Efficiency First

Your grassroots activities are making a difference – 2 new Senators joined as co-sponsors this week. Previous Sponsors Sen Begich, Mark [AK-D] Sen Brown, Scott P. [MA-R] Sen Brown, Sherrod (OH-D) Sen Burris, Roland [IL-D] Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA-D] Sen Cardin, Benjamin [MD-D] Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE-D] Sen Durbin, Richard [IL-D, Assistant Majority Leader] [...]

Grist staff writer Jonathan Hiskes reported yesterday that New York Congressman Steve Israel and two other House members met Tuesday with representatives of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)  to discuss options for removing current regulatory barriers to property assessed clean energy (PACE)  financing. According to Hiskes’ report. Israel proposed a 30-month demonstration project involving 300,000 [...]

Blogging for The Huffington Post, Laura A. Hutchings of Colorado-based Populus Sustainable Design Consulting (www.popboulder.com) has posted a statement from Efficiency First Chairman Greg Thomas and Policy Chair Matt Golden regarding the inclusion of HOME STAR in the Small Business Jobs Bill now under consideration in the Senate. The statement reads in part: This bipartisan [...]

Efficiency First members from the Michigan Chapter are helping with the launch of a statewide energy improvement financing program to help Michigan residents, businesses and institutions pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades. Michigan Saves will work with privated lenders to finance the installation of energy measures with no upfront cost to utility customers, [...]