NEEC News Blog

The legislation with perhaps the greatest chance of affecting the energy efficiency business climate is not yet a bill. While no specific legislative language has been introduced, the concept of a job creating public infrastructure investment effort has visibly surfaced in major print media (eliciting the predictable editorial negative from the Seattle Times before there was even a bill to be negative about). For a positive read on the concept, turn to the The News Tribune -...

On Jan. 25th, BPA released its final decision document detailing how it plans to manage a large overspend in capital for energy efficiency resources in its FY2011. As earlier reported, BPA’s draft decision was consistent with its stated principle to live within the total 5 year budget allocation for energy efficiency capital spending. With this principle in place, the question for BPA became how to best spread the pain of out year budget reductions across its retail utility...

In the first quarter of 2012, NEEC will be completing efforts to train and place individuals for jobs in the energy efficiency industry. This effort, a collaboration with the Seattle – King County Workforce Development Council, was funded through a competitive grant process by the U.S. Department of Labor. Working with numerous partner organizations throughout five Puget Sound area counties, NEEC helped more than 569 unemployed or at-risk incumbent employees find and complete...

NEEC member dues will be sent to membership via e-mail at the beginning of next week. Payment options are available by credit card with convenient access to NEEC’s PayPal account as well as the option for a paper check. NEEC’s membership base has never been stronger. With more than 110 businesses, NEEC is the largest regional trade association for the energy efficiency industry in the United States (though we hope for strong competition from our New England and...