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Sessions Explore How Energy Investment Boosts California's Economy, Creates
Jobs
What: Starting Monday, June 14, the California Energy Commission will host a
series of public workshops examining the benefits, challenges, and
policy implications of investing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) funds in California's energy sector. The workshops will explore how
clean energy can stimulate the economy and create long-term jobs while
reducing carbon emissions.
As part of the ARRA, the Energy Commission is administering $314.5 million
for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.
Who: Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will
talk about the U.S. Department of Energy's unprecedented efforts to provide
clear accountability in the distribution and use of federal stimulus
funding. Other presenters will explain how California is overseeing the
distribution of ARRA funds and how the Energy Commission is auditing,
verifying, and evaluating energy projects receiving stimulus dollars.
When: The ARRA workshops will examine these topics.
July 8: "Local Government Leading Recovery Through Energy Retrofit." This
workshop will explore how funding for state and local government energy
projects is reducing energy consumption and saving taxpayers money. The
workshop will highlight the innovations of the use of ARRA funds and how
ARRA will forever change efficiency funding for local government programs.
July 13: "Golden State Leverage." This workshop will explore how the State
used research and development and clean transportation funds to secure
millions in dollars in federal funding for clean technology development in
California. Particular focus will be on the projects and benefits that the
funding will allow and how the ARRA forever changed the way federal funds
are pursued.
July 21: "Clean Energy Jobs and the growth of the Clean Energy Economy."
This workshop will explore the various initiatives underway to expand
training and employment opportunities in the clean energy field. The
workshop will hear from researchers, training organizations and agencies
implementing some of the most cutting edge clean energy jobs programs in the
country.
July 22: "Creating the Next Industrial Revolution." This workshop will
explore how California is using ARRA funds and other tools to build a clean
energy manufacturing base in the Golden State. The workshop will focus on
new and existing programs and hear from industry leaders on what more can be
done.
July 29: "How Energy Efficiency will Lead an Economic Recovery." This
workshop will highlight and examine the roll-out of transformational
existing building energy efficiency retrofit and financing programs across
the State. The workshop will focus on how the programs address major market
barriers and use ARRA funds to lay the ground work for the start of a new
California economic sector.
Where: All workshops will be held at the Energy Commission, 1516 Ninth
Street in Sacramento and are open to the public. The workshops will also be
broadcast via the Internet through WebEx, the Energy Commission's online
meeting service. Presentations will appear on your computer screen, and you
listen to the audio via your telephone. For more information, go to
http://www.energy.ca.gov/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=103...
Why: These workshops are part of the Integrated Energy Policy Report, which
the Energy Commission prepares and submits to the State Legislature every
two years, with an update in alternate years. The report recommends energy
policies and actions to conserve resources, protect the environment, ensure
reliable, secure and diverse energy supplies, improve the state's economy,
and protect public health and safety. The 2010 Integrated Energy Policy
Report Update will focus on how ARRA funding helps to advance state energy
policy by stimulating the economy, creating jobs, reducing energy use, and
furthering California's energy and environmental policy goals.
More information about the workshops and the Integrated Energy Policy Report
is available on the Energy Commission's website at:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2010_energypolicy/
Information about the Energy Commission's Economic Recovery Programs is
available at: http://www.energy.ca.gov/recovery/
For more information:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/releases/index.html
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