Beginning in 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—advised Congress, the Executive Branch, States and other policymakers regarding long-term U.S. policy.
Forging the Climate Consensus: The Case for Action
June 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: Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations
June 30, 2011
The report details a number of practical steps that can be implemented to proactively deal with the projected long-term need for skilled workers in the electric sector.
Tax Break Tactics Divide Renewable Industry
Article · AOL Energy · Aug. 31, 2011
Smart Grid- The Best Approach to Put America Back to Work
Article · The Energy Collective · Aug. 22, 2011
Energy Industries, Old And New, Seek Workers as Labor Shortage Looms
Article · SolveClimate News · July 14, 2011
New Report Identifies Strategies to Train Workers for the Clean Energy Economy
Press release · June 30, 2011
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.
Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress
April 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 Emeritus, 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.
