1、CRS InsightsThe Quadrennial Energy ReviewMichael Ratner, Specialist in Energy Policy (mratnercrs.loc.gov, 7-9529)March 20, 2015 (IN10248)The first ever installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) was due to the President January31, 2015, according to the Presidential MemorandumEstablishing a
2、Quadrennial Energy Review.President Obama established the QER process, which is fashioned on the more well-known QuadrennialDefense Review, on January 9, 2014, in part to develop a comprehensive and integrated energystrategy resulting from interagency dialogue and active engagement of external stake
3、holders. The QERis to be based on the Administrations Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future (March 30, 2011) and theClimate Action Plan (June 25, 2013). The concept of the QER was mentioned in the Report to thePresident on Accelerating the Pace of Change in Energy Technologies Through an Integrated F
4、ederalEnergy Policy (November 2010) by the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,which included current Secretary of Energy Moniz.The Department of Energy was singled out in the Presidential Memorandum and directed to . providesupport for the Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force,
