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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The Structures of State Energy Offices and Utility Regulatory Entities
This commentary summarizes where state energy staff and utility regulators currently reside; specifically, how their offices and/or agencies are structured and offers a selection of state case studies for offices ...
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
- 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
Transportation Funding and Financing during COVID-19
This memo summarizes mechanisms states and territories use to fund and finance transportation systems, as well as recent Governor initiatives on state transportation revenues and resources before and after the ...
State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool Demonstration
The SRAP tool is meant to help Governors and their staff assess state resilience, identify gaps, and plan for disasters. Nov 16, 2020 NGA hosted a webinar to provide an ...
Governors Leading on Energy Transitions: An Overview of State Energy Goals
This paper provides an overview of current Governor leadership on advancing clean energy. (View/Download) Introduction Governors are leading on incentivizing and investing in clean energy. As of this writing, 30 ...
State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool
The State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool was created to help Governors and their staffs assess state resilience, identify gaps, and plan for natural and man-made disasters. Background | Vision/Goals ...
Offshore Wind Summit for Governors’ Energy Advisors
This 2020 Summit examines how coastal states - with a particular focus on the Eastern Seaboard - can promote the build-out of offshore wind as a source of affordable, clean ...
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
This webinar highlights state energy and infrastructure resilience solutions and funding opportunities through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program. 29 September 2020 Between ...
Planning For The Future Workshop: Strategies To Meet Governor’s Clean Energy Goals
This Workshop provided governors’ staff with policy and regulatory solutions to help meet their state energy goals, address areas for regional collaboration, and allow time for small group discussions among ...
Virtual State Policy Summit: Electric Vehicle Grid Integration
This three-day summit on electric vehicle grid integration allowed for governors’ policy staff to hear from experts and one another on the latest solutions, engage in peer-to-peer sharing, and discuss ...
Water-Energy Nexus Learning Lab
This peer-to-peer Learning Lab examined cross-cutting water and energy policy approaches to generate resource use efficiencies, cost savings and water affordability, with special emphasis on rural areas. Virtual Event: 1-3 ...
