Full Title: Report to the President on Accelerating the Pace of Change in Energy Technologies through an Integrated Federal Energy Policy
Author(s): J. Holdern (Co-Chair), E. Lander (Co-Chair), et al.
Publisher(s): Executive Office of the President, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Publication Date: November 1, 2010
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Description (excerpt):
This report addresses one of the greatest challenges facing our country: how to transform the energy system within one to two decades, through leadership in energy technology innovation, for reasons of economic competitiveness, environment, and security.
In this report,the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) calls for the development of a coordinated government-wide Federal energy policy. This will be a major undertaking, given the large number of Federal policies that affect the development, implementation, and use of energy technologies. For that reason, we recommend that the Administration initiate a process analogous to the Quadrennial Defense Review undertaken every four years by the Department of Defense. A Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) could establish government-wide goals, coordinate actions across agencies, and identify the resources needed for the invention, translation, adoption, and diffusion of energy technologies. The development of such a policy would enhance our energy security and create jobs as well as mitigate the risk of climate change.