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"State Leadership in Clean Energy" (SLICE) Awards 2009
On January 13, 2009, CESA presented awards to
the five winners of the
2009 State Leadership in Clean Energy (SLICE) Awards at a
ceremony
at
the
National
Press Club in Washington, DC.
Much of the innovative and effective
activity to advance clean energy has taken place at the state level. By supporting
creative finance, policy, and market initiatives, the states have been serving
as laboratories where ideas for implementing clean energy can be tested and
proven in the real world. CESA’s State Leadership
in Clean Energy Awards recognize those state-level programs
that are most effectively accelerating adoption of
clean energy technologies and advancing clean energy markets.
It is especially timely given the new Obama Administration’s desire
to identify and embrace policy strategies to accelerate a clean energy transition.
At the press conference, CESA also presented policy
recommendations (pdf) based on
its research for how a new federal/state partnership can enhance and strengthen
a green
economic
stimulus package being developed in Washington, DC. See the press release,
fact
sheet and summary case studies of the five winning programs below:
 State
Leadership in Clean Energy Awards Fact
Sheet and Press Conference Summary
Presentation
State
Leadership in Clean Energy Awards 2009 Press
Release
Learn More: download the MP3 audio of
the 2009 SLICE Awards ceremony at the National Press Club.
2009 State Leadership in Clean Energy Award Winners 
Receiving the 2009 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards at the
National Press Club on January 13, 2009 are the following (L-R): Don Wichert,
Focus on Energy (WI); Phil Giudice, MA Department of Energy Resources; Michael
Winka, NJ Board of Public Utilities Office of Clean Energy; Heather Raitt,
CA Energy
Commission; and Lise Dondy, CT Clean Energy Fund.
Summaries of the winning programs
with the contact information for the winners are listed below:
California
Energy Commission - Western
Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)
Connecticut
Clean Energy
Fund - Clean
Energy Communities
Campaign
Massachusetts Renewable
Energy Trust - Solar
Energy for Green
Affordable Housing
New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities - Solar
Renewable
Energy Certificate Program
Focus on Energy - Wisconsin
Biogas Digestion
Program
Congratulations to this year's winners! CESA is looking forward to next year's
nominations of outstanding state clean energy programs.
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