Free Webinar
March 15 th 2011
12-1pm
What to expect from the 112 th Congress on
Climate Legislation and Environmental Policy

Introduction – Kristin – Clean Currents
Nancy – Alliance to Save Energy
Jason – 1Sky
Ted – Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Remaining Questions & Discussion

Bio:
Nancy Gonzalez, Policy Associate, joined the Alliance’s Policy and
Research Team in September 2010. She works closely with the
Director of Government Relations and actively participates in legislative analysis and outreach. As manager of the Energy Efficiency
Coalition, Nancy stays current on the latest relevant legislative news and regularly disseminates pertinent information and materials to both the Policy Team and to the external energy efficiency community.
Additionally, Nancy follows, analyzes, and reports developments in various issue areas for the team including appliance standards, FEMP, and schools and workers training. Prior to joining the Alliance, Nancy worked as an Energy Analyst in the office of Facilities and
Management Planning at Boston University. There she conducted energy audits and research to identify opportunities for energy efficiency and conservation projects. She also helped monitor and assess the impacts of energy retrofication projects. Nancy graduated with a B.A. in Environmental Analysis and Policy, and a M.A. in
Energy & Environmental Policy from Boston University in 2010.

Mission:
 To promote energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security.
Organization:
 Staffed by 80+ professionals
 33 years of experience
 $12 million annual budget
 Recognized as the premier energy efficiency organization in the world
Business
Leaders
Policy
Leaders
The Alliance to
Save Energy
Academia
Environmental
Groups

 The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and greater energy security.
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Non-profit organization headquartered in U.S.; operations world-wide
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Led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Peter Darbee, Chairman of the
Board, CEO and President, PG&E Corporation
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Includes 13 Members of Congress – Bi-Cameral; Bi-Partisan
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Also includes environmental, consumer, and trade association heads, state and local policy makers, corporate executives

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171 companies, organizations, and institutions in Associates Program
Associates Program membership represents all economic sectors
 Initiatives underway in research, policy advocacy, education, technology deployment, market transformation and communications

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• 13 Republicans
(Includes four 111 th House members)
• 3 Democrats
• 16 Total
• 87 Republicans
• 9 Democrats
• 96 Total
• 112 “New”
Members
• 108 True New
Members

President
FDR (D)
FDR (D)
Truman (D)
Truman (D)
Ike (R)
Ike (R)
JFK (D)
LBJ (D)
Nixon (R)
Nixon (R)
Carter (D)
Reagan (R)
Reagan (R)
Bush '41 (R)
Clinton (D)
Clinton (D)
Bush '43 (R)
Bush '43 (R)
Obama (D)
Mid-Term
1938
1942
1946
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
House Seats
-71
-55
-45
-29
-18
-48
-4
-47
-12
-48
-15
-26
-5
-8
-52
5
8
-30
-63
Senate Seats
0
2
-6
-6
-8
-1
-8
2
-5
-3
1
-1
-13
3
-4
-6
-9
-12
-6
Source:
The American Presidency Project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ data/mid-term_elections.php

Chairman: Fred Upton (MI)
Ranking Member: Henry Waxman (CA)
* denotes Freshman member
Committee Members
Joe Barton (TX)
Cliff Stearns (FL)
Ed Whitfield (KY)
John Shimkus (IL)
Joseph R. Pitts (PA)
Mary Bono Mack (CA)
Greg Walden (OR)
Lee Terry (NE)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Sue Myrick (NC)
John Sullivan (OK)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Michael Burgess (TX)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Brian P. Bilbray (CA)
Charles F. Bass (NH)*
Phil Gingrey (GA)
Steve Scalise (LA)
John D. Dingell (MI)
Edward J. Markey (MA)
Edolphus Towns (NY)
Bob Latta (OH) Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) Bobby L. Rush (IL)
Gregg Harper (MS) Anna G. Eshoo (CA)
Leonard Lance (NJ) Eliot L. Engel (NY)
Bill Cassidy (LA)
Brett Guthrie (KY)
Pete Olson (TX)
David McKinley (WV)*
Cory Gardner (CO)*
Mike Pompeo (KS)*
Adam Kinzinger (IL)*
Morgan Griffith (VA)*
Gene Green (TX)
Diana DeGette (CO)
Lois Capps (CA)
Michael F. Doyle (PA)
Jane Harman (CA)
Jan Schakowsky (IL)
Charles A. Gonzalez (TX)
Jay Inslee (WA)
Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Mike Ross (AR)
Anthony D. Weiner (NY)
Jim Matheson (UT)
G. K. Butterfield (NC)
John Barrow (GA)
Doris O. Matsui (CA)

