You Don't Want to Miss this Event

Speakers and attendees of the 2023 Governor's Conference on Energy and Environment will explore new insights and transformative solutions to current energy and environmental topics and unique initiatives underway to ensure Kentucky's citizens and communities thrive in a complex changing energy landscape.

Click here for the 2023 Agenda and Registration

OEP Launches New Resources for Residential Rooftop Solar for Kentucky Residents

In response to the expanding solar electricity market and to ensure Kentucky's citizens have accurate, reliable information, the Office of Energy Policy created the Resources for Residential Rooftop Solar available on the OEP webpage. These resources are especially important to interested homeowners as a means to ensure they are educated on solar technology in general, know the incentives available to them, the average price in their area, and even the potential for misleading advertisements.

Click here for Resources for Residential Rooftop

Building America's Clean Energy Future

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new web-based resource to show how the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are impacting clean energy technologies. The interactive map highlights dollars invested, new manufacturing capacity, potential new jobs, for clean energy technology areas: Solar, Offshore Wind, Electric Vehicles, Component Parts, & EV Chargers, and Batteries.

Click here for an overview of different technologies.

Where America stands on income, age and residence

Americans' incomes are falling, they're getting older, and they're decamping to states like Florida, Idaho and South Carolina, writes Alex Fitzpatrick, AXIOS. That's one big takeaway from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) one-year estimates released Sept. 14, 2023.

The ACS is one of the best resources available for a regularly published quantified look at myriad facets of American life, down to a remarkably local level.

Read key findings here.

Are You Considering Going Electric?

Want to learn more about electric vehicles? National Drive Electric Week, Sept. 22 - Oct. 1, is a nationwide celebration to raise awareness of the many benefits of all electric and plug-in hybrid cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. There are many in-person and online events scheduled throughout the region. On Sept. 30th, members of EVOLVEKY, Kentucky's Electric Vehicle Advocacy Group, and members of the Tesla Owners of Kentucky have joined forces to display a wide variety of EV makes and models currently available and an opportunity to learn first-hand from EV owners.

Click here to learn more about NDE Week.

Click here to learn more about Sept. 30th event, Lexington

History of coal production in the United States

Visualizing Energy data story tells the history of coal mining beginning in the Appalachian region in the mid-1700s through expansion into the Midwest in the mid-nineteenth century to the leading coal producing states in 2022. (Boston University, Institute for Global Sustainability)

Housing Development Alliance, Inc.

The Housing Development Alliance, Inc. is currently working with over 150 flood survivors in need of a new home with more than 120 flood-impacted homeowners in the pipeline for home rehabs and repairs. To provide home ownership affordability, HDA incorporates energy efficiency components in their new homes. To support of their efforts, OEP awarded HDA a 2024 State Energy Program grant that provides an Energy Star rating for 36 homes and rebates to offset costs of 15 Energy Star rated heat pumps.