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In this newsletter:
- TX & OK Resilience Cohort
- Energy Efficinecy Day: October 4th
- EEIP Meeting Update
- Upcoming Energy Events
- SPEER's TECCC & Energy Code Ambassador Meeting
- New SPEER members
- Industry + Policy Workshop Recap
- What We're Reading
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We are excited to announce our upcoming Resilience Cohort in partnership with ICLEI. As we face the possibility of increasingly hot and dry summers in the coming decades, accompanied by drought and more extreme weather we must take steps to assess the vulnerability and risk of our communities. This cohort will provide local governments and regional planning councils in Texas and Oklahoma with the opportunity to learn more about how to assess climate change vulnerability and risk in their communities during live, web-based training sessions and gain an understanding of resilience planning, climate & environmental equity, and more.
By participating in the cohort, you'll gain valuable knowledge and be better equipped to prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change. Best of all, participation in the cohort is entirely free, thanks to generous funding provided by SPEER. If you are interested in participating you can learn more in our upcoming information session on October 19th. Let's build a more resilient future for our communities together.
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Energy Efficiency Day is ONE day away! Its purpose is to shine light on the many advantages of adopting efficient measures and behaviors that enable you to save money, reduce pollution, and create jobs. By participating in #EEDay2023 on October 4th, we highlight how individuals can take small steps that add up to lasting comfort, better health, and lower energy costs.
How can you support efficiency?
You can sign on as a supporter now for free. Head over to our EEDay's webpage for tips on how to save energy and reduce your utility bills. You can urge your workplace to sign on. Many organizations that support EEDay use the opportunity to publicize their good work, products or services while sharing information on how to become more involved. See current participants.
Join the conversation on October 4th!
Use our social media toolkit to amplify the benefits of energy efficiency on October 4th. Be sure to follow us on FB and Twitter, and use the hashtag #EEDay2023 to share your own energy-saving tips, success stories, and why energy efficiency is important to you.
| SPEER wants to acknowledge Travis County and the City of San Antonio for issuing EEDay proclamations and recognizing the importance of energy efficiency in their communities for both residents and the environment! | |
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Last week's EEIP meeting opened up with a discussion from the utility reps on how they see the SB 1699 roll out with implementing residential demand response (DR) programs.
ACEEE presented and touched on their Winter Storm Uri report which states that Texas could to offset about 14,000 MW of summer peak load and 25,000 MW of winter peak load.
Last year's total IOU (Investor Owned Utilities) spending on energy efficiency programs was roughly $120-140 million collectively.
The TRC (which provides utility's deemed savings for efficiency programs and technologies) called out SPEER's efforts with our heat pump working group!
The PUC is working on an updated website to help individuals and consumers find out more about energy efficiency and demand response programs. Presentations from EEIP Meeting can by found here.
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IRA and IIJA for Energy Efficiency Teams
This SPEER hosted webinar will provide an overview of IRA and IIJA with a particular focus on customer-facing programs including programs that can help promote the adoption of energy efficiency, building decarbonization, distributed energy resources, and electric vehicles. Our presenter is Erica Larson, Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Market Development for ICF, where she analyzes regulatory and legislative developments across the United States, focusing on gas decarbonization policy, energy efficiency, demand response, flexible load management, and electrification.
Register now and join us October 3rd at 10:30 AM
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Save the date: October 11th is ENERGY STAR Day 2023! This will bring attention to ways we can increase access to energy efficiency and a clean energy future, improving our environment and savings for consumers.Plan to join the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on social media for ENERGY STAR Day’s social sharing event on October 11th to co-amplify the important messages of helping everyone save energy with ENERGY STAR. |  | |
SPEER member, CleanTX, is bringing together leaders across Texas’ diverse energy economy to engage in conversations about how we can work together to create the integrated energy infrastructure of the future for Texas. This one-day event will take place in Dallas on Thursday, October 12 covering important Texas energy & grid-related topics including transmission landscape, flexible load, energy efficiency, transportation, and more.
We are thrilled that SPEER's Policy Manager, Noah, will be joining panelists Chris Reeder with Husch Blackwell and Samuel Davis with the Texas Land and Liberty Coalition for the Summer Lookback and 88th Texas Legislative Session Impacts working lunch session. Join us! Register now to mingle with energy stakeholders and discuss Texas’ Clean Energy Economy.
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Learn how industrial sites can save on operating costs, reduce environmental emissions, and improve resilience with Combined Heat and Power (CHP). CHP can contribute to energy efficiency goals and work as an alternative energy source among many other benefits. This Texas Industrial Energy Efficiency Network (TIEEN) collaborative webinar focused on Legislative and Regulatory Developments in Texas Impacting Energy Production, Efficiency, and Use will take place Tuesday, October 17 at 2:00-3:30 pm (Central). Save your spot and register now! | |
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SPEER's Executive Director, Todd McAlister, will be joining the other Regional Energy Efficiency Organizations (REEOs) for the Regional Roundup Plenary Panel at ACEEE's 2023 National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource in Philadelphia on October 16–18 to discuss energy efficiency, how policies can expand and evolve amid a transforming utility industry, upcoming opportunities, and big advances arising in the next couple of years. View the schedule to learn more and register here! Panelists include:
- Todd McAlister, South Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource
- Erin Cosgrove, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
- TBD, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
- Justin Brant, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
- Becca Yates, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- Joe Desmond, California Efficiency + Demand Management Council
- Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
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Join SPEER, policymakers, energy experts, and other industry leaders to discuss pressing energy topics in Texas. The 20th Annual Texas Energy Summit will cover the intersection of air quality and energy systems. Session topics include energy efficiency, transportation, grid issues, emerging technology, resiliency, and more.
Register now for the Summit taking place November 14-16 at the Texas Capitol.
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TECCC + Energy Code Ambassador Meeting | |
On November 9th we will hold a one-day workshop for both our Energy Code Ambassadors and our Texas Energy Code Compliance Collaborative (TECCC) meeting.
SPEER's Code Ambassador initiative is a dynamic and dedicated group of passionate individuals that gather monthly to address concerns and challenges related to the adoption of updating energy codes in cities across Texas with the goal of promoting and improving energy-efficient practices in our built environment.
The Texas Energy Code Compliance Collaborative (TECCC) was launched by SPEER in 2011 in partnership with State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) with the purpose of facilitating compliance with the State’s building energy codes statewide and serving as a reliable and unbiased source for information on building energy codes and code compliance in Texas.
If you would like to join this workshop or become an energy code ambassador for Texas save your spot now!
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Big welcome to our newest members! We are proud to have ICF, the City of Lewisville, and Ohm Connect as supporters of SPEER. 2023 has been an incredible year of growth for our organization and this is largely attributed to our members. Thank you to both our new and long-lasting members for helping drive SPEER's mission forward, and guiding the expansion of energy efficiency in our south-central region of Texas and Oklahoma. Head over to our membership page to see all of our incredible members. | |
SPEER Industry Workshop Recap | |
Last month SPEER held our annual Policy + Industry Workshop in Austin. The event was a huge success and we heard from industry leaders across the sector and region focused on grid challenges, energy efficiency solutions, utility and gas efficiency programs, heat pumps, DERs, and their impacts on Texas and Oklahoma. We already are looking forward to next year's event. Stay tuned as we will be announcing the dates and location in the weeks to come.
To review the materials presented during the event please visit our event recap page.
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