Energy and Water
Chairman: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
Ranking Member: Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
* denotes Freshman member
Committee Members
Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)
Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Steve Womack (R-AR)*
Alan Nunnelee (R-MS)*
Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
John Olver (D-MA)
Interior
Chairman: Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Ranking Member: Jim Moran (D-VA)
* denotes Freshman member
Committee Members
Jerry Lewis (R-CA) Betty McCollum(D-MN)
Ken Calvert (R-CA) Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Steve LaTourette (R-OH) José Serrano (D-NY)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)

Chairman: Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Ranking Member: Lisa Murkowski (AK)
* denotes Freshman member
Committee Members
Ron Wyden (OR)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Mary L. Landrieu (LA)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Mark Udall (CO)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Al Franken (MN)
Joe Manchin (WV)*
Christopher A. Coons (DE)*
Bernard Sanders (I) (VT)
Richard Burr (NC)
John Barrasso (WY)
James E. Risch (ID)
Mike Lee (UT)*
Rand Paul (KY)*
Daniel Coats (IN)*
Rob Portman (OH)*
John Hoeven (ND)*
Bob Corker (TN)

Energy and Water
Chairman: Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Ranking Member: Lamar Alexander (TN)
* denotes Freshman member
Committee Members
Patty Murray (WA)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Jack Reed (RI)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Jon Tester (MT)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Thad Cochran (MS)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Richard Shelby (AL)
Susan Collins (ME)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Interior
Chairman: Jack Reed (RI)
Ranking Member: Lisa Murkowski (AK)
* denotes Freshman member
Committee Members
Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Herb Kohl (WI)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Ben Nelson (NE)
Jon Tester (MT)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Lamar Alexander (TN)
Thad Cochran (MS)
Susan Collins (ME)
Ron Johnson (WI)*
Roy Blunt (MO)*
John Hoeven (ND)*

Republican Gains
Total GOP Chambers
# of States with at least 1 GOP
Chamber
# of States with full GOP control
2010 2011 Pickup
33 54 21
22 33 11
14 25 11
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Chamber Pickups
Alabama - House and Senate
Colorado – House
Indiana – House
Iowa – House
Louisiana – House
Maine – House and Senate
Michigan – House
Minnesota - House and Senate
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Montana – House
New Hampshire - House and Senate
New York – Senate
North Carolina - House and Senate
Ohio – House
Pennsylvania – House
Wisconsin - Assembly and Senate

Democrat Losses
Total Dem Chambers
# of States with at least 1 Dem
Chamber
# of States with full Dem control
2010 2011
52 31
35 24
Loss
21
11
27 16 11
Chamber Pickups
 None

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Republicans picked up more than 650 Democratic held seats in state legislatures
Rs now control more legislative seats than at any time since 1928
Rs took control from Democrats in 19 chambers of state legislatures;
Democrats took control of none. Rs picked up an additional 2 previously tied chambers.
Republicans will have unchallenged control of the design of approximately
170 Congressional districts next years after the Census releases the 2010 population data; Democrats will get to draw about 70 districts;
Democrats picked up one state legislative seat in Delaware --the party’s only gain in the 50 states.

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Major fight looms over FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (expires
March 18 th );
Short-term extension through March 18 th just “kicks the can down the street” and postpones the confrontation; $4 billion in cuts pro rated over two weeks;
Difficulty for agencies having to absorb deep cuts over the remaining seven months of the fiscal year;
“Trojan Horse” effect with pro -rated cuts achieving essentially what H.R. 1 accomplishes in bits and pieces;
Complications mount with debt ceiling extension

2012
Program
FY 2010
Approp.
FY 2012
Request
Change from
‘10 Approp.
Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office (Energy and Water
Appropriations) Millions of Dollars
State Energy Program 50.000
63.798
28%
Weatherization
Assistance
Total EERE Programs
210.000
2216.392
320.000
3200.053
52%
44.4%

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No appetite for climate legislation
Focus on “austerity” and spending cuts
Focus on jobs and energy security --- document jobs impact
Expect early votes on limiting EPA regulatory authority
Expect attacks on issues ranging from stimulus spending, weatherization, SEP and EERE appropriations
Expect rigorous oversight from House E&C Committee
6-8 month window for legislating before 2012 election cycle kicks in
Sen. Cantwell expected to reintroduce the “CLEAR" Act this year

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 Possible bipartisan “ACELA 2” bill in Senate ENR, but will likely be broken down in several smaller bills;
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EE elements may include appliance standards, building codes, project financing (Green Bank), Shaheen bill
 Clean Energy Standard? Uncertainty
 Possible Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bill
 Possible transportation reauthorization
 WAP & SEP authorizations are up in 2012
 Gas prices over$4 dollars a gallon?

