A plan to secure America's energy future. Contains multiple aspirational goals, that overlap for a large part with Obama's Climate Plan. These are (Government of USA, 2011)
- Challenges Americans to double renewable electricity generation again by 2020
- Directs the Interior Department to make energy project permitting more robust
- Commits to safer production and cleaner electricity from natural gas.
- Supports a responsible nuclear waste strategy
- Sets a goal to cut net oil imports in half by the end of the decade
- Commits to partnering with the private sector to adopt natural gas and other alternative fuels in the Nation’s trucking fleet
- Establishes a new goal to double American energy productivity by 2030
- Challenges States to Cut Energy Waste and Support Energy Efficiency and Modernize the Grid
- Commits to build on the success of existing partnerships with the public and private sector to use energy wisely
- Calls for sustained investments in technologies that promote maximum productivity of energy use and reduce waste
- Leads efforts through the Clean Energy Ministerial and other fora to promote energy efficiency and the development and deployment of clean energy
- Works through the G20 and other fora toward the global phase out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies
- Promotes safe and responsible oil and natural gas development
- Updates our international capabilities to strengthen energy security
- Supports American nuclear exports
Target
- Reduce oil import by 50% between 2010 and 2020