President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Issues A Plea  For Improved Federal Approach in Energy Research. (November 30, 2010)

A report released today by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) provides specific and practical recommendations on how the United States can transform its current carbon-based economy into a safer, more sustainable, and economically advantageous energy ecosystem.

According the the media release from the administrations Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSPT) the:

Report to the President on Accelerating the Pace of Change in Energy Technologies Through an Integrated Federal Energy Policy calls upon the Federal government to craft a government-wide Federal energy policy and update it regularly with strategic Quadrennial Reviews similar to those produced regularly by the Department of Defense. It recommends realistic approaches to increasing the Nation’s investment in clean-energy technologies by about $10 billion per year. And it calls for a review of current legislative energy subsidies and incentives—including preferred tax treatment and trade restrictions—with the goal of better aligning them with evolving priorities as specified in the Quadrennial Energy Review.

In a letter released on Monday, chairman of the American Energy Innovation Council, Chad Holliday, wrote: "The overarching transformation in the national energy innovation system that PCAST deems necessary is consistent with the urgent recommendations put forward by AEIC earlier this year. In PCAST’s important new study, a comprehensive energy strategy is suggested along with significantly increased public investments in energy technology innovation. … Enactment of these recommendations would be a critically important step toward creating a cleaner, more secure energy system for the American people."

To view PCAST's presentation in releasing the report Click here