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August 21, 2008

Blog

Eastern States Ready for Big EE Boost

By Lisa Cohn

August 21, 2008

Several eastern states will see a large injection of cash for energy efficiency after the nation’s first mandatory auction of carbon dioxide allowances September 25.

The auction marks the United States entry into the world of capping and trading carbon dioxide emissions. Ten states are participating in the program, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), or more commonly called “Reggie.”

To comply with RGGI, power generators must purchase carbon allowances, or permits. The September auction marks the first open sale of the allowances.

Why is this good for energy efficiency? Because the states will earn significant revenue from the sale of allowances, and many plan to put the money into efficiency programs.

By some estimates the first auction could earn the states as much as $63 million. That is with only six states participating: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. The other four states, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York did not have time to finalize their auction rules. However, those states have an opportunity to participate in a second auction in December.

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Podcast

How Companies Benefit from Carbon Footprint Reduction

Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Mark Breuker, director of energy consulting for Advantage IQ, a comprehensive expense management and an energy and environmental solution service for multi-site companies. He explains how companies can measure and reduce their carbon footprint in order to receive carbon credits, which are quickly becoming a hot commodity as legislation changes. He discusses how CEOs and employees feel empowered once they get a handle on their carbon emissions by cutting operational costs, helping control climate change, as well as generating good PR.

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News

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine: The Electric Sector's Price Inversion

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/15/122544/289

DOE Wants Zero-Net Energy Commercial Buildings Available by 2025

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53339

Less Juice: Clinton Wants Power Companies to Sell Efficiency

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/08/19/less-juice-clinton-wants-power-companies-to-sell-efficiency/

Duke CEO to Make its Case for Save-a-Watt

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1182441.html

'EZ' Focuses on Energy Efficiency

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.ezprogram14aug14,0,2289510.story

Utilities to Push Energy Efficiency

http://news.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2008_08_20_Utilities_to_push_energy_efficiency/srvc=home&position=also

Requests for Proposals

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

NYSERDA seeks proposals that develop and/or demonstrate strategies for commercial technologies that have the potential to reduce greenhouse gases and petroleum consumption. The proposals must reduce vehicle miles traveled in New York State without harming the state’s economy and quality of life.

Proposals are due by September 16.

Proposals should be sent to:

Roseanne Viscusi, PON No. 1239

NYS Energy Research and Development Authority

17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203-6399

Technical questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to Joe Tario at (518) 862-1090, ext. 3215, jdt@nyserda.org or Richard Drake at (518) 862-1090, ext. 3258, rld@nyserda.org. Contractual questions should be directed to Nancy Marucci at (518) 862-1090, ext. 3335, nsm@nyserda.org.

For information go to http://www.nyserda.org/funding/1239pon.asp.

Ontario Power Authority

This RFP seeks consultants to develop a 20-year energy and demand forecast and a consistent conservation potential assessment.

Proposals are due Sept. 19.

For information go to http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=6580

Applications should be submitted to:

Ontario Power Authority

120 Adelaide Street West

Suite 1600

Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1

Attention: Dan Slavei

Questions should be directed to Dan Slavei at Dan.Slavei@powerauthority.on.ca.

US Department of Energy

The US DOE has opened the second round of solicitations for the Loan Guarantee program, which offers up to $30.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for projects that employ advanced energy technologies and that avoid, reduce or sequester anthropogenic emissions of air pollutants or greenhouse gases. The three solicitations are for (1) energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution technologies; (2) advanced nuclear power facilities; and (3) advanced nuclear facilities for the 'front-end' of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Applications are due Dec. 11.

For application material and information go to http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/keydocs.html.

Questions concerning the solicitation should be directed to the Loan Guarantee Program Office at lgprogram@hq.doe.gov or 202-586-8336. For additional contact information go to http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/contact.html.

For information go to http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html.

US Department of Energy

The US DOE is offering up to $130 million over three years to advance development and use of fuel cells for automotive, stationary and portable power applications. This is part of the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, which accelerates the pace of research and development of hydrogen-powered fuel cells.

Applications are due on or before Aug. 27, with funding subject to appropriations from Congress.

For more information: http://hydrogen.energy.gov.

Ontario Power Authority

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) was directed by the Minister of Energy to procure up to 1,000 MW of high efficiency combined heat and power projects across Ontario. CHP configurations may be natural gas-fired industrial cogeneration, by-product fuel-fired industrial cogeneration, district energy cogeneration, or renewable fuel-fired industrial cogeneration.

Proposal submission deadline is Oct. 16.

For a full description of the RFP go to http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/GP/Page.asp?PageID=1224&SiteNodeID=174

Upcoming Events

Energy Efficiency Summit East 2008: September 8 – 10, Washington, DC.

http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?i=9e57ef57-81bf-470f-9b17-48b2d8060f0d

Utility Integrated Resource Planning: September 8 – 10, Atlanta, Ga.

http://www.marcusevansbb.com/UIRP2008

Energy Efficiency for the Mass Market: September 8 – 9, Atlanta, Ga.

https://www.euci.com/conferences/0908-efficiency/

Energy Camp Interop: September 16, New York, NY.

http://www.energycamp.org/

GridWeek 2008 Delivering Sustainable Energy: September 23 – 25, Washington, DC.