Climate Change Policy
May 31, 2009
The Obama Administration announced a key decision to bring national vehicle standards for fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions up to levels adopted in California, resolving a longstanding battle between the auto industry and state...
May 22, 2009
On Tuesday, an amendment offered by Representative Tammy Baldwin (WI-2) was adopted by the House Energy and Commerce Committee into the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) of 2009 (co-sponsored by Reps. Waxman and Markey).
This...
February 25, 2009
Congress is planning to consider three major pieces of energy-related legislation in 2009:
An economic stimulus bill (just enacted)
An energy bill
Climate change legislation
We are referring to this as the “energy trifecta,...
November 12, 2008
The election is over. President-elect Obama’s transition team has already started its work, and in Congress, new leadership will be elected. What can we expect from the new Administration and a new Congress on energy efficiency policy?...
November 12, 2008
Last month ACEEE finalized a new on-line resource for state policymakers and energy efficiency advocates, the State Energy Efficiency Policy Database. The site serves as an easy-to-use on-line database of energy efficiency policies in the states,...
November 12, 2008
In October, ACEEE released The 2008 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, the second annual edition of the state-by-state rankings on energy efficiency programs and policies. Issued at a time of skyrocketing energy prices and concerns about energy...
November 12, 2008
ACEEE staff completed an analysis and report on the potential for energy efficiency policies in the Commonwealth of Virginia and presented it to Governor Kaine at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Energy and Sustainability Conference in...
July 8, 2008
In June, the U.S. Senate spent several days debating climate change legislation. The debate was nominally on the Lieberman-Warner bill that would establish a federal cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2012, with the...
March 27, 2008
Congress continues to make headway on two major pieces of legislation—energy efficiency tax incentives and climate change legislation—in this election year. Action on extending the tax incentives has passed the House and is under...
January 8, 2007
As decision makers wrestle with challenging long-term energy and climate-related issues, the need for improvements to economic modeling for policymakers takes on new urgency. In an effort to highlight opportunities to improve policy modeling,...