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THE WHITE HOUSE


                 President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future
The United States is on the path to a cleaner and more secure energy future. Since President Obama
took office, responsible domestic oil and gas production has increased each year, while oil imports have
fallen to a 20-year low; renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources has
doubled, and the amount of energy our economy wastes has continued to decline; clean energy
manufacturing is creating new jobs in industries like solar and wind, and technology and production
costs are dropping because of discoveries in the lab and innovation on the factory floor. The
President’s “all-of-the-above” approach to develop every source of American energy – expanding oil
and gas production and investing in new clean energy technologies – is working. It’s a winning
strategy for the economy, energy security, and the environment.



    Producing More American Energy: Domestic oil production is at a 15-year high, natural gas
     production is at an all-time high, and renewable electricity production from wind, solar and
     geothermal sources has doubled since 2008. To grow American-made energy, the President is
     committed to safe and responsible natural gas production and streamlining permitting for energy
     projects on Federal lands, and is calling on Congress to make the renewable energy Production
     Tax Credit permanent and refundable, invest in clean energy manufacturing incentives, and fund
     new clean energy technology research. These actions by Congress will help us achieve the
     President’s new goals: reducing oil imports by half and doubling renewable electricity
     production again from wind, solar, and geothermal sources by 2020.

    Investing in Greater Energy Security: President Obama’s “all-of-the-above” approach, which
     includes historic fuel economy standards that will cut oil consumption by more than 2 million
     barrels a day in 2025, has reduced the United States’ net imports of oil by one-third since 2008. To
     cut net imports in half from 2008 levels by 2020, the President is calling on Congress to create an
     Energy Security Trust – leveraging development of domestic oil and gas that will fund
     breakthrough research to shift our cars and trucks off oil.

    Making Energy Go Farther and Reducing Waste: By partnering with the auto industry, the
     President set new fuel economy standards to help our cars and trucks go twice as far on a gallon
     of gas. We can do the same for our homes, buildings, and factories. That is why the President
     announced a new goal to double American energy productivity by 2030. The President is calling
     on Congress, state and local leaders, federal agencies, and the private sector to improve energy
     efficiency across the economy. With a new Energy Efficiency Race to the Top challenge, the
     Administration will partner with states that want to modernize its policies to cut energy waste to
     improve our economic competitiveness and create new jobs.


Producing More American Energy
President Obama is committed to an “all-of-the-above” approach that develops all American energy
sources in a safe and responsible way and builds a clean and secure energy future. That is why the
President, in his State of the Union address:

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   Challenged Americans to double renewable electricity generation again by 2020. In order to double
    generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources by 2020, relative to 2012 levels, the President
    called on Congress to make the renewable energy Production Tax Credit permanent and
    refundable, which will provide incentive and certainty for investments in new clean energy. Instead
    of continuing century-old subsidies to oil companies, the President believes that we need to invest
    in the energy of the future. During the President’s first term, clean energy tax incentives attracted
    billions of dollars in private investment in almost 50,000 clean energy projects, creating tens of
    thousands of jobs. Permanent extension keeps the momentum building, while creating new jobs in
    clean energy.

   Directed the Interior Department to make energy project permitting more robust. Last year, the
    President set a goal to permit 10,000 megawatts of renewables on public lands – a goal the Interior
    Department achieved. But there is more work to do. That is why the Department is continuing to
    take steps to enable responsible development of American energy on public lands. In support of
    this work, the President’s Budget will increase funding for energy programs of the Bureau of Land
    Management by roughly 20 percent. A significant share of these resources will support better
    permitting processes for oil and gas, renewable energy, and infrastructure, including the transition
    to an electronic, streamlined system for oil and gas permits that will significantly reduce the time
    for approval of new drilling projects. The Department will also propose more diligent
    development of oil and gas leases through shorter primary lease terms, stricter enforcement of lease
    terms, and monetary incentives to get leases into production.

