Energy Publications

Links to NCSL's energy related publications, reports and legisbriefs.

Climate Change

• A Policymaker’s Guide to Climate Economics: Questions to Ask, 6/22/11
• Climate Change Publications, 8/17/10
• Warming Up to Climate Change, 7/10
• Carbon Clash, SL Magazine, 12/09
• Climate for Change, SL Magazine, 12/09
• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Carbon Cap and Trade and the Carbon Tax, 7/09
• Economic and Environmental Costs of Climate Change: State Case Studies 7/2/09
• Capping Carbon, SL Magazine, 6/09

Energy Efficiency

• Building Energy Codes, LegisBrief, 11/12
• Lawmakers Hammer Against Metal Theft, LegisBrief, 1/12
• Cogeneration: Moving Toward a Sustainable Future, LegisBrief, April-May 2011
• Capturing CO2,  SL Magazine, 2/12
• State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards 6/14/10
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Charging Up Energy Efficiency 11/9/09
• Green 2.0: Renewables can promote economic recovery, increase energy security and protect the environment 3/27/09
• Energy Efficiency: The First Fuel 6/10/08
• The First Fuel: The cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy you don’t consume 2/19/08

Energy Policy

• Securing the Nation's Energy Future, LegisBrief, 8/12
• Meeting the Energy Challenges of the Future: A Guide for Policymakers 7/19/10
• The National Energy Labs: Connect Science and Energy Policy 1/13/09
• Clean Energy and Air Quality State Policy Review 1/09/09

Fossil Energy 

• States Take the Lead on Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing: Overview of 2012 State Legislation, 3/14/2013
• Natural Gas Development and Hydraulic Fracturing: A Policymaker's Guide, 6/5/2012
• Making State Gas Pipelines Safe and Reliable: An Assessment of State Policy 3/1/2011
• Carbon Capture and Storage 2/8/11
• Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing: States Take Action 12/31/10
• Cold Shoulder for Coal 4/3/08
• A Coal Future 6/1/07

Nuclear

• Nuclear Renaissance? 2/23/07

Renewable Energy

• Solar Industry: Rise and Shine, SL Magazine, 12/11
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells: On – Site Energy Generation 8/10
• Financing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 1/19/10
• Integrating Wind Power Into the Electric Grid: Perspectives for Policymakers 6/9/09
• Solar Energy Heats Up 4/8/08

Transmission

• Lawmakers Hammer Against Metal Theft, LegisBrief, 1/10/12
• Keeping the Lights On: Challenges policymakers and utilities face as they try to keep electricity supply stable and affordable 3/18/10
• Protecting Our Critical Infrastructure  3/10/08
• Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure  11/16/07
• Connecting the Grid: A Review of Regional Transmission Practices  1/13/07
• Regional Reliance: Why Transmission Coordination is Key 12/12/06
• Electricity Transmission and Distribution: Sample Legislation  3/7/06
• Electric Transmission Planning and Siting: Sample Legislation  10/14/05

Transportation

• Fueling the Future, SL Magazine, 3/12
• Transportation Energy for the Future: A Guide for Policymakers, 2/21/12
• Going Electric 5/1/11
• Alternative and Advanced Fuels: State Policy Options 1/27/10
• Green 2.0: Renewables can promote economic recovery, increase energy security and protect the environment  3/27/09
• The First Fuel: The cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy you don’t consume  2/19/08
• Homegrown Energy: As America copes with climate change, many see hope in biofuels  5/14/07
• The Ethanol of the Future and the Role of the States  3/7/07
• Bioenergy: Power, Fuels and Products  8/4/06
• Biomass  6/1/06