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General Energy Information
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- Through grants from the
U.S. Department of Energy, the Energy Division in the Tennessee Department
of Economic and Community Development provides a broad range of energy efficiency
programs to business and industry, state and local governments, schools, and
residential consumers. All programs focus on energy efficiency measures and
promote energy cost and dollar savings.
- The Southern Alliance
for Clean Energy (SACE) is not-for-profit, non-partisan organization working
with citizens for clean air, clean water and healthy communities in the Southeast
by advancing energy efficiency and sustainable energy policies, promoting
clean energy technologies and holding polluters to higher standards.
- ENERGY STAR is a program
sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department
of Energy. The program's goal is to help businesses and individuals protect
the environment through superior energy efficiency.
- The Energy Information
Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency
of the U.S. Department of Energy. EIA provides policy-independent data, forecasts,
and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public
understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the
environment.
- The Renewable Energy
Policy Project and Southern energy advocacy groups received foundation grants
to prepare Powering the South, "a clean and affordable energy plan for
the Southern United States". The report covers six Southern states, including
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
The purpose of this website is to allow a free flow of ideas between communities
in the six state region. The site contains the entire Powering the South report,
and frequently updated information on clean energy activities in the South.
- The Southern States Energy
Board (SSEB) is a nonprofit interstate compact organization created in 1960.
The Board's mission is to enhance economic development and the quality of
life in the South through innovations in energy and environmental programs
and technologies. SSEB and the Southern Governor's Association prepared a
September 2001 report on Energy Policy in the South.
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K-12 Schools
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- Tennessee Energy Education
Network (TEEN) develops, disseminates and implements energy education programs
for K-12 schools statewide. The network provides classroom presentations,
in-service training workshops for teachers, free materials, a bimonthly newsletter,
and annual contests and awards. TEEN Is a project of the Energy Division in
the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
- Kids can learn all about
electricity production and ways of saving energy at this new Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) site, tvakids.com. They'll also find information about electrical
safety at home and outdoors, clean-water activities, and much more.
- The Energy Information
Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency
of the U.S. Department of Energy. EIA provides policy-independent data, forecasts,
and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public
understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the
environment. EIA's Kid Page includes extensive energy facts and definitions,
games, education resources and other information.
- The Alliance to Save
Energy is a nonprofit organization that promotes energy efficiency worldwide
to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security.
Schools spend more on energy than on computers and textbooks combined. This
website contains information to make schools more energy efficient, and to
provide multidisciplinary, hands-on educational activities. This site contains
information on green schools, energy lesson plans and new school construction.
- EnergySmart Schools (ESS)
is an integral and active part of the Rebuild America program that is committed
to building a nation of schools that are smart about every aspect of energy.
This includes providing information on energy efficient solutions for school
bus transportation, conducting successful building projects and teaching about
energy, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
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Business and Government
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- ENERGY STAR is a program
sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department
of Energy. The program's goal is to help businesses and individuals protect
the environment through superior energy efficiency. This page provides information
on how businesses can improve their energy performance, protect the environment
and save money.
- The Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy has two energy
efficiency websites designed for business organizations. The first site below
is designed for business owners and operators and provides hands-on solutions
to improve Your profits and productivity. The second site is focused on commercial
and institutional buildings (e.g., office buildings, retail complexes, convention
centers, hospitals, community centers, and schools).
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Homeowners
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- The Tennessee Valley
Authority and electricity distributors have developed the energy right Program.
This program is designed to help homeowners save money and gain efficiency
in their home energy usage.
- ENERGY STAR is a program
sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department
of Energy. The program's goal is to help businesses and individuals protect
the environment through superior energy efficiency. This page provides information
on solving common energy problems in the home.
- The Alliance to Save
Energy is a nonprofit organization that promotes energy efficiency worldwide
to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and energy security.
The Alliance has posted this brochure, Power$mart: Tips to Save Money and
the Planet, on its web site. The brochure's Power$mart Tips highlight efficient
technologies and approaches, while its Energy Consciousness Tips provide the
best energy-saving conservation behaviors.
- The Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy has an Energy
Savers web site with tips on saving energy and money at home. This information
shows you how easy it is to reduce your home energy use. It is a guide to
easy, practical solutions for saving energy throughout your home, from the
insulating system that surrounds it to the appliances and lights inside.
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Renewable Energy Resources
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- TVA and local public
power companies, working with input from the environmental community, have
created a program called Green Power Switch® to produce green power--electricity
generated by cleaner, renewable resources such as solar, wind, and methane
gas-- and add it to the Tennessee Valley's power mix. Green Power Switch is
a renewable energy initiative that offers consumers in the Tennessee Valley
a choice in the type of power they buy. Green Power Switch is sold to residential
consumers in 150-kilowatt-hour blocks (about 12 percent of a typical household's
monthly energy use). Each block adds $4 to the customer's monthly power bills.
Consumers can buy as many blocks as they like. Green Power Switch is also
marketed to commercial and industrial consumers, who are asked to buy blocks
based on the amount of energy they use.
- The Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy has a web
site for the Green Power Network. The Green Power Network (GPN) provides news
and information on green power markets and related activities. You will find
up-to-date information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer
issues, and in-depth analyses of issues and policies affecting green power
markets.
- The Renewable Energy
Policy Project's goal is to accelerate the use of renewable energy by providing
credible information, insightful policy analysis, and innovative strategies
amid changing energy markets and mounting environmental needs by researching,
publishing, and disseminating information, creating policy tools, and hosting
highly active, on-line, renewable energy discussion groups.
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