The Research Behind Power America Forward™
NAEC gathers primary data, verifies it against original government and regulatory sources, and translates it into plain-English research that power providers, executives, capital, civic leaders, and communities can act on. We do not take positions for or against any energy source or political outcome. Our research exists to give every stakeholder the same accurate, sourced information to make their own decisions.
How NAEC Research Works
The same four principles apply to every report, briefing, and index NAEC publishes.
We Collect From the Source
Government data, regulatory dockets, and documented case records, not secondhand summaries.
We Verify Before We Publish
Every claim is checked against its original source. Ranges are preserved and estimates are labeled as estimates.
We Write for Every Reader
Dense technical and regulatory material, translated into plain language without losing what makes it accurate.
We Don't Take Sides
NAEC represents every source of American energy and every stakeholder at once. Our research reflects that, not a preferred outcome.
Who NAEC Research Serves
Different stakeholders read this research for different reasons. Here is what each gets from it.
Benchmark Your Own Challenges
See how the interconnection, permitting, and cost questions you're navigating compare to what peers nationwide are facing.
Get a Clear Risk Picture
A sourced, plain-English read on the timelines and risks shaping your next project, before you're deep into it.
Build on Transparent Data
Methodology and citations you can trace back to the original source, not a summary of a summary.
See How Risk Is Repricing
How regulatory, cost-allocation, and community risk are already changing how projects get financed.
Bring Back a Fair Briefing
A nonpartisan, plain-English account you can share with your community or colleagues without spin.
Understand What's Changing
What's actually driving growth, and cost, in your community, explained without jargon or an agenda.
The Amp Gap
Why America Can't Build Power as Fast as It's Building Everything Else
Our first release applies this approach to the biggest infrastructure story in the country right now: the widening gap between how fast America can propose and finance major projects and how long it actually takes to power, permit, and win public support for them.
- The three forces behind every stalled project, Speed, Money, and Trust, explained in plain English
- Two fully documented case studies, one project that stalled and one that moved forward
- A practical readiness checklist you can use on your next project
- Sourced, current data from EIA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, FERC, and state regulators, cited throughout
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This white paper is the first release from NAEC's ongoing research program. Future work includes the NAEC Power Pulse™ quarterly briefing and the NAEC Power Readiness Index™, an annual look at how states and regions compare.