   Committed to safer production and cleaner electricity from natural gas. Our domestic natural gas
    resources are reducing energy costs across the economy – for manufacturers investing in new
    facilities and families benefiting from lower heating costs. This abundant, nearly 100-year resource
    can support new jobs and growth, but there are steps we should take to make this growth safe and
    responsible. The President’s budget will invest more than $40 million in research to ensure safe
    and responsible natural gas production. And as part of an almost $300 million investment in
    cleaner energy from fossil fuels, the President’s budget includes significant funding for clean coal
    technology and a new $25 million prize for the first, natural gas combined cycle power plant to
    integrate carbon capture and storage.

   Supported a responsible nuclear waste strategy. Under President Obama’s direction, the Energy
    Department created a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to recommend how
    to manage the challenges associated with nuclear waste storage and disposal. After careful
    consideration of the Commission’s input, the Administration has issued a strategy for action in
    response to the recommendations and looks forward to working with Congress on implementing
    policies that ensure that our Nation can continue to rely on carbon-free nuclear power.

Investing in Energy Security

During the President’s first term, the United States cut foreign oil imports by more than 3.6 million
barrels per day, more than under any other President. To ensure that we continue on a path towards
greater energy security, the President in his State of the Union address:

   Set a goal to cut net oil imports in half by the end of the decade. Increased production of domestic
    oil, natural gas, and biofuels, and improvements in the fuel economy of our cars and trucks allowed

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the United States to cut imports of oil by almost one-third since 2008. To build on this progress, the
    President will direct new policies and investments to set us on a course to cut net oil imports in half
    by the end of the decade, relative to 2008 levels.

   Called on Congress to establish an Energy Security Trust and enact reforms to promote diligent oil
    and gas development on federal lands. While the United States will continue to rely on responsibly
    produced oil and natural gas, President Obama is committed to a long-term policy that allows us to
    transition to cleaner energy sources. The Energy Security Trust proposal has broad bi-partisan
    support, including retired admirals and generals and leading CEOs, and focuses on one goal:
    shifting our cars and trucks off oil. This $2 billion investment will support research into a range of
    cost-effective technologies – like advanced vehicles that run on electricity, homegrown biofuels,
    and domestically produced natural gas – will be funded by revenue generated from federal oil and
    gas development. Establishing a guaranteed source of funding will allow the Energy Department
    to maintain targeted and sustained investments that are catalytic and directly advance U.S. energy
    security.

   Committed to partnering with the private sector to adopt natural gas and other alternative fuels in
    the Nation’s trucking fleet. Private sector investments are building natural gas fueling
    infrastructure across the United States just as natural gas vehicle research is making the technology
    more economically and environmentally effective. The President is committed to accelerating the
    growth of this domestically abundant fuel and other alternative fuels in the transportation sector in
    a way that benefits our planet, our economy, and our energy security: putting in place new
    incentives for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that run on natural gas or other alternative fuels,
    providing a credit for 50 percent of the incremental cost of a dedicated alternative-fuel truck for a
    five-year period; supporting research to ensure the safe and responsible use of natural gas; and
    funding to support a select number of deployment communities: real-world laboratories that
    leverage limited federal resources to develop different models to deploy advanced vehicles at scale.

Making Energy Go Farther Across the Economy

Cutting the amount of energy we waste in our cars and trucks, in our homes, buildings, and in our
factories, will make us a stronger, more resilient, and more competitive economy. Improvements in
energy efficiency are critical to building a clean and secure energy future. To advance this priority, in
his State of the Union address, the President:

   Established a new goal to double American energy productivity by 2030. Today the President
    issued a new goal to cut our economy’s energy waste in half over the next twenty years. More
    specifically, the Administration will take action aimed at doubling the economic output per unit of
    energy consumed in the United States by 2030, relative to 2010 levels. This includes a new Energy
    Efficiency Race to the Top challenge; building on the success of existing partnerships with the
    public and private sectors to promote energy efficiency; and continuing investments in technologies
    that improve energy productivity and cut waste.

