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Mission

USCHPA’s mission is to create a regulatory, institutional and market environment that fosters the use of clean, efficient local energy generation, including but not limited to combined heat and power, recycled energy, bioenergy, and other generation sources that lead to a demonstrable reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Vision

USCHPA’s vision is for national electricity system that achieves less pollution, lower costs and greater reliability through the deployment of clean, local generation technologies.


The U.S. Clean Heat and Power Association (USCHPA) brings together diverse market interests to promote the growth of clean, efficient CHP in the United States. It is a private, non-profit association, formed in 1999 to promote the merits of CHP and achieve public policy support. More about USCHPA


Check out USCHPA's February 2008 Environmental News Update provided by Thor Ketzback, an attorney with Bell, Boyd and Lloyd LLC.


Find out information about the
Scott A. Castelaz Scholarship Fund.


CHP News - Local, State, and Regional

North Carolina recently adopted an aggressive Renewable Energy and Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) law of 12.5% of retail sales by 2021, which contains favorable provisions for energy efficiency and CHP technologies. The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) requested interested parties by September 21, 2007 to file interventions in the Commission's docket to ensure the utility commission establishes strong rules to implement and enforce the provisions of the REPS. Click here to read USCHPA’s filed comments.


 

USCHPA's Advocacy Days will be held in Washington DC April 9-10. Registration Information

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Protection Partnerships Division is seeking a Combined Heat and Power / Clean Energy Outreach Specialist to work as part of the Energy Supply & Industry Branch in its Washington, DC headquarters. Position Description

View the USCHPA's biannual report (PDF 931 KB)



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