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As HOME STAR moves to the Senate floor we have immediately gained two new Senators. Keep up the grassroots effort. Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [NH-D] Sen. Robert Menendez [NJ-D] 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] [...]

Earlier today, Efficiency First held a conference call to update Efficiency First members on the status of HOME STAR legislation and other work Efficiency First members are engaged in. Jared Asch, our National Director, spoke about recent developments regarding HOME STAR on Capitol Hill, including the statement from Senator Reid that referred to HOME STAR [...]

Washington, DC—Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following remarks at a media availability today following a Senate Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss energy legislation in the Senate.  Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “We have a responsibility – both to our constituents and our children – to take on America’s energy challenge. Many [...]

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, [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes. These highly-qualified, multidisciplinary teams will receive a total of up to $30 million for the initial eighteen months of the projects to deliver innovative energy efficiency strategies to the residential market and address [...]

Senator Dick Durbin Democrat of Illinois. Durbin joins the growing list of co-sponsors in the Senate. Durbin’s leadership position and senionarity in the Senate is a big step forward for HOME STAR.

HOME STAR Coalition reaches 2,167 a gain of 600 plus in a week. Join www.homestarcoalition.org