 Good afternoon everyone welcome to our briefing today about how energy efficiency means business and you know it really does It's not just a clever title. Although it is also a clever title I am Dan Bressette the executive director of the environmental and energy study Institute EESI was founded in 1984 on a bipartisan basis by members of Congress to provide science-based information about environmental energy and climate change policies to policy makers We've also developed a program to provide technical assistance to rural utilities interested in on-bill financing programs for their customers I am very grateful who are hosts today Representative Marcy captor of Ohio and Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska This is our fourth annual energy efficiency means Business briefing and since the very beginning we've had the full support from these two key appropriators That committed bipartisan support sends a very important message about the wide range of benefits of energy efficiency and The need to ensure that the Department of Energy has what it needs for the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy to do its critical work Before we go any further it is my privilege to introduce our hosts who are joining us today via video recording We will hear first from representative captor who chairs the house energy and water appropriations subcommittee Followed by representative Fortenberry who is the ranking member of the agriculture appropriation subcommittee and as you will hear Has a personal connection to energy efficiency. I'm Congresswoman Marcy captor representing Ohio's ninth congressional district Let me extend a special. Thank you to the participants of today's event The panelists and my colleague mr. Fortenberry are critical allies for inventing and investing in the future as Chair of the energy and water appropriation subcommittee I'm excited to see the connection between our research and development programs and the next generation of deployment According to e2 there were 3.3 million jobs in clean energy in the United States at the beginning of 2020 And that includes over 2.3 million jobs in energy efficiency the Department of Energy programs at the building Technologies office and the weatherization program offer a window into how the energy efficiency economy can help meet our nation's 21st century challenges My goal as chair of energy and water is to help our generation Assure a better future for those that follow I'm confident that our country will meet these new age challenges at the dawn of this new era and that the Participants on this panel can help guide us into a future of which we all can be proud Together we will have to lead the world in the tasks ahead if we do the reward will be great We will build back a better future superior to today's and produce new good-paying jobs while we're at it Before I close let me give a special thanks to the participants and the EESI for organizing today's event It is a critical opportunity to learn more about the programs And the crucial link that the Department of Energy serves for the energy efficiency economy of tomorrow Hi, this is congressman Jeff Horton Berry on and I want to welcome you to the energy efficiency conference I'm so happy you're interested in this space and interested in investing here As we rethink the architecture for the 21st century politically and economically particularly it's clear that we need to begin a Important transition to a sustainable source of energy in the future And part of that is conservation and efficiency and innovation number of years ago when I lost a heating and air system I took myself on a journey. I thought this might be a time where I rethink my own energy needs And I actually implemented a geothermal system in my own house Took a lot of work. It took a lot of technologically Technological exact design if you will I use an available tax credit My local utility had a rebate at that time the equipment manufacturer also had a rebate And in Nebraska, we have an energy loan program that gives Citizens persons who want to have a low interest loan The opportunity to upgrade equipment and use new building technologies for the sake of energy efficiency I'm really happy I did that. We're very pleased with it. It creates a better environment inside the house Obviously saves a huge amount of cost on natural gas A little bit tough when it gets down to minus 20 like it did last week where the override electrical system has to kick in But nonetheless, it was my own small way of trying to participate by example in energy efficiency So I'm really happy that you're bringing a decided emphasis on this I've long been a supporter again of trying to move us to a sustainable renewable based economy Obviously, we have to do that in stages so that we're not disruptive But at the same time, this is an exciting vision that attracts many many people because ultimately it's about stewardship of the resources we have Have a great conference Well, thank you very much representative captor and representative fortenberry for joining us today Of course, we wish we could be with you in person today But on behalf of everyone at esi and in our audience today Thank you very much for your leadership as energy efficiency champions We send you our best wishes to be well stay safe and to take care Let me also take a moment to acknowledge the hard work by your staff in the planning for this briefing Your offices are always awesome to work with and I consider matthew and alan keep partners in our work So thank you and thanks to your staff I will let the welcome messages from our hosts do most of the talking this afternoon But I do have some logistics to share After our final panelists, we will have time for questions from our online audience If you have a question, please follow esi on twitter at esi online And send in your questions that way if you'd rather you can also send us an email the email address is esi at esi dot org And now to our panelists We have assembled five leading voices in the practice and business of energy efficiency One reason why everyone loves energy efficiency is because it has something for everyone Yes, energy efficiency means business, but it also means so much more good jobs cleaner environment Lower utility bills are more reliable and resilient energy system and lower greenhouse gas emissions And now we are going to hear all about that Our first panelist is vicki hackett vicki is the deputy commissioner of energy at the connecticut department of energy and environmental protection She was appointed to this position in august 2019 And as deputy commissioner vicki is leading deep energy branch as connecticut transitions to a zero carbon electric grid Her responsibilities include developing connecticut's integrated integrated resources plan and comprehensive energy strategy overseeing procurements of clean energy resources and developing policies and programs in the areas of energy affordability energy efficiency and strategic electrification of the transportation and housing sectors To help connecticut achieve its greenhouse gas reduction goals. Welcome to the panel today vicki. I will turn it over to you Thank you dan Good afternoon everybody and thank you for eesi and for the invitation to join you today and to our hosts Representatives captor important berry and their staff. I'm excited and i'm honored to be here with this panel today As dan mentioned, my name is vicki hackett I'm the deputy commissioner of energy at the connecticut department of energy and environmental protection And i'd like to offer a few insights from connecticut related to our energy efficiency And other programs as well as the overarching priorities of all 56 state and territory members of the national association of state energy officials for nazio So i'd like to start uh, if we could go to the next slide, please And the next one Thank you, uh with the state energy program and just a quick, uh overview The value of the u.s state energy program or sep is that it provides connecticut and all other states In delivering energy savings improving the resilience and sustainability of our communities And reducing air pollution creating jobs and helping achieve our energy climate and resilience goals The sep is the only cost-shared program administered by the u.s department of energy that provides resources directly to the states the sep formula funds Provide states with the flexibility that they need to meet their unique public and private sector energy efficiency and renewable energy Opportunities within a framework that's set by congress sep is not a one-size-fits-all program and instead allows states The flexibility to determine how to meet the goals that congress sets states use sep funds on activities such as preparing for energy emergencies assisting small businesses and manufacturers with energy efficiency to reduce energy costs improving competitiveness and creating jobs Planning for and investing in electric vehicle infrastructure And supporting local governments and energy efficiency retrofits of schools police stations and other public facilities to reduce utility bills paid by taxpayers states strategically use sep funding to leverage private and state investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and infrastructure with exceptional results In fact, doe's oak ridge national laboratory completed a comprehensive evaluation of sep And found that each dollar of sep federal funds Leverages 10 dollars and 71 cents of non federal funds and each dollar of sep federal funds produces annual energy savings of 1.03 million source btu's and cost savings of seven dollars and 22 cents That's one of the best bang for your buck programs available through the federal government Next slide, please So i'd like to talk a little bit about um in can i get what's known as our conservation and load management program We have used sep funds to support important energy policies and programs That are embodied in our conservation and load management program Which contains a portfolio of programs that provide significant energy and cost savings to residents and businesses And by providing these savings The cnlm programs reduce emissions from fossil fuel plants addressing climate health and environmental justice concerns The cnlm programs also add to the gross state product Generate tax revenues and support thousands of good jobs across the state Next slide, please so the annual um the cnlm plan operates on a three-year planning cycle and the current plan for uh 2019 to 2021 is projected to generate lifetime savings of over 71 million mmbtus and reduce over 575 000 tons of ceo carbon dioxide emissions next slide, please our