THE CHP ROADMAP PROCESS AND
WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE ROAD

The National CHP Roadmap - Doubling Combined Heat and Power Capacity in the United States by 2010, was published in 2001. This document, sponsored by the U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presented an extensive discussion of barriers, opportunities, needs, and strategies for meeting the challenge and achieving widespread use of CHP. The Roadmap has served as the primary tool for guiding CHP activity across the United States, in the industrial, commercial, institutional, and government sectors.

In addition to the CHP Roadmap, the Bush administration released a National Energy Policy Report and Climate Change Plan in 2001 that further put CHP on the "policy map." And subsequently, a number of DOE and EPA policy directives have pointed to CHP as a key element of the nation's energy program, one opportunity for improving the use of distributed generation in place of expensive, central station generating facilities. The EPA CHP Partnership has attracted private and public sector organizations and non-profit agencies to commit to utilizing CHP for power supply, further promoting CHP as both an energy-saving and environmentally-positive energy solution.

Since publication of the CHP Roadmap in 2001, the USCHPA, DOE, and EPA, along with other organizations and institutions, have co-sponsored follow-on Roadmap Workshops. The purpose of these workshops has primarily been to gauge the success of the roadmap in moving CHP "down the road" to the CHP Challenge Goal of doubling CHP capacity by 2010 - a total of 46 GW of new CHP compared to 1998 levels. Learn more about the CHP Challenge and a National Agenda for CHP.

We have sought to answer the questions:

As a result of the 2002 Roadmap Workshop in Boston, a set of Priority Actions was developed for 2003 and beyond. This list includes actions and activities relating to awareness, education, and outreach; development of CHP markets and technologies; and overcoming regulatory and institutional barriers. In addition, the lead and supporting organizations and cooperating groups involved are identified, along with timeframes and deadlines for completion. This list is exhaustive - it cannot be done within the constraints of the small USCHPA itself, or even with the active, enthusiastic CHP partners and advocates currently involved in CHP.

The Annual CHP Roadmap Workshops hope to accomplish the following goals and objectives:

• Review the status of CHP activities to date in industry, commerce, institutional buildings, government facilities, as well as in district energy applications
• Determine which of the CHP Roadmap actions have been accomplished to date and hone in on the activities that need to take place in the coming year
• Develop specific timeframes for completion of these actions, utilizing national resources, state and local agencies and organizations, individuals and companies, nonprofit organizations as well as private sector businesses
• Re-invigorate the CHP community throughout the nation
• Provide an opportunity for "cross-fertilization" of regional and state CHP activities, successes, and challenges, and to provide a mentoring environment for organizations and entities that have not yet begun working with CHP
• Provide an opportunity for workshop participants to visit commercial and industrial sites where CHP has been installed