Kevin Carroll, Scott Sklar and Bill Prindle
discuss implications of the FY 2007 budget
on federal energy efficiency and renewable energy programs
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:
FY 2007 Budget Review
Tuesday,
February 14, 2006
2:00 - 4:00 p.m., 628 Dirksen
Senate
Office
Building
The
Environmental and Energy Study Institute and Northeast-Midwest
Congressional and Senate Coalitions invite you to a briefing
addressing the impacts of the President’s FY 2007 budget on
energy efficiency and renewable energy (EE/RE) programs, including
impacts upon states and low-income consumers.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies are
critical elements of a national energy policy that will meet the
nation’s goals of reducing energy imports, moderating energy
prices, and improving the economy, national security, the
environment and public health.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005, P.L. 109-58) was
signed by the President on
August 8, 2005
and authorized very
substantial increases for energy efficiency and renewable energy
investments because of Congressional concern about energy.
Citing the rise in national energy prices and
America
’s reliance on vulnerable
energy resources, a bipartisan coalition of 126 House Members and
32 Senators urged the President to fully fund EE/RE programs at
levels authorized by EPACT 2005. The
President's budget request for the Department of Energy’s (DOE)
EE/RE programs is $1.2 billion – essentially flat with FY 2006
appropriations and down from FY 2005 funding.
The first panel will cover the implications of the FY 2007 budget
on federal energy efficiency and renewable energy programs
including DOE’s EE/RE programs, focusing primarily on the
R&D technology programs.
Panel 1
See
EESI's DOE
Budget Analysis regarding requested funding for energy
efficiency and renewable energy.
Peter
Smith, Mark Wolfe, Nick Sunday, Ron James and Robert Scott discuss the impact of the
FY 2007 budget on energy programs
operated by states, including weatherization.
The second
panel will address the impact of the budget on energy programs
operated by states, including weatherization.
With dramatically rising energy prices for homes,
businesses and drivers, the states are concerned by the proposed
32 percent cut to the Weatherization Assistance Program.
Congress is also considering a one billion dollar
supplemental appropriation for the Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP). These
funds are critical because of the increases in energy prices,
which really hurt the poor, elderly and disabled.
The states support funding for these important programs
consistent with the authorized levels in EPACT 2005.
Panel 2
- Peter
Smith,
Chairman, National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
and President, New York
State Energy Research and
Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- Mark
Wolfe, Executive Director, National Energy Assistance Directors Association
(NEADA)
- Commissioner
Ron Jones, Tennessee
Regulatory Authority
and Chair, National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC)
- Nick Sunday,
Chief, Office of Community Services, Ohio Department of
Development
- Robert
Scott,
Program Manager, WV Office of Economic Opportunity, and East
Coast Vice Chair, National Association of State Community
Services Programs (NASCSP) Board of Directors
Handouts:
NASEO One-sheet
NASEO 2007 Budget Request
State Energy Office
Actions to Prepare for High Winter Energy Costs
Oak Ridge
Lab Report: State/Territory Energy Offices Deliver
Energy, Cost Savings
Joint Letter to
Congress on Gulf Devastation and Energy Price Escalation
NASCSP's Bob Adams' Talking Points
on
Rising Fuel Costs
NASCSP Press Release
NASCSP Weatherization Assistance
Program (WAP) Fact Sheet
NASCSP WAP 2004 Funding Survey
and Spreadsheet
This
briefing requires no reservations and is open to the public.
Please feel free to forward this notice.
For more information, contact Theresa Murzyn, Environmental
and Energy Study Institute (202-662-1884), tmurzyn@eesi.org.
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