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Communications and Messaging
 Need to have “rapid response” to negative media stories;
 Working blogs and social networking;
 Importance of smaller media outlets and newspapers
(e.g. McLatchy papers), and radio;
 Importance of grassroots approach — focus on meeting with Member district offices.
 “All politics is local”

Nancy Gonzalez
Policy Associate
Alliance to Save Energy bpenney@ase.org
202-530-4348

Jason Kowalski, Policy Coordinator : As a Policy Coordinator at 1Sky, Jason manages 1Sky's policy team, working with elected officials on Capitol Hill to push for strong climate and energy legislation. He plans strategic grassroots campaigns that maximize the impact concerned citizens can have on the political process. 1Sky is a start-up campaign encouraging citizens to organize in their communities around climate solutions. Before working at 1Sky Jason co-authored Clean Air-Cool
Planet's Campus Carbon Calculator, the leading tool for carbon reduction analysis on college campuses, currently in use on over 12,000 campuses.
At StepItUp2007.org Jason helped organize thousands of climate rallies nationwide, making climate change a major issue in the 2008 presidential primary.

The 1Sky Solutions are grounded in scientific necessity. They are the bottom line of what's needed to dramatically reduce carbon emissions while maximizing energy efficiency, and renewable energy. They also represent significant economic promise. By pivoting to a clean energy economy, we can relieve our dependence on foreign oil, unlock the potential of sustainable industry and usher in a new era of prosperity and green jobs.
Through direct lobbying by everyday Americans, creative local actions, and work in DC by the 1Sky staff, we push our elected officials to lead on the great moral imperative of this climate fight.
Together, we can convince our leaders to chart a new direction.
Get involved today at 1sky.org

Current 1Sky Campaigns
:
• Tell Congress: "Defend the Clean Air Act"
• "The Chamber Doesn't Speak for Me" with
350.org
• Join or start a climate team in your community
• Participate yourself or support an existing team in
The Climate Ride at www.climateride.org
Get involved today at http://www.1sky.org
contact: jason@1sky.org

jason@1sky.org

Ted Glick has devoted 42 years of his life to the progressive social change movement.
Between the mid-70's and 2005, Ted was actively involved in community organizing efforts around environmental, tenant rights, community development and racial justice issues in Brooklyn, N.Y. and northern New Jersey. For the last six years Ted has played a national leadership role in the effort to stabilize our climate and for a clean energy revolution.
He was a co-founder in 2004 of the Climate Crisis Coalition. In May,
2006 he became the national coordinator of the U.S. Climate
Emergency Council and is currently Policy Director for the Chesapeake
Climate Action Network. For three and a half months in the fall of
2007 he ate no solid food as part of a climate emergency fast focused on getting Congress to pass strong climate legislation.
He has participated in and led hundreds of actions. He has been arrested sixteen times for acts of nonviolent civil disobedience on climate issues. www.tedglick.com

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland,
Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our mission is to amass undeniable grassroots power in this unique region surrounding our nation’s capital to call for state, national, and international policies that will put us on a path to climate stability. www.chesapeakeclimate.org

-In Maryland we are working very hard to get a bill passed, introduced by Governor O'Malley, that would mandate that the state's Public
Service Commission require electric power suppliers to enter into long-term contracts with offshore wind developers as a way to jump start the development of offshore wind energy.

-CCAN helped to get enacted in Virginia a low-interest loan fund to help Virginians install solar energy on their buildings, and we are working to strengthen state government support of offshore wind energy.

-On a national level, CCAN continues to work with U.S. Senators Maria
Cantwell and Susan Collins to build support for the cap-and-dividend approach to climate legislation that puts a price on carbon while providing financial assistance to American families to deal with higher costs for carbon-based products.

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