   Announced a new Energy Efficiency Race to the Top challenge for states. Modeled after a
    successful Administration approach in education reform, which was designed to promote forward-
    leaning policies at the state-level, the President’s budget includes $200 million in Race to the Top
    awards to support state governments that implement effective policies to cut energy waste. Key

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opportunities for states to increase energy productivity include: modernizing utility regulations to
    encourage cost-effective investments in efficiency like combined heat and power, clean distributed
    generation, and demand response resources; enhancing and standardizing financing tools for
    efficiency upgrades; adopting and enforcing the latest building codes; and improving grid
    operations. The federal government will partner with state governments by: (I) providing technical
    support to implement state policies with a proven track record of success; (II) measuring and
    rewarding progress at the state-level; and (III) supporting common approaches across states to
    make it easier for energy efficiency businesses to scale up nationally. The resulting reforms will
    drive investments that save consumers money, enhance manufacturing competitiveness, improve
    grid resiliency, and cut carbon pollution.

   Committed to build on the success of existing partnerships with the public and private sector to
    use energy wisely. During the President’s first term, the Obama Administration partnered with:
    states and communities to weatherize more than 1 million homes; private and public sector leaders
    of more than 100 organizations to secure commitments under the Better Buildings Challenge to
    improve energy efficiency in commercial and industrial buildings; third-party investors to finance
    $2 billion in projects to improve federal building efficiency at no additional cost to tax payers; and
    utilities to ensure that more than 36 million households and businesses have access to their own
    energy data, enabling them to control their energy bills and usage. The Administration also worked
    with environmental advocates, consumer groups, and manufacturers to set appliance efficiency
    standards for nearly 40 products that will save consumers hundreds of billions off their utility bills
    through 2030. Over the next four years, the President is committed to partnering with states,
    communities, and the private sector to reduce carbon pollution; building on the progress of the
    Administration’s weatherization efforts and the Better Buildings Challenge; improving existing
    tools to drive additional investment in building efficiency, continuing federal leadership in energy
    efficiency; increasing energy data access for more consumers through the “Green Button” initiative;
    and making appliances even more efficient. Together, these steps will save consumers money, spur
    innovation, and strengthen domestic manufacturing.

   Called for sustained investments in technologies that promote maximum productivity of energy
    use and reduce waste. The President’s Budget expands applied research and development of
    innovative manufacturing processes and advanced industrial materials. These innovations will
    enable U.S. companies to cut manufacturing costs, enhance the productivity of their investments
    and workforce, and reduce the life-cycle energy consumption of technologies, while improving
    product quality and accelerating product development.

International Leadership

The administration has worked not only to strengthen our energy security at home, but also around the
world. In concert with our domestic actions, we have pursued a robust international agenda that
includes:

   Leading efforts through the Clean Energy Ministerial and other fora to promote energy efficiency
    and the development and deployment of clean energy. Our efforts have helped to accelerate the
    global dissemination of energy-efficient equipment and appliances through the Super-Efficient
    Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative, improved energy savings in commercial
    building and industry through the Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP), and

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supported the large-scale deployment of renewable energy through the 21st Century Power
    Partnership.

   Working through the G20 and other fora toward the global phase out of inefficient fossil fuel
    subsidies. Inefficient subsidies exact a steep toll on our economies, our energy security, and our
    environment, and the United States is leading efforts internationally to accelerate progress in
    eliminating them.

   Promoting safe and responsible oil and natural gas development. The Administration has worked
    to promote safe and responsible oil and natural gas production through initiatives like the Energy
    Governance and Capacity Initiative, which provides technical and capacity building assistance to
    countries that are on the verge of becoming the world’s next generation of oil and gas producers,
    and the Unconventional Gas Technological Engagement Program, which works to help countries
    with unconventional natural gas resources to identify and develop them safely and economically
    and can support switching from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas.

