Podcasts about southeast energy efficiency alliance

Earlier this fall, we headed down to Atlanta for the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance's (SEEA) Southeast Energy Summit to delve into the complexities of distributing funds from the IRA, environmental and housing justice, and considerations for overarching systemic change. In this live-recorded conversation, we are joined by Joe Gehrdes, Director of Community Relations for Huntsville Utilities, and Odetta MacLeish-White, Director of Georgia Initiatives at the Center for Community Progress, to discuss solutions to these pressing issues. Check out this episode to learn more about the importance of equitably engaging with historically disadvantaged communities and how to effectively address the energy burden in the southern US and beyond. Additional resources from today's episode: Making Energy Work (Oct. 25-27, 2022): https://www.makingenergywork.com/ Huntsville Utilities: https://www.hsvutil.org/ Center for Community Progress: https://communityprogress.org/ Presented by NC Sustainable Energy Association. Hosted and produced by Matt Abele (Twitter: @MattAbele) Be sure to follow us on Instagram at @squeakycleanpodcast.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Has this summer felt hotter than usual? Atlanta has experienced once-in-a-century heat over the past six months. However, as the world battles rising sea levels and increasing CO2 emissions, the Supreme Court limited the power of the EPA to regulate industry into addressing climate change. The panel: Greg Bluestein, @bluestein, Political reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dr. Marilyn Brown, @Marilyn_Brown1, Professor of sustainable systems, Georgia Tech & co-founder, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance Dr. Marshall Shepherd, @DrShepherd2013, Director, atmospheric sciences program, University of Georgia Timestamps: 0:00 - Introductions 9:51 - Where does climate change stand globally? 15:48 - Dr. Marshall Shepherd breaks down the effects of Hurricane Michael 21:17 - Politics and climate change 41:06 - How does the EPA ruling affect climate change? 44:00 - Georgia Power investing in nuclear plants Please be sure to download our newsletter: www.gpb.org/newsletters. And subscribe, follow and rate this show wherever podcasts are found.

On episode 64, we're going to Nashville to listen to our favorite country musicians and meet up with some of our friends in the energy efficiency world at the AESP Annual Conference. We get a full rundown of trending EE topics from Jen Szaro, President and CEO of AESP. We also sit down with Quinn Parker, Founder & CEO of Encolor Consulting, to talk about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion with utility programs. Lastly, we sit down with Jeff Smith, Energy Efficiency Strategy & Regulatory Manager with Georgia Power, along with Aimee Skrzekut, President of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance. Additional resources from today's episode: NCSEA PBR Blog Post: https://bit.ly/35899lc Duke Energy Coal and Carbon Announcement: https://bit.ly/357VISk NCSEA's Making Energy NetWork Policy Forum: https://bit.ly/3p1vCaZ NCSEA's Clean Energy in the Mountains: https://bit.ly/3BurmWs AESP Annual Conference: https://bit.ly/3sPuxnx SEEA Southeast Energy Summit: https://bit.ly/3I1S37b Presented by NC Sustainable Energy Association. Hosted and produced by Matt Abele (Twitter: @MattAbele) Be sure to follow us on Instagram at @squeakycleanpodcast.

In this episode, Justin Brightharp joins Commissioner Echols and KC to talk “equity” in EV transportation.

This episode of Energy Matters features UGA Engineering Professor, David Gattie. Gattie and host Tim Echols make the case why nuclear energy is important in the low-carbon economy the US is pursuing. In the second half of the show, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance staffer Cyrus Bhedwar and CTE Associate Justin Brightharp discuss energy efficiency and electric cars.

Ben Taube joins Tim and John in the first half of the show. Ben is the founder of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance. He unpacks the PACE program, an innovative way to finance energy upgrades--in some jurisdictions. In the second half of the show, Alan Shedd of Georgia EMC discusses how EMCs do solar, EVs and sustainability with Tim, John and KC Boyce.

In this episode, Cyrus Bhedwar and Anne Blair with the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance join Commissioner Tim Echols to talk about the "next-car pledge" that Anne promotes through the EV Club of Atlanta. The panel also discusses the challenges of buying and driving electric and the "Pay As You Save" program for low-income energy efficiency.

In this episode, Anne Blair joins Tim and KC in studio to discuss her EV award. In the second half, Tim goes on the road with Kaveh Kamooneh about solar.

