The US Department of Energy has released the latest edition of their Annual Energy Review (from the Executive Summary):
The projections in AEO2009 look beyond current economic and financial woes and focus on factors that drive U.S. energy markets in the longer term. Key issues highlighted in the AEO2009 include higher but uncertain world oil prices, growing concern about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its impacts on energy investment decisions, the increasing use of renewable fuels, the increasing production of unconventional natural gas, the shift in the transportation fleet to more efficient vehicles, and improved efficiency in end-use appliances. Using a reference case and a broad range of sensitivity cases, AEO2009 illustrates these key energy market trends and explores important areas of uncertainty in the U.S. energy economy. The AEO2009 cases, which were developed before enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA2009) in February 2009, reflect laws and policies in effect as of November 2008.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency David Rodgers today announced the launch of DOE's Zero-Net Energy Commercial Building Initiative (CBI) with establishment of the National Laboratory Collaborative on Building Technologies Collaborative (NLCBT). These two efforts both focus on DOE's ongoing efforts to develop marketable Zero-Net Energy Commercial Buildings, buildings that use cutting-edge efficiency technologies and on-site renewable energy generation to offset their energy use from the electricity grid by 2025.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy (DOE); and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of the Interior (DOI), are preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to evaluate utility-scale solar energy development, to develop and implement Agency-specific programs that would establish environmental policies and mitigation strategies for solar energy projects, and to amend relevant Agency land use plans with the consideration of establishing a new BLM solar energy development program.
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Local Grant Program
* Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Grants (FirstEnergy Territory)
* Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Grant Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
* Sustainable Development Fund Grant Program (PECO Territory)
* West Penn Power SEF Grant Program
Local Loan Program
* Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Loans (FirstEnergy Territory)
* Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
* SEF of Central Eastern Pennsylvania Loan Program (PP&L Territory)
* Sustainable Development Fund Commercial Financing Program (PECO Territory)
* West Penn Power SEF Commercial Loan Program
Property Tax Assessment
* Wind-Energy System Exemption
State Grant Program
* High Performance Green Schools Planning Grants
* Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) - Grants
* Pennsylvania Energy Harvest Grant Program
State Loan Program
* Keystone Home Energy Loan Program
* Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) - Loans and Loan Guarantees
* Small Business Pollution Prevention Assistance Account Loan Program
Utility Loan Program
* Adams Electric Cooperative - Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) and Supplemental Loan Program
Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Incentives
* U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center
Rules, Regulations & Policies
Building Energy Code
* Pennsylvania Building Energy Codes
Generation Disclosure
* Fuel Mix Disclosure
Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation
* Montgomery County - Wind Power Purchasing
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