# Presentation: 714926

## State Technical Assistance Resources

**Presentation for**
**DOE Project Management Center Meeting with Eastern States**
**Ron Benioff**
**Intergovernmental & Analysis Program Manager**
**November 15, 2006**

## Major Department of Energy Laboratories

**Idaho**

**National Renewable**
**Energy Laboratory**

**Lawrence **
**Berkeley**

**Lawrence **
**Livermore**

**Los Alamos**

**Sandia**

**Pacific Northwest**

**Argonne**

**Brookhaven**

**National Energy**
**Technology Laboratory**

**Oak Ridge**

**Nuclear Security **
**Science**
**Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy**
**Nuclear Energy**
**Fossil Energy**
**Environmental Management**

**Major Department of Energy Laboratories**

**Savannah River**

## Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Technology Development Programs

**Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Technology Development Programs**

**Efficient Energy Use**
- Vehicle Technologies
- Building Technologies
- Industrial Technologies

**Energy Delivery & Storage**
- Electricity Transmission & Distribution
- Alternative Fuels
- Hydrogen Delivery and Storage

**Renewable Resources**
- Wind
- Solar
- Biomass
- Geothermal

- NREL R&D Portfolio

**Foundational Science**

## Technology Utilization Roles

**Removing Barriers      ****** **	****Informing Technology        ********      Facilitating Energy **
**	****	****                  ****or Policy Decisions****	****                 Projects**

** ****Co-Development      ********        Technology Transfer/ ****	**** ********         Catalyzing ****	****	****               Technology Maturation****	****             Investment**

**End User**

**Supplier**

## Overview of Lab Technology Utilization Resources

**Cross-Cutting Technical **
**Assistance**
** **TAP
-  EERE-AQ Integration
-  State Technical Information
-  Training/Web-Forums
-  Green Power
-  Case Studies/Best Practices
-  Regional Support (WGA, NE Gov)

**Program Specific Technical **
**Assistance**
** **Wind Powering America
-  Solar America
-  Geo-Powering the West
-  Building America
-  Clean Cities
-  FEMP

**Technical Data and Analysis Tools**
** **Resource assessment
-  Technology and market data
-  Decision support  - GIS, Options & Impact Analysis

## TAP:  Technical Assistance Project

- Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program
- Provides state and local officials with quick access to technical and policy experts at DOE National Laboratories.
- Direct, short-term assistance with energy efficiency & renewable energy issues.
- A cooperative effort by DOE Headquarters, Project Management Centers & 3 National Laboratories
**	****http://www.eere.energy.gov/wip/technical_assistance.html**

## Eligible TAP Request Areas

- System benefit charges or other rate-payer funded utility efficiency and renewable programs;
- Renewable or efficiency portfolio standards;
- Use of clean energy technologies to help states and localities address air emissions; or
- Use of renewable energy on public lands (state and local)
- Use of renewable and energy efficiency technologies for state and local disaster relief, mitigation and planning.
- Other renewable energy and energy efficiency activities supported through DOE’s State Energy Program

## TAP: Provided Assistance on 113 Requests in 44 States to Date

- 3*

- 4*

- 2

- 6

- 3

- 4

- 5

- 1

- 5

- 3*

- 3

- 3

- 3*

- 2

- 3

- 3

- 4

- 2

- 4*

- 6

- 2 NH
- 4 MA
- 1 RI
- 5 CT
- 1 DE
- 1* DC

- 3

- 2

- 4

- 1

- 1

- 1

- 4

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 4*

- 1

**TAP: Provided Assistance on 113 Requests in 44 States to Date**

- 1

- 2

- 2

- 1*

- 1*

***Includes Multi-State Request(s)**

- 3

## Example TAP Projects

- Address RPS development issues for Ohio, Hawaii, Montana, and Oregon
- Quantify emissions reduction benefits from an energy efficiency project in Louisiana
- Analyze wind resource potential for the Indiana RPS Working Group
- Evaluate proposals for the construction and operation of a pilot cellulosic ethanol facility for NYSERDA
- Analyze options for a state renewable fuels standard for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Review of State Energy-Economic model for NC State Energy Office

## Technical Assistance Project (TAP)

- Quick application process
- Coordinators can help you complete the basic checklist
- Many projects begin to receive assistance within a week
- For more information contact:
- 	Jerry Kotas (Golden PMC) at 303-275-4850, _[jerry.kotas@go.doe.gov](mailto:jerry.kotas@go.doe.gov)_