   Updating our international capabilities to strengthen energy security. We are working with the
    International Energy Agency (IEA) and others to ensure that our international institutions and
    processes reflect changes in global energy markets.

   Support American nuclear exports. We are providing increased support for American nuclear
    technology and supply chains to promote safe, secure, low-carbon nuclear power growth in
    countries that are pursuing nuclear energy as part of their energy mix.




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President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future

  • 1. THE WHITE HOUSE President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future The United States is on the path to a cleaner and more secure energy future. Since President Obama took office, responsible domestic oil and gas production has increased each year, while oil imports have fallen to a 20-year low; renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources has doubled, and the amount of energy our economy wastes has continued to decline; clean energy manufacturing is creating new jobs in industries like solar and wind, and technology and production costs are dropping because of discoveries in the lab and innovation on the factory floor. The President’s “all-of-the-above” approach to develop every source of American energy – expanding oil and gas production and investing in new clean energy technologies – is working. It’s a winning strategy for the economy, energy security, and the environment.  Producing More American Energy: Domestic oil production is at a 15-year high, natural gas production is at an all-time high, and renewable electricity production from wind, solar and geothermal sources has doubled since 2008. To grow American-made energy, the President is committed to safe and responsible natural gas production and streamlining permitting for energy projects on Federal lands, and is calling on Congress to make the renewable energy Production Tax Credit permanent and refundable, invest in clean energy manufacturing incentives, and fund new clean energy technology research. These actions by Congress will help us achieve the President’s new goals: reducing oil imports by half and doubling renewable electricity production again from wind, solar, and geothermal sources by 2020.  Investing in Greater Energy Security: President Obama’s “all-of-the-above” approach, which includes historic fuel economy standards that will cut oil consumption by more than 2 million barrels a day in 2025, has reduced the United States’ net imports of oil by one-third since 2008. To cut net imports in half from 2008 levels by 2020, the President is calling on Congress to create an Energy Security Trust – leveraging development of domestic oil and gas that will fund breakthrough research to shift our cars and trucks off oil.  Making Energy Go Farther and Reducing Waste: By partnering with the auto industry, the President set new fuel economy standards to help our cars and trucks go twice as far on a gallon of gas. We can do the same for our homes, buildings, and factories. That is why the President announced a new goal to double American energy productivity by 2030. The President is calling on Congress, state and local leaders, federal agencies, and the private sector to improve energy efficiency across the economy. With a new Energy Efficiency Race to the Top challenge, the Administration will partner with states that want to modernize its policies to cut energy waste to improve our economic competitiveness and create new jobs. Producing More American Energy President Obama is committed to an “all-of-the-above” approach that develops all American energy sources in a safe and responsible way and builds a clean and secure energy future. That is why the President, in his State of the Union address: 1
  • 2. Challenged Americans to double renewable electricity generation again by 2020. In order to double generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources by 2020, relative to 2012 levels, the President called on Congress to make the renewable energy Production Tax Credit permanent and refundable, which will provide incentive and certainty for investments in new clean energy. Instead of continuing century-old subsidies to oil companies, the President believes that we need to invest in the energy of the future. During the President’s first term, clean energy tax incentives attracted billions of dollars in private investment in almost 50,000 clean energy projects, creating tens of thousands of jobs. Permanent extension keeps the momentum building, while creating new jobs in clean energy.  Directed the Interior Department to make energy project permitting more robust. Last year, the President set a goal to permit 10,000 megawatts of renewables on public lands – a goal the Interior Department achieved. But there is more work to do. That is why the Department is continuing to take steps to enable responsible development of American energy on public lands. In support of this work, the President’s Budget will increase funding for energy programs of the Bureau of Land Management by roughly 20 percent. A significant share of these resources will support better permitting processes for oil and gas, renewable energy, and infrastructure, including the transition to an electronic, streamlined system for oil and gas permits that will significantly reduce the time for approval of new drilling projects. The Department will also propose more diligent development of oil and gas leases through shorter primary lease terms, stricter enforcement of lease terms, and monetary incentives to get leases into production.  