For the past 35 years, the U.S. energy supply condition can be described as “precarious”, at best. But, over the past 5 years the Energy Sector in the US has been undergoing unprecedented change, spurred by a number of factors including a revolution in new energy technologies, rapid shifts in consumer attitudes, and the discovery of new sources of domestic energy supply in the form of shale gas. Each one of these factors by themselves has the potential to be “game changers”. But importantly, when considered collectively, these factors constitute a future for US energy supply that is cleaner, more secure and within our grasp.

This energy future holds real promise for material economic growth for the United States. Economies with