By: Adam Kohn and Dr. Marcos Luna

Federal Policies for Energy Efficiency Energy Policy Act of 2005

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - $17 billion Weatherization Assistance Program

State Energy Program

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program

Appliance Rebate Program

State Revolving Loan Funds

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

2007 2010

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2010 d

oll

ars

Value of federal energy subsidies by major use,

FY 2007 and FY 2010

Conservation, End Use and LIHEAP

Fuels Used Outside the Electricity Sector

Electricity-Related

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2011. Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2010. http://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/.

Sustainable Energy Policies in

Massachusetts Controlling GHGs

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008

Clean energy generation Tax incentives, rebates, loans and permitting changes

Clean energy grants to municipalities

Energy efficiency Utility ratepayer programs – home energy audits, rebates and incentives

for heating, cooling, appliances and lighting, building envelope improvements

Stretch codes

Clean energy job training and industry Green Jobs Act of 2008

Energy assistance LIHEAP, Weatherization Assistance Program, Heating System Repair

and Replacement Program

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Massachusetts Mass Save®

Residential HEAT Loan Program

Low Income Heat Energy Assistance

Program

6 Questions

1. What are the Energy Issues you work

on?

2. Have you used Energy Maps/Atlases?

3. What kind of energy data do you want?

4. How do you want the energy data?

5. What scale do you want the data at?

6. What other ways would you like the

energy data to be organized?

Who We Interviewed

HeathLink and the Clifton Improvement Association.

Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) and the Green Justice Coallition (GJC)

City of Salem, MA

Community Action of the Franklin, Hampshire, and North Quabbin Region, Inc.

MassEnergy

Community Action Programs InterCity

What They Wanted Energy

Consumption Demographics Housing

Areas Served

by Programs Energy

Production

Kinds of Energy Environmental

Justice

Single

Family/Multi

Family CAP Agencies

Renewable

Energy

Potential

Energy Type Income Tenure Ratepayer

Programs

Existing

Renewable

Energy

Energy Intensity Language Age of Housing Cost Benefit of

Program

Investments

Community

Choice

Aggregation

(Neighborhood

Buying

Potential)

Private and

Public Householder

Age Condition

Family Structure Occupancy

Status

Interview Matrix Energy Atlases

Energy

Consumption Demographics Housing

Areas Served by

Programs Energy

Production

HealthLink x

Clifton

Improvement

Association (CIA) x x

Alternatives for

Community and

Environment

(ACE)

x x x x x

Green Justice

Coalition (GJC) x x x x x

City of Salem,

MA x x x x x

Community

Action of the

Franklin,

Hampshire, and

North Quabbin

Region, Inc.

x x x x

Mass Energy x x x x

Community

Action Programs

InterCity x x x x

Energy Atlas Matrix

Energy Atlases Energy

Consumption Demographics Housing

Areas Served by

Programs Energy

Production

Ontario Ministry

of Natural

Resources x

Canadian Wind

Energy Atlas x

Energy Atlas of

the West x

Vermont Energy

Atlas x x

Wind Powering

America x

Oregon Clean

Energy Map x x

Silicon Valley

Energy Map x x * x

New York City

Solar Map x

Solar Boston x

Conclusion

Where do we go next?