North 6th Agency Reveals Six Most Influential Energy Industry Headlines Of 2013

Much debated Keystone XL pipeline and Obama's Energy Security Trust Fund top this year's most influential energy industry headlines

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Dec 03, 2013, 10:00 ET

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- North 6^th Agency (N6A), an award-winning communications agency based in New York City and San Francisco, announced today the results from the energy industry category in its '6 on 6' program.

As part of the first annual '6 on 6' program, N6A assembled a panel of business executives, media influencers, well-respected analysts and pundits with expertise across the energy industry. N6A then solicited feedback and insights from the panel and asked them to rank the top six most influential stories of the year within the category.

Final results of the N6A '6 on 6' energy category are as follows:

The controversial Keystone XL pipeline that will help link Canada's oil sands to U.S. refineries is delayed until 2014.
Obama introduces the "Energy Security Trust Fund" in his State of the Union address to spark investment in alternatives to oil.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), energy-related emissions rose 2.6 percent in the first part of 2013, and the EIA expects emissions to keep rising.
California adopts the nation's first energy storage mandate, a groundbreaking proposal that requires state utilities to expand their energy storage to meet renewable energy demands.
A number of sports stadiums around the country go green to save on energy and curb carbon emissions by installing solar panels, recycling programs, and more.
New York State's Health Department issues a report that indicates hydrofracking, the natural gas drilling technology, could be conducted safely.

The energy industry is the second of six categories that N6A is announcing this month. Last week, N6A unveiled the results from the Mobile Industry category, which can be found here. Rankings of the four other categories -- Media/Publishing, Brand Advertising/Marketing, Brand Crises, and Business Deals -- will be revealed on a weekly basis until the final week of 2013. The full schedule of category announcements is as follows:

Week of November 25th: Mobile Industry
Week of December 2nd: Energy Industry
Week of December 9th: Media/Publishing Industry
Week of December 16th: Brand Advertising/Marketing
Week of December 23rd: Brand Crises
Week of December 30th: Business Deals (M&As, IPOs, etc.)

"Over the past year the energy industry captured national headlines and became a part of mainstream conversations in a way that we have never experienced before," said Matt Rizzetta, President and CEO of N6A. "From legislative reform to green energy awareness initiatives to post-Sandy energy changes, the energy industry was one of the most defining topics, not just in the trade press, but on a mainstream level, in 2013."

For more information on N6A please visit www.n6a.com and follow N6A on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. To be added to the distribution list for any category in the '6 on 6' program in the future please email [email protected].

About North 6^th Agency (N6A):
North 6th Agency, Inc. (N6A) is an award-winning brand communications agency based in New York City and San Francisco. Since launching in 2010, N6A has grown its customer base to include more than 20 leading and emerging companies from a wide range of industries, including B2B, technology, consumer services, energy, healthcare, finance, and professional services. N6A has been awarded several prestigious industry recognitions, including Top 50 Fastest-Growing PR Firm by O'Dwyer's, a winner of the Summit International Award for Marketing Effectiveness, a finalist for PR News' Marketing Leader of the Year, and the Golden Bridge PR Agency of the Year, among other honors.

About the N6A '6 on 6' Program:
N6A created the '6 on 6' program to help determine the most influential stories that defined 2013 across categories relevant to the industries that N6A services and has expertise, including technology, B2B, energy, consumer goods, finance, and publishing. As part of the program, N6A identified a list of several stories that captured headlines and were influential to each category over the past year. N6A then polled a group of business executives, media influencers, well-respected analysts and pundits with expertise across each category, and asked them to rank the top six stories in order of influence. To qualify as a panelist, each individual was deemed impartial to the companies listed within each category he/she participated in. The panelist could not be employed by, or compete with, a company that is indexed as one of the top stories in a category. The results of the rankings are representative of the average of the total sum of votes from each participant.

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