Mission Statement:

Through innovations in energy and environmental policies, programs, and technologies, the Southern States Energy Board enhances economic development and the quality of life in the South.

Long-term Goals

• Perform essential services that provide direct scientific and technical assistance to state governments;
• Develop, promote and recommend policies and programs on energy, environment and economic development that encourage sustainable development;
• Provide technical assistance to executive and legislative policy-makers and the private sector in order to achieve synthesis of energy, environment and economic issues that ensure energy security and supply;
• Facilitate the implementation of energy and environmental policies between federal, state and local governments and the private sector;
• Sustain business development throughout the region by eliminating barriers to the use of efficient energy and environmental technologies; and
• Support improved energy efficient technologies that pollute less and contribute to a clean global environment while protecting indigenous natural resources for future generations.