Dec. 10th, 6p - Slowing Bay Area's Rush Towards Natural Gas (RSVP) + Webinar's and more
Dave Room
In this email:
- December 10th, 6p - Slowing Bay Area's Rush Towards Natural Gas! (RSVP)
- December 10, 10-11:15am: Revolving Loan Fund Webinar
- December 11, 10-11:15am: Legal Authority & Administering PACE Financing Programs
-
The Story of Cap and Trade
The LCEA has open meetings on the second Thursday of every month, featuring informative speakers on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and related efforts.
The next meeting of alliance is December 10th at 6p and will feature a talk on the Bay Area's rush to Natural Gas.
Speakers: Shana Lazerow, Communities for a Better Environment and Rory Cox, Pacific Environment
PG&E is far behind on their renewable targets, while at the same time proposing new, high-capacity natural gas power plants in the Bay Area. The result is an increased reliance on fossil fuels, more greenhouse gas emissions, and public health threats in disadvantaged communities. Outside of California, there is a push for more natural gas drilling in the Rockies as well as LNG import terminals in Oregon and Mexico. Communities, however, are fighting back. In the last few years, community and environmental justice organizations have used air pollution laws and energy analysis to win the rejection of several new power plants. We can do it here!
WHEN: October 8, 6-8 pm
WHERE: Central Historic Building, 436 14th St.
2nd Floor Conference Room, Oakland
(Just up the stairs from the 12th St. BART station)
2. December 10, 10-11:15am: Revolving Loan Fund Webinar
On Thursday, December 10, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host a webinar on Revolving Loan Funds. This webinar will describe how Revolving Loan Funds work and best practices for launching and managing a new fund. Program administrators from Texas and Montana will discuss their experience running existing programs. We will also present ideas for standardizing loans, underwriting standards, and consumer protections in a way that allows the loans to be saleable into a secondary market structure to provide more loan capital.
Presenters
· Samuel Booth, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
· Eddy Trevino, Texas LoanStar Program
· Kathi Montgomery, Montana Alternative Energy Revolving Loan Program
·
Howard
Banker, Energy Programs Consortium
RLF
resources are also available here.
Please join us:
Revolving Loan Funds
Thursday, December 10 at
1:00-2:15pm EDT
Space is limited. Please register online:
After registering you will receive
a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
3. December 11, 10-11:15am: Legal Authority &
Administering PACE Financing Programs
On Friday, December 11, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host a webinar on “Getting Started: Legal Authority & Administering PACE Financing Programs”. This webinar is for cities, counties, and states considering launching or supporting PACE Financing Programs. Participants who did not attend the first PACE Financing Program webinar should review the slides from November 18 (available here).
This session will include:
- Pointers for passing the state and local laws/ordinances for enabling a PACE program
- Information on how existing programs are being administered
- Lessons learned from current program managers
Presenters
- Sheridan Pauker, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Ann Livingston, Boulder County
- Dorian Dale, Town of Babylon
- Annie Henderson, Program Administer for CaliforniaFIRST
Please join us for:
Getting Started: Legal Authority & Administering PACE Financing Programs
Friday, December 11 at 1:00-2:15pm EDT
Space is limited. Please register online.
After
registering you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.
4. The Story of Cap and Trade
This morning, The Story of Stuff Project launched our brand new short film, The Story of Cap & Trade. It's a
fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate change solution on
the table in Copenhagen and in the halls of Congress. If you've heard
about cap and trade, but aren't sure how it works (or who benefits),
this is the film is for you! Please take 10 minutes today to watch The Story of Cap & Trade and then check out the film website for more information and ways to get involved. Two years ago this week we released The Story of Stuff.
Since then, you've watched the film on-line or bought a DVD; you've
shared it with friends or shown it in your school, community center or
house of worship. You've blogged about it, posted it to Facebook or
Twitter, and yes, you've even talked about over Sunday dinner. Nearly 9 million people worldwide have seen The Story of Stuff because of you. Please help us turn the volume up on real climate solutions at this critical moment by sharing The Story of Cap & Trade with everyone you know. Over the coming year, we're releasing a series of films like The Story of Cap & Trade that highlight some of the most important sustainability and justice issues of our day. Please consider making a contribution to the Story of Stuff Project now to support the widespread distribution of The Story of Cap & Trade and all of the other films in the series. Thanks for your support. And please, pass it on.
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Coordinator, Local Clean Energy Alliance
www.localcleanenergy.org
dave...@gmail.com
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