Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber released a Draft 10 Year Energy Action Plan this month for public comment. The first sentence of his cover letter to the Plan says; “Energy is THE issue of our … [Read more...]
NEEC WA Endorsement List
2012 is an election year and there are competitive races at all levels of government slated for the Fall. To date, the NEEC Board of Directors has endorsed the following candidates in Washington … [Read more...]
RTF Membership Recruitment and RFP
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council) is soliciting applications for appointment to its Regional Technical Forum (RTF) to serve three year terms beginning in January 2013. … [Read more...]
NEEC Oregon Caucus Guidelines
For the past 2 years, Oregon members of NEEC have met as a Caucus to discuss issues and events of specific interest to the energy efficiency market in that state. NEEC Board members, Phil … [Read more...]
BPA Administrator Announces Retirement
Steve Wright, BPA Administrator for the past 11 years, recently announced his retirement from public service effective January 2013. In one of the best and clearly most heartfelt retirement letters, … [Read more...]
Energy Department Announces Building Energy Efficiency Investments in Twenty-Two States
The Energy Department announced new investments in state-led energy efficiency projects, supporting the Obama Administration’s commitment to reduce building energy costs and transfer those … [Read more...]
NEEC’s Opinion about Seattle City Light’s Rate Plan – Predictability and Accountability
Check out last week's article on the Seattle Times about the Seattle City Light's Rate Plan, according to NEEC's Executive Director, Stan Price, co-written by the President of North Seattle Industrial … [Read more...]
Oregon Buildings Cut Energy Use through Carbon4Square Competition
The Carbon4Square challenge – the first of its kind in the country – recognized 12 buildings and one outstanding real estate firm for success in reducing carbon emissions generated … [Read more...]
Energy Trust of Oregon Issues New Policy on Balanced Competition
The Energy Trust of Oregon has had a policy in place for some time that limits the number of prime and subcontracted management contracts to no more than two per contractor. This policy was … [Read more...]
NEEC Reacts to WUTC Order
Watching the WUTC grapple with the continuing disconnect between the regulated business model of an investor owned utility and its incentive to aggressively pursue the acquisition of energy efficiency … [Read more...]