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February 8, 2010

Record Attendance for the State Energy Technology and Policy Outlook Conference in Washington, DC

The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTTI) co-hosted the State Energy Policy and Technology Outlook Conference in Washington, DC from February 1-4, 2010, with nearly 300 state officials and energy experts in attendance.

Over the course of four days, attendees heard the latest on state and federal efforts to create green jobs, increase the nation’s energy efficiency and use of renewable energy, and American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA)-related progress and expectation issues as well as updates on vehicle electrification, the Net Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium, ARPA-E, and more. The conference agenda also included an offsite meeting with Secretary Chu for the state energy offices, a presentation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, and a special keynote address from Congressman Paul Tonko. The core conference agenda was complimented by pre-meeting ARRA and committee sessions and an important post-conference ARRA-related building codes workshop.

Keynote speakers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) including Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Jacques Beaudry-Losique, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy, provided an update on DOE activities and discussed how conference attendees can assist in meeting shared federal public policy goals and Scott Blake Harris, DOE General Counsel, provided the most recent guidance on the Davis-Bacon Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Buy American provisions. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Director, Dan E. Arvizu, provided an overview of the NREL activities and discussed the potential for collaborative approaches with State Energy Offices and State Energy Technology Institutions aimed at speeding technology transfer and deployment and Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), discussed what the new program model offers energy innovators, and how states can assist DOE in advancing clean energy innovation. For access to the full agenda and online links to speaker presentations, please click here.

The platinum sponsor of the 2010 NASEO/ASERTTI State Energy Policy and Technology Outlook Conference was Eaton Corporation. Silver sponsors included Chevron Energy Solutions, 4tell Solutions, LLC, Johnson Controls, and Sentech, Inc. ICF International was a bronze sponsor.