plan priorities and key themes of the 2019 to 2021 um cnlm plan are listed on this slide The plan is also updated annually to incorporate public input and ensure that it stays it remains aligned with current energy trends and policies The 2021 plan update was just released this week The 2021 plan update builds on the priorities and themes listed here while providing additional savings opportunities for residents and businesses new workforce development opportunities And an increased focus on community engagement and enhanced commitment to equity and environmental justice Thank you. Uh, so connecticut has several ongoing projects that are supported by the scp And many of them build off our conservation and load management or other Uh programs that we have underway So, um, for example, we have an energy cap program that I'll talk a little bit more about in a bit that tracks utility use and cost and state buildings Um, we have ev infrastructure and planning. Um development that uh, we'll be focusing scp funding on uh in the in the coming year Uh, we are looking at ways that we can address Uh barriers to weatherization using uh Potentially using scp funding and that really is an equity and environmental justice issue because Uh, especially in states with older housing staff. Um, such as connecticut There could be many barriers to participation in in our, uh, important cost saving, uh energy saving programs we're looking at, uh In implementing heat pump adoption initiatives to support building decarbonization and supporting, um energy affordability through, um, a home energy score and working with realtors and educating them About the value of a home energy score so that people who are buying or renting properties will better understand Um, what their energies will be when they move in What their energy use will be when they move in Uh, we're also focusing on developing the clean energy workforce through investments and programs at local community colleges In 2019, um deep also used scp funds to make energy efficient LED lighting upgrades at nine state facilities including eight state parks and our marine headquarters at deep Um saving over seven thousand dollars annually in electricity costs Next slide please So just taking us a little bit of a deeper dive into one program Deep utilizes a web-based software program called energy cap to track utility use and costs at all of our state-owned or lease facilities So deep has successfully collected contiguous data for electricity natural gas delivered fuels Water and sewer back to 2018 Providing a benchmark from which to measure and analyze energy use and costs for connecticut state agencies Energy cap provides each state agency with the tools to track and manage utility data Empowering them to make informed decisions about efficiency investments, which will return the highest savings to investment ratio Energy cap has been fundamental in the implementation of governor lamont's executive order one Which directs executive branch agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent waste disposal by 25 percent And water use by 10 by 2030 the software currently houses nearly 4 000 state-owned or lease buildings While recording use and cost of 11 731 utility meters But the help of energy cap connecticut has reduced energy use by 8 percent since 2018 The savings of over 12 million dollars and that program is supported by scp funds We also had a program in 2017 to 2018 Next slide please Thank you in 2017 to 2018 We used scp funds to support the installation of a compost aeration heat recovery system at a local connecticut dairy farm Which demonstrates the flexibility of the scp funding the system speeds up the production of compost by increasing the rate of aeration While simultaneously capturing waste heat and using it elsewhere on the farm as a space and water heating Measure the project was visited by congressman joe courtney in 2018 And the system used the compost production revenue by 21 000 in the first year of operation And reduced diesel fuel use by 1400 gallons and over 400 hours of labor savings Next slide please With respect to weatherization barriers There are many residents who can't take advantage of connecticut's energy efficiency programs as i mentioned A little while ago because their homes have a health and safety barrier that prevents weatherization From 2017 to 2019 23 of participants in the home energy solutions income eligible program had health and safety barriers that prevented them from Um going to the next level of measures compared to only 9 of market rate participants Remediating remediating these barriers can be prohibitively expensive One study found that removing asbestos one of the most common barriers in connecticut can cost an average of over 14 000 Deep is convening workshops with stakeholders to develop solutions to these barriers including leveraging additional sources of funding Coordinating with other agencies and services to generate referrals for weatherization programs and improving community engagement strategies Next slide please So another focus that we have for our scp funding is connecticut's energy efficiency workforce Roughly 8 and 10 clean energy jobs in connecticut are the are in the energy efficiency sector, which supported over 36 000 jobs in connecticut in 2019 Unfortunately, the energy efficiency industry suffered some of the greatest job losses during the covet 19 pandemic At least in connecticut over 84 of clean energy jobs lost were in energy efficiency Deep worked really closely with the utilities and the energy efficiency contractors to create a plan for a safe return to work And took steps to ramp up business activity including increasing incentives, which also provide Stimulus for customers who participate and thanks to this hard work. We're seeing a rapid comeback in in The programs and in hiring to keep this momentum going deep is exploring strategies to Further develop connecticut's energy efficiency workforce including collaborating with the governor's workforce council on a variety of initiatives And evaluation we're also doing an evaluation of the success of past clean energy workforce initiatives And gathering stakeholder input through our contractor technical advisory committee meetings next slide please So another opportunity potentially for for scp or other funding is Our micro grids and resilience program in september 2020 Governor Lamont convened the gen the connecticut general assembly for a special session that led to the passage of public that public act 20-5 and section 15 of that act expanded our micro grid program to create a micro grid and resilience grant grant and loan program Which will also support resilience projects not connected to a micro grid including those related to climate change The governor's 2022 to 2023 Biannual budget recommends five million dollars a year and new bond funds for these projects And federal funding could be leveraged with that funding to do some really critical resilience work in connecticut next slide please so The public act expanded the allowed uses for the funding from the program to include community planning that includes micro grid or resilience project feasibility Including a cost benefit benefit analysis Assistance for the cost of design and engineering services and interconnection infrastructure for resilience projects with which we've seen as a big barrier Resilience projects connected to storage systems or certain distributed energy systems And also non federal cost sharing for grant or loan applications for projects or programs that include micro grids or resilience and the public act requires deep to prioritize Proposals that benefit vulnerable communities and allows deep to hire a technical consultant to help implement the program next slide please I also want to talk about the weatherization assistance program It's a federally funded program from the u.s. Department of Energy that provides weatherization services critical weatherization services to low income residents Benefits include mechanical Services such as repair and replace of heating systems and water heaters installation of program Programmable thermostats and insulating ductwork and water pipes the building show which includes Insulating attics and sidewalls air sealing repair and replacing windows and doors and health and health and safety measures such as testing of heating systems and combustion appliances ventilation installation and smoke and carbon Minoxide detector installation as well as incidental repairs next slide please These are some of the statistics showing the benefits of the program nationally and within Connecticut For some of our citizens who are really most impacted by high energy costs in Connecticut Connecticut is eager to continue this work and urges congress to fund the us state energy program at 90 million for fiscal year 2022 Annual appropriation and to fund the weatherization assistance program at 360 million Which also offers our state residents important energy efficiency and utility cost savings Next slide please I want to talk a little bit about supporting equity Through these programs and through all of our programs in energy at Connecticut deep So institutionalizing equity and deeps energy work is a Significant priority of ours and we're taking steps both internally and externally to ensure that it's reflected across our work Including building an internal equity team to institutionalize equity diversity and inclusion within our processes and our culture within deep Within the 2021 conservation and load management plan update we created new energy equity metrics As well as emphasizing Reaching low and moderate income customers and planning to address renter barriers to weatherization and more Within our integrated resources plan. We had a wide range of recommendations that addressed affordability and lessen the That recommendations related to environmental impacts to marginalized groups Improving residents access to behind the meter resources and more Um, we also in Connecticut, uh, the governor, uh, governor Lamont signed on to the mlu for the transportation climate initiative program capping the transportation related emissions of our largest Uh, uh, emitting sector Um prioritizing at least 35 percent of the clean reinvestments in overburdened And underserved communities and establishing an equity advisory board We're also supporting new legislation codifying the zero carbon electric supply target by 2040 that we have And requiring home energy labeling or in the alternative provision of the last 12 months of utility bills um When when a property owner lists a home for sale or rent to provide transparency, which we believe is the first