EXECUTIVE GROUP MEETING – AGENDA

8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.   July 22, 2014   Washington, DC

OBJECTIVES

 Discuss opportunity spaces for greater energy efficiency savings in the built environment

 Consider needs of state and local decision makers pursuing a “no regrets” energy efficiency

policy and program strategy to reduce carbon emissions

 Identify paths forward for SEE Action to provide assistance

AGENDA

8:30    Meeting Kickoff and Ground Rules for the Day

     

    Kathleen Hogan

    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, DOE

8:35    Introductions and Welcome Remarks from DOE and EPA  

   

Mike Carr  

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE

Matt Rosenbaum

Acting Director, National Electricity Delivery Division, Office of Electricity Delivery and

Energy Reliability, DOE

Sarah Dunham

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, EPA    

9:00 Overview of the Proposed Clean Power Plan and the Role of Demand‐Side EE  

     

Sarah Dunham, EPA

9:30    Federal Resources for State Carbon Reduction Planning

    Julie Rosenberg, Branch Chief, State and Local Climate & Energy Programs, EPA

Judi Greenwald, Deputy Director for Climate, Environment and Energy Efficiency, DOE

Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, DOE

10:00    Executive Group Rapid Fire Updates – State Assistance

10:30    Break
 

10:45    Experience with No‐Regrets Demand‐Side EE Approaches– Lessons Learned  

    Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Massachusetts Approach to Efficiency

    Nancy Seidman, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

    Tina Halfpenny, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources  

    Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act

    Robert Kenney, Missouri Public Utilities Commission  

11:45 Networking Lunch

12:30 Strategic Discussion Series (to include break at time TBD)

   

Discussion Leader: Lisa Schwartz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Technical Expert: Steve Schiller, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

(12:30‐2:30) Discussion 1: Energy Efficiency Pathways

A variety of pathways lead to energy savings that can be part of a “no regrets” approach

to carbon emissions reductions. Pathways include efforts overseen by PUCs, as well as

others outside the utility regulatory environment. To ensure successful outcomes, these

pathways often have common elements that require careful consideration, such as

workforce development and/or measurement and verification approaches.

Discussion questions:    

 What pathways might states pursue?

 Are the major considerations for success identified along pathways? If not, what

is missing?

 What are the high‐priority knowledge resource gaps that need to be addressed

in order for states to yield intended benefits of pathways (i.e., capture all cost‐

effective efficiency, and deliver measureable energy savings and/or emissions

reductions)?

    (2:30‐3:15) Discussion 3: Role of SEE Action

SEE Action can help fill gaps between information resources already offered or planned

by others.  

Discussion question:  

 What can SEE Action provide state and local decision makers to help position

them to capture all cost‐effective energy efficiency through Working Group

efforts or more broadly?

3:15    Next Steps

3:30    Meeting Adjourns