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SEEA:
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
ARKANSAS PSC ORDERS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
SOUTH LEADS THE NATION IN GROWTH
GEORGIA RELEASES STATE ENERGY STRATEGY
SEEA HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OTHER NEWS RELEASES
ARKANSAS PSC ORDERS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
The Arkansas Public Service Commission issued an order that requires all jurisdictional electric and natural gas utilities to begin implementing cost-effective energ-efficiency programs for their customers. For more information, please read the Press Release and the Order (Docket: 06-004-R)
SOUTH LEADS THE NATION IN GROWTH
The U.S. Census Bureau released figures that indicate that more than half of the population growth in the nation in the past year occurred in the southern region. Read the article at the USAToday website.
GEORGIA RELEASES STATE ENERGY STRATEGY
On December 15, 2006, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority released the first comprehensive State Energy Strategy for Georgia. Nine-months in the making, the strategy offers an approach towards meeting Georgia's future energy needs. To view the report, click here.
SEEA HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), the newest of the regional energy efficiency alliances, held its inaugural board of directors meeting on October 12, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Board addressed organizational issues and discussed program and policy options, including a potential study on energy-efficiency potential in the Southeast as well as a clean energy initiative modeled after the Western Governors’ Association initiative.
SEEA is honored to be lead by its officers: Dr. Marilyn Brown, Chair (Georgia Institute of Technology); Roy Dean, Treasurer (Owens Corning), and; Raiford Smith, Secretary (Duke Energy). Other prominent board members include: Kateri Callahan, Alliance to Save Energy; Ervin Cash, Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters; Brian Castelli, Alliance to Save Energy; Dennis Creech, Southface Energy Institute; Leonard Haynes, Southern Company; Earle O’Donnell, Dewey Ballantine, LLP; Kate Offringa, North American Insulation Manufacturers Association, and; Elizabeth Robertson, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority.
“The Southeast is the fastest growing region in the nation,” says SEEA Chair, Dr. Marilyn Brown. “As an organization we have the opportunity to address three cornerstones of sustainable growth: economic development, energy efficiency and the environment. I look forward to working with our talented board to develop policies and programs for greater energy savings throughout the Southeast.”
The SEEA Board of Directors is actively recruiting additional board members from across the 11-state region. For additional information about SEEA and membership, please contact Kelly Ross Gillespie, kross [at] ase.org.
FLORIDA eNACTS ENERGY BILL
The Florida Legislature enacted a comprehensive energy bill (SB888) earlier this summer that establishes a nine-member Florida Energy Commission, requires a report by the Department of Environmental Protection detailing state government’s leadership by example in energy conservation and energy efficiency, provides tax exemptions for equipment, machinery, and other materials for alternative energy technologies, and much more. For more details, please visit the Florida Solar Energy Center website at: http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/energynews/2006/2006-03-energybill.htm
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