step toward affordability Next slide, please We also have underway, uh, an equitable energy efficiency proceeding at deep That we launched in september to help define equity in the context of our energy efficiency programs and increase participation in these programs particularly in underserved communities Next slide, please So we support, uh, nazio's funding requests as stated earlier for the us state energy program of 90 million for the fiscal year 2022 Annual appropriation and for the weatherization assistance program of 360 million And we also support nazio's scp funding requests under a stimulus or infrastructure package at 3.1 billion The administration has called for retrofitting 4 million buildings and 2 million low-income homes and the installation of 500 000 electric vehicle charging stations across the country Connecticut deep and our state energy office colleagues across the country have a proven track record with implementing results driven public private partnership program Areas such as these under the american recovery and re-investment act scp was funded at 3.1 billion And connecticut deep and other state energy offices use these funds to create jobs Improve residential commercial and industrial efficiency Support the first wave electric of electric vehicle investments and enhance the resilience of our energy infrastructure We appreciate chair chairwoman captors and congressman port and very strong support of both of the state energy program and the weatherization assistance program And as congress considers expanded energy efficiency renewable energy Climate and resilience Activities we urge recognition of the need to support both energy rnd and important demonstration and deployment projects such as scp Which speed the movement of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies from labs into the market proper place Nazio and many state energy offices have worked to expand energy efficiency In other areas in partnership with federal agencies For example, nazio has strongly supported agricultural renewable energy and energy efficiency programs accomplished through the energy title of the multi-year farm bill Programs such as usda's reap provide funding to farmers and ranchers to help on energy efficiency and renewable energy And these are the types of programs that directly benefit Nebraska consumers for example In addition to uh forward year 2022 regular federal appropriations nazio also supports some innovative ideas that could be done Through a stimulus or reconciliation bill or through an energy scp and infrastructure package in addition to the scp program Uh representative blunt rochester has introduced the open back better bill Um, which would provide federal funds through the state energy offices to address resilience upgrades at mission critical facilities like schools and hospitals And facilitate private financing for cost efficient cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements And finally, it's worth noting that the state energy offices with supportive scp funding have rapidly and effectively developed policies and implemented programs to alleviate energy burden on individuals and businesses that resulted from the covet 19 19 pandemic scp dollars enabled states to develop and implement emergency plans That literally kept the lights on in the early days of the pandemic Annual scp funding and enhanced funding through a stimulus infrastructure package would enable state energy offices to build on these important activities And reduce energy costs for low income households and small businesses Launch energy efficiency and infrastructure programs that would create jobs and improve the resilience of our energy infrastructure to get america back to work Thank you for your time, and I look forward to taking questions Thank you so much vicki for your presentation. Um, you mentioned nazio a lot national association of state energy officials Um, great resource. We always open for four years. We've opened this briefing With a state energy office representative It's difficult to tell the story of energy policy in the united states and energy efficiency in particular without Uh, starting with the state energy offices if you're not already to our staff and our audience today We're not already using nazio as a resource. It's a great great resource to learn exactly what's happening in your state I am a state energy office alumnus. I did six years at the maryland energy administration And I started at the last stimulus and was part of that and there's just no better way to to get in You know to make a difference in energy policy than Working in your energy office. So thank you so much vicki for start for kicking off our panel today Um, there was a lot of information in vicki slides And so I just wanted to have a quick reminder that if you missed any of it and this goes for all of our remaining panelists We archive everything online at www.mesi.org You can view the webcast you can see the slides And uh over the next couple couple days. We'll also have written summaries as well So you can quickly find the information that you want. Um, and of course it's all free and widely available Uh, now I get to introduce our second panelist christopher d. Hess is vice president of global public affairs for eaten A global power management company that serves customers in more than 175 countries chris works cross-functionally with eaten businesses to develop the company's strategic position on global regulatory legislative and government issues chris advises eaten stakeholders on complex global policy issues including but not limited to aerospace defense energy trade taxation And government programs and procurement chris. It is great to see you again Thank you for once again joining our energy efficiency panel and I will turn it over to you So Dan, thank you again for inviting me back. Um, I'm just thinking about how the world has changed since we last met Last january and the pandemic and how it has really accelerated the way we communicate the way we work and energy Is no different. We are seeing a huge investment and focus on energy transition the pandemic kind of give us a sense of Oh, how our supply chains are critical How we manage our power and the availability of power are going to be critical to our economy, but also making sure that Um, the people that we employ and that are in our communities are getting what they need to to address these issues But also to live more healthy lives. So eaten is positioning ourselves to to chase And to address a lot of these issues related to climate change Because we see tremendous growth opportunities To provide solutions for these, um different initiatives. We can go to the next slide So if you think about eaten corporation, I would say that we're providing intelligent power management systems in anything that moves really electrical power through power distribution and management of of buildings and data centers and residential homes also the Incorporation of renewables into the grid and into different facilities but in in aircraft And also in vehicles through our vehicle business and now in our new segment e-mobility, which is focused on taking Our 100 years of expertise in power management in driving that through the vehicle So we're really excited about the opportunities for eaten, but We're so engaged in identifying the right partners so that we can innovate to address these issues solve problems for our customers And address some of the societal challenges that we we foresee Um in the next several years and decades. So energy transition Is efficiency, but it's also resiliency Sustainability and reliability and those are the things that we're really focused on We've had a great opportunity to partner with a lot of the members of these committees That are in charge of authorizing and appropriating dollars for energy. We have facilities in 25 States throughout the country. We have a wonderful footprint of manufacturing and research and operations in Many of the congressional districts that are represented on these committees worked with a lot of the staff and members Have a great unique relationship with congresswoman capture In the fact that we're global operations are in cleavan, ohio Which includes portions of her congressional district and really appreciate her leadership in terms of bringing A focus to innovation on energy to Northwest and northeast ohio So I really enjoy working with them and we have Tremendous amount of assets in Nebraska as well in our vehicle business That we are we are innovating to make internal combustion engines more efficient reduce emissions But we're also very much aligned with this e-mobility trend trends So again, thanks to them for for co-hosting this event. Once again, we go to the next slide, please So my focus is really going to be Demonstrating how a company partners with the department of energy and the federal government To invest and innovate And what those collaborations mean for a company like eaton So that we're focused on the right types of innovations But also leveraging the resources of the federal government Bringing our own unique perspectives and technical competencies to bear But finding collaborations with both nonprofit and profit customers so that we can come together and really identify How to address these These challenges that that the market is facing and if you look at the different offices of in eRE We we are playing in every single one of those We have examples of programs that we're we're leading and partners in that are helping Guide our innovation process as we try to address the energy transition and climate action initiatives in the united states So this is a global Scope in terms of a competition So DOE is it is vital for the united states the investments in DOE and the programs are going to help the united states Maintain their lead on the technical side, but also deployment is was just as critical The from a pilot program that takes an innovation to the market and demonstrates its Real-world application and improves things to fleets and and building managers that these things not only work If they they they are more efficient and have cost savings in them, but they provide more productivity And these are the home runs of things that we're trying to to to bring to the market So through programs like scp Or the creative programs like ecbg that were in the last stimulus program So important to deploy these technologies and you can you can really target areas That are in a in a sense In areas of under employment or under investment Through these localized funds because they're localized decisions In a very specific manner So I think if we're looking at stimulus or