The mission of Energy Policy TV is education.

Until now, the way to learn about policy-creation was to subscribe to expensive journals. These journals told you how they viewed the events they cover, often quoting original sources.

This is no longer sufficient. Transparency in the policy process is required to assess complex and urgent issues such as energy and the environment.

Energy Policy TV is changing the way you get your news and information by delivering ONLY original sources--thousands of them. You will never see us "reporting" on what someone said; instead you will see that person saying it. It is significant that we deliver these original sources in video. This allows you, for the first time, to get a true sense of the context in which events transpire. No journal or transcript can do that. We do not comment or editorialize on any content. That is up to you. We have no agenda other than providing as much relevant news and information as possible, which we offer as a free public service with no requirement for subscriptions, passwords or logins.

By delivering free and public access to who is advocating what, why, and how, we are providing much-needed transparency to all sides of the issues. We believe our new, public-spirited approach will encourage more intelligent debate and spur better policy-making concerning energy and the environment.

"Energy Policy TV" could just as easily be called
Environment Policy TV . The issues are inextricably conjoined, and we cover both equally. We chose "Energy" because it is shorter. Also, though "Policy" is in our name, we provide as much business news and information as policy. Again, policy and private sector developments are deeply linked, one pushing the other by various degrees through continuous cycles. To cover one without covering the other would make no sense.

America has reached a tipping point concerning energy and the environment. Debates are intensifying, and markets are responding by advancing and retreating. The question is, what are our next steps and how will we get there?

Energy Policy TV is now the website that takes you to our future.

Grant Stockdale is founder, CEO and Executive Editor of Energypolicytv.com. He also produces the Energy Newsmaker Program for the United States Energy Association. For many years he was Associate Publisher of The Energy Daily. He was also US Editorial Director for Jane's Information Group (UK). He is founder of several publications, including Cooperative Technology R&D Report, and co-founder of New Technology Week, Defense Week and other publications. He created the College Tuition Access Program for Washington DC, and was founder and CEO of The Sergeant's Program, the first military-style fitness company.

Melissa Monk is Director of Business Development at Energypolicytv.com. Previously, she was with The Energy Daily where she managed marketing and events. Before joining The Energy Daily, her career was in the financial community as a stock broker and registered investment advisor.

Scott Nance is Manager of Content Acquisition at Energypolicytv.com. He has been a news journalist for 20 years. For many years he covered energy technology R&D as Editor of New Technology Week and as a contributor to The Energy Daily. He also worked in public affairs at the US Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has covered the Internet for many years and has developed online content for several websites.

Sridhar Samudrala is Director of EPTV's South Asia Bureau. Samudrala was with the United States Energy Association in Washington DC for eleven years where he ran the Asia programs. He is also a Nuclear/Mechanical Engineer. Samudrala operates out of offices in Hyderabad and New Delhi, India.

Gartrell White is Webmaster of Energypolicytv.com. Previously, he was a strategic security research assistant at the Federation of American Scientists, where he developed a website devoted to biosecurity and biodefense, and assisted producing a biosecurity education website for graduate-level science students.