Since 2002, the National Commission on Energy Policy--a bipartisan group of 20 of the nation’s leading energy experts representing the highest ranks of industry, government, academia, labor, consumer and environmental protection—has been advising Congress, the Executive Branch, States and other policymakers regarding long-term U.S. policy.
Forging the Climate Consensus: The Case for Action
Jun. 8, 2009
The Forging the Climate Consensus series presents NCEP’s efforts to provide way forward for Congress to pass mandatory climate change legislation during the 111th Congress. NCEP believes that debate on the critical substantive issues has narrowed and that viable solutions exist for the most contentious features of a national climate policy. Forging the Climate Consensus outlines detailed proposals to form the backbone of a robust and durable policy.
Task Force on America's Future Energy Jobs
Oct. 1, 2009
The Task Force on America’s Future Energy Jobs, convened by the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), examined the ability of the current worker training and education system in the United States to provide a workforce with the ability to maintain a highly reliable, economically affordable electric power system while modernizing the nation’s electric generating infrastructure to support an advanced, low-carbon energy portfolio.
Democrats' EPA Legislation a Way to Vent on Clean-Air Rule
Article - CQ - Mar. 5, 2010
NCEP Releases Detailed Recommendations for Expanding US Domestic Energy Resources
Press release - Mar. 4, 2010
More production key to climate bill, report says
Article - E&E News - Mar. 4, 2010
Departing climate chief pessimistic on Cancún
Article - Financial Times - Feb. 19, 2010
The objective of the Regional Climate Impacts and Adaptation project is to assess the potential effects of climate change in the medium and long term – 25 to 75 years – on particular economic sectors in specific regions of the United States and to facilitate the development of sound, evidence-based, regional adaptation policies.
Climate Policy and Energy-Intensive Manufacturing
Apr. 1, 2009
The study presented in this report, conducted by High Road Strategies, LLC, in collaboration with the Millenium Institute (referred to as the "HRS-MI study"), was undertaken to better understand the implications of enacting a climate policy for the energy-intensive manufacturing sector.
Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress
Apr. 19, 2007
Since the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) released its December 2004 report, Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges, energy issues have remained at the top of the nation’s domestic policy agenda.
John W. Rowe
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation
William K. Reilly
Senior Advisor, TPG, Inc.; former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Susan Tierney
Managing Principal, The Analysis Group; former Assistant Secretary of Energy
Ending the Energy Stalemate
Dec. 1, 2004
This report presents key findings from an intensive, three-year effort to develop consensus recommendations for future U.S. energy policy.
