From: Phil Hopkinson [mailto:phopkinson@hvolt.com]  

Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:56 AM

To: Bob Smith; 'Richard Parker'

Cc: 'Alex Hofmann'; 'Andrew Delaski'; Aris Marantan; 'Art Rosenfeld'; 'Bob

Saint'; 'Brenda Edwards'; Brian Coffey; Caitlin Johnson; 'Carlos Gaytan';

'Caskey, John'; 'Charlie Drexler'; 'Charlie Stevens'; 'Chris Bolduc'; 'Chris

Brown'; 'Clark Silcox'; 'Creevy, Jim'; 'Dan Cohen'; 'Daniel Young'; 'David

Flaten'; 'Emily Marchetti'; 'Eric Petersen'; 'Freeman, Jeremiah'; 'Gary

Fernstrom'; 'Greg Coulter'; 'Greg Rosenquist'; 'Hirsch, Bruce R'; 'James Lass';

'Jennifer Tiedeman'; 'Jerry Corkran'; 'Jerry Hodge'; 'Jerry Schoen'; 'Jim Raba';

'Joanna Mauer'; 'John Cymbalsky'; 'John Rossetti'; 'Katie Coughlin'; 'Ken

Winder'; 'Mahesh P. Sampat'; Matthew Nardotti; 'Maxine Savitz'; 'Meg Waltner';

'Meyers, Aaron'; 'Michael Hyland'; Michael Rivest; 'Millure, Dave'; Pamela

Costello; 'Phil Harter'; 'Polinski, Raymond'; 'Puesh Kumar'; 'Rick Anderson';

'Rob Greeson'; 'Robert Berman'; 'Robert van Buskirk'; 'Robin Roy'; 'Ryan, Paul';

'Scott Beck'; 'Simmons, Chuck'; 'Steve Nadel'; 'Steve Rosenstock'; 'Ted

Johnstone'; 'Thomas Petrosino'; 'Tim Ballo'; 'Tom Eckman'; 'Wes Patterson';

Zhimei Luo; 'wes patterson'

Subject: RE: National Defense Authorization Act‐‐‐No LEED Allowed

Well put Bob:

I still have found nothing that shows supportive economics for any changes to the

energy efficiency levels for Distribution Transformers and stand by my report of

September 24, 2011.  I recommend that the DOE keep the current efficiencies for

each of the Distribution Transformer Lines.

Best regards,

Phil

Philip J Hopkinson, PE

President & CEO HVOLT Inc.

3704 High Ridge Rd.

Charlotte, NC 28270

phopkinson@hvolt.com

Ph     704‐846‐3290

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From: Bob Smith [mailto:bsmith@federalpacific.com]  

Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:09 AM

To: 'Richard Parker'

Cc: 'Alex Hofmann'; 'Andrew Delaski'; 'Aris Marantan'; 'Art Rosenfeld'; 'Bob

Saint'; 'Brenda Edwards'; 'Brian Coffey'; 'Caitlin Johnson'; 'Carlos Gaytan';

'Caskey, John'; 'Charlie Drexler'; 'Charlie Stevens'; 'Chris Bolduc'; 'Chris

Brown'; 'Clark Silcox'; 'Creevy, Jim'; 'Dan Cohen'; 'Daniel Young'; 'David

Flaten'; 'Emily Marchetti'; 'Eric Petersen'; 'Freeman, Jeremiah'; 'Gary

Fernstrom'; 'Greg Coulter'; 'Greg Rosenquist'; 'Hirsch, Bruce R'; 'James Lass';

'Jennifer Tiedeman'; 'Jerry Corkran'; 'Jerry Hodge'; 'Jerry Schoen'; 'Jim Raba';
'Joanna Mauer'; 'John Cymbalsky'; 'John Rossetti'; 'Katie Coughlin'; 'Ken

Winder'; 'Mahesh P. Sampat'; 'Matthew Nardotti'; 'Maxine Savitz'; 'Meg Waltner';

'Meyers, Aaron'; 'Michael Hyland'; 'Michael Rivest'; 'Millure, Dave'; 'Pamela

Costello'; 'Phil Harter'; Phil Hopkinson; 'Polinski, Raymond'; 'Puesh Kumar';

'Rick Anderson'; 'Rob Greeson'; 'Robert Berman'; 'Robert van Buskirk'; 'Robin

Roy'; 'Ryan, Paul'; 'Scott Beck'; 'Simmons, Chuck'; 'Steve Nadel'; 'Steve

Rosenstock'; 'Ted Johnstone'; 'Thomas Petrosino'; 'Tim Ballo'; 'Tom Eckman'; 'Wes

Patterson'; 'Zhimei Luo'; 'wes patterson'

Subject: National Defense Authorization Act‐‐‐No LEED Allowed

Good Morning Richard and All:

As we rush to finalize our recommended efficiencies, you might be interested in

the ASHRAE first Industry News Article (attached) describing the provisions of  

National Defense Authorization Act which prohibits funding for DOD projects aimed

at LEED certification.

It was only 18 months ago that some of us NEMA member manufacturers (including

Square D and GE + others) supported the NEMA team led by Evan Gaddis and Craig

Updyke to meet & offer our collective  NEMA companies' expertise to General

Boozer & the US Army to help them achieve their goal of net zero energy

consumption at their facilities both domestic and in war zones.  

My how things have changed so quickly!  What happened, I wonder?

Regards,  

Bob Smith, PE

Product Manager

Federal Pacific

601 Old Airport Road

Bristol, VA 24201  

  

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