The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) has formed a new Conservation Working Group as a collaborative process examining rules and procedures for investor owned utilities’ … [Read more...]
U.S. House of Representatives Passes CR Budget with Deep Cuts in Energy and EPA
The US House of Representatives volleyed first in the federal budget battle over the spending in the current federal fiscal year. The current federal operations are operating under a “continuing … [Read more...]
BPA Post 2011 Conservation Program Taking Final Shape
The following information comes from Steve Weiss, who recently assumed the position of public interest liaison for the Bonneville Power Administration after a long career at the Northwest Energy … [Read more...]
Obama Pushes Commercial Building EE Retrofit with Better Building Challenge
Earlier this month, President Obama, in a speech at Penn State University, called energy efficiency the best (albeit least sexy) way to a job producing clean energy economy. [By the way, NEEC members … [Read more...]
President Obama Calls Out EE – “Not sexy” but the energy future
Last Thursday, Feb. 3rd, President Obama addressed the new Penn State University energy efficiency center proposing a series of steps under a Better Buildings Initiative – a 20% improvement in … [Read more...]
Gov. Kitzhaber Video Outlining Energy Efficiency Initiative
Click here to watch a video of Governor John Kitzhaber's plans for investments in Energy Efficiency in public schools in Oregon. … [Read more...]
Washington State Non-Residential Energy Code Trainings
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) is offering classroom trainings in February and March 2011 about the 2009 Washington State Non-Residential Energy Code (NREC). The new Code is now … [Read more...]
Washington State Energy Code Training Schedule
The 2009 Washington State Energy Code became effective on January 1st. One day trainings focusing on the changes to the Non Residential Energy Code (which now covers multi-family buildings as well) … [Read more...]
Avista Changes Rules in 2011 for Energy Efficiency Incentives
Avista Utilities filed and received approval from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to modify its energy efficiency incentive structure in 2011. Under the new rules, Avista will … [Read more...]
Energy Trust Builds on 2010 Work in EPS and Industrial Efficiency
At its January 2011 Conservation Advisory Committee meeting, the Energy Trust provided results and analysis of its efforts in residential energy performance scoring (EPS) as well as it highly … [Read more...]