Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:August 20, 2003

*News and Events Secretary Abraham Leads Power Outage Investigation DOE Awards $17.3 Million for Renewables & Efficiency DOE Holds Natural Gas Forums DOE Releases 25-Year Strategic Plan *Energy Connections Blackout Spurs Interest in Renewables & Efficiency———————————————————————- NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————-Secretary Leads Power Outage InvestigationSecretary of Energy Spencer Abraham dispatched teams of investigators over the weekend to the Northeast and Upper Midwest to begin onsite investigations into what caused the nation’s worst power outage last week. In an additional effort to uncover possible causes for the outage, Secretary Abraham is scheduled to meet with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Herb Dhalwal in Detroit today to finalize the United States/Canada Joint Task Force established last Friday by President George Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Abraham and Dhalwal will lead the task force set up to identify causes of the power outage and make recommendations to prevent future outages. See the August 18th press release at: [sorry this link is no longer available]DOE Awards $17.3 Million for Renewables and EfficiencySecretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced last week that DOE will provide $17.3 million for 187 efficiency and renewable energy projects. State energy offices will use these funds to improve the energy […]

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