In this episode we take a regional look at energy efficiency in the Southeastern U.S. My guest is Mandy Mahoney, President of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, or SEEA. We start off by discussing the concept of energy efficiency and what it means these days, and then dive into SEEA’s energy efficiency work in the South, including the energy equity work that SEEA is doing in high poverty and often rural communities. Mandy, a native-born Southerner, shares her perspective on some of the economic and cultural nuances that can make it challenging to advance energy efficiency and clean energy in the South, but we also explore some innovative approaches that work. We then get into some of the interesting ways in which SEEA is expanding its energy efficiency focus to include electric transportation, storm resiliency and even healthcare. We close with a preview of SEEA’s upcoming annual Conference which will be held in Atlanta this October. Resources mentioned include: Collaboration: One Key to Arkansas' Success (slide deck by Arkansas PSC's Matthew Klucher Ouachita Electric Cooperative's HELP PAYS (Pay As You Save) Energy Efficiency Program Partnership for Southern Equity Green and Healthy Homes Initiative FORTIFIED Home™ standard for resilient construction ACEEE Rural Energy Conference fusion (2018 SEEA Conference) Recorded August 22, 2018. Published August 27, 2018. Sign up for email news and updates from More Power To You.  More Power To You is sponsored by SemaConnect, the leading provider of smart, networked electric vehicle charging stations. SemaConnect’s integrated solution combines its elegantly-designed charging station with its cutting edge cloud-based network, making it easy for drivers to manage their charging experience on their laptop, tablet or mobile device. Unlike some of its competitors, SemaConnect’s support for open standards and interoperability, combined with its robust dashboard, data analytics and reporting, make it an ideal solution for public utilities who want to manage and operate their own charging networks. And SemaConnect’s turn-key experience allows property managers to easily add and manage charging stations at their properties. American-owned, SemaConnect designs, assembles and distributes all its products at its headquarters in Maryland. Learn more about SemaConnect and its best in class service and warranty at SemaConnect.com.    

Marilyn Brown joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Professor in the School of Public Policy. During her prior career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, she held various leadership positions managing annual research budgets of $100+ million, focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, the electric grid. At ORNL, Dr. Brown co-authored the report, Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future, which remains a cornerstone of engineering-economic analysis of low-carbon energy options. Her research focuses on the design and impact of policies aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies, with an emphasis on the electric utility industry, the integration of energy efficiency, demand response, and solar resources, and ways of improving resiliency to disruptions. Her books include Climate Change and Global Energy Security (MIT Press, 2011) and Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming). She has authored more than 250 publications. Dr. Brown co-founded the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and chaired its Board of Directors for several years. She also served on the boards of directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Alliance to Save Energy, and was a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy for many years. She has served on five National Academies committees and for six years was a member of the National Academies’ Board of Energy and Environmental Systems. She currently serves on the editorial boards of two journals:  Energy Efficiency and Energy Research and Social Science. She is currently a Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public power provider, and serves on DOE's Electricity Advisory Committee.

Energy Pro is the name of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance’s initiative that presents the story of energy efficiency and the promise it holds for the southeast region (“energy productivity”), for demonstrating the results its partners and cities have achieved over the past three years (“progress”), and for highlighting how the many facets of this work continue to pave the way for sustained economic “prosperity” in the Southeast. The Energy Pro initiative includes a report that offers an honest assessment of the infrastructure, resources and opportunities in the Southeast that support the deployment of energy efficiency programming; a roadshow to six southeastern cities that highlights the economic revitalization that has resulted from the energy efficiency work done; and a series of awards to recognize the citizens who have significantly advanced energy efficiency over the past three years.

Ben Taube is the President of BLT Sustainable Energy, Inc. Ben has many years of working with the public and private sector at the local, state, and federal levels. Ben has spent many years of his career working across the globe on behalf of many cleantech companies. Ben Taube also serves as a Senior Vice President for Evaporcool LLC, partner of Consensus Energy, and the current Executive Director as well as a Senior Strategic Advisor of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) which is a nonprofit headquartered in Atlanta, GA with a mission to deploy energy efficiency across 11 southeast States. The organization is comprised of public and private interests. Prior to becoming the Executive Director of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, Ben served as the Public Affairs Manager for the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute where he was responsible for planning, coordinating, and communicating GREENGUARD’s activities, capabilities, goals, and priorities to a variety of audiences. Ben also worked as the Director of Government Affairs for EcoSMART Technologies. Ben also served as the Environmental Manager for the City of Atlanta with the responsibilities of developing and enhancing environmental initiatives and policy. Ben was recently awarded the 2011 Atlanta Business Chronicle Environmental Emerging Leader Award. Mr. Taube has a Bachelors Degree from the University of Memphis and a Masters in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver.

Tamara Jones of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance shares insights into energy efficiency efforts in the southeast. Jones talks about program designs and lessons learned from the 13 communities participating in the Southeast Community Retrofit Ramp-Up Consortium, a partnership established to create of expand building improvements across eight states and territories.