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2017 Energy Policy Forum Report

The Energy Policy Forum has convened a small group of diverse energy experts in Aspen for more than 40 years, with this year's topics including: the future ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

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11.29.2017

Energy

2017 Energy Forums Summary

For more than 40 years, the Aspen Institute has hosted forums about energy in the mountains of Aspen, Colorado. Whether the topics were the oil embargo of ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

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11.29.2017

Energy

Report from the 2016 Energy Policy Forum

Executive Summary In the United States and around the world, the energy sector is in a period of volatility, innovation, change, and opportunity. In the ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

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02.02.2017

Energy

Leaning Into the Energy System of the Future

Topics include new global energy pricing realities and the effects on domestic energy; the Clean Power Plan; the electricity source mix of the future; and new business models needed to deal with current markets realities.

BY Dave Grossman, Rapporteur; Sue Tierney & Clint Vince, Co-Chairs

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12.08.2015

Energy

Responding to Trends in the U.S. Electricity Sector

Topics discussed included EPA's recently proposed rule on CO2 emissions from existing power plants, surging production of cheap natural gas, and virtually flat demand and revenue, due in part to distributed energy resources.

BY Sue Tierney, Chair and Dave Grossman, Rapporteur

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09.22.2014

Energy

The Future of the U.S. Electricity Sector

The group examined visions for the future, potential game changers, lessons from China, and resilience and cyber security.

BY Bill Dickenson and Phil Sharp, Co-Chairs, and Dave Grossman, Rapporteur, & 1 more

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09.06.2013

Energy

Electricity: Seeking Progress Amid Uncertainty

Topics included regulatory issues affecting the financial model of utilities and the obstacles to the moves toward greater energy efficiency

BY Ernest J. Moniz, Chair, and Gernot Wagner, Rapporteur

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12.11.2012

Energy

Changing Currents: Turbulence for the Electricity Industry?

Options to mitigate climate change, aging infrastructure, electric vehicles, renewable energy, the future of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, and lessons from China.

BY Phil Sharp, Chair

Publication

10.12.2011

Energy

Providing Energy Services in a Changing Industry

The invited industry leaders and experts discussed different visions for the future of electricity, obstacles to achieving these visions, and the challenges and opportunities for various primary energy sources.

BY James E. Rogers, Chair and Gernot Wagner, Rapporteur

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10.08.2010

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