recovery funding in the future These are great ways to make sure that these these areas of underutilization And the in the areas that are maybe being impacted by climate issues More um more significantly are able to access the money and then address their unique issues and their unique circumstances So let's go to the next slide This is just one example, you know of a program that we did with the doe solar office um And you know from our perch in cleven ohia We're leveraging our facilities in in the pittsburgh area In uh, milwaukee in wisconsin, but also our facilities in oregon and um facilities in virginia But we're bringing in other partners and we're partnering with utilities and and fleets and customers And talking about how can we how are we leveraging? You know all of these different Doe labs that that provide so many critical resources that we can't duplicate as a company We can we can never come close to the investments that they're making in the labs and in modeling and research And it really accelerates our ability to bring innovations to market And all of the university systems that we're collaborating with both with our own investments Our own recruitment, but also in in promoting technology development Certainly, also, you know cross agency and cross department investments in the federal government DOE DOD and The department of transportation and others so these collaborations are critical to a success of company like eaton But I think it's also providing something to the department of energy and the u.s Government in terms of leveraging leveraging these critical dollars that you get more bang for the buck there Next slide, please This is just An example of the different labs that a company like eaton is engaged with and it's basically every single lab in the do DOE portfolio very hard to read this is sort of a eye chart here But as you see like when we we're looking to collaborate within the lab network They're you know their understanding of eaton's technologies and our ability to really tap into their resources is critical for our future growth and our future innovation And we've got dozens of programs over the last decade that have gone from from a lab into the marketplace In into the power management systems Um on the grid or in in facilities into vehicles through programs like the 21st century truck program or or the The you know the the next generation of the vehicles that are both heavy duty and light duty And we're even taking some of our competencies on the electrical management side In driving them into the aerospace industry because we're electrifying everything electrification promotes not only efficiency and cost savings But it promotes digitalization and artificial intelligence So most of the smart um controls are going to be electric And the DOE investments in these labs Over the next decade are really going to be key to making sure that the united states Is keeping up and in leading in these areas and these technologies we go forward So the next slide please One of the one of the great relationships that we have going back about four years now Is our relationship with enrel in colorado the national renewable energy lab has world class facilities Um and and they're helping us promote our energy integration Systems that are deployed in data centers in buildings and mission critical environments that That need that that need to be sustained in order for us to make sure That our country has the power When it needs it um We have 15 phd researchers embedded in the facility So instead of having them set up a meeting that you you can't you know you got to go through You know through all the the arrangements to get there we go we were going down the hall This was last year before the pandemic now we're working with them virtually Looking forward to perhaps in the near future getting back together in the facility But it was a really a great demonstration of how the private sector and the um the labs are working together to promote faster adoption of some of the um You know energy efficient and sustainable products that were really focused on Next slide please You know one of the one of the key segments of growth and mega trends that we're seeing and one that was accelerated frankly by the the the pandemic not only from Seeing what it what needs to be done in terms of um mitigating climate change, but really getting focused companies focused on growth and the future and that's what Economic downturns do they really focus companies on how to address future challenges because resource resources become Scare so you really have to focus So you've heard a lot of oems announcing all you know their electrification efforts Eaton has done the same thing We have been engaged in this for for over 15 years And this is just an example of a program where we're we're part of a subcontractor with eppery and working with utilities um and different oems and even the the um DOE programs of clean cities to not only Demonstrate the technology but deploy it throughout the country. So we're excited. This is one kind of program We could never duplicate on our own But having the department of energy Funded in the right areas having the right opportunity funding opportunity announcements Targeted at the right things is really going to be critical as we move forward. So We we we are excited about the opportunities of these programs bring that they bring Next slide, please I think over the past several years There there's been a focus on early stage technology and innovation development and perhaps It's the job of the private sector to commercialize and and what we would say at Eaton Is it is just important to be in that those trl Six through ten where we're trying to get these products to market through the in it through the programs of DOE Focusing on how to demonstrate the capabilities of these new technologies have for our customers and for the market You know if you're dealing with a truck fleet or a building Their number one priority is to get goods to market or to to ensure the operations of their facilities And there is a definite sort of depth valley of depth there If we can't demonstrate these these technologies To the satisfaction of the end market so that they can be adopted There is there is no scenario where a truck can be on the side of the road because the new technology doesn't work So these programs that that pilot and demonstrate All of these new technologies are just important as the the early stage innovation that's taking place at DOE And we would just stress that we want to focus on all of these opportunities to make sure that All these investments are making their way into the marketplace Next slide, please And finally, I we're having a conversation today, right? It's not just talking to you telling you how great eating is We think we're great, right? But we're trying to get better But how can we work better together? to um to leverage the resources and take advantage of the opportunities that we might have In a recovery act to really accelerate the the um impact that DOE has on our economy and our competitiveness as a country And looking at the opportunities to to focus on cross-cutting technology platforms Through different programs that bring different parties together in unique ways There's a there's a model in europe where where there is um competitors all together in one program And they're working on technology Challenges as opposed to working on specific products that are unique to each of those companies So we're working together in a way that tries to solve a platform issue, right? As opposed to a unique circumstance within a company So the whole economy can benefit from that research If you know, and that's maybe a model that we could maybe take a look at so we're bringing that, you know To the forefront here. Um, I cannot read that slide. Is there a way we can blow that up a little bit? I just want to make sure I I hit these key points You know on the vehicle side We we hear about the electrification of the of the passenger vehicle market and certainly exciting new Developments and investments are being made by the OEMs a lot of new aggressive Investments in deployment of infrastructure to to charge those vehicles. Um, not only, uh, you know You know efficiently, but also incorporating renewable opportunities and in the future And you know the ability to store energy and get that back on the grid and what it's which what it's most utilized But in the heavy duty space, we've got a lot of different segments in about 15 000 different duty cycles And we need tech with technologies that fit those duty cycles So all electric doesn't work in every every segment Fuel cells may be a solution in the class 8 sections in a lot of the different Class 6 and 7 ones where you're doing urban delivery Maybe it's a plug-in hybrid or an electrified drive train All these things are different So it's to be flexible and provide flexibility in programs that bring the right mark the The right technologies to market and don't miss opportunities to drive efficiency Um, I again on the aerospace side a lot of opportunities for For electrifying aircraft and usually utilizing the same platforms in the other spaces to really drive a new industry So maybe a collaboration through f a a and the department of transportation and the doe And then as we look forward the electrical opportunities aren't just tremendous a micro grid deployment Digitalization of everything electrification of everything provides smart data to utilize to be more productive And to provide more value for customers And to consumers and you know eatons very very excited about these developments and these opportunities So we're we're steering our ship to the in these directions and hope to be part of the solution as we move forward So with that i'll pause and i'm looking forward to hear from the rest of the panel Thanks so much chris for your presentation today Um, and welcome back to the panel. Uh, it's great to see you Uh, our third panelist, uh is arjun krishna swami. He is an analyst with the natural resources defense councils climate and clean energy program He leverages modeling and analysis to support policy solutions Accelerate the clean energy transition Focusing on policy in the western states and at the federal level Uh, previously he was a schneider fellow at n rdc where he focused on promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy Through legislation as well as department of energy innovation programs He has two degrees a bachelor's degree in environmental science Environmental systems engineering and a master's in civil and environmental engineering both from stanford university Welcome to the panel. Uh, and I look