NASEO News
Energy and Climate a Priority in
President-Elect Obama’s Transition
The presidential transition continues
to dominate headlines in Washington and
around the country, with energy and
climate policy a clear priority for the
new administration. The President-elect
outlines broad energy goals on the
official
transition website. The
Presidential Climate Action Project, an
initiative comprising a broad group of
energy and environmental leaders, also
released a
plan for the review of the incoming
president’s team. In addition, the
Center for American Progress has
released
“A Strategy for Green Recovery” for
economic stimulus activities that would
involve major investment in state energy
activities. NASEO will continue to keep
its membership informed of legislation
and executive appointments and actions
of particular interest and appreciates
feedback on its transition activities.
The NASEO Board of Directors has invited
the transition team to its meeting on
December 4th. For more information,
please contact the NASEO staff at
703-299-8800 or
bdeitchman@naseo.org.
Western Governors’ Association
Deliver Energy Policy Letter to the
President-Elect
The Western Governors’ Association
delivered a letter urging the next
administration to urgently implement
programs and policies that “promote
energy efficiency; reduce greenhouse gas
emissions on a scale necessary to
contribute to climate stabilization;
maximize the economic development
opportunities offered by clean energy;
ensure energy costs are affordable and
support a sustainable, growing economy;
increase the proportion of energy
supplies that come from domestic
resources and friendly trading partners;
and minimize adverse environmental
impacts.” The letter is available
here. For more information on the
WGA, please visit its
website.
ASERTTI Outlines Ideas for a New
Administration in a Letter to the
President-Elect
The
Association of State Energy Research and
Technology Transfer Institutions has
recommended that the new administration
“Create a New High-Level Position at the
U.S. Department of Energy on State and
Local Innovation and Collaboration.”
The letter to the transition team
discussed needs and potential solution
for the consideration of the incoming
leadership. For more information on
ASERTTI, please visit its
website.
NASEO Energy Outlook 2009
This year's winter meeting –
NASEO's Energy Outlook 2009 – will
be held on February 1-4, 2009, in
Washington, DC. Plans for the
conference are underway as Washington
prepares for the arrival of a
new Administration and Congress. A
preliminary agenda will be available
shortly, including sessions with new
energy and environmental leaders, news
on the priorities of the Obama
Administration and Congress, and
discussions about the calls
for unprecedented federal energy funding
increases in both existing initiatives
and programs such as the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
program. We are planning extended
break-out committee meetings on
buildings, electricity,
and industrial efficiency, with focused
discussion among the State and Territory
Energy Offices and our partners. We
will also continue the tradition of
holding our meeting in conjunction with
the ASERTTI winter meeting to facilitate
attendees taking advantage of both
events. For more information contact
Shemika Spencer or visit the
events page.
Meeting registration and
hotel registration are already
open.
National Action Plan for Energy
Efficiency (NAPEE) Updated
EPA and DOE have updated the
National Action Plan Vision for 2025: A
Framework for Change. This plan
“outlines critical steps for state
policy makers to take toward the goal of
increasing the nation’s investment in
low cost energy efficiency. The plan
also shows the progress states are
making toward these goals.” For more
information on NAPEE please visit the
EPA website.
- Southeast: NASEO and
U.S. Department of Energy's Office
of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability will host a workshop
to discuss the transportation fuel
supply disruption that occurred as a
result of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike
this fall. The event will be held
in Atlanta, Georgia on January
14-15, 2009. For more information
please contact Shemika Spencer at
sspencer@naseo.org.
- Pacific Northwest: NASEO
is supporting the
US Department of Energy’s Industrial
Technologies Program's Northwest
Industrial Energy Efficiency
Summit. More information on this
regional meeting for Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana can be
found on the
summit’s website. Attendance is
by invitation only. For further
details please contact Benjamin
Deitchman at
bdeitchman@naseo.org.
- Mid-Atlantic: The
Mid-Atlantic Home Performance
Collaborative will meet on the
afternoon of December 4th to
continue discussions of Home
Performance with Energy Star (HPwES)
activities in the region. For more
information please contact Benjamin
Deitchman at
bdeitchman@naseo.org. For more
information on NASEO’s nation-wide
HPwES efforts, please review our
September
webinar.
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