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NASEO/ASERTTI Energy Policy and Technology Outlook Conference
January 31 - February 3, 2011 - Washington, DC
The 2011 State Energy Policy and Technology Outlook Conference, hosted by
NASEO and ASERTTI, will be held on Monday, January 31 – Thursday, February 3,
2011, at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. This year’s Conference comes as
a historic number of new governors and legislators take office and will serve as
an essential opportunity for State Energy Office directors, staff, and
interested stakeholders to hear the latest on economic development, technology
transfer, innovative financing, and clean energy technologies.
Online registration is open and an
updated
agenda is available.
NATIONAL NEWS
NASEO Offers Comments on HUD’s PowerSaver Loan Pilot
Please
click here for NASEO’s final comments to the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) on the proposed PowerSaver Home Energy Retrofit Loan
Pilot Program, which were submitted yesterday online. NASEO thanks the
State Energy Offices and Affiliate members who were involved in developing and
reviewing these comments for their time and input.
To view all public comments that HUD has received on the PowerSaver pilot,
please go to www.regulations.gov and
search by keyword “PowerSaver.” Please contact Diana Lin (dlin@naseo.org) with any questions.
Anna Garcia Named Supervisor of the State Energy Program at DOE
The Department of Energy is pleased to announce Anna Garcia as the new
Supervisor of the State Energy Program in the Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy. In this role, Ms. Garcia provides leadership to maximize
the benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy through technology
deployment, accessing new partnerships and resources and communications and
outreach activities.
Prior to joining the Department of Energy, Ms. Garcia served as Executive
Director of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), the organization of 12 states
and the District of Columbia created by Congress in 1990 to assess and
coordinate the development of policies to reduce regional ground-level ozone or
"smog" in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. Before joining OTC, she
was Director of Operations and State Programs for the non-profit Center for
Energy and Climate Solutions, a division of the Global Environment and
Technology Foundation. She provides unique environmental and energy
expertise in creating partnerships with and among state agencies to design
multi-pollutant strategies that have both environmental and economic benefits.
Ms. Garcia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Princeton University and
an Executive Masters of Business Administration from George Washington
University.
STATE NEWS
California Adopts Cap and Trade
The Wall Street Journal
California regulators recently adopted the first large-scale cap-and-trade
program in the U.S., in a move officials say will protect the environment
without hurting the state's still-struggling economy. California's Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions
to 1990 levels by 2020. In addition to the proposed cap-and-trade program, the
state has established an aggressive renewable-energy mandate and a requirement
that the carbon content of the state's vehicle fuels be cut by 10% by 2020, as
part of efforts to achieve the emissions-reduction goal.
Delaware Government Ahead of Schedule to Reduce Energy Use
DelmarvaNOW.com, Delmarva Media Group
Governor Jack Markell ordered the effort in February, saying that reliance on
renewable energy and recycling would save taxpayers money while also reducing
pollution and helping to create new jobs and build new industries. Reports
expected to be released during the upcoming Energy Office public meeting say the
state already has exceeded some multiyear requirements, including targets for
converting to clean energy supplies and cutting energy consumed by the state's
motor vehicle fleet and largest buildings.
Michigan Energy Saving Program Exceeds Expectations
The Michigan Messenger
Michigan’s Renewable Energy Act requires utilities to take steps to help
consumers reduce power use. To fulfill this requirement the state’s 66 utility
providers have offered incentives to get customers to do things like use compact
florescent light bulbs or exchange energy wasting refrigerators or furnaces. The
report shows that utilities expanded spending on energy optimization programs
from $89 million in 2009 to $137 million in 2010.
North Carolina Utility Savings Initiative Saves State Taxpayers $55.3 Million in
One Year
North Carolina Department of Commerce
North Carolina’s Utility Savings Initiative saved the state’s taxpayers more
than $55.3 million in utility costs in the last fiscal year and avoided emitting
more than 164,886 metric tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, according
to a report issued recently by the North Carolina Energy Office. Since the
Utility Savings Initiative was launched in 2003, the state has saved more than
$325 million while investing $11 million into utility savings improvements in
North Carolina government, university and community college facilities.
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