Events
Updated: February 3, 2012
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2012 NASEO / ASERTTI State Energy Policy and Technology
Outlook Conference
February 7-10, 2012
Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC
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2012 AHRI/ACEEE Energy Efficiency Summit
February 15, 2012
Park Hyatt Washington, D.C.
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Webinar: Local Strategies for Improving Energy Code
Compliance
February 23, 2012 -
2:00 PM ET
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2012
Energy Efficiency Global Forum
March 27-29, 2012 – Orlando, FL
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Nebraska Infrastructure Protection Conference
March 27-28, 2012, Embassy Suites LaVista Conference Center
NASEO
News
Updated:
February 3, 2012
National
News
Updated:
February 3, 2012
Foreign Oil Spending
$326,000,000,000
U.S. Spending on Foreign Oil
So Far this Year
Total spending for 2012 is projected to
be $326 billion. (Based on the
December 6, 2011 EIA Short Term Energy
Outlook )
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NASEO Members Transforming America's Energy Future
The National Association of State Energy
Officials (NASEO) is the only nonprofit
organization that represents
Governor-designated energy officials from
each state and territory. To find your state
or territorial energy office, please visit
our
Members section. Public and
private-sector energy organizations are
welcome to join NASEO as affiliate members.
Learn More about
NASEO >
$870 Million in Energy Efficiency
Investments Available to the Industrial
Sector
To help engage manufacturers and leverage
private sector activities, as well as
support innovations which help local
communities and industries thrive, more than
35 states and territories operate programs
in the industrial sector. Over $870 million
in funding is being directed into these
types of programs.
$925 Million in State Energy Loan Funds
Available for Businesses, Consumers
To spur jobs and energy-saving
investments, more than 30 states and
territories operate approximately 65 loan
funds for energy efficiency and renewable
energy.
Many of these revolving funds are
capitalized through the U.S. State Energy
Program. More than $925 million in financing
is available.
$345 Million in Funding Available to Advance
Energy Efficiency Residential Programs
In order to reduce heating and cooling
costs and increase energy efficiency in
homes, over 25 states and territories
operate approximately 45 energy efficiency
residential retrofit programs.
Many of these programs are capitalized
through the U.S. State Energy Program. Over
$345 million in funding is being directed
into these types of programs.
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Four Governors Jointly Agree
to Increase Natural Gas Vehicles
in State Fleets
The Governors of Colorado,
Wyoming and Pennsylvania have
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin that
is designed to increase the use
of natural gas vehicles in each
state's fleet.
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Alabama's Dauphin Island Sea
Lab Benefits From SEP Grant
A lab that studies one
natural resource, the sea, is
harnessing another resource,
sunlight, to power several of
its facilities. The
Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL),
Alabama's marine science
education and research
laboratory, recently installed
two photovoltaic systems.
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SEP Energy Savings
$13,405,120
Energy Savings from the U.S. State
Energy Program
Cumulative energy savings will be $1.16
billion for 2010 and 2011.
Maryland Energy Administration Celebrates
Completion of Western Maryland Wind Farm
Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) Director
Malcolm Woolf joined representatives from
Gestamp Wind and Delmarva Power at the recent
dedication ceremony for the Roth Rock Wind
Energy Farm on Backbone Mountain in Garrett
County. Read Full Story >
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