Press Release

PUC to Host Pennsylvania Statewide Sustainable Energy Board Annual Meeting

Published on 12/31/2014

Filed under: Electric

HARRISBURG –The Pennsylvania Sustainable Energy Board (PASEB), in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), will hold its annual meeting at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Hearing Room 1 of the Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg.  In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at the same location and time.

The meeting will provide updates from the regional Sustainable Energy Funds (SEFs) and is being held to update Commonwealth agencies and other interested groups on the funds’ activities.

Some of the projects being discussed at the meeting will include the following:

• The Metropolitan-Edison Co. (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Co. (Penelec) Sustainable Energy Fund will highlight its mapping project that was completed last year and shows funding allocations since inception of the funds.
• The West Penn Power Co. Sustainable Energy Fund will provide an overview of programs and projects which it helped to co-fund.  The PennSEF bond finance program, a recently launched program with the PA Treasury Department, will be discussed in detail. 
• The Sustainable Energy Fund, operating in the PPL Electric Utilities Corporation service territory, will highlight an LED lighting project at the Harrisburg International Airport.
• The Sustainable Development Fund, operating in the PECO service territory, will present information on a new financing model where third party providers are financed instead of the building owner or borrower.

Representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection, the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council have been invited to attend.

The PASEB was originally established by the Commission in 1999 to provide oversight, guidance and technical assistance to the regional sustainable energy boards that fund projects such as wind farms, solar power systems, smart thermostat programs and the construction of buildings using energy efficient technologies.  On Aug. 7, 2003, the Commission issued an order further defining the role of the PASEB. That order charged the PASEB with holding an annual meeting; enhancing communications among the four funds and state agencies; and establishing bylaws and a “best business practices” model.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission balances the needs of consumers and utilities; ensures safe and reliable utility service at reasonable rates; protects the public interest; educates consumers to make independent and informed utility choices; furthers economic development; and fosters new technologies and competitive markets in an environmentally sound manner.

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Contact:

• Denise McCracken
  Senior Communications Specialist
  717-787-5722
  demccracken@pa.gov