CHPDHCCountryScorecardUnitedStates-International.PDF

The IEA CHP and DHC Collaborative CHP/DHC Country Scorecard: United States 22 11 00 22 AA The views expressed in this IEA Insights paper do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the International Energy EE II Agency (IEA) Secretariat or of its individual member countries. This paper is a work in progress and/or is produced in // DD CC parallel with or contributing to other IEA work or formal publication; comments are welcome, directed to EE OO araceli.fernandezpales@. ©© © OECD/IEA, 2014 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY The International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous agency, was established in November 1974. Its primary mandate was – and is – two-fold: to promote energy security amongst its member countries through collective response to physical disruptions in oil supply, and provide authoritative research and analysis on ways to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries and beyond. The IEA carries out a comprehensive programme of energy co-operation among its member countries, each of which is obliged to hold oil stocks equivalent to 90 days of its net imports. The Agency’s aims include the following objectives: n Secure member countries’ access to reliable and ample supplies of all forms of energy; in particular, through maintaining effective emergency response capabilities in case of oil supply disruptions. n Promote sustainable energy policie