Redefining Energy Security

Published: January 23, 2019

Although the United States has achieved energy independence, it should focus on creating energy security. While energy independence is inward facing, energy security is about having reliable access even during natural disasters or geopolitical price shocks. Being in a position of energy security means having the ability to set standards that will help make the world a better, safer, and more environmentally-friendly place.

Discussion Questions

1. How is the state of energy generation in the United States different today than it has been in the last few decades?
2. What is the difference between energy security and energy independence?
3. How many countries in the world are energy independent?

Additional Resources

• Read James O. Ellis Jr.’s chapter “Redefining Energy Security” in Blueprint for America available here.
• You can find the rest of “Blueprint for America” here.
• Read the “The Benefits Of Nuclear Power” by Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. , George P. Shultz, available here.
• Admiral James O. Ellis discusses nuclear energy at Stanford University in “Reinventing Nuclear Energy.” Available here.