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2025 Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute

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

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 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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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.

Governors’ Advisors’ Energy Policy Institute

June 12 – 13 | Washington, D.C The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held its annual Governors' Advisors Energy Policy Institute June 12 – 13, 2018, ...

Governors’ Advisors’ Energy Policy Institute Pre-Institute Workshop: State Offshore Wind Opportunities

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) with the generous support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, the U.S. Department of ...

Water Energy Nexus in State Retreat for the state of Tennessee

Agenda Presentations The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the first a Water Energy Nexus in State Retreat for the state of Tennessee to explore improving integration of ...

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 ...

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.

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