A Victory for Clean Energy and Rural America: Senate Committee Votes to Boosts Funding for Farm Energy Programs On July 7, the US Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to boost funding for farm energy programs that will create more clean energy and new income for rural Americans. The committee voted to increase fiscal year 2010 funding for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) from $60 million to $128 million. The REAP program helps [...]
South Dakota Program for Small Wind and Solar Projects Begins Critically Important Step The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is seeking public input on a program that aims to increase the amount of electricity generated by small renewable energy projects, known as distributed generation. ELPC recently helped South Dakota enact interconnection standards, the rules necessary to help small energy producers connect to the grid. ELPC Policy Advocate Matt McLarty said that gathering public input [...]
House Passes Historic Global Warming Solutions Bill! Great news! Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed historic global warming solutions legislation, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (219-212). This was no easy victory ?  it was achieved in part through constituents? many letters and phone calls asking legislators to vote ?Yes? on the Waxman-Markey Bill.  ELPC and our many partners are [...]
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Calls on House to Pass Climate and Energy Bill With a close vote expected on historic climate and energy legislation, Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor Lawton wrote to the Wisconsin congressional delegation urging representatives to vote for the Waxman-Markey bill. Read Lt. Governor Lawton's letter here. Call from individuals may be the best way to influence this important vote. Call your legislators today and ask them to vote  yes on [...]
North Dakota Can Lead on Energy ELPC Government Relations Specialist Mindi Grieve, in ELPC's Jamestown, North Dakota office, has an OpEd in the June 20th Grand Forks Herald.  The opinion piece touts North Dakota's strong clean energy resources and the state's potential to benefit from clean energy legislation: "Transitioning to a new clean-energy economy will create a bright economic future for North [...]