into the ample opportunities ...

States Work to Maximize Water, Energy Efficiency

WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today announced that Minnesota and Tennessee have been selected to participate in a project to advance water and energy efficiency. Approximately 13 percent of U.S. energy is used to pump, ...

Retreat on Energy Resilience Coordination and Planning in Oregon and Washington

January 31, 2018 | Portland, OR With the increased prevalence of large-scale natural disasters and the threat of a future Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami, regional energy resilience coordination ...

GridEx IV State After-Action Workshop

January 23-24, 2018 | Washington, DC Agenda Presentations January 23, 2018 Welcome Remarks and Introductions Speakers: Jeff McLeod, director, Homeland Security and Public Safety Division, National Governors Association, NGA Center ...

State Trends for Advancing Energy Storage

This webinar will provide state policymakers with insights on some of the ways that states can advance the deployment of energy storage such as setting statewide energy storage procurement targets, ...

State Trends for Advancing Energy Storage

Advanced energy storage technologies are transforming the U.S. electric power market to one that is more resilient, cleaner and more diverse. As the costs of advanced energy storage technologies such ...

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.

Testimony – Final Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

Chairman McCain and Senator Hollings, on behalf of the states, thank you for this opportunity to testify on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy's final report supporting development of a ...

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