The Energy Transition Forum was created in 2012 to provide a regular venue for open, structured, and fact-based dialogue among senior leaders from the private and public sectors in the United States and Europe about the market conditions and policy frameworks needed for a timely transition to a secure, affordable, and low-carbon energy future. Its intention is to bring together a coalition of leaders to produce new thinking on how to address the key challenges facing the energy system.

Each year, ETF participants gather for an annual plenary meeting in Washington, DC. In addition to this plenary meeting, subsets of participants engage in three parallel work streams (1) Systems (Re)Thinking; (2) Energy Infrastructure and Power Pathways; and (3) Policy Innovation in the Energy Sector.

Systems (Re)Thinking
This work stream aims to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the interconnections, interdependencies, and competing interests in the energy system.

Energy Infrastructure and Power Pathways
In this work stream, participants work to re-imagine the current generation, transmission, and distribution networks in the United States and Europe. This process forces ETF participants to shift away from a supply-driven perspective to one that recognizes the environmental and economic benefits of optimizing the entire energy system.

Policy Innovation in the Energy Sector
This work stream takes ETF participants into a deep exploration of methods and practices for stimulating innovation in government and policy contexts, and produce methods, insights, and approaches that might catalyze significant change.