forward to hearing what you have to say today It's great to see you and you have maybe the best background of all of us. It's definitely the greenest Thank you dan And thank you esi for inviting us to join the conversation today Uh, i'm excited to to talk to you all about the importance of appropriations and the federal budget for do e in advancing solutions to address the climate crisis building out energy efficiency solutions and the clean energy economy so on on the first slide Let's see on the first slide. You'll see some of the the key points I want to talk to you all about today um, and you know some of the other panelists have have talked and will talk about The amazing projects that do e has funded and the type the the really specific type of work that brings the benefits of do e funding to to Two communities and to businesses and I want to take it a little bit higher level and talk about why in this moment. It's so important to have bold increases in the budget for For these do e programs and in particular talk about first the success stories that we've seen how how Do e funding has driven some of the the amazing transformation we've seen in clean energy to date and then talk about why Why these programs are underfunded relative to the need and the opportunity? And then finally talk about what the opportunities are for really big bold increases in the f y 22 budget and beyond So on the on the next slide, you'll see Two charts that really illustrate this first point that we've seen a transformation of the clean energy space Uh, that that is is really, you know, we can tie to in part do e investments and That story is that the cost of some of our major clean energy solutions Has dramatically declined in the last decade or so 60 to 95 percent for solar wind ev batteries and led bulbs and that's a result of decades of federal investment in in rnd as well as uh tax incentives and other federal policies and state policies that have driven this the these cost reductions and And the growth you see on the other chart, which is really, you know, exponential for led bulbs and electric vehicles and and a really fast growth trajectory for for wind and solar So on on the next slide, you'll see, you know, there's several other reasons why do e programs have been so impactful Uh, the the bullets on on the right side of the screen show Just some of the other metrics that that are really really impressive for these these DOE programs An independent peer reviewed evaluation of the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy showed that for every dollar invested in through these programs $33 of benefits accrued to the public, which is which is an enormous return on on investment From from federal dollars and that study looked particularly as well at investments in h-fact Water heating and appliance rnd through the building technologies office and found that the benefits are Up to 66 dollars per dollar invested through these programs for for the subset of programs that that they looked at which again is is a really incredible use of federal dollars to to bring benefits to people And those benefits are beyond just improvements in technology costs or Or growth in the technologies. They also enable and improve the other solutions. We have on hands to address climate change The investments that DOE has made in In appliance rnd have helped the appliance standard program Do even more and be even stronger to bring cost savings and energy savings to more people and the same is true For the renewable energy investments and and state rps policies, for example And then a word about the weatherization assistance program, which is it has vicky vicky mentioned sort of really critical program for bringing the benefits of energy efficiency to low-income households and it also has enormous economic benefits too in terms of job creation saving saving households money on their energy bills And you know the the other component of this slide is just a chart that shows the budget for e re and the great increases that we've seen over the last several years thanks to Thanks to a bipartisan set of appropriators that have Protected these programs acknowledged their importance and and made them more robust Over the last few years and we hope to see see that progress continue as I'll talk about So on the next slide you know Though we've seen amazing success come out of these these programs at e re and do e more broadly We also know that we're missing out on opportunities by not having those budgets Be significantly larger than they are today and the chart here shows funding for do e's energy programs in in f y believe that's f y 21 and That's about you know a little over 10 billion dollars If you compare that to what the funding would have been if these programs had grown the budget for these programs had grown with inflation The the budget would be closer to 32 billion dollars so significantly larger than than what we're spending today And that's that first line on the chart and the the second line is the amount of money that we would be spending through do e Clean energy programs if we were to meet President biden's commitment to spend 400 billion dollars over 10 years on energy innovation. So again, we're we're Through these do e programs were A bit far away from meeting those goals And there's a lot of room to increase these programs with with bold increases to the budget to reach them But more over even you know beyond the goals that we're trying to reach In addition to these of course the other goals related to retrofitting um 2 million buildings building 1.5 million efficient affordable housing units Beyond those goals. There's also opportunities. We're missing Just by by not being able to fund More qualified applicants through existing programs at do e for example There was a recent funding opportunity where Do we could only fund 4 percent of the applicants that applied and a lot of the data on on the number of that of applicants that apply is not public But we understand that there's a lot of qualified applicants who are applying to these programs or are interested in them Who we could be funding with with greater greater budgets for these programs similarly the weather station assistance program Is enormously successful for the households that it It can reach but it only reaches a fraction of a percent of the eligible households each year and In fact, you know if we were to keep the weather station assistance program funded at the same level for the next four years It would reach About 150,000 households out of 40 million or more than 40 million really that are are eligible So so there's a a big opportunity here that we're missing out on On the next slide you can see that not only are do we these do we clean energy programs? uh Underfunded in general compared to the need. They're also Particularly underfunded for the energy using sectors where Energy efficiency is is a core solution for buildings industry and transportation The funding is is a smaller share of does investments Compared to how important these these sectors are for addressing addressing co2 emissions Which is what this chart shows But they're also Underfunded relative to the importance of these sectors in advancing some of our other goals like environmental justice and energy justice And equity we know that building out a healthy affordable efficient housing stock is critical to meeting our equity and energy justice goals as is building out affordable and accessible mobility systems And industrial an industrial sector that that doesn't pollute nearby communities And uh, we're really you know, there's a lot of room to be investing in in addressing these problems That we're missing out on without a significantly larger budget So on the next slide that leads me to Really the the the big point I want to make which is the the time is ripe for us to to be making bold investments through through programs like those at DOE's office of energy efficiency and renewable energy and uh, you know We've talked a bit about stimulus investments here and and I think There's a role for both large stimulus investments in an infrastructure package, which we really need to get the economy Back in gear and to get clean energy workers back to work And there's also a need for us to get the the budget for these programs on the track to to uh Expanded for the long term so that we can provide consistent investments in In building out the clean energy economy and addressing these these problems that we're facing down and this chart shows an illustrative increase to DOE's research development And demonstration programs and some other work within the applied energy programs That would would match President biden's commitment to 400 billion dollars over 10 years So just to show the the types of increases that we're talking about and and the need to really Invest more in in these funding opportunities on the next slide I want to talk a bit about some of the specific opportunities What are we talking about which which of course some of some of my co-panelists have have dug into and I'll talk a bit about the building technologies office and the advanced manufacturing office These slides just show or these charts just show The current distribution of funding in both of these offices. So for bto the main the main Places The main categories of funding are the residential and commercial buildings integration programs Emerging technologies and the codes and standards work all of which are Have opportunities to expand and places where they could be even more impactful and and just a few to highlight For rbi and cbi these these programs are of course critical to bringing the The benefits of energy efficiency to two more places Removing the barriers to energy efficiency adoption and taking advanced technologies and helping More people get access to them and that work as we know needs to expand considerably in order for us to To meet our goals. So there's a lot of room to increase funding for those programs As well as in the codes and standards program, which we know is a a cornerstone of the federal a federal efficiency policy There's a great need to expand that work as well, particularly in in the building energy codes program to Bring bring code adoption and compliance to more places through technical assistance training and And other resources to support state and local entities And there's lots of other exciting opportunities like investing in the grid integrated Efficient buildings work, which really needs funding across rbi and cbi and the emerging technologies program As well as funding to reduce the the life cycle impacts of Of buildings and get up to embody carbon problems. So lots of