Energy Wise Options for State and Local Governments

2nd Edition

By Michael Totten and Nita Settina
Written with: Jack Gold, Thomas Gray, Katherine Tammaro

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I: Energy Efficiency

• State Energy Programs
• Standards and Rating Systems
• Efficiency Rating Systems
• Efficiency Incentive Programs
• Public Utility Regulation
• Internalizing Societal Costs
• Efficiency and Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction
• Industrial Energy Savings
• District Heating and Cooling
• Heat Island Mitigation
• Water Use Reduction

Chapter II: Land Use and Transportation

• The Energy Costs of Transportation
• Land Use Planning
• Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards
• Feebates -- Market Incentives for Fuel Efficiency
• Transportation Control Measures (TCM)
• Freight
• Bicycles
• High Speed Rail and Magnetic Levitation

Chapter III: Waste Reduction: Reuse, Recover and Recycle

• Introduction
• Source Reduction
• Recycling/Composting
• Toxics and Hazardous Waste Reduction
• Market Development and Procurement Programs
• Educational Measures
• Program Funding

Chapter IV: Renewable Energy

• Introduction
• Promising Technologies
• Assessing Externalities
• Tax Incentives
• Utility Regulation
• Siting and Permitting

Addendum: Federal Energy Policy Update

Contacts

About the Authors

This document is made available in electronic form under the permission of the Center for Policy Alternatives. All rights reserved.

Energy Wise Options for State and Local Governments
By Michael Totten and Nita Settina
• Other CPA publications
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January 1993

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