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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), ...
Ensuring Clarity and Transparency in Radioactive Waste Definitions
The purpose of this document is to help states impacted by cleanup at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons ...
Meet the Team
- 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 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.
State Approaches to Equitable Distributed Energy Resource Deployment
Expanding access to clean, renewable distributed energy resources in an equitable manner is a priority of many Governors, and can cut household costs, improve public health, and reduce greenhouse gas ...
Preparing for potential energy disruptions – 2023 NGA Winter Meeting Task Force Meeting
At the 2023 NGA Winter Meeting, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Co-chairs of the Public Health and Disaster Response Task Force, hosted a discussion on how ...
Governors Collaborate to Speed Energy Infrastructure Construction
WASHINGTON – National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released the following statement on the formation of a bipartisan working group that ...
Technology and Energy Innovation – 2023 NGA Winter Meeting
At NGA’s Winter Meeting, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster – co-chairs of the Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force – led a discussion on Governors’ ...
Transmission Siting and Permitting: How Governor Leadership can Advance Projects
Electric transmission expansion can be important for Governors to realize their policy objectives. However, multiple siting, permitting, and regulatory challenges pose significant barriers to transmission expansion. NGA is publishing this ...
Electric Vehicles
Governors are leading the charge on electric and alternative fuel vehicles. As states and territories look to implement the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and expand electric and alternative ...
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.
Examining the Science and Policies to Protect Human Health and Water Quality from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
NGA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (AAAS EPI Center) hosted two free virtual sessions examining Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ...
Stormwater Funding Equity Roundtable
This expert's roundtable brought together state officials from the Delaware River Basin states and national and regional policy experts to examine the equity implications of stormwater funding. Discussion focused on ...
State Strategies to Increase Land Conservation and Recreational Access
A discussion of the 30x30 goal and detail how states can partner with non-profits to enhance land conservation and stewardship efforts that also provide recreational, economic and equity benefits. The ...
State Insights on the Water-Energy Nexus and Policy Ideas to Achieve Greater Savings
This paper provides an overview of challenges that states are facing in developing integrated water and energy conservation policies; provides background on Arizona and Wisconsin’s innovative water-energy policies and programs; ...
2021 Winter Meeting of the Federal Facilities Task Force
Virtual Meeting | January 13 – 14, 2021 The National Governors Association hosted the Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) Winter Meeting from January 13-14, 2021, via remote Zoom conference. The ...
Nineteenth Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy on Nuclear Weapons Waste Cleanup
Virtual Meeting | November 17-18, 2020 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the 19th Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy on Nuclear ...
