The National Association of State Energy Officials’ (NASEO) Energy Markets and Planning (E-MAP) program, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (DOE-OE), was developed in response to several state requests for assistance in undertaking analysis, planning, and policy development activities.  The goal of the E-MAP program is to help states develop holistic approaches to advancing electricity system and related energy infrastructure modernization, resilience, and affordability efforts. 

Today, NASEO announced the selection of the Michigan Energy Office, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy, and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy as the pilot states for NASEO’s E-MAP program.  We are excited that each of the three governors have committed their respective states to the 18-month, state-led process which will develop an energy system modernization roadmap aimed at addressing a growing range of interdependent electricity system and market issues.  We look forward to working with NASEO to provide technical assistance to the selected states and learning from their experiences throughout this process.

The selected states represent the diversity of issues that states face in their planning and policy activities.  Each state’s experience will serve as unique examples for other states to examine their electricity-related infrastructure and undertake their own energy system planning and modernization efforts.  NASEO will further develop the best practices, lessons learned, and resources developed by the pilot states into a toolkit that we hope other states interested in pursuing similar goals and undertaking their own roadmapping and electricity modernization policy and planning efforts will find useful.

For more information, please visit www.naseo.org/emap.