Reviewing Projects’ Potential to Impact the Environment
Sometimes overseeing an EERE financial assistance award means taking part in technological innovation, and sometimes it means helping the recipient navigate a complex landscape of people, technology,...
View ArticleSizing Renewable Energy Projects to meet Categorical Exclusions Leads to...
Recovery Act funding through EERE enabled a New England state energy office to greatly expand its renewable energy incentive program. The program provides residential and commercial consumers with...
View ArticleDOE Works with Other Agencies to Ensure that Resources Are Used Wisely
When a project is considered for an EERE award, one might assume that DOE is the only Federal agency that will review it, but this is not always the case. In order to assure that taxpayer dollars are...
View ArticleGetting a Head Start on NEPA
Best Practice: The Department of Energy can expedite National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review when the entity applying for federal funding provides accurate environmental information early in...
View ArticleImproving the NEPA Review Process
How does the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) process more than 3,000 new projects - many with subawards - generated by the American Recovery and...
View ArticleNEPA: Lessons Learned Under the Recovery Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act resulted in more than 3,000 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) projects that required review for compliance with the National Environmental Policy...
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