The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics has appointed Cole Gustafson, NDSU biofuels economist, to serve on a Blue Ribbon Panel of Energy Experts.

The goal of the panel is to provide short- and long-term guidance on national energy policy to decision makers. Specific duties of the panel are to provide rapid response consultation on emerging energy policy issues, and serve as a think tank to develop an assessment of the state of overall energy policy and develop action recommendations. 

Interaction is expected with entities such as academic, nongovernment, government and industry. An annual report will be prepared to summarize the accomplishments.