opportunities to invest more through bto And then on the amo front, uh, the advanced manufacturing office invests in so much so many Cool projects and important projects that that we need Including clean energy manufacturing, which are the blue wedges in this chart industrial efficiency, which are the the orange and red wedges and materials research and development those those yellow wedges and all of this work Is is critical and merits merits expansion But a few areas where, you know, there's a particular need for more funding We know that we need to build out efficient clean manufacturing of clean energy In order to meet our our final goals the level of clean energy deployment that we need And to build a stronger clean energy economy here We also know on the industrial efficiency front that we really have to expand Expand both efficiency at industrial facilities as well as some of these other solutions like electrification or low low emissions heat and That work merits significant expansion, especially in the demonstration in the demonstration And technical assistance laying So on the on the next slide Talk a bit about some of the the important work To to expand assistance to state travel and local governments And and I think my co-panelists have this pretty well covered But I just want to say that it's one of the critical pieces of the work that DOE does is supporting states And local entities to be stronger climate champions to deploy clean energy and energy efficiency to help build out a more equitable Clean energy economy and That work needs not only large stimulus investments But also for the budget annual budget for these programs to really Increase to the point where it can be supporting year after year those entities In a really meaningful way And then on the on the next slide finally Uh You know, there's a really important need for more funding for equity justice and work for develop workforce development Activities at DOE and we know this is a goal for the administration We know this is a goal for many of us in the in the community And what a key part of this will be ensuring that DOE and other agencies are well resourced to do this work to properly incorporate analysis Tool development new criteria and community engagement to bring more people into DOE investment processes more communities And to be able to target funding in a way that That will will advance our our equity goals That also means providing increased funding that is specifically to address equity and environmental justice like for example providing funding to the building technologies office to For activities that can can get at high energy burden communities or communities with high levels of energy poverty And to specifically target those issues as well as funding for programs like the weatherization assistance program and then on the the final slide i'll just leave you with Just bringing this back to the the clean energy economy and the fact that you know As as representative captor mentioned there were 3.4 million people working in the clean energy economy most of whom work on energy efficiency before the pandemic and 430 000 of those people are still out of work due to the pandemic So we have a big need for investments in and stimulus to get get the economy back going but we also have a need and an opportunity to through through the the federal budget and the long-term federal budget Grow the clean energy economy make it work for more people and And and help build the clean energy future that we need. I'll leave it there and say thanks again for for having us and look forward to the discussion Great. Well, thanks so much Arjun. It's great to see you and I really appreciate that not only did you get the memo about a sweater In a collared men's shirt, but you also followed through on it. So Thanks to you as well as chris for for doing that. It's the um, it's almost like it's the official wardrobe of these briefings At least on on the part of men. So thanks for that. Um, we are going to turn to our fourth speaker who is uh Jennifer Schaefer. Jennifer is the president of cascade associates Which is a government affairs? Consulting firm based in washington dc and today Jennifer is appearing as executive director of the federal performance contracting coalition Which is focused on accelerating the pace easing the approval process and increasing the number of federal performance contracts within the federal government Jennifer has more than 25 years of public policy experience and energy and environmental issues And she began working with Ted Stevens senator Ted Stevens of alaska and she's also been a consultant to the department of energy Jennifer welcome to the briefing today and I look forward to your presentation Um, I think my job today is to do a federal energy So i'm going to talk more about the government's efforts to lead by example performance contract energy service companies that do performance contracting for the federal government These are our members. I'm going to just sort of tell you what performance contracting is. That's a very large piece of federal around energy efficiency Right now with the federal government So, uh, I'll get broader and narrow as we go along. Um So our members enter into performance contracting and are On a idi q contract to do work with the feds And what that does is an alternative contracting mechanism where the esca the energy service company Designs builds actually funds all the infrastructure up front Enters into a contract with the federal government over the long term And gets packed payback out of guaranteed energy savings from utility bill reductions Whether that's water or energy bill reduction So utility savings payback the energy service company who puts up the money up front for new infrastructure So that's just, um A thing and it's a big way that we get more efficient and install renewables in the federal government next slide Performance contracting and in fact everything that femt does is growing the federal energy program And rip large what the government is growing because We're trying to do more agencies have a lot more requirements They don't just want to get more efficient with their energy and water use. They want to install renewables They want to have resiliency and micro grids. They want to address climate emissions and get major reductions They want to do net zero. They have to be cyber secure. So We're trying to put a lot into how we deliver Um to the federal government from the private sector whether that's with performance contracting or EPAs or other ways to deliver um energy systems for the feds next slide Our appropriations requests are being um Driven a little bit from energy policy act Of 2020 at the end of the year There were some changes one of the things that happened is the federal energy management program at DOE was authorized That is the program in eere that helps all federal agencies get more efficient resilient and secure they advise and facilitate Installing zero Emissions vehicles how they how agencies can reduce emissions better Clearly, they're very busy right now with the direction of the government under the climate Executive order that was put out about a month ago now um, so The other things a few other changes in the bill Will need to be implemented by DOE. So there's just a lot for them to do Next slide please We are requesting that the femt program at DOE be funded at the Authorized level of 36 million dollars. This was a very carefully orchestrated authorization It wasn't a really big one in fact the budget or femt was 36 million under the bush administration Um and has been lower than that ever since That program as I said helps all federal agencies with technical assistance with oversight Those types of things on a variety of federal energy issues It also provides and this is something that the committee on energy and water appropriations committee in the house has initiated It spends about two million dollars a year on helping states and localities with their performance contracting work Really just transferring the knowledge base that femt has into usable knowledge for schools hospitals and other Entities like that. We are encouraging another two million out of that out of the base budget for that Additionally, we're asking for 20 million dollars for something called the affect grant program assisting federal facilities with energy conservation technologies. It's a thing um It was started under the obama administration with some of their own funding very small amounts and since 20 2019 it's been funded by congress and the whole Deal with that program is a little bit of money to leverage big performance contracting This gets back to the whole we're all being asked to do more. Can you get me resilience? Can you do net zero? I gotta have everything be cyber secure whereas Some things we have enough energy and water savings to pay for under a performance contract We may be able to do the renewable generation But maybe we can't quite pay for the entire battery backup for that micro grid The affect grant program would allow for that sort of leverage Um, and it is a 10 to 1 at least program right now So 10 private dollars being invested in the federal government for every dollar that comes out of the affect program Next slide, please We have other agency requests and since this is appropriations. I didn't know how much it was specifically E&W, but when you're talking about the government's own use of energy Um, we have to think more broadly one of the things that's been a real difficulty over the last few years is Execution agencies entities within agencies at the army navy Air force gsa VA they do not have money to execute energy programs in a way that you know is sufficient Even if they don't have to fund energy programs, they just have to do it with a variety of other tools They don't have the ability to even staff up on contracting and technical oversight and the job They have to do to negotiate contracts So that's important and we're going to pursue that very very strongly We support funding at gsa. That's akin to what affect is and that's something that the committee financial services subcommittee added In 2021 and we support that again And we're also advocating for a similar affect like program at do d more than half of performance contracts are at do d They have more than half the facilities. They are the biggest landowner in the world And they just have a lot of buildings. So, um, we're gonna try to get funding for them to do Do more in the energy space and be able to leverage in critical infrastructure Along the lines of open back better something that Was mentioned at the very beginning Next slide So that was sort of base