NASEO News

NASEO General Counsel Presents at EIA Conference       

NASEO General Counsel Jeff Genzer presented on "Energy Data Needs" at an April 8th Conference for the Energy Information Administration (EIA).  Please click here for his remarks. 

Are the Government's Energy Statistics Reliable Enough?

From US News and World Report (2/20/2009): "How much oil does the United States import each year? How costly would a cap on carbon dioxide emissions be? How quickly did gasoline demand fall in 2008? These questions lie at the heart of the country's urgent debates over alternative energy, and the answers are being shaped by statistics that come almost exclusively from the Energy Information Administration. Long considered "the gold standard" of energy information, the numbers from EIA, which is run by the Department of Energy, are regularly cited by the media and politicians alike.  And for some data reports, such as electricity consumption surveys, there's now a painfully long and growing gap between when data are collected and published. As Jeffrey Pillon, who chairs the energy data committee for the National Association of State Energy Officials, says: 'When you are waiting two years to find out what happened, how can you base a policy off that?'"  Please click here for the full article.

NYSERDA Recovery Act Webpage

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has developed a webpage for Recovery Act activities. The site has information on energy-related programs and funding opportunities associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Resources available through the Southeast Rebuild Collaborative’s Download Center

The Southeast Rebuild Collaborative (SRC) is a joint effort of the state energy offices of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina -- funded by a STAC grant from NASEO and managed by Florida.  The SRC’s Download Center features case studies, fact sheets, and archived presentations and materials from SRCs many training sessions.  Please click here for more information from the SRC. 

Invitation to Local Government Energy Assurance Workshop

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and the Public Technology Institute (PTI) invite you to participate in a workshop and exercise will introduce audience members to energy assurance best practices, discuss the importance of communications and establishing working relationships across various local, state, federal and private organizations in advance of energy emergencies and supply disruptions as a part of the local planning process.  This event will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego CA.  The workshop will discuss process and coordination efforts with various local energy authorities to engage them in energy security and reliability issues.  It will also assess the additional technical assistance needs of local officials with regard to planning and responding to an energy emergency.  Participants will exchange ideas and best practices for dealing with future energy emergencies.  There is no charge for registration.  A preliminary agenda is available on the PTI website.  Please note that space is limited. Please contact Ronda Mosley at 937-667-4142 or rmosley@pti.org for registration information.

Invitation to Innovative Approaches to Climate Change Policy: Workshop on State-Federal Interaction

The Innovative Approaches to Climate Change Policy: Workshop on State-Federal Interactions will be held at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on June 24th and 25th.  The Pew Center on Global Climate Change, the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, the Georgetown Climate Center and the Pew Center on the States are coordinating this conference.  Please click here for a draft agenda and registration information.  Please contact Judi Greenwald at GreenwaldJ@pewclimate.org for more information.