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Table of Contents
- Letter from the President
- Progressive Dialogue II Participants List
- Executive Summary and Key Findings
- Dialogue Preamble
- Dialogue Proceedings
- Enterprise Energy Management—The Current State
- Keynote Presentation Two Revolutions in Environmental Thinking
- Factors Affecting Private Sector Demand for Sustainable Energy Solutions
- Enterprise Factors
- Featured Presentation The Role of End-Use Energy Technology in Addressing Climate Change
- Government Factors
- Featured Presentation The Role of Transmission in Achieving Energy Efficiency
- Conclusions
- ESIS Initiative Steering Committee List
- Council Membership
- National Affiliates and Council Staff
- About the Council on Competitiveness
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Progressive Dialogue II: Demand Drivers for Sustainable Energy Solutions
Published August 2008
Meeting the need for sustainable energy solutions is a national challenge of the highest priority. Progressive Dialogue II experts identified a number of key factors impacting the ability of enterprises to move forward with regard to energy security and sustainability. This report explores, through the lens of enterprise “users,” the private sector’s role in driving energy system transformation and identifies the enabling conditions that government must provide to support this process.