## DOE/NREL Support for State EERE-AQ Integration

- DOE and NREL, in partnership with EPA and states, is supporting EERE air quality integration
- Providing support for state pilot projects
- In IL, supported development of quantification approaches for displaced emissions from wind energy for State Implementation Plan
- In NJ, provided technical assistance resulting in published report on quantification of displaced emissions for State Implementation Plans
- In VA, developed support for inclusion of a combined RE/EE/new source set aside of 5% of NOx allowances in the Virginia Clean Air Interstate Rule
- Exploring development of training package for use by states
- Developing fact sheet on air quality benefits of EERE technologies
- Planning Renewable Fuel Standards Summit

## SEP Technical Information

- DOE and NREL Work Together to Disseminate High Value Technical Information to States
- State Energy Program and EERE State Activities and Partnerships Web sites that link to State Energy Office projects and state activities on EERE Websites
- Publication of *Conservation Update* and case studies of state energy office projects.
- Distribution of radio public service announcements for state energy offices to participate in the 2006 Change a Light campaign.
- Interactive graphics and dynamic maps that are generated from databases on *EERE State Activities and Partnerships *Web site.
- Compilation of summaries of renewable energy potential by state on *State Energy Alternatives.*
- News feed for EERE published news stories about state involvement in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

## Integrated Analytic Capabilities

- Regional Siting and Costs
- Regional Energy Planning
- Environmental Planning
- Economic Development
- Setting Programmatic Goals

***NREL’s Unique Niche***

- Informing decisions  that enable investment

- Options
- Assessment

- Situation
- Assessment

- Science & Technology
- Knowledge

- Analysis and
- Decision Support
- Tools & Data

**Notes:**
NREL’s analytical capabilities are significant and cross-cut among all EERE technologies and as well as sectors including utilities, schools, agriculture, residential, commercial and industrial.

For example...

WINDS – Analyzes different scenarios of wind penetration into the U.S. grid. It answers questions like:
Given current cost structures, load centers and transmission lines, which are the most cost-effective sites for wind farms?  How much wind can be added?
Where is it most important to add transmission if we want a greater penetration of wind?

RPM –  Uses geographic and financial analysis and display techniques to answer questions like:
Given a financial scenario and a set of transmission lines, how can we implement a state renewable portfolio for Solar Energy?  Which rooftops are most cost-effective for this purpose?

## Decision Support ToolsGeospatial Analysis

- Renewable Planning Model

**Notes:**
NREL develops and maintains many decision support tools that offer a wide range of views to help state energy office officials support their constituents.

RPM - Interactive assessment and basic analysis tool to assist in locating feasible areas and understanding the impacts of renewable power systems.

We leverage the power of GIS analysis to gain insight into where to best site renewable technologies.

This map overlays both wind resource and available transmission

## Decision Support ToolsEconomic and Policy Analysis

- Hybrid Optimization Model

- Jobs and Economic Assessment

**Notes:**
HOMER – which we’ll hear about later in the week – allows users to simulate hourly performance of a variety of RE systems and compare which ones offers the best financial option given a range of costs and incentives.

JEDI – Jobs and Economic Development Impacts – answers questions like:

If I put a 100MW wind farm in a certain county, what will be the economic development impacts to that county 

How does this compare with a coal or natural gas plant that produces the same amount of electricity?

## Regional Supply Analysis – WGA Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative

**Regional Supply Analysis – WGA ****Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative**

**Clean and Diversified Energy **
**Advisory Committee**
** **State Officials
-  Utilities & Energy Companies
-  NGOs
-  DOE and EPA

**Task Forces**
** **Advanced Coal
-  Energy Efficiency
-  Renewable Energy (4)
-  Transmission

**CDEAC Report**
-  Feasibility of Goals
-  Transmission Impacts
-  Policy Recommendations

**Quantitative **
**Working Group**

**Governor’s Resolution**
-  June 11–13 in Sedona

**Policy Implementation **

**June 2004 Governor’s Resolution**

**Notes:**
WGA identified 
Governor’s Schwarzenegger (CA), Freudenthal (WY), and Hoeven (ND) led endorsement of 3 Goals
Develop 30GW of clean energy by 2015
Increase energy efficiency 20% by 2020
Assure adequate transmission capacity

Over 40GW of renewable potential by 2015 
20% improvements in efficiency by 2020 

## How Can We Improve Value of Technical Resources?

- Expanding Use of TAP
- Broader scope
- Use by all state agencies
- Opportunity for more in-depth TA
- Sharing of Best Practices Between States
- Assistance with Adaptation and Use of Decision Tools
- Improved Access to Technology, Resource, and Market Data
- Training Via Web Seminars and Other Means
- Promoting Broader Use of  EE and RE Technologies for Air Quality Compliance