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Bipartisanship Reigns: Senate Committee Approves Efficiency Bill

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today overwhelmingly approved S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (Sens. Shaheen (D-NH) and Portman(R-OH)) by a vote of 19-3. That’s a one vote improvement over last year’s substantively similar bill, S. 1000. Committee...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 9:02 PM by NEMA Communications

Filed under: Energy Efficiency

Bipartisan Approach to Helium Legislation

Third NEMA/Capitol Hill Word of the Week: helium. (The first two Words of the Week must be either 1) Shaheen and 2) Portman or 1) energy and 2) efficiency.) Yesterday, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced legislation to modernize and reform federal policy to better secure supplies...

Published Wed, Apr 24 2013 1:51 PM by Updyke, Craig

Filed under: helium

Our Take: Harmonious Sounds At Shaheen-Portman Energy Efficiency Hearing

At yesterday’s hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources a chorus of support swelled for the bipartisan bill, with endorsements by Senators, businesses, and the Department of Energy. The overarching message was music to the ears of NEMA members — efficiency...

Published Wed, Apr 24 2013 1:34 PM by Molitor, Paul

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Shaheen-Portman

Shaheen-Portman tackles market barriers to greater investment in industrial energy efficiency

NEMA took part in a Capitol Hill event on Thursday to reintroduce the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act. President and CEO Evan Gaddis conveyed our thanks to Senators Shaheen and Portman for continuing their vital bipartisan effort. In our view, Shaheen-Portman is one of the most important...

Published Fri, Apr 19 2013 9:21 PM by NEMA Communications

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, Shaheen-Portman

Argonne Observations

Dear Mr. President, We at NEMA were delighted when you visited Argonne National Laboratory to raise the curtain on initiatives aimed at delivering a “clean and security energy future” to the nation. One part of the two-part strategy you unveiled was music to our ears: making our current energy...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 2:02 PM by Molitor, Paul

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, transmission, microgrid

Why we like the new DOE transformer rule

Recently the U.S. Department of Energy posted the Final Rule for the energy efficiency rulemaking for Distribution Transformers. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/product.aspx/productid/66 While some entities have criticized the Government’s final decision, the DOE Final...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 1:31 PM by Boesenberg, Alex

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Regulation, Transformers, DOE, rules, rulemaking

Does the U.S. really waste more energy than we consume?

A few years ago someone introduced me to the collection of energy flow diagrams published by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Department of Energy, under whose auspices the work was performed. The most recent diagram including the data for 2011 is included below, or at https://flowcharts...

Published Thu, Apr 11 2013 1:59 PM by Molitor, Paul

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, energy consumption

Three Questions for Energy Nominee Moniz

In 2012, I had the honor of being selected as one of the country’s 75 Smart Grid pioneers by Smart Grid Today. Thanks to the luck of alphabetical ordering, it just so happens that my name appears on that list immediately before Dr. Ernest Moniz, MIT faculty member and the Obama administration nominee...

Published Tue, Apr 09 2013 8:56 PM by Molitor, Paul

Filed under: Smart Grid, Tax, Superstorm Sandy, Moniz

Everyone agrees, so let's act!

Not a day goes by that some industry or political leader endorses the notion of rebuilding and modernizing our electrical infrastructure. Yesterday, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2013 report card of America's infrastructure. Our Energy infrastructure received a grade of D+...

Published Tue, Mar 19 2013 4:59 PM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Electrical Grid, electricity, infrastructure, electrical transmission

Rebuilding "smart" after Sandy with new NEMA publication

Superstorm Sandy highlighted the fragile nature of our nation's electric grid. One thing is clear: our grid needs some updating. In an effort to assist federal, state, and local policymakers with solutions to harden the nation’s electric grid, improve its resiliency to withstand severe weather...

Published Mon, Feb 25 2013 2:46 PM by Skudera, Chrissy

Filed under: Smart Grid, Energy Storage, microgrid, rebuild smart, backup generation, storm reconstruction

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