NASEO News
DOE Issues Funding
Opportunity Announcement for SEP and
Weatherization
The US Department of Energy has
issued guidance for the
State Energy Program ($3.1 billion)
and
Weatherization Assistance Program ($5
billion) funding under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
In announcing this funding with Energy
Secretary Chu, Vice President Biden
said, "This energy efficiency
funding for states is an important
investment in making America more energy
independent, creating a cleaner economy
and creating more jobs for the 21st
century that can't be outsourced."
According to ABC News, the Vice
President also warned state officials,
"This is not your usual federal grant
going to the states. Six months from
now, if the verdict on this effort is
that we've wasted the money, we built
things that were unnecessary, or we've
done things that are legal but make no
sense, then, folks, don't look for any
help from the federal government for a
long while." NASEO will be hosting
states-only calls next week to discuss
the guidance and other programs under
ARRA.
Kristina
Johnson Nominated for Under Secretary of
Energy
President Barack Obama has announced
his nomination of Kristina M. Johnson,
an administrator at the Johns Hopkins
University, to be Under-Secretary of
Energy. Dr. Johnson has had a long and
distinguished career in energy
research.
Please see the DOE press release for
more information.
President Obama has also hired author
and activist Van Jones to serve as a
special White House adviser for "green"
jobs, enterprise and innovation.
Smart Grid
Demonstrations Funding Opportunity
Announcement
The National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL) intends to issue, on
behalf of the DOE Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability, a
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
entitled "Smart Grid Demonstrations."
The subject FOA will include three
topical areas of interest: Regional
Smart Grid Demonstrations, Utility-Scale
Energy Storage Demonstrations, and
Regional Synchrophasor Demonstrations.
The final notice of intent is
available here.
Industrial
Technologies Program Update
State energy offices, economic
development entities, and regional
energy efficiency groups are among the
12 applicants selected to receive
approximately $9 million in funding over
the next three years from the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Industrial
Technologies Program (ITP). The
recipients were selected through a
competitive process for their efforts
and plans to develop outreach,
education, project identification and
implementation, or recognition of
industrial facilities that adopt,
implement, and achieve energy intensity
reduction of at least 2.5% annually.
ITP has also released a
Notice of Intent for an upcoming
solicitation for cost-shared combined
heat and power (CHP), waste heat
recovery, district energy, and
industrial energy efficiency projects
under the ARRA.
Please see the monthly E-Bulletin from
ITP to learn more about US DOE's
industrial energy activities. For
more information on NASEO's industrial
program, please contact Benjamin Deitchman at
bdeitchman@naseo.org or 703-299-8800
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2009 Summer
Energy Outlook Conference
The U.S. Department of Energy's
Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability, U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA), and
the National Association of State Energy
Officials (NASEO) invite you to
participate in the
2009 Summer Energy Outlook Conference.
This important supply and demand
forecast event will be held on Tuesday,
April 14, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
at the
Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC.
Registration is open and
the preliminary agenda is online.
Please contact Shemika Spencer at
sspencer@naseo.org or 703-299-8800
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