RI State Energy Program
Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment
Energy Review Team Postings
STAC co-chair, David Farmer, has been asked by the RI Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment (OERR) to chair the Energy Review Team for the Rhode Island State Energy Program (SEP).
The State Energy Program (SEP) is a grant to the State’s Energy Office from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and initiatives. Through the American Resource and Recovery Act (ARRA) the State of Rhode Island will receive an additional allotment of funding in the amount of $23,960,000 for SEP programs and projects
According to DOE, there are four broad goals for state use of these supplemental SEP funds:
• Increase energy efficiency to reduce energy costs and consumption for consumers, businesses and government
• Reduce reliance on imported energy
• Improve the reliability of electricity and fuel supply and the delivery of energy services
• Reduce the impacts of energy production and use on the environment
Federal guidelines mandate that projects supported by this supplemental SEP funding must be selected based on how well they meet the following criteria:
• Job creation
• Energy cost savings
• Reduced dependence on imports
• Reduced environmental impacts
Below one can find materials related to the Rhode Island State Energy Program grant (ARRA) DE-FOA-000052.
- RI OERR Energy Review Team open meeting schedule
- Federal Department of Energy FOA for the ARRA State Energy Program
- Federal Department of Energy State Energy Program Strategic Plan
- National Governor's Association State Energy Program presentation
- RI State Energy Plan: Working Outline
- Energy Review Team (ERT) Operating Procedures
- April 30, 2009 Open Meeting of the Energy Review Team: Minutes
- May 4, 2009 Open Meeting PowerPoint Presentation
- Document from CT that Summarizes Key DOE Standards for the SEP program under ARRA
- RI SEP Checklist
- RI State Energy Plan: Working Draft - Distributed at May 7th open meeting - not final - comments are due from Energy Review Team members by 9:00am Monday May, 11th 2009. Revisions will be as agreed to by the Chair and Vice-Chair. The plan will then go through a public review and comment period prior to final adoption in late May/early June.
- May 7th, 2009 Opening Meeting on the Energy Review Team: Minutes
- June 11th - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant - Open Meeting Materials
Please post any comments, ideas, questions, or suggestions to the State Energy Program online forum. The address of the forum is: http://risep.informe.com/forum/.
The Rhode Island Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment has named
an Energy Review Team which will 1) provide for the development of a
Rhode Island State Energy Plan and application package, which is due
May 12, 2009; 2) develop evaluation criteria and performance metrics
as required by the ARR; 3) recommend reporting and tracking methods to
comply with the requirements of the ARRA, and; 4) put in place
mechanisms to assure public involvement and transparency.
The
Energy Review Team will also set forth means to meet goals established
by ARRA, Governor Carcieri and RI law to achieve improvement in
efficient use of energy, to secure energy from renewable resources, and
to reduce environmental impacts from energy use, including greenhouse
gas reductions.
Members of the team represent areas of state
government with responsibilities for the activities that fall within
topics outlined by the SEP supplemental grants:
Thomas Ahern, Administrator, RI Division of Public Utilities – Public Utilities Issues
Beth Cotter, Office of the House Majority Leader – Legislature
John Farley, Executive Director, The Energy Council Rhode Island – Industrial Users
Kevin Flynn, Associate Director of Planning – MPO – Transportation
Marie Ganim, Senate Policy Office - Legislature
Samuel Kraznow, Energy Efficiency & Resources Management Council – Environmental
J. Michael Saul, Interim Executive Director, Economic Development Corp. – Job Creation
David Farmer, RI Science and Technology Advisory Council – R&D
Noreen Shawcross, Executive Director, Housing Resources Commission – Residential
Please contact Dan Carrigg, dcarrigg@uri.edu, with any issues regarding this website or the forum.
