Category: Public Policy

Source: Energy.gov, April 8 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new prize competition to support the development of pumped storage hydropower—the Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time (FAST) Commissioning for Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) prize. The prize seeks novel solutions and technologies that address the non-regulatory challenges PSH developers face deploying new storage projects […]

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April 6, 2019:  Week Twelve Week 12 in Olympia is now behind us and with it the first of the opposite-house cutoffs: Wednesday deadline for bills to be passed out of their non-origin house policy committee. Bills with a fiscal impact now have until next Tuesday to be passed out of their opposite-house fiscal committee, following […]

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Source: Energy.gov, April 3 The U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes announced up to $59 million for new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research.  Funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, this funding opportunity seeks projects to address priorities in advanced batteries and electric drive systems, energy […]

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March 29, 2019: Week Eleven Budgets were the primary focus of week eleven here in Olympia. Following a noon press conference at the Capitol, House Democrats released the first Operating, Capital, and Transportation budget proposals for fiscal years 2019-21. The Operating budget proposal estimates appropriations of $52.8 billion which is a net increase of $2.3 […]

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Source: Sean O’Leary, NWenergy.org, March 30 OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON — Last night’s passage of the Clean Buildings for Washington Act (HB 1257) by the state House of Representatives moves Washington one step closer to becoming a national leader in tackling one of the least recognized but biggest and fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings […]

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Source:  Christine D. Harbin, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, April 1, 2019. Secretary Perry visited Capitol Hill three times this week to testify on DOE’s FY2020 budget request. First, before the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee (video; testimony); next, before the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee (video; […]

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Source:  Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network, March 13, 2019. CEBN members discuss their work and the importance of federal investment in energy innovation Fourteen energy innovators from the Clean Energy Business Network came to Washington DC March 12-13, 2019 to showcase their innovative energy technologies to federal and state lawmakers. All of these businesses have […]

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Source: energy.gov, March 28 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $7 million toward the research and development (R&D) of innovative subsurface geothermal technologies. DOE’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) will fund projects that will focus on improving geothermal drilling efficiency and cost reduction by addressing two of the most significant barriers: state of stress […]

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The Senate Capital Budget was released on Wednesday, March 26.  The Clean Energy Transition Fund (renamed from the Clean Energy Fund) is $17 million less than that proposed by the House Capital Budget Committee. Compared to the House proposal, the Senate proposal is less by: Grid Modernization funding is reduced $2,600,000; Research, Development & Demonstration […]

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Source: Energy.gov, March 26 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $130 million for new research to advance early-stage solar technologies. These projects will help to achieve affordable and reliable energy to enhance America’s economic growth and energy security. “Solar is an integral part of the Administration’s ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy,” said U.S. Secretary of […]

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