2013 Annual Report: The Transforming Energy Economy (Brochure): Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA)

Throughout this annual report, we examine the transforming energy economy and its implications for the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA). Potentially game-changing transformation is underway. The growth of the U.S. shale gas market has given the country a unique competitive advantage that has, in part, sparked a renaissance in U.S. manufacturing. Recent growth and innovationin renewable energy at home and around the world, together with improving energy efficiency, the growth in natural gas and renewables, and other changes have contributed to a drop in U.S. carbon emissions, which hit a 20-year low in 2012. These changes inspire questions about best use of our energy resources, the real and non-monetized costs of infrastructure build-out decisions, and the impactsof the decisions made today on the U.S. economy and global geopolitical landscape in the future. These are precisely the types of questions that the Alliance for Sustainable Energy launched JISEA to address.