Posted on 09/17/2010 2:43:45 PM PDT by jazusamo
Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy has a mandate to issue regulations to determine what household appliances are available to Americans in the future.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the recently reestablished Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), Zoi pointed to four tactics the Obama administration intended use to advance the deployment of clean energy. The first three were government subsidies for private-sector green energy projects, special tax incentives for green energy projects and low-interest government-backed loans for green energy projects.
The fourth one, which the secretary and I love, said Zoi, is where we have a mandate. Where we can actually just issue regulations and do market transformation.
Zoi was referring to authority the department has under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. That law gives the DOE the power to set efficiency standards for energy-consuming products.
Thats an existing statute that this department of energy is going to make work really hard, Zoi said. Weve already issued appliance standards that are going to save the American public somewhere between $250 billion and $300 billion over the next 20 years just by getting the crummy stuff off the market.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who also spoke at the meeting, announced in April that the department had finalized five new higher energy efficiency standards for commercial clothes washers, small electric motors, water heaters, direct heating equipment and pool heaters.
Standards for 10 additional categories of products are expected to be finalized by the end of next year, according to a DOE spokeswoman. These will include new standards for refrigerators, microwave ovens, residential and mobile home furnaces, fluorescent light ballasts, residential clothes washers and dryers, room and central air conditioners, and battery chargers.
Were going to update [the standards] more frequently said Zoi. We have the power to do that in the statute.
Before becoming President Barack Obamas assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Zoi served as environmental adviser to President Bill Clinton and the founding CEO of former Vice President Al Gores Alliance for Climate Protection.
Zoi said that stricter federal energy efficiency standards will drive innovation and are cost effective.
As the secretary [Chu] says, Were going to make people save money for themselves, Zoi said. They havent dumped the dollar bills on the ground yet.
The SEAB was first chartered in the George H. W. Bush administration, but was disbanded by President George W. Bushs Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. Chu reestablished the board in August.
Jen Stutsman, an Energy Department spokeswoman, told CNSNews.com that energy efficiency regulations issued by the department are designed to help consumers and manufacturers.
Our goal is to develop standards that are both technically feasible and economically justified and that maximize the benefits to consumers while minimizing any negative impacts on manufacturers or others, Stutsman said.
At the first meeting of the reestablished board on Thursday, Chu said energy and science are vital to the countrys future, as is the work of the DOE.
We feel that beyond just energy, science is at the heart of what will keep America prosperous in the coming years, Chu said.
The 12-member board includes former government officials and corporate executives, including Clinton Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch; Clinton Defense Secretary William Perry and former Clinton Labor Secretary Alexis Herman; and former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine.
BUMP!
Do any historians out there know of a time when a hoax was exposed like Gore Bull warming was and the people still flocked to it? Every one I can remember the gravy train was permanently derailed once it was exposed. The current scam is only eating up more money almost like people are happy to be fleeced.
These people are simply nauseating. If we don’t turn things around (starting in November, hopefully) very soon and jettison these thugs and dismantle their extra-Constitutional agencies our Nation, society, and economy will all be DESTROYED in short order. It has been going on for decades (varying in degree and intensity) but since this POS was put into office by morons, the pace, scale, and scope have all increased to a dangerously accelerated pace.
LOL!!!
Does that mean my small, 1940’s Frigidaire (”Made only by General Motors”) is an enemy of the State and must be destroyed?
Not as long as it keeps beer cold.
Cathy Zoi was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 19, 2009 as Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). In her role as Assistant Secretary, Ms. Zoi manages the U.S. Department of Energy's $2.3 billion annual budget, investing in clean energy technologies that strengthen the economy, protect the environment, and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
A major priority in Ms. Zoi's tenure at the U.S. Department of Energy has been improving energy efficiency in the American economy. In her first year, she oversaw the development and rollout of more than 25 "Better Buildings" projects, supporting innovative and self-sustaining approaches to building retrofits nationwide. Additionally, she has championed improvements to energy efficiency standards for common appliances that will save Americans over $200 billion in the next 30 years. In renewable energy, Ms. Zoi has targeted research investments toward high-impact innovations and developed signature initiatives in solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower to reduce the time spent between "invention" and commercial deployment. She has also made it a personal priority to attract and recruit the best and brightest talent for EERE, while raising public awareness about the tremendous potential for clean energyor as she puts it "winning hearts and minds."
Ms. Zoi oversees EERE's $16.8 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Under Ms. Zoi's leadership, EERE is capitalizing on the opportunity the Recovery Act represents to deploy clean energy technologies nationwide. By 2012, her office will oversee thousands of community-driven local clean energy projects, including the weatherization of nearly 600,000 homes. EERE is also overseeing the launch of hundreds of new advanced battery manufacturing and electric vehicle projects that will permanently change our transportation infrastructure. In partnership with the private sector, her office is investing more than $4 billion in new renewable energy technologies, including crucial investments in solar energy manufacturing, wind turbine reliability, and geothermal technologies.
Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Ms. Zoi spent over two decades working on clean energy development and deployment, including extensive experience in the public sector and private businesses. She was founding CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, where she launched the Repower America challenge with Vice President Gore. Prior to that, Ms. Zoi was Group Executive Director at the Bayard Group Global, a private equity fund focused on energy measurement and management. She was also Assistant Director General of the New South Wales (NSW) Environmental Protection Agency in Sydney, Australia; founding CEO of the NSW Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA); Chief of Staff on Environmental Policy in the Clinton White House; and manager at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she pioneered the ENERGY STAR Program. Ms. Zoi has served on boards and advisory committees of a variety of companies in the clean technology sector.
She earned a B.S. in Geology from Duke University (Magna cum laude) and an M.S. in Engineering from Dartmouth College.
Just helping you get that Friday feeling.......
We need a plague, or a meteor, or something, quickly.
Really quickly.
Item #17 on the list of Obama agenda items to defund.
- Energy Department
In her case, B.S. = Bull Sheet and M.S. = More of the Same.
Good question. I have no specific historical examples one way or the other, but I know what you mean in general terms. My suspicion is that in the past (say 30+ years ago) more people still had and relied on COMMON SENSE. Decades of deliberately dumbing down and brainwashing students in government schools has virtually eliminated that factor. The majority of younger people (folks under 50 years old) these days are more apt to "cling" to this Gore Bull warming hoax since they were indoctrinated for years with all of that enviro-nazi crap (and have also been taught to believe that Conservatives are "mean people that want to hurt the earth and only care about making money"). I'm not so sure that there isn't a whole lot more than that (adding in the fact the media and mass entertainment sources all enforce the same crap). Some of these people nowadays are clueless and completely unarmed when it comes to using COMMON SENSE and critical thinking skills.
Not a direct answer to your question, but I felt the need to rant a bit!
You are setting yourself up for a severe disappointment.
No, we're not. Winning the House and having enough balls under We-The-people's supervision will simply defund the communists out of existence or face the consequences.
I, for one, won't comply with any communist "mandates."
You got mail.
EXTREME CONTROL FREAK.
I have to race over to Lowe’s, heard there’s a case of light bulbs for $10.24... bbs for more shark-beatings.... :0)
I would like to ask Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi if she will lead by example and replace her high electricity consuming vibrator with a wind-up model?
I think I saw that model in the last season of 24. Jack was ironing somethings out with the bad guys.
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