Welcome to NEPI
Creating a rational energy policy leading to sustainable new energy businesses.
The National Energy Policy Institute (NEPI) is dedicated to identifying economically and environmentally sound solutions to the challenge of reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil, and to building new businesses based on those solutions.
“Power for the 21st Century: Reinventing America’s Energy Grid” drew a standing-room-only crowd to the University of Tulsa’s Allen Chapman Activity Center on October 7, 2009.
Presented by The National Energy Policy Institute and The University of Tulsa, speakers and panelists included regulators, legislators, academicians, consumers and industry representatives. They discussed state policies, supply, demand, electricity markets, regulation and transmission issues.
- October 21, 2009 NEPI President Tony Knowles spoke to the Tulsa Rotary Club, describing how NEPI will help develop a rational national energy policy and facilitate the creation of new businesses and jobs in Oklahoma. He highlighted Oklahoma’s leadership in natural gas and ground source heat pump technology.
- October 7, 2009 Power for the 21st Century: Reinventing America’s Energy Grid - Sponsored by NEPI and The University of Tulsa, this conference advanced the public discussion of issues facing the electric power generation industry.
- May 19, 2009 OSU Energy Conference – NEPI President Tony Knowles spoke at OSU Energy Conference in Tulsa, discussing how NEPI will help to create a rational national energy policy and facilitate the creation of new energy businesses and jobs in Oklahoma.
- March 10, 2009 - NEPI President Tony Knowles gave the second annual Chesapeake Lecture at The University of Tulsa School of Law. He related the origins and goals of NEPI, and discussed the opportunities envisioned in NEPI’s relationship with TU. That relationship was formalized with the signing of a Letter of Intent just prior to the lecture.