The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the House Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Caucus invite you to a briefing
addressing the impacts of the President’s FY
2009 budget on energy efficiency and renewable energy (EE/RE)
programs, including impacts upon states and low-income consumers. In
addition, the urgent need to extend Federal tax incentives for EE/RE
will be discussed. Energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies
are critical elements of a national energy policy that will meet the
nation’s goals of reducing energy imports, moderating energy prices, and
improving the economy, national security, the environment and public
health.
Panel
- Deborah Estes, Majority Counsel, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee
- Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group; Chair, Sustainable Energy
Coalition Steering Committee
- Bill Prindle, Deputy Director, American Council for an Energy
Efficient Economy
- Jeff Genzer, General Counsel, National Association of State Energy
Officials; Duncan Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
1334 Longworth
14/02/2008 at 02:00PM
Posted by Brad Johnson on 08/11/2007 at 02:54PM
The American Solar Energy Society unveiled a new
report today in a briefing
with Sen. Ken
Salazar
that says that 40 million U.S. jobs by 2030 in renewable energy and
energy-efficiency (RE&EE) could be created if policymakers commit to
growing the sector.
If U.S. policymakers aggressively commit to programs that support the
sustained orderly development of RE&EE, the news gets even better.
According to research conducted by the American Solar Energy Society
(ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. (MISI), the renewable
energy and energy efficiency industry could—in a crash effort—generate
up to $4.5 trillion in revenue in the United States and create 40
million new jobs by the year 2030. These 40 million jobs would
represent nearly one out of every four jobs in 2030, and many would be
jobs that could not easily be outsourced.
Continue reading for more excerpts.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the American
Solar Energy Society (ASES) invite you to a
briefing at which a groundbreaking new report will be released entitled
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st
Century. This report from
ASES is the nation’s first comprehensive study
of the tremendous economic impact of these industries. It aims to answer
the questions: how big are the renewable energy and energy efficiency
industries and how large are they forecasted to grow? How many jobs and
what types of jobs do they create? What are the economic development
implications? The briefing will address these questions, as well as
provide a special case study, and explore the important policy
implications of this powerful research.
Speakers
- Sen. Ken Salazar, (D-CO), Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources,
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Finance Committees
- Brad Collins, Executive Director, American Solar Energy Society
- Drew McCracken, Director, Washington Office of the State of Ohio
- Roger Bezdek, Ph.D, President, Management Information Services, Inc.
While policymakers consider how to tackle climate change and energy
policy, the study to be released shows that renewable energy and energy
efficiency can offer the economic opportunity of the century – but only
if we take advantage of this huge opportunity. Today, these industries
generate 8.5 million jobs and nearly $1 trillion in annual revenue in
the United States, and they contain some of the fastest growing sectors
in the economy. Among the study’s findings are: if the country fails to
invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency, it runs the risk of
losing ground to global competitors. If policy and regulatory barriers
to the sustained development of the industry are not addressed now,
other countries like Germany, Denmark, and China will take the lead and
reap the economic benefits. However, this new report also illustrates
the tremendous opportunity for the United States to harvest these green
collar jobs and how these industries, with the correct support, are
poised to be economic powerhouses for the 21st century.
This briefing is free and open to the public. No
RSVP required. For more information, contact
Neal Lurie at the American Solar Energy Society at [email protected] or
303.443.3130×105 or Leanne Lamusga- EESI,
[email protected] or 202-662-1884.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
American Solar Energy Society
08/11/2007 at 10:30AM
The nomination of Stephen J. Isakowitz to be the Chief Financial Officer
of the Department of Energy. The draft of an original bill drawn from
the text of bills: S. 731, S.962, S. 987, and S. 1115.
CQ:
A tenuous agreement to delay action on divisive issues blew up
Wednesday as a Senate panel marked up its first major energy
legislation of the year.
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Energy and Natural
Resources Committee had agreed not to consider amendments on coal and
renewable electricity. But the deal fell apart when Republicans forced
a vote on an amendment by Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., to create a new
mandate for coal-based transportation fuels.
Democrats tightened ranks — despite the fact that many support “coal
to liquids” technology — and defeated the amendment 11-12 in a
party-line vote.
The panel went on to adopt, 15-8, an amendment by Chairman Jeff
Bingaman, D-N.M., that would make various industrial facilities —
including coal-to-liquids facilities — eligible for a 50-50 cost share
program that would help pay for projects that capture the resulting
greenhouses gases and store them underground.
The deal between Bingaman and ranking Republican Pete V. Domenici of
New Mexico was intended to save controversial amendments for the
Senate floor debate on the legislation. The underlying bill, which is
still unnumbered, includes language from four measures that would
address biofuels (S 987), energy efficiency (S 1115) and carbon
sequestration technologies (S 962, S 731).
Although Republicans broke what one Democratic aide called a
“ceasefire,” Democratic committee aides said Bingaman plans to keep
his end of the bargain and withhold his amendment to create a
“renewable portfolio standard” until the bill moves to the floor. That
language would require utilities to produce 15 percent of their
electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Thomas and Jim Bunning, R-Ky., plan to bring their proposal to boost
coal-to-liquids technology to the floor as well.
The committee also adopted by voice vote 22 minor amendments that had
been cleared with staff on both sides of the aisle in advance.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen
02/05/2007 at 10:00AM
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S.1115, a bill to
promote the efficient use of oil, natural gas, and electricity, reduce
oil consumption, and heighten energy efficiency standards for consumer
products and industrial equipment, and for other purposes.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen
23/04/2007 at 03:00PM