PENNSYLVANIA SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES KEEA Energy Efficiency Conference September 21, 2010 Maureen Guttman, AIA Governor’s Green Gov’t Council PA DEP

Commonwealth Investment SS Act 1 of 2008 The Alternative Energy Investment Act $650 million fund $500 million that provides:

Commonwealth Investment SS Act 1 of 2008 The Alternative Energy Investment Act $92.5 MM for Consumer Energy Conservation - Targeted for Residential and Small Business - A mix of loans, grants and rebates - Up to 25% of project costs

Commonwealth Investment SS Act 1 of 2008 The Alternative Energy Investment Act $100 MM SUNSHINE PROGRAM -loans, grants and rebates -35 percent of the costs residential consumers and small businesses for solar energy technology

Commonwealth Investment SS Act 1 of 2008 The Alternative Energy Investment Act - $165 MM for loans and grants to spur the development of alternative and renewable (except solar) energy projects - $80 MM in grants and loans for economic development projects in the solar sector

Commonwealth Investment SS Act 1 of 2008 The Alternative Energy Investment Act - $25 MM for wind energy and geothermal projects - $25 MM for green buildings

Commonwealth Investment SS Act 1 of 2008 The Alternative Energy Investment Act - $40 MM to the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority to support early stage activities, such as incubator support services - $40 MM ($10 million annually for four years) to support LIHEAP -$50 MM in tax credits of up to $1 million a year per project for developing and building alternative energy projects -$5 MM to support an Energy Efficiency Loan Fund through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

Federal Investment State Energy Program funds from DOE Annual Allocation to Pennsylvania of $1,069,000 Funds all State Energy Office Activities - Outreach and Advocacy - Energy Programs - Energy Emergency

Federal Investment American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) EECBG$22.1 million SEP – ARRA$99.6 million Energy Assurance$1.3 million Appliance Rebate$11.9 million

EECBG: Conservation Works! Current status $22.2 million awarded to 103 projects for local governments and non-profits. Over $11 Million in grant funding has been advanced to grantees to date, ranking PA 1 st nationwide in EECBG funds spent. Project Progress: – 12 projects are completed; – Fourteen projects are 75% or greater completed; and – Nearly 40% of all other projects are more than 50% completed

SEP - ARRA Current status – $ 2.9 m administration – $5 m for geothermal – $4.3 m for Energy Harvest – $12 m Green Development Revolving Loan – $56.7 m Green Energy Works – $18.7 m PEDA – $2.9 m for Administration

What Happens Post-ARRA? Green Building Rating Systems Green Building Incentives - $$ Local, State, Federal Mandates Green Building Code

Why do we need Green Legislation and Green Codes ? Pennsylvania emits approximately 1% of the World’s Greenhouse Gases Electricity Production = 38% of all emissions Buildings are the primary consumer of electricity (~75 %) ARRA Assurance