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.
NGA Resources
NGA Letter on Energy Permitting Priorities
(Download) Hon. Mike Lee, Chairman Hon. Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources304 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Hon. Brett Guthrie, Chairman Hon. Frank ...
Permitting Progress
“Permitting reform is one of those issues where both Republicans and Democrats recognize the problem, we largely agree on solutions, and Congress gets close year after year to doing something ...
NGA Nuclear Dispatch: Advancing Nuclear Energy in Virginia and Tennessee
After a robust build out of nuclear capacity towards the end of the 20th century, the United States is currently positioned to experience a nuclear renaissance. (Download) Executive Statement While ...
The State of Advanced Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy is having a moment. That was the consensus during a briefing the NGA Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force recently hosted in conjunction with the Nuclear Energy Institute ...
State Funding and Financing Strategies for Advancing Energy Projects
This policy brief highlights several state case studies of effective funding and financing mechanisms for energy projects, including the braiding of private, state, and federal funding or financing sources to ...
2025 Energy Resilience Roundtable for U.S. Territories, Alaska & Hawai‘i
Energy is an essential resource for everyday life, economic growth, and security, a fact that is never as apparent as when energy supplies are disrupted. Brief disruptions are inconvenient, but ...
