Energy is among the top challenges to our nation’s future prosperity, national security, and quality of life in the 21st century. The transition of administrations and a new Congress presents an opportunity for a new and concerted effort to put our nation on a secure energy footing. To aid in the government transition, the Institute began preparing early. This summer we transmitted to the presidential campaigns and Congressional leadership 13 policy pillars as a platform on which future energy policy could be built. This fall the Institute put more than 75 concrete energy policy recommendations behind each pillar in our Blueprint for Securing America’s Energy Future that forms an all-encompassing, long-term strategy for the Transition Team to consider and adopt. The subsequent pages form a roadmap for urgent and comprehensive action detailing what our political leadership should implement, with whom and where in the federal government responsibility would lie, and how the president-elect can prioritize actions on a timeline noting the recommended start and end points for policy action. The rationale for each recommendation was previously outlined in our Blueprint. The tables organize 88 recommendations behind the relevant policy objective. The recommendations are then further organized by the entity responsible for the action: either by a legislative branch of the U.S. Congress or by the executive branch (a federal agency or the White House) or by both the legislative and executive branch and in some cases the U.S. states or the private sector. We have indicated only the principal agencies charged with the implementation of the recommended action and fully recognize that other agencies have equities and will be involved in interagency deliberations. We propose a concrete and appropriately sequenced timeframe for the execution of each recommendation. For those actions that require appropriations, we propose that Congress adopt them and complete the Fiscal Year 2009 budget process within 100 days. As noted in the Memo to the President-elect, we also recommend that Congress pass and the President sign into law comprehensive energy legislation within one year. This nation’s businesses and industries, as well as the millions of Americans they employ, have placed great trust in the elected leaders of this country. With their trust and hope come the great responsibilities of governing. The Institute stands ready to assist and support President-elect Obama and the 111th Congress in implementing these recommendations.