Committed to safer production and cleaner electricity from natural gas. Our domestic natural gas resources are reducing energy costs across the economy – for manufacturers investing in new facilities and families benefiting from lower heating costs. This abundant, nearly 100-year resource can support new jobs and growth, but there are steps we should take to make this growth safe and responsible. The President’s budget will invest more than $40 million in research to ensure safe and responsible natural gas production. And as part of an almost $300 million investment in cleaner energy from fossil fuels, the President’s budget includes significant funding for clean coal technology and a new $25 million prize for the first, natural gas combined cycle power plant to integrate carbon capture and storage.  Supported a responsible nuclear waste strategy. Under President Obama’s direction, the Energy Department created a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to recommend how to manage the challenges associated with nuclear waste storage and disposal. After careful consideration of the Commission’s input, the Administration has issued a strategy for action in response to the recommendations and looks forward to working with Congress on implementing policies that ensure that our Nation can continue to rely on carbon-free nuclear power. Investing in Energy Security During the President’s first term, the United States cut foreign oil imports by more than 3.6 million barrels per day, more than under any other President. To ensure that we continue on a path towards greater energy security, the President in his State of the Union address:  Set a goal to cut net oil imports in half by the end of the decade. Increased production of domestic oil, natural gas, and biofuels, and improvements in the fuel economy of our cars and trucks allowed 2
  • 3. the United States to cut imports of oil by almost one-third since 2008. To build on this progress, the President will direct new policies and investments to set us on a course to cut net oil imports in half by the end of the decade, relative to 2008 levels.  Called on Congress to establish an Energy Security Trust and enact reforms to promote diligent oil and gas development on federal lands. While the United States will continue to rely on responsibly produced oil and natural gas, President Obama is committed to a long-term policy that allows us to transition to cleaner energy sources. The Energy Security Trust proposal has broad bi-partisan support, including retired admirals and generals and leading CEOs, and focuses on one goal: shifting our cars and trucks off oil. This $2 billion investment will support research into a range of cost-effective technologies – like advanced vehicles that run on electricity, homegrown biofuels, and domestically produced natural gas – will be funded by revenue generated from federal oil and gas development. Establishing a guaranteed source of funding will allow the Energy Department to maintain targeted and sustained investments that are catalytic and directly advance U.S. energy security.  Committed to partnering with the private sector to adopt natural gas and other alternative fuels in the Nation’s trucking fleet. Private sector investments are building natural gas fueling infrastructure across the United States just as natural gas vehicle research is making the technology more economically and environmentally effective. The President is committed to accelerating the growth of this domestically abundant fuel and other alternative fuels in the transportation sector in a way that benefits our planet, our economy, and our energy security: putting in place new incentives for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that run on natural gas or other alternative fuels, providing a credit for 50 percent of the incremental cost of a dedicated alternative-fuel truck for a five-year period; supporting research to ensure the safe and responsible use of natural gas; and funding to support a select number of deployment communities: real-world laboratories that leverage limited federal resources to develop different models to deploy advanced vehicles at scale. Making Energy Go Farther Across the Economy Cutting the amount of energy we waste in our cars and trucks, in our homes, buildings, and in our factories, will make us a stronger, more resilient, and more competitive economy. Improvements in energy efficiency are critical to building a clean and secure energy future. To advance this priority, in his State of the Union address, the President:  Established a new goal to double American energy productivity by 2030. Today the President issued a new goal to cut our economy’s energy waste in half over the next twenty years. More specifically, the Administration will take action aimed at doubling the economic output per unit of energy consumed in the United States by 2030, relative to 2010 levels. This includes a new Energy Efficiency Race to the Top challenge; building on the success of existing partnerships with the public and private sectors to promote energy efficiency; and continuing investments in technologies that improve energy productivity and cut waste.  Announced a new Energy Efficiency Race to the Top challenge for states. Modeled after a successful Administration approach in education reform, which was designed to promote forward- leaning policies at the state-level, the President’s budget includes $200 million in Race to the Top awards to support state governments that implement effective policies to cut energy waste. Key 3
