Virginia: Robby Demeria
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"The digitally literate workforce – a farmer, a mechanic, a nurse, or software engineer – all require a level of digital literacy, computational thinking, in the new economy."
Perspective
New Jersey: Sara Bluhm
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"We are going through quite a whirlwind of advancement at the moment."
Directors Sue Gander and Dan Lauf
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
NGA’s Environment, Energy & Transportation Division directors explain the initiative.
Smarter States, Smarter Communities Initiative
National Governors Association
NGA explains the initiative, then takes us behind the scenes with staff from governments in Illinois, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Virginia.
Nominate a 'Fortnightly Smartest Community'
Tell Us Why It's One of the Smartest
We'll announce and feature the smartest communities in our June issue.
USAID and USEA on Front Lines of Energy Diplomacy in Europe
Why Are We There?
This is the first in a series of articles that will describe the Energy Technology and Governance Program, its work in the region, and its tangible benefits to the United States.
Using Technologies to Address Energy and Public Policy Needs
Energy Security Responsibly Delivered
How do federal, state, tribal, utility, and other stakeholders use innovations in an integrated manner to solve problems and seize opportunities?
EPRI Innovating Cyber Security Metrics
Standardizing for Grid Resilience
EPRI developed an initiative to establish standard metrics that any utility can adopt, track, and make meaningful comparisons across the industry.
Why Renewables Are Worth More Than We Believe
Carbon, Cost, Change
Proponents on each side claim to be cheaper than the other side by excluding large externality costs.
New Puerto Rico Energy Policy
Implementation Challenges
This article describes the post-hurricanes scenarios that led to the development of a new policy, the importance of microgrids, a description of the new proposed energy policy that passed the Puerto Rico Senate last November, and implementation challenges of the new proposed policy.