The Road Map for Energy Change Proposed by PCSAT

• Date: December 09, 2010
• Source: Admin

On November 29 a report was released by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCSAT). Called Accelerating the Pace of Change in Energy Technologies through an Integrated Federal Energy Policy, the report furnishes a roadmap for the federal role to transform the energy system within a decade or two. The PCAST has sought regular strategic Quadrennial Reviews of energy policy on the lines of quadrennial reviews brought out regularly by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The first one is scheduled for early 2015. The group is comprised of presidentially appointed experts from varied fields. The fields represented are academia, nongovernmental organizations and industry. The group suggests a DOE level version of the review by June 1, 2011, focusing on DOE’s activities. According to the authors, the following factors justify the federal plan: