US Energy Security: Traditional and Emerging Challenges
A panel on US energy trends
Event Details
Energy Security Resources
Key Energy Trends (An overview of the US energy scenario provided by Resources For The Future)
Panel I: Oil Supply -- Domestic and International
- Oil Use and US Energy Security: Problems and Policy Responses, Paul N. Leiby
- Robert Weiner, Talking Points, RFF, 28 January 2002
- Oil Price Shocks and the Economy, Mine K.Yücel
- International Oil Security: Bringing the Pieces Together, Michael Toman, Resources For The Future
Panel II: Domestic Energy Reliability and Volatility
- Expanding US Transmission Capacity, Eric Hirst
- Electricity Sector: Critical Infrastructure Protection, Background Materials for Presentation by Lou Leffler, North American Electric Reliability Council
- Changing Industry Structure: Experiences of the early 1990s are not relevant to 2000 and later time frame, Barry McNutt Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Domestic Policy & International Affairs, US Department of Energy
- Emerging Energy Security Issues: Reliability and Critical Infrastructure Protection, Howard Gruenspecht, Resources For The Future
Additional Background Materials:
Electric Reliability: Potential Problems and Possible Solutions, Eric Hirst, Consulting in Electric-Industry Restructuring Oak Ridge, Tennessee, May 2000
International Oil Security: Problems and Policies
Michael A. Toman
Issue Brief 02-04 | January 2002
(This article also appears in the Brookings Review, Spring 2002.)Since the release of the administration's energy policy plan, the terrorist attacks, and heightened international tensions in the Middle East, rarely has a week gone by without a politician or pundit calling for increased energy security - and even "energy independence" or freedom from imported oil. However, the debate over energy security options has been hindered by a lack of clear understanding of the different components of the energy security problem and their often-contrasting policy implications.
Sheep in Wolves' Clothing? Speculators and Price Volatility in Petroleum Futures, Robert J. Weiner, Professor of International Business and International Affairs, George Washington University and Membre Associé Groupe de Recherche en Économie de l'Énergie et des Ressources Naturelles Université Laval Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, forthcoming 2002
