Dive Brief:

• The Obama administration has launched an inter-agency process aimed at developing “a blueprint for modernizing our energy system,” with an initial focus on infrastructure.
• The first-ever Quadrennial Energy Review will identify ways to improve energy infrastructure to better handle changes in energy supply, integrate new information and security technology, and meet increasing demand for new consumer services, according to the administration.
• The first report from the process, expected in a year, will focus on infrastructure for transmitting, storing and delivering energy.

Dive Insight:

For years, electric utility officials and others have complained that the U.S. lacks a coherent energy policy. There's no guarantee that Obama will come up with one where others failed, but at least there's hope.