Full Title: Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues
Author(s): Carl E. Behrens
Publisher(s): Congressional Research Service
Publication Date: July 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
Energy policy in the United States has focused on three major goals: assuring a secure supply of energy, keeping energy costs low, and protecting the environment. In pursuit of those goals, government programs have been developed to improve the efficiency with which energy is utilized, to promote the domestic production of conventional energy sources, and to develop new energy sources, particularly renewable sources.