Clean EnergyEnvironment
STATE PARTNERSHIP
Clean Energy-Environment
State Partnership Program
The Clean Energy-Environment State
Partnership is a voluntary state-federal
program that encourages states to develop
and implement cost-effective strategies that help
further both environmental and energy goals and
achieve public health and economic benefits.
Under the Partnership Program, states develop
and implement a comprehensive plan for using
existing and new energy policies and programs to
promote energy efficiency, clean distributed
generation, renewable energy, and other clean
energy sources.
What Do Partner States Do?
Partner States agree to: collaborate across state
energy and environmental agencies; work with
EPA to develop and implement clean energy
policies and strategies; and provide regular
updates on progress towards establishing and
achieving one or more specific and robust clean
energy goals.
How Do Partner States Benefit?
Partners benefit by receiving technical assistance
from EPA to help them design, refine, and
implement cost-effective clean energy-
What Is Clean Energy?
Clean energy includes demand- and supply-
side resources that deliver clean, reliable,
and low-cost ways to meet energy demand
and reduce peak electricity system loads.
Clean energy resources include energy
efficiency and clean energy supply, which
includes renewable energy and combined
heat and power (CHP) in distributed and
centralized applications.
PA estimates that if each state
implemented cost-effective clean energy-
environment policies, the expected growth in
demand for electricity could be cut in half
by 2025, and more demand could be met
through cleaner energy supply. This would
mean annual savings of more than 900
billion kWh and $70 billion by 2025, while
preventing the need for more than 300
power plants and the greenhouse gas
emissions equivalent to those from 80
million of today's vehicles.1
environment strategies and by learning from their
peers about successful programs and policies at
work in other states. Partners are also recognized
as clean energy and environmental leaders. See
reverse for specific examples of EPA assistance.
Who Are the State Partners?
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia,
Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.
EPA Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership
Partner States (as of July 2007)
1 This estimate is based upon EPA analysis of independent evaluations of the potential for cost-effective energy efficiency investments to help meet
the nations's growing demand for energy and electricity, including a 2004 meta-analysis that examined the results of 11 different studies that estimated
the potential for energy efficiency in various states and regions in the country and for the U.S. as a whole.
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How Does EPA Help?
EPA provides access to a comprehensive package of planning, policy, technical, analytical,
and information resources to help State Partners establish and implement sound clean
energy policies and programs as described below. EPA's Clean Energy-Environment Guide to
Action describes 16 clean energy policies and strategies that states have used to achieve
cost-effective clean energy. EPA also documents and disseminates successful state clean
energy policies and provides opportunities for training and peer exchange.
Category of Assistance
Examples of EPA Resources and Assistance
Forming a collaborative
Tools: EPA can support state collaborative processes with guidance on
structure, participants, and process, and can share how other states are
forming and managing their collaboratives.
Example: EPA is helping North Carolina partners identify goals and objectives
through their collaborative process, and has participated in Georgia's monthly
collaborative meetings.
Determining baseline
energy consumption and
forecasts
Tools: EE/RE Potential Study Guidance, State GHG Inventory Tool, Power
Profiler, eGRID, State Energy C02 Data Tables
Example: EPA has arranged for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
to support Georgia in assessing their renewable energy potential.
Identifying key policies,
opportunities, and
barriers
Tools: Clean Energy-Environment Guide to Action, State Clean Energy Policy
Maps and Data Tables, State Clean Energy-Environment Technical Forum,
Policy Design and Program Evaluation assistance, access to experts
Example: EPA is helping New Mexico evaluate state operations to identify,
evaluate, and prioritize the most promising program and policy options.
Quantifying the multiple
benefits of clean energy
Tools: Guidebook for Assessing the Multiple Benefits of Clean Energy, Lead
by Example Guidebook and Reporting Tool, Monitoring and Verification
Guidebook, Co-Benefits Risk Assessment Tool (COBRA), CHP Emissions
Calculator, e-Calc
Example: EPA is working with Connecticut to quantify the greenhouse gas, air
quality, health, and economic benefits of clean energy measures contained in
their Climate Change Action Plan.
Economic modeling
Tools: E-Plus, economic modeling tools
Example: EPA conducted targeted analyses of the macroeconomic impacts of
energy efficiency and renewable energy policies for New York to identify the
employment, gross state product, and other economic impacts related to
various options.
Outreach and information
sharing
Tools: Contractor access for design and editing, document templates,
distribution assistance, content for documents and websites
Example: EPA provided editorial input, contractor support, printing, and
distribution of a brochure highlighting California's energy efficiency programs
and opportunities.
How Do I Get More Information?
To learn more about the Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership, visit our Web site at
www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/stateandlocal/ or contact Julie Rosenberg at (202) 343-9154 or
rosenberg.julie@epa.gov.
EPA-430-F-06-007
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