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 Science: Social Sciences: Economics
Science: Social Sciences: Political Science: Public Policy
Society: Issues: Environment: Energy
Renewable Energy Policy Project 
- REPP investigates the relationships among policy, markets, and public demand to advance renewable energy technologies. These include biomass, hydropower, geothermal, photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, and renewable hydrogen.
ACEEE Energy Policy
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, ACEEE, works to promote a balanced energy policy for United States with energy efficiency as a cornerstone, and energy supply policies designed to serve the resulting reduced demand.
Africa Energy Policy Research Network/Foundation for Woodstoves Dissemination
AFREPREN is a programme on energy, environment and sustainable development and stands for 'African Energy Policy Research Network'.
Center for Energy and Environment Policy
CEEP is the principal academic and research unit for graduate study in the areas of energy and environmental policy at the University of Delaware. The Center supports interdisciplinary and collaborative research and graduate studies in the fields of energy and environmental policy; technology, environment, and society; political economy of energy and environment; and sustainable development.
Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy
News and features about using coal as the energy source in United States. Information about America's energy needs, cleaner environment, technologies, critical issues and links to other sites; all with reference to coal.
Consumer Energy Council of America
A non-profit organization providing public policy guidance on energy and telecommunications issues.
Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program
Public Citizen project Founded by Ralph Nader. Concerned with watchdogging U.S. nuclear safety issues, stopping reckless disposal of radioactive waste, and ensuring that environmental and consumer interests are protected as the electric utility industry deregulates.
Energy and Environment Research Programme
The Energy and Environment Research Programme provides scientific and economic analysis to support and inform energy policy and sustainable development. Details about projects are given.
Energy Efficiency
Compendium on energy conservation legislation in countries of the Asia and Pacific region.
Energy Research and Development
Research into trends in global energy R&D and the adequacy of R&D policy and investments in terms of future energy challenges.
Energy Resources Center
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) interdisciplinary research and public service organization. Conducts studies in the field of energy and provides local, state and federal governments and the public with the current information on energy technology and policy.
EnergyOnline
Business and Regulatory Information on the Energy Industry, with an emphasis on Electric Industry Restructuring. LCG provides software for electric, gas, and energy industry in the area of planning, operation, and transmission analysis and Energy databases for electric utilities for various reliability regions.
Enron and Friends: How a Phony Electricity Shortage Exposed Corruption in the White House
Originally a personal view of the California electric power crisis (concluding that there was no true shortage of generating capacity) this site now monitors the developing Enron scandal that followed it.
How California's Power Crisis Works
Discusses the causes of the January 2001 energy shortage in California and how it will affect every corner of the United States.
Hydrogen Policy Issues
Quarterly newsletter of the National Hydrogen Association providing coverage of hydrogen-related questions ranging from policy to safety standards.
Marketing to and Investing in China's Petroleum Industry
Information on China's oil and gas industry, refining, state organizations' functions, and sector development.
A Meeting of Blood and Oil: The Balkan factor in Western energy security
A research article explaining NATO strategy about exploiting oil resources in the Caspian Sea region.
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
Information and policy papers on electric and telecommunications industry deregulation in the U.S. and in other countries and regions, as well as other economic and policy topics related to utilities regulation. Links to state regulatory agencies and other related sites.
National Energy Policy
May 2001 release of the George W. Bush Administration Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group.
NRDC: Energy
Information on renewable energy, energy conservation and the environmental impacts of energy emissions, from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Nuclear Energy Policy
Nuclear energy policy issues facing Congress include questions about radioactive waste management, research and development priorities, power plant safety and regulation, nuclear weapons proliferation, nuclear weapons facilities cleanup, and technology for producing nuclear fuel.
OECD - Energy
Presents news, publications and statistics from OECD's work on energy, climate change, transport and nuclear energy.
Oil and the Economy
Article explores the relationship between oil prices and the macroeconomy.
The Regulatory Assistance Project
Provides workshops and education assistance to state public utility regulators on electric utility regulation, including restructuring. Issues papers on topics including performance-based regulation, stranded costs, system benefits charges, green pricing, and customer choice.
Regulatory Reform of Energy Markets
International Energy Agency policy analyses on regulation and regulatory reform of energy markets, particularly electricity and gas markets.
TELMARK: Technology Impacts on European Electricity Markets
Objective, work plan and information about workshops. TELMARK is a European Union sponsored project looking at the application of modern Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
UCAN - Utility Consumers' Action Network
Consumer advocacy material related to electricity and gas delivery policy and pricing.
Union of Concerned Scientists: Energy
Information and analysis on energy policy topics, including utilities deregulation.
US Department of Energy - Office of Policy
The Office manages policy development in the areas of electricity, natural gas, oil, alternative fuels and energy efficiency, and serves as the Department-wide coordinator of global climate change policy.
U.S. DOE Comprehensive National Energy Strategy
document is downloadable in PDF format
Washington Energy Policy Group
The Energy Policy Group provides leadership, information, analysis and support for energy decisions that deliver an economically and environmentally sound energy future.
Wind Energy and Energy Policy
Information and links on policy topics related to renewable energy sources.
World Energy Projections
Reserves, Consumption, and CO2 Emission. These issues are documented with current available data.
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