Available ARRA…$32.7 Billion Energy Efficiency $16.8 B Weatherization $5.0 B * State Energy Programs $3.1 B * Advance Battery Manufacture…$2.0 B Energy Efficiency and Renewable…$6.7 B * primarily allocated by formula Contact: Brian Quirke U.S. DOE…Chicago
Available ARRA …continued Environmental Management…$6.0 B ** Smart Grid…$4.5 B Fossil Energy R&D…$3.4 B Science…2.0 B ** ** allocated
What did Indiana get - so far Weatherization…$131.8 million State Energy Program…$68 million Energy Efficiency and Community Development Block Grant…$42 Total…$242 million
And click on state To track what has been allocated
Lobbyists Assure transparency Above reproach Recovery.gov We are all taxpayers
What is available… Innovative Technologies Loan Guarantees $6 billion is allocated to underwrite $60 billion…like $35 million for Solyndra…commercial-scale manufacturing plant for its proprietary cylindrical solar photovoltaic panels
What is Available… Small Business Innovation Research/ Small Business Technology Transfer Funding: First 21 years….about $1 billion This year…..about $1 billion DOE solicits specific broad categories of research, submissions are peer reviewed, percentage may be changed, funding increasing
What is available… Funding Opportunity Announcement Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Techniques Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries and Components Alternative Isotope Production Techniques DOE sets energy agenda and announces funding opportunity…no formulas…stringent contracting requirements…broad range of categories
More ARRA $ coming On Earth Day…VP Biden announced $300 million to buy cars Not all DOE $ is allocated
Direct support to state Weatherization programs Community Development Block Grants State energy programs
Indirect support Other technologies being supported Wind machines Build Green
Collaborations Interior/Agriculture/DOE on renewables and transmission siting HUD/DOE on low-income housing Education/Labor/DOE on job training and green jobs Labor/Commerce/Education/DOE on auto industry 14 departments on innovation
Web sites Recovery.gov – U.S. Government-wide infoRecovery.gov Energy.gov/recovery – U.S. Department of Energy information Communication & reports, Funding Opportunities, FAQs, links to DOE ProgramsEnergy.gov/recovery FedBizOps.gov – Advance notice of contractingFedBizOps.gov opportunities FedConnect.gov – Posted Contract SolicitationsFedConnect.gov Grants.gov – Posted Funding Opportunity AnnouncementsGrants.gov USAjobs.gov – EmploymentUSAjobs.gov
Help navigating the bureaucracy DOE Recovery Act Clearinghouse DOE-RCVY ( ) Alerts ibe.cfmhttp://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/subscr ibe.cfm Brian J. Quirke U.S. DOE…Chicago
ARRA program…hard more than double our budget…procurement pros already stretched thin…scalawags prevalent in the past ARRA program…prone to criticism real and imagined ARRA program…transparent My plea for sympathy
Before Global warming was not considered in any decision about energy policy Money was the primary consideration in setting energy policy There was no energy policy
Now… The squeaky voiced environmentalists sitting in the cold and dark before…. …are now Steven Chu Secretary of Energy
Now all decisions
What changed… Used to be military-industrial complex Negative connotations Probably still exists
Perfect alignment of interests Congress Agencies Companies
Wall Street Journal coined the name Environmentalists You $$$$ Now it’s the climate- industrial Complex
Along comes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Reduce dependence on foreign oil Get the economy moving Create jobs Reduce carbon emissions Build Smart Grid Go green Create new industries
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