PACE Added to Industrial Energy Efficiency Group

Recently, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley appointed PACE Executive Director Lance Brown as a member of his state’s National Governor’s Association Policy Academy on Enhancing Industry through Energy Efficiency & Combined Heat and Power. The committee members for the Academy will look at way’s to help Alabama industry achieve energy efficiency gains and make the best use of heat created in industrial processes. Alabama joins Arkansas, Illinois, and Iowa as the four states chosen to participate in the Policy Academy.

Read about the NGA Policy Academy Here

“Governor Bentley has rightfully identified industrial energy efficiency and combined heat and power as areas of high priority in energy policy,” Brown remarks. “PACE is honored to serve on this committee and hopeful that we can offer the governor recommendations that make a difference.”

The eleven-member committee is comprised of a diverse group of voices, including four who represent PACE partners: Anita Archie of the Business Council of Alabama, George Clark of Manufacture Alabama, Rosemary Elebash of the National Federation of Independent Business, and Sean Strickler of the Alabama Rural Electric Association.

After formulating potential recommendations, the committee will travel to Philadelphia, PA, next week to join other states participating in the Policy Academy. The meeting will give states an opportunity to brainstorm with other states, hear from subject matter experts in this area, and hold further internal meetings. Alabama’s committee is expected to offer recommendations to the governor this Spring.