Energy
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.
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A Best Practices Dozen – Publications 2023
As we welcome a new year, it is natural to reflect on the year that has passed. In the realm of information dissemination, this act of reflection takes on particular ...
Federal Funding and Financing for Hydrogen Energy Production and Use
This brief discusses the $7 billion funding announcement for the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program administered by the U.S. Department of Energy, the growing nationwide interest in hydrogen energy generation, ...
Legislative Energy Horizons Institute 2023
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) facilitated the participation of six Governors’ Energy Advisors in the 2023 Legislative Energy Horizons Institute (LEHI) cohort, organized jointly by ...
2023 Energy Cybersecurity Resources For Governors’ Advisors
This resource guide provides an overview of federal and state cybersecurity standards for the energy sector as well as a collection of energy cybersecurity resources from NGA, the federal government, ...
2023 Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute
The National Governors Association (NGA) held the 2023 Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute in Providence, Rhode Island, August 1-3. This annual Energy Policy Institute convened Governors’ energy policy staff from ...
Meet the Team
- Daniel Lauf, Program Director
- Chris Fletcher, Senior Policy Analyst
- Fiona Forrester, Policy Analyst
- Henry Ashley, Policy Coordinator
Projects
State Resource Center on Energy Security
State Resilience Assessment And Planning Tool
NGA Energy Library
National Governors Association to Work With 4 States on Exercise to Improve Energy Emergency Preparedness
California, Connecticut, Illinois and Utah to Participate in GridEx VI, Receive Technical Assistance The National Governors Association (NGA) will support four states – California, Connecticut, Illinois and Utah – as ...
State Energy Efficiency Policy in a New Era: A Toolkit for Governors
Governors' leadership on energy offers cost savings, job creation, reduced energy consumption, pollution prevention, and strengthened grid security. (Download) Executive Summary Governors support energy efficiency for a variety of benefits: ...
Electricity Markets – Current Events
This webinar explores the impacts of recent FERC decisions on state energy priorities and emerging electricity market trends, including potential federal investments in electricity infrastructure. This discussion will help Governors’ ...
Electricity Markets 201: Federal and State Authorities
This webinar is the second webinar in a three part series. The first webinar was a 101-type webinar and building off the foundational knowledge established in the previous session, this ...
Electricity Markets 101
This webinar provides the foundational knowledge necessary to effectively engage in state and regional policy discussions around electricity markets. Experts discuss differences in how electricity markets are structured, review the ...
State Summit on Energy Resilience Planning and Funding
State participants from Governors' offices and state energy offices convened to discuss energy resilience best practices related to planning and governance, cross-sector interdependencies, making energy systems resilient to severe hazards, ...
Governors Discussion With Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm
Economic Recovery and Revitalization Task Force co-chairs South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear led a discussion with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at NGA's Virtual Summer Meeting, ...
NGA 2021 Summer Meeting
On July 8, 2021 NGA held its Summer Meeting, in a virtual format, here are videos from the sessions. Meeting Playlist Individual Sessions Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Address NGA Task Force ...
2021 Energy Policy Institute
The NGA Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute is a unique event that brings together governors’ energy policy staff to share energy policy solutions, learn from national experts, and participate in ...
