NASEO News
NASEO Provides Comments to EIA on
Data Collection and Analysis
NASEO and the Northeast-Midwest
Institute provided detailed written
comments on their use of and reliance on
the U.S.
Energy Information Administration's
(EIA) state-level data collection and
reporting. The comments stressed the
value of EIA's work, but made specific
recommendations for additions
and improvement that could
be achieved with additional funding for
the agency. To access the comments,
click here.
Bingaman Suggests Bipartisan
Approach to Energy Issues
Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM), Chairman
of the Senate Energy Committee, issued a
statement on a non-partisan approach to
energy policy on October 30, 2008.
The statement talked about, among other
things, the need to expand deployment.
Senator Bingaman said, "We must work
harder on the deployment of new energy
technologies of all kinds. Particularly
with the growing concern about global
warming, we need to make sure that we
develop and deploy a new generation of
clean, low-carbon energy technologies."
To access the complete statement please
click here.
Information Request from the
Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence
The Wisconsin Office of Energy
Independence has the following
information request for state energy
offices: Do any states incorporate
passive solar energy into their
estimates for the amount of renewable
energy used in the state? Passive solar
in this context includes daylighting in
all residential and commercial
buildings, not just in those buildings
specifically designed to incorporate
daylighting to impact conventional
energy use. The question applies to
those estimates used internally and/or
for publication. Please provide any
responses you may have to David Jenkins
at
DavidJ.Jenkins@Wisconsin.gov.
NASEO has several upcoming meetings
and events this fall and winter. Of
interest to all members is the
2009 Energy Outlook Conference,
which will be held in Washington, DC
February 1-4, 2009. A preliminary
agenda will be available in the coming
weeks. On a regional basis, NASEO
members and staff are planning the
Midwest Regional Energy Emergency
Planning meeting in Illinois in
November and
Northwest Industrial Energy Efficiency
Summit in Oregon in February. For
updated information on all NASEO events,
please
click here or contact Shemika
Spencer at
sspencer@naseo.org. |
