President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a broad review of the country’s energy infrastructure, noting that factors such as rising demand and climate change have put increased pressure on the aging system. It would include all the systems required for “transporting, transmitting, and delivering energy,” the White House said in a statement announcing the Quadrennial Energy Review. A related task force would develop recommendations and submit a report to the president every four years, according to Obama’s memo establishing the review. The first report is due by Jan. 31, 2015. “Our current infrastructure is increasingly challenged by transformations in energy supply, markets, and patterns of end use; issues of aging and capacity; impacts of climate change; and cyber and physical threats,” the memo said. “Any vulnerability in this infrastructure may be exacerbated by the increasing interdependencies of energy systems with water, telecommunications, […]