Fostering the Interagency for Collaborative Energy Research and Program [video]

NPS Defense Energy SeminarMs. Jennifer DeCesaro, Director, Technology-to-Market, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyThrough the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Energy Transitions Initiative (ETI), DOE supports islands and remote communities to address high energy costs, reliability, and other challenges through the development of cost-effective and resilient energy infrastructure and associated governance and institutional frameworks. ETI takes a collaborative approach both within DOE and with other federal agencies. ETI has a long history of close collaboration with the Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs, the State Department’s Energy Resources Bureau, and the Department of Defense. New collaborations with FEMA and the Naval Post Graduate School have resulted from recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the USVI from the 2017 hurricane season. This seminar will look at the past and the successful interagency collaborations that supported Hawaii as it launched its Clean Energy Initiative in 2008. It will look at the present collaboration efforts, focusing how the federal interagency is supporting hurricane recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Finally, it will explore opportunities for future collaborations to continue these efforts in support of our nation’s most vulnerable communities