Speaking at the Energy Information Administration's 2013 Energy Conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz suggested that while many think the energy system is resistant to change, he believes a lot has changed over the last ten years.
"We should look back to inform ourselves how different [the world will look] in 10 more years," Moniz said. He went on to list the changes he hopes to push and see over the next ten years. They include:
- Boost energy efficiency
- More alternative fuels, less reliance on one kind of fuel
- Achieve electrification of the transportation sector
- Figure out how to tackle climate change from a policy standpoint
- Achieve net zero carbon emissions
- Ensure on-cost and on-schedule nuclear construction
- Pilot small modular nuclear reactors
- Push energy storage
- Improve emergency response
- Achieve post-competitive collaboration in private and public sectors