appropriations. One of the things we're also doing is requesting stimulus money that might be in a reconciliation and incremental appropriation, uh, you know infrastructure um, our provided funding directly to federal agencies to do clean energy projects um We would suggest that if that should happen again Uh through gsa do d do e whatever it might be that we use some of that money to leverage private sector financing to get more So, um You know in aura we gave the gsa five billion dollars to do efficiency and renewable projects great They got five billion dollars worth of projects If they'd had one billion of that had to be leveraged with performance contracting they get more like you know 10 20 20 15 maybe billion dollars worth of work in the federal government with the projects with an investment worth of infrastructure So that's important um Last slide. I wanted to just touch on a couple quick things about um jobs and emissions so Doing retrofit projects in big buildings creates about nine nine and a half jobs per million dollar of investment so Direct investment of billions of dollars by the federal government gets you a good number of jobs um doing it with performance contracting Will be a major multiplier. So instead of getting almost 50 000 jobs, you'll get more like 250 to 500 000 jobs um Then the amount of investment goes up the amount of work goes up and the amount of uh clean green infrastructure goes up Also on co2. I just wanted to say that um Energy efficiency has a big role to play in emissions reductions. Arjun talked about this to some extent um Just focusing on little old performance contracting with no incremental money over the last 20 years And most of the investment of that 7.5 billion private sector money over the last 20 years about Two-thirds of it was probably over the last seven years A lot more work being done lately than had been done a long time ago As we got used to these kinds of things Anyway, that seven and a half billion is reducing co2 equivalent By seven billion pounds annually It's the equivalent of taking three uh coal fired power plants offline every year. So It does have some impact there. Um, and I think I will leave it there and look forward to any Questions. Thank you Thank you, jennifer a great presentation Um me in case we are a little short on the back end for questions I just had a quick follow-up most of your presentation dealt with femp which is focused on the federal government But what happens in the performance contracting industry at the federal level also supports federal or performance contracting at the state and local level Would you be willing to share a little bit about sort of how Sort of the industry works outside of the federal government as well. Um in terms of you know With the under the con with the concept of you know increasing the leverage of performance contracting even more So, yeah, there's a whole market of performance contracting outside of the federal market. Um state local Schools hospitals municipalities, etc. Do performance contracting. Um, the federal market is about a billion dollars a year The state local market is bigger than that. It's about six billion dollars a year Not every state does it all states have different rules It's one of the reasons the femp work with states is so important They're not femp really is an authorized to do work on state stuff but they do Is collaborative to help transfer information and really sort of Help train the trainers and that type of thing. So, um There is an effort in open back better Um, which is a bill that was introduced on tuesday And it was also included in the clean futures act. Uh, this would be of course in the stimulative environment Um, there's funding that would go through states to leverage performance contracting at the local level as well as funding through affect That would leverage performance contracting at the federal level rules are different in all places Um, it's uh, and the federal projects tend to be bigger and more comprehensive It's because the nature of how they're done But um, yeah, they're in both places and they're a really good way to just get more For the federal dollar or the state dollar Thanks, I really appreciate that um a little bit of extra there. I appreciate that a lot. Um, We are going to turn to our fifth panelist. Um, and he is Perhaps the cal ripkin jr. It's run of energy efficiency briefings He never misses a start He's going four for four in briefing appearances true iron man Curtis Zimmerman Manager government liaison at basf corporation His work today focuses on doe, especially arpae in the national labs as well as the defense department Curtis has managed work in inorganic pigments and materials in germany for basf as well as new technologies And affect materials in his company's performance chemical research division He is an expert in pearlescence optical thin film materials find particles and colloid chemistry He has three degrees a bachelor's degree from millersville university A phd in chemistry from clarkson university and a law degree from past law school Curtis Thank you so much for joining us on this year's panel once again Okay, thank you very much dan. I appreciate the introduction I also thank ees i for the opportunity and the privilege to speak at this important event Before I talk about some of the real important department of energy programs that we support And that we're involved in I would really like to just give a very quick overview about basf Now, please have the next slide Thank you so much basf is the largest chemical company in the world. We have about 115 000 employees with about 18 000 employees in north america We create chemistry for a sustainable future. That's our tagline We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility Our sales globally for 2020 were about 71.5 billion and about 16 24 billion in north america bsf has at approximately 150 production and research and development sites throughout north america And operates verbun sites in guise mar louisiana and free port texas The verbun concept is one of our key strengths It links production in an integrated and efficient manner to save resources and energy An example of this would be a byproduct or even a waste product from one manufacturing facility Is then used as a key raw material in another manufacturing facility next door or within the same structure Another example would be exothermic reaction heat produced in one facility is used to create steam for another facility bsf has a very strong presence in research and development north america with over 2500 employees working in r&d at more than 40 sites We partner with the top university institutions such as our california research alliance on the west coast Which includes caltech the entire university of california system And stanford university And our north american center for research and advanced materials on the east coast nora includes parvard massachusetts institute of technology And the university of massachusetts at amherst All this comes together to create a robust business manufacturing and r&d platform I'd like to now talk to you about some of the department of energy Important programs that are impacting the energy landscape And please have the next slide Thank you very much You know, I do want to state all aspects of energy our priority technology and innovation generation distribution and infrastructure Efficient and storage energy Let's look at areas of the department of energy that impact energy efficiency enhanced sustainability You may ask, you know, why does bsf support the department of energy? And specific programs like rpe the advanced research project agency And why would we sponsor the rpe annual energy innovation summit every year? Well, it's not for r&d funding bsf spent about two billion in 2020 on research and development So us obtaining a few million for r&d research from the department of energy is not a key driver of our r&d strategy Rpe does a great job of interfacing with industry when developing programs to ensure the Transformational needs of industry are targeted to provide solutions to the global needs It's very interesting that the rpe programs align very well with the growth fields of the chemical industry at large Where transformational solutions are needed to move these fields forward You know, rpe fulfills a very critical role by supporting high-risk energy research That industry will not engage in and provides a viable pathway to new opportunities And this is a very important point that I think a number of people may not realize Most industrial research and development is funded by the business units in the company with established Manufacturing and technology platforms and are heavily focused on development to enable the use of that existing platform These platforms are representative of a very significant investment transformational technology solutions rarely fit in to existing assets and infrastructures Hence such of these areas are considered very high risk by industry and quite often are avoided rpe programs in fundamental research are critical To demonstrate transformational energy technologies where industry will not invest due to the high risk You know once proof of concept is demonstrated and perhaps some initial scale up Then industry can can engage and move the technology to the marketplace and move beyond the value depth where so many great capabilities are You know, we look at rpe and the energy innovation summit for potential collaborative opportunities for individuals in the energy landscape You know, can we find the next energy unicorn? You know rpe is an innovation node and the glue of the energy innovation community of practice Will the us lead in transformational energy technology without rpe? I don't think so. It's very important that rpe continues with its mission and that it continues to grow as we move forward I'd also like to just talk about energy storage briefly There are multiple department of energy funding mechanisms, whether it's eere or rpe funding is technology But you know energy storage is the Achilles heel of renewable energy In order for e-mobility Renewable and distributive energy to become ubiquitous There will need to be transformational breakthroughs in energy storage technologies If wind solar or tidal energy is not used. It's lost. It has to be stored So we must have breakthroughs in energy storage which translates into more efficient use of renewable energy It's that easy and bsf is very active in the energy storage space Let's just move on to plastics for a moment You know, you may ask what do plastics have to do with energy efficiency? Well, you know plastics are produced almost exclusively from