  • 4. opportunities for states to increase energy productivity include: modernizing utility regulations to encourage cost-effective investments in efficiency like combined heat and power, clean distributed generation, and demand response resources; enhancing and standardizing financing tools for efficiency upgrades; adopting and enforcing the latest building codes; and improving grid operations. The federal government will partner with state governments by: (I) providing technical support to implement state policies with a proven track record of success; (II) measuring and rewarding progress at the state-level; and (III) supporting common approaches across states to make it easier for energy efficiency businesses to scale up nationally. The resulting reforms will drive investments that save consumers money, enhance manufacturing competitiveness, improve grid resiliency, and cut carbon pollution.  Committed to build on the success of existing partnerships with the public and private sector to use energy wisely. During the President’s first term, the Obama Administration partnered with: states and communities to weatherize more than 1 million homes; private and public sector leaders of more than 100 organizations to secure commitments under the Better Buildings Challenge to improve energy efficiency in commercial and industrial buildings; third-party investors to finance $2 billion in projects to improve federal building efficiency at no additional cost to tax payers; and utilities to ensure that more than 36 million households and businesses have access to their own energy data, enabling them to control their energy bills and usage. The Administration also worked with environmental advocates, consumer groups, and manufacturers to set appliance efficiency standards for nearly 40 products that will save consumers hundreds of billions off their utility bills through 2030. Over the next four years, the President is committed to partnering with states, communities, and the private sector to reduce carbon pollution; building on the progress of the Administration’s weatherization efforts and the Better Buildings Challenge; improving existing tools to drive additional investment in building efficiency, continuing federal leadership in energy efficiency; increasing energy data access for more consumers through the “Green Button” initiative; and making appliances even more efficient. Together, these steps will save consumers money, spur innovation, and strengthen domestic manufacturing.  Called for sustained investments in technologies that promote maximum productivity of energy use and reduce waste. The President’s Budget expands applied research and development of innovative manufacturing processes and advanced industrial materials. These innovations will enable U.S. companies to cut manufacturing costs, enhance the productivity of their investments and workforce, and reduce the life-cycle energy consumption of technologies, while improving product quality and accelerating product development. International Leadership The administration has worked not only to strengthen our energy security at home, but also around the world. In concert with our domestic actions, we have pursued a robust international agenda that includes:  Leading efforts through the Clean Energy Ministerial and other fora to promote energy efficiency and the development and deployment of clean energy. Our efforts have helped to accelerate the global dissemination of energy-efficient equipment and appliances through the Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative, improved energy savings in commercial building and industry through the Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP), and 4
  • 5. supported the large-scale deployment of renewable energy through the 21st Century Power Partnership.  Working through the G20 and other fora toward the global phase out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Inefficient subsidies exact a steep toll on our economies, our energy security, and our environment, and the United States is leading efforts internationally to accelerate progress in eliminating them.  Promoting safe and responsible oil and natural gas development. The Administration has worked to promote safe and responsible oil and natural gas production through initiatives like the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative, which provides technical and capacity building assistance to countries that are on the verge of becoming the world’s next generation of oil and gas producers, and the Unconventional Gas Technological Engagement Program, which works to help countries with unconventional natural gas resources to identify and develop them safely and economically and can support switching from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas.  Updating our international capabilities to strengthen energy security. We are working with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and others to ensure that our international institutions and processes reflect changes in global energy markets.  Support American nuclear exports. We are providing increased support for American nuclear technology and supply chains to promote safe, secure, low-carbon nuclear power growth in countries that are pursuing nuclear energy as part of their energy mix. 5