The EMF provides a non-partisan platform that ensures objective consideration of opposing views.
The EMF was convened in 1976 over concerns that the insights that large-scale energy models could provide policymakers were being overshadowed by the "plethora of detailed quantitative results" being disseminated and discussed.
[1]: 449 As a result, the EMF sought to bring energy modelers together to provide a proper context for their work.
[1]: 449 The EMF periodically establishes ad hoc working groups to conduct studies on selected energy topics.
[2] However, reports since 2006 occasionally been published exclusively in special editions of paywalled academic journals instead.