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Increasing energy costs for American consumers are elevating the issue of energy affordability to the forefront of economic and policy debates. The National Academies will host a workshop to identify key factors contributing to rising energy costs and discuss potential policy and technology solutions to energy affordability challenges. Workshop sessions will consider geographic and factors that impact energy prices, as well as lessons that can be learned from historical and international experiences. The workshop will foster cross-disciplinary discussions and interaction amongst state and federal policymakers, utilities, researchers, consumer advocates, and the interested public.
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As Costs Rise, Experts Examine What Energy Affordability Means in the United States
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A NASEM workshop on energy affordability explored how the issue extends beyond prices to whether households can access the energy services needed to live safel…A NASEM workshop on energy affordability explored how the issue extends beyond prices to whether households can access the energy services needed to live safely in modern society, with participants discussing the multiple interacting drivers of rising costs—infrastructure investment, fuel volatility, new demand from data centers—and the range of approaches needed to address them.
Description
Increasing energy costs for American consumers are elevating the issue of energy affordability to the forefront of economic and policy debates. These consumers include individual residential/commercial customers as well as industrial facilities, data centers, and large institutions. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a workshop to identify key factors contributing to rising energy costs, and discuss potential policy and technology solutions to energy affordability challenges. Workshop sessions will consider geographic and sectoral (e.g., electricity or heating, residential or industrial) factors that impact energy prices, as well as lessons that can be learned from historical and international experiences. The workshop will foster cross-disciplinary discussions and interaction amongst state and federal policymakers, utilities, researchers, consumer advocates, and the interested public. A poster session featuring early-career researchers will highlight cutting-edge scholarship on energy affordability challenges and solutions.
Contributors
Committee
Julia H. Haggerty
Chair
Latonia V. Batiste
Member
Stephen Comello
Member
Susan F. Tierney
Member
Sponsors
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Staff
K. John Holmes
Lead
Catherine Wise
Brent Heard
Jasmine Victoria Bryant