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State Energy Program Strategic Plan for the 21st Century,
18 pp; 1999, (PDF 107 KB).
Developed by the State Energy Program 21st Century Strategic Planning Committee (see p. 16), consisting of current and former State Energy Office directors and DOE managers of the State Energy Program.
State Energy Program's Strategic Plan for the 21st Century Implementation Plan,
November 2000, (PDF 899 KB).
- Implementation Plan in a Nutshell (PDF 35 KB)
- Appendix I
How-To Guides for Recommended State Activities for Key Goal One
- Appendix II
How-To Guides for Recommended State Activities for Key Goal Two
- Appendix III
How-To Guides for Recommended State Activities for Key Goal Three
Key Goal 1: Maximize energy, environmental, and economic (EEE) benefits through increased collaboration at the federal, State, and community level.
SEP has long recognized the value of forming diverse partnerships to implement projects and programs. States have become skilled in bringing together people and organizations with varied interests to work together to their mutual benefit. Increased collaboration among energy, environmental, and economic entities significantly multiplies the impact and benefits of SEP projects, because the three areas are so closely related. Partnerships between the State agencies or offices responsible for these areas offer new opportunities for greater operational efficiency, increased customer service, expanded audiences, as well as increased energy efficiency, environmental, and economic development impacts.
States can also work with communities to form similar partnerships to carry out local projects.
- How To Guide: Maximize energy savings in school buildings (PDF 81 KB)
- How To Guide: Deploy clean transportation technologies (PDF 76 KB)
- How To Guide: Quantify the impacts of the energy/environmental businesses in the State (PDF 68 KB)
- How To Guide: “Greening” of State buildings (PDF 77 KB)
Key Goal 2: Increase market acceptance of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, practices, and products practices.
Market transformation is one of the main activities that SEP has emphasized. The States have been engaged in market transformation in a rich variety of ways for many years. Utility deregulation, volatile energy prices, and concerns about the
stability of energy supply are three major concerns that are causing great changes in the market, and changes in the types of information that consumers will need. States are in a key position to affect market transformation at the local
community level. Almost everything States do as part of SEP contains some element of market transformation. Thus, effective market transformation is naturally one of the program's Key Goals for the next decade. The End-Use Sector Offices within DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have invested over $60 million during the last five years in partnering with the States in targeted technology deployment programs across all sectors.
- How To Guide: Maximize energy savings through building standards (PDF 69 KB)
- How To Guide: Develop a targeted consumer education campaign using innovative, interactive technologies (PDF 77 KB)
Key Goal 3: Use innovative approaches to reach market segments and meet policy goals not typically addressed by market-based solutions.
The energy marketplace in a deregulated environment is such that we cannot depend on market forces to reach all segments of the population, and a stable supply of energy is an absolute necessity, not a luxury, or even a taken-for-granted convenience such as phone service. It is projected that market forces will most effectively address large industrial and commercial customers. Typically, smaller consumers such as small businesses, homeowners, and low-income
consumers are not highly valued customer groups. The recommended implementation activities in this section present different strategies for ensuring the availability of energy services and energy-efficient technologies to these under-served
audiences.
- How To Guide: Implement innovative appliance financing programs for low-income consumers (PDF 69 KB)
- How To Guide: Access Systems Benefit Charges to support energy programs managed through the State Energy Office (PDF 76 KB)
- How To Guide: Aggregate under-served markets into buying pools (PDF 76 KB)
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