ASERTTI News
ASERTTI 2009 Energy
Outlook Meeting
ASERTTI will host our 2009 Clean Energy and
Energy Efficiency Outlook Meeting from February 1-4,
2009, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.
The meeting will officially kick-off Monday morning
with an Energy and Environmental Legislative Outlook
– a joint session with ASERTTI and the National
Association of State Energy Officials. Additional
sessions include a keynote luncheon to discuss the
President’s Energy Agenda, Research to
Implementation – Transferring Emerging Technologies
to the Marketplace, and a Congressional Reception.
The agenda has an array of focus sessions that delve
deeper into key energy issues, as well as off-site
Federal agency and advocacy organization meetings.
Please
click here to view a preliminary agenda or
contact Sherry Benzmiller at
SBenzmiller@ecw.org for more information.
Recent changes in leadership at the Department of
Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EERE) include Jacques Beaudry-Losique as
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy and
Steve Chalk as Principal Deputy of EERE. An updated
organizational chart can be viewed by
clicking here.
ORNL Releases New CHP Report
On December 1, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
released, Combined Heat and Power: Effective Energy
Solutions for a Sustainable Future, a report
sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Industrial Technologies Program. The report
describes in detail the four key areas where CHP has
proven its effectiveness and holds promise for the
future—as an:
- Environmental Solution: Significantly
reducing CO2 emissions through greater energy
efficiency
- Competitive Business Solution: Increasing
efficiency, reducing business costs, and
creating green-collar jobs
- Local Energy Solution: Deployable throughout
the US
- Infrastructure Modernization Solution:
Relieving grid congestion and improving energy
security
To access the full report, please
click here.
25x'25 Offers Congress, New
Administration Recommendations to Spark Economic
Recovery and Clean Energy Future
The National 25x'25 Alliance Steering Committee
presented Congress and the incoming Obama
administration a wide-ranging package of new
recommendations that promise to strengthen the U.S.
economy, create new jobs and insure a clean energy
future by tackling all objectives, including:
research; innovation funding for start-up
businesses; financial assistance to established
firms; and, infrastructure development and job
growth. The package includes 12 recommendations
that boost federal renewable energy programs by
calling for additional investments totaling some
$4.14 billion. The proposals target programs that
accelerate markets for wind energy, solar power,
biomass, geothermal energy, hydropower and biofuels
industries. The package also calls for a renewed
look at government support for advanced biofuel
production, including increased funding in the form
of grants specifically aimed at the construction of
commercial-scale, cellulosic production facilities.
For the detailed recommendations, please visit
www.25x25.org.
Alliance to Save Energy
Encourages Congress to Use Energy Efficiency
Programs to Jump Start Economy and Create Green Jobs
The Alliance to Save Energy continues to refine
its recommendations for the Obama Administration to
include much-needed energy efficiency provisions in
the economic recovery package as a key component to
jump start our economy. The Alliance’s Kateri
Callahan joined Tom Kuhn, president, Edison Electric
Institute; Peter Lehner, executive director, Natural
Resource Defense Council; and Reid Detchon,
executive director, Energy Future Coalition, in a
news conference at the National Press Club on
December 19 to present a package of recommended
policy prescriptions to stimulate the U.S. economy
and create green jobs while making the nation more
energy efficient. Among the proposed energy
efficiency recommendations were weatherizing
low-income homes; retrofitting existing homes and
commercial buildings; increasing the energy
efficiency of government buildings; strengthening
model building energy codes; enhancing energy
efficiency standards for appliances and equipments;
funding Energy Efficiency Grants to state
governments; and extending and enhancing existing
residential and commercial federal energy efficiency
tax incentives. To view the full energy efficiency
and economic recovery initiative, please
click here. |
