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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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 ...
Green Banks: An Overview for Governors
As Governors plan to meet their decarbonization, grid resilience and energy affordability policy objectives, innovative financing approaches like state green banks can be leveraged to accelerate investments in energy and ...
Prioritizing Resilience: Best Practices on Energy Resilience for Healthcare Facilities
This paper contains best practices to best position healthcare facilities when energy stressor events occur, prioritizing healthcare facility energy resilience. (Download) Introduction Over the past several years, the National Governors ...
Energy Emergency Preparedness and Response Training for Governors and State Regulators
The health, safety, and economic security of our communities and businesses are highly dependent on a reliable supply of energy—including electricity, natural gas, and liquid fuels. When the lights go ...
Hydrogen as an Energy Source
This brief is intended as a short introduction to hydrogen as an energy source. It will briefly discuss the various types of hydrogen and a variety of hydrogen use-cases that ...
Meet the Team
- Daniel Lauf, Program Director
- Chris Fletcher, Senior Policy Analyst
- Evan Blankenberger, 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
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 ...
Memorandum on State Utility Disconnection Moratoriums and Utility Affordability
This memo identifies the range of solutions Governors can deploy to address utility affordability and bill arrearages as the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic impacts continue. (View/Download) Background As a ...
Webinar: Addressing Energy Security through State Cyber Governance Bodies
As the energy cybersecurity threat landscape continues to evolve and our dependency on digital and connected technology grows, Governors are sharpening their focus on addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in their states ...
NGA-NARUC GridEx VI Webinar
On this webinar, participants learned about GridEx VI - the biennial energy security exercise hosted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). Panelists discussed the focus of the exercise ...
Addressing Cybersecurity for Critical Energy Infrastructure through State Governing Bodies
This paper addresses practices Governors can follow to establish effective cybersecurity governance bodies that support critical infrastructure cybersecurity, with a focus on the energy sector. (View/Download) Executive Summary This paper ...
