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DOE Webinar: How to Design a Community Energy Alliance (1 NOV)
Oct 27th
U.S. Dept of Energy’s EECBG/SEP Technical Assistance Program Webinar – How to Design a Community Energy Alliance
Monday, November 1, 2010 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDT
How to Design a Community Energy Alliance
November 1, 2010
2:00 – 3:15pm EDT
Webcasts
The DOE offers free online training to help you improve the energy performance of your organization. No travel, no lost time out of the office, and no cost – The DOE makes it easy to get the information you need, today. Join your colleagues to better understand how the DOE can help you lower operating costs, improve your energy management More >
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Loading ...TRANSCRIPT: Obama on Energy, FEB 16 @ IBEW
Feb 16th
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release February 16, 2010
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON ENERGY
IBEW Local 26
Lanham, Maryland
11:05 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please have a seat. Have a seat. Good morning, everybody. Before I begin let me just acknowledge some of the people who are standing behind me here: First of all, two people who have been working really hard to make this day happen — Secretary Steven Chu, my Energy Secretary — Steven Chu. (Applause.) And my White House advisor on everything having to do with energy, Carol Browner. (Applause.)
I want to acknowledge the More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...TX Senate: Energy Related Interim Charges to the 81st Legislature
Jan 21st
Business & Commerce
2. Study options for reducing demand for electricity, including innovative pricing options relating to the use of smart meters, programmable thermostats, and other demand side management and behavioral response strategies. Review current consumer education programs to reduce demand, decrease energy prices, and improve air quality. Consider benefits and costs of alternative energy sources such as geothermal and solar, and current incentives for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The study should include recommendations on improving consumer knowledge and usage of these strategies in lowering overall electric usage, promoting energy efficiency, and improving the reliability of the ERCOT grid.
3. Study More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Standard Chartered Bank: Sustainable Finance – World Future Energy Summit Blog
Dec 28th
Dec 28th, 2009 by Standard Chartered Bank.
The environmental, economic and social costs of climate change are well known. Their impacts are becoming increasingly evident, especially in those countries that have limited capacity to mitigate against, and adapt to, the key risks associated with climate change.
At Standard Chartered we recognise that as a leading international bank we have an exceptional ability and responsibility to contribute to the long-term sustainability of our planet. By far the biggest impact we have on society and our environment is through our support for the business activities of our clients. Our financing decisions – who and what we finance More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...An Energy-Policy Rethink Is Required
Dec 27th
By DAN LEWIS
As much of northwestern Europe basks in a cold and unusually white Christmas, the continent’s failure to confront its urgent energy-security concerns is a disgrace.
The old continent continues to be squeezed from two directions— internally by the inefficacy and high costs of its own policies and externally by its increasing energy imports from countries where it has little and declining influence, due principally to its waning economic strength. European nations must act quickly to secure the big impact of clean and secure energy investments, increase competition by fully unbundling their gas-and-electricity networks and face down the challenge of Russian More >
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Manager of Renewable Resource Integration Job at Southern California Edison
Dec 26th
Posted Dec 16
Basic Qualifications: Must have experience with Control Area operations, power trading, generation dispatching, or power scheduling.
Core Competencies: - Bachelors Degree in technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Typically possesses two or more years experience in supervisory and/or energy operations program management. - Typically possesses ten or more years experience in functions related to Control Area Operations, power trading, or scheduling. - Demonstrated experience with Control Area operations, power trading, Generation dispatching or scheduling in the Western power market. - Demonstrated experience with managing power from renewable resources. - Demonstrated experience with supervising, implementing, and leading More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...ACEEE: Federal Dollars Fuel Local Efficiency
Dec 23rd
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Sarah Black, 508.254.9205
Media Contact: Glee Murray, 202.507.4010
Federal Dollars Fuel Local Efficiency:
Cities Ready to Lead
Washington, D.C. (December 23, 2009): In a new report released today, ACEEE presented profiles of over 40 municipal energy efficiency programs as a guide for cities and counties preparing to implement federally-funded energy efficiency and conservation plans.
“The passage of the ARRA economic stimulus package was the largest single investment in energy efficiency to date, and the first time federal money has been directed specifically to municipal energy efficiency efforts,” said ACEEE policy researcher Michael Sciortino, referring to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program More >
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