patrolling products Many are a single use We need to move multiple use life cycles and eventually to circularity We really need to start thinking about plastics You know as a critical war material that must be put back into the stream of commerce You know, we put way too much energy up front into making the plastic article And then not to use it again. It's just a lost energy opportunity You know the ability to reuse recycled plastic saves energy throughout the value chain Is we're not starting back at the you know pulling petroleum out of the ground. We're starting with the material that we can use You know what we really want to be able to do is make sure that we can for instance take You know this plastic Container that has one life and bringing it back into another life. Maybe a more exciting life as a baby Yoda Lego But again, you get my point we want to bring these things throughout their life cycle multiple times And you know where we really ultimately want to go is you could think of a piece of plastic as a piece of puzzle We want to be able to deconstruct that puzzle into individual pieces And then use those pieces as a critical new one material or as a new monomer Or as a platform chemical and bring it back into the cycling You know bsf is very engaged in this area. We launched our recycling program You know to manufacture products from recycled plastic waste And we'll continue to invest in that area Another area I'd like to mention is hydrogen very important and you've seen on the slides is a hydrogen roadmap There's a plastic innovation challenge roadmap, you know, there's the energy storage room, you know, the hydrogen economy is here It's used everywhere hydrogen. Why? It's the highest energy content by weight of any chemical fuel three times out of gasoline It's used in power generation synthetic fuels Hydrogen vehicles critical chemical feedstocks for making ammonia for instance or fertilizer named few You know hydrogen based fuel cells are increasing in popularity for areas like forklifts If you pay attention to what plug power is doing with their fuel cells They're going into all sorts of forklifts and other vehicles for Zero emissions very important zero emissions Very very impressive You know, so if we're conducting electrolysis of water a hydrogen production from whether it's solar wind Geothermal or other green energy methods. This will really allow for making true Green hydrogen, which would be an incredible efficient incredibly efficient And really sustainable energy source So bsf also has a lot of activities in hydrogen production Particularly in the efforts of methane pyrolysis So we can see here that the department of energy has a well-defined roadmap For a variety of these technologies energy storage Plastic innovation challenge hydrogen and other areas as well that we really need to support and move them forward next slide please Finally, I'd like to just mention a couple Programs within the building technology office that are tremendous and the great importance to bsf and other industries Of course these programs are impacting energy efficiency in the built environment You know the chemical industry Develops various You know sustainable and resilient materials for the built environment such as our bsf's disaster durable solutions Which is a whole portfolio of products for the built environment And you know these materials enhance the mechanical integrity of the building Uh and also support building codes to focus on energy efficiency. They're very important I'd like to mention the building energy codes program, which we think is a great program You know this helps provide technical assistance To states and local governments to adopt and implement energy codes and we heard some of this already today The programs help municipalities that claim they have not you know enough resources to implement and update codes And that's very true These programs do need to be funded more so that these municipalities can adopt these more energy saving codes You know we care about updating and adopting new energy codes Because we're supporting building materials that deliver efficiency and high performance in housing You know, we all know that the bto is striving to reduce You know by by 2025 they want to reduce the energy for space conditioning And water heating in single-family homes direct with it's by 40 compared to 2010 levels That's a big jump and I think we can do it. I also do want to mention two other areas rest check and calm check These are wonderful tools to want to determine compliance, whether it's international energy conservation codes Or local codes and you can go on and use these tools to put in a well-defined area with a number of windows And how thick your insulation is and so forth and it will let you know whether you're compliant with the code Finally, I would just like to mention, you know the building america program that efficiencies You know this leverages building science expertise innovation and applied research for high performance homes You know building america partners with other organizations to leverage funding towards developing innovative energy efficient solutions to the residential construction Both new and retrofit so for instance like roofing And also I want to mention don't forget about their energy star certification program Which is available for energy efficient homes not just appliances. It's a very important program So bsf is part of this entire energy technology landscape that brings energy efficiency and sustainability And it's for these reasons. We support these DOE programs very substantially So in conclusion, I really hope I provide you a glimpse into bsf in north america And why we think the department of energy, especially arpey and energy efficiency programs are so important And there's really a very important comment. I want to make in these are bipartisan issues concerning energy And we should really we unite around these in a bipartisan faction, you know, let's continue to support the DOE Let's see these programs grow and really move us to circularity energy efficiency. Thank you so much for your time consideration And thank you cardus for your presentation today. Um, we really really appreciate it. Um, just want to just very Briefly acknowledge that we did lose audio for a minute. Um at the very beginning of Curtis's presentation So we'll do our best to fill that in on the backside for folks who were Well, it's it's riveting. I I've listened to that presentation for four years in a row and I still really enjoy it And that's not being facetious at all. It's excellent So I just wanted to acknowledge that we will do our best on on our end to go back and fill that in Um, thank you so much to our panelists For a wonderful set of presentations. We are running about on time actually At the end of time so unfortunately We're not going to really have a whole lot of time for q&a But we did collect a couple questions and we will do our best to respond to whoever sent us questions in Vicki you had one addressed to you and we'll do our best to to follow up with folks So that everyone gets their questions answered Um, you know, our panelists covered a ton of ground today Um, and if you missed any of it, I just want to make a quick reminder or say a quick reminder that Everything is available at www.esa.org. There will be a webcast. There will be written summaries There will be slides And so if you have questions about state energy program weatherization assistance program building technologies office code standards federal energy management program affect Uh, and as well as vehicle technologies office advanced manufacturing office DOE does a lot, uh, and this uh present these sets of presentations today is a great way to get a quick overview of all of that very very important work and also For our congressional staff in our audience Help put these programs in the context of the benefits they provide jobs resilience emissions reductions lower utility bills And the list literally goes on and on Would like to thank Once again our hosts representative marcie captor and representative jeff fortenberry as well as their fantastic staff for helping us bring briefing to you today Also like to say thank you to a very special co-conspirator Aaron lane who has worked with me and um our panelists on this briefing for four years running If you don't know erin, she has a delight. She works very very hard And uh, we really couldn't do any of this without her. Uh, she works with jenniferic cascade and um What what more can you say about erin? She's just awesome. So thanks very much to you for helping with today Also like to acknowledge all of the hard work Um at EESI I'd like to thank dan o'brien sydney oshaughnessy and bretatorov and again Omri Laporte as well as our five intrepid interns who are helping us on twitter and with notes and Questions of all that selene hamsa jocelyn kimmy and rachel Um, we're gonna put up a link in just a moment that has a link to a survey um, if you have any Uh, comments if you have any suggestions for future topics um We want to make sure that you take a moment We really appreciate all the time you put into filling out these surveys. We read every response We're always looking for choices to get better. So we'll put that link up in just a moment um, and uh, it would um this as you know, uh, as you're watching right now We are um fortunate to have the services of our friend troi who brings this wonderful platform To EESI so that we can all be seen at the same time and we can move through slides and he controls our Our audio and he tells us that we have too much headroom And maybe we should move our monitors down and we have too much light all of that So thank you troi for helping us bring this briefing to folks today as well um We will be back next friday with a briefing with our friends at the business council for sustainable energy to take a look at their 2021 fact book a lot of the same issues that we discussed today will be addressed then But that is a must read if you're not already reading That fact book that bcs. He does with boomberg New energy neff new energy finance. They are just a tremendous resource. So hope to see you back next friday That's at two o'clock not at noon if i remember correctly And in the meantime the best way to follow EESI is to Sign up for our newsletter climate change solutions. You can do that by visiting us at www.EESI.org or follow us on twitter at EESI online until next time Panelists vicky chris arjun jennifer curtis. Thank you so much for joining us today We'll go ahead and end it there. Hope everyone has a great rest of your day and happy weekend That's a pleasure. Have a great time. Thank you