RESEARCH & POLICY

Reports

Increasing U.S. Natural Gas Supplies A Discussion Paper and Recommendations from the National Commission on Energy Policy

U.S. consumption of natural gas increased by 18 percent between 1990 and 2002 and is expected to grow for at least the next two decades, in large part because of substantial additions of gasfired electric generating capacity. Read more �

NCEP Energy Letter To Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid National Commission on Energy Policy

This letter was addressed to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid by the National Commission on Energy Policy, urging to complete action as soon as possible on the pending energy legislation. Read more �

Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress National Commission on Energy Policy

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. Read more �

Economic Analysis of Updated Commission Recommendations National Commission on Energy Policy

This appendix describes the results of a modeling analysis undertaken to assess the economic and emissions impacts of updated recommendations issued by the National Commission on Energy Policy in April 2007. Read more �

Allocating Allowances in a Greenhouse Gas Trading System A Staff Paper from the National Commission on Energy Policy

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Design Issues in Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Workshop Series Special Report

Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)

The Design Issues for Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies workshop series addressed critical design elements for developing a mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program. Read more �

Oil Shockwave � An Oil Crisis Executive Simulation Securing America�s Future Energy (SAFE) and the National Commission on Energy Policy

On June 23, 2005, a group of nine former White House cabinet and senior national security officials convened to participate in a simulated working group of a White House cabinet. Their task: to advise an American president as the nation grapples with an oil crisis over a seven-month period. As they enter the room, they are unaware of the circumstances or nature of the oil crisis. Read more �

Siting Critical Energy Infrastructure: An Overview of Needs and Challenges Recognizing that important infrastructure issues exist in all major energy sectors, the Commission has initially identified the following areas where current or anticipated siting challenges will most directly affect the evolution of future energy systems. Read more �

US Energy Infrastructure Vulnerability: Lessons from the Gulf Coast Hurricanes Paul J. Hibbard, Analysis Group

A new report by Paul Hibbard of the Analysis Group examines the vulnerabilities in our nation�s oil and natural gas infrastructure as revealed by the havoc wreaked by the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Read more �

Reviving the Electricity Sector Findings of the National Commission on Energy Policy

Electric- industry restructuring has derailed. The massive blackout of August 14, 2003 certainly was not needed to underscore the point, but it adds urgency to the effort to find solutions. Read more �

The Costs of US Oil Dependency Risk of Oil Supply Disruptions

Ian W.H. Parry and Joel Darmstadter

Energy security may broadly be described as a state of affairs characterized by conditions and policies that safeguard the health of the US economy against circumstances threatening significant short- or long-term increases in energy costs. Read more �

Realizing the Benefits Of Greenhouse Gas Offsets Design Options to Stimulate Project Development and Ensure Environmental Integrity

Natsource LLC

Offset programs can help to control costs and maintain economic competitiveness. An offset is distinct from an emissions allowance (or a permit), which represents a government-sanctioned right to emit, and is issued to sources covered under a GHG capand-trade program. Read more �

United States and the Middle East: Policies and Dilemmas Risk of Oil Supply Disruptions

Amy Myers Jaffe

The purpose of this paper is to explore the topic of the externality costs associated with rising U.S. oil consumption that are not easily quantifiable by strictly economic or monetary calculations. Read more �