David Terry, ASERTTI

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Aligning and Leveraging Public Interest Energy
Resources
David Terry, ASERTTI March 2008
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Overview of ASERTTI

• ASERTTI founded in 1990 to support public
  interest energy RDD applied research,
  technology transfer, and commercialization
• 41 members include state chartered energy
  institutions and offices, university energy
  centers, national laboratories, non-profits,
  municipal energy agencies
• Collaborative partnerships in transportation,
  industry, distributed generation, buildings
  efficiency, biomass
• National advocacy to improve alignment of state
  and federal energy investments raise visibility
  of the value of state energy RDD

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ASERTTI Collaborative Approach

• Collaborate across regions to address common
  challenges/opportunities
• Focus on near-term RDD and technology transfer
• Link activities to energy policy development and
  implementation
• Unify and align state, local, and federal energy
  efforts
• Maximize use of state, local and private
  resources
• ASERTTI Member Collaborative's

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State Clean Energy Collaboration Drivers

• Growing State Clean Energy RDD Investments
• Aligning State, Regional and Federal Clean Energy
  Activities
• ASERTTI and Member Collaborative Programs
• Opportunities for Member and Partner Institutions

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1. Growing State Clean Energy Investments

• State clean energy applied research and
  technology transfer investments exceed core
  federal investment
• Clean energy investments public and private
  will increase
• Many state, local and federal entities are not
  getting the most out of available resources its
  not just about money

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2. Aligning State, Regional and Federal Activities

• A solicitation is not the same thing as
  collaboration
• Communication, cooperation, coordination, and
• collaboration further, faster, for less
• Lessons of STAC
• Strong multi-state partnerships
• High leveraging of funds (58 cost share)
• Joint federal/state planning
• High-quality technical responses
• ASERTTI is encouraging state and regional energy
  associations to work together to improve the
  state-federal energy relationship

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3. Examples of ASERTTI and Member Collaborative
Programs

• DG/CHP Performance Database Enabling informed
  decisions by the marketplace
• Energy and Schools Collaborative Transferring
  the results of RD
• Regional Buildings and CHP Application Centers
  Delivering Truly Technical assistance
• Compressed Air Best Practices Transforming the
  market based on RD results
• Closed Crawl Space - S.E. US 15 reduction in
  energy use www.crawlspaces.org

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• DG/CHP Performance Database
• Steering Committee of Sponsors and
  Representatives
• California Energy Commission, Concurrent
  Technology Corporation, Energy Center of
  Wisconsin, Montana State University-Billings,
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, New York
  State Research and Development Authority, CHP
  Regional Application Centers, U.S. Department of
  Energy, Energy Resources CenterUniversity of
  Illinois Chicago
• Stakeholder Advisory Committee
• Manufacturers, distributors, end-users,
  utilities, researchers, U.S. EPA, other
  government representatives
• Subcontractors
• Gas Technology Institute with UL, Southern
  Research Institute, Energy Resources
  Center-University of Illinois Chicago, Connected
  Energy Corporation

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• DG/CHP Performance Database (continued)
• Database being populated, reporting on 19 sites
• NYSERDA Integrated Data System reporting on 93
  sites
• Laboratory, field, long-term monitoring, and case
  study protocols available for all DG systems
• Protocol and database use by manufacturers,
  users, and researchers (share and grow the
  database)
• CHP Application Centers use and reporting
• End user confidence in the database is critical
  to marketplace adoption

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• ASERTTI Digester Performance Evaluation
• Digesters offer CHP opportunities, environmental
  benefits
• Increasing investment in digesters by State,
  local, federal governments and farmers (40M
  over several years)
• Indications of rising failure rates causing
  concern
• ASERTTI formed collaborative (IA, NC, WI, CA,
  Quebec, MS, IL, NY, USDA, EPA) to fund
  development of performance protocols resulting in
  indicators of success for digester design and
  feedstock combinations
• Protocols available for public comment, digester
  data collection database population in 2009
• Exit strategy for government, drive private
  investment and aid rural development

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• Plug-In Hybrid School Bus Initiative
• 10-year effort feasibility study pre-production
  operation fleet testing full market deployment
• Buyers consortium developed performance
  specification
• Reduces NOx 60 PM 95 CO2 30, life cycle
  costs lower over long term
• RFP released in June 06, IC Corporation selected
  with 16 buses to be delivered to schools in 11
  states
• Monitoring and analysis of environmental,
  performance, energy, and maintenance factors for
  1-2 years
• New 300 bus buy underway
• www.hybridschoolbus.org

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Emerging Collaborative Programs

• CHP Best Practices in Wastewater Treatment
  Facilities
• Transferring practical lessons learned to
  end-users
• LED Lighting Applications City and Public
  Sector
• Early, cost-effective applications, verification,
  and procurement analysis
• Biofuels/Biogas

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4. Opportunities for Member and Partner
Institutions

• Develop relationships with university energy
  centers and public benefit programs around the
  nation at ASERTTI meetings and through monthly
  conference calls
• Identify and propose collaborative program ideas
  for joint development and action
• Access technical and financial leverage (cost
  share) for joint projects
• Promote federal-state clean energy collaboration
  in Washington DC (unique public interest role)

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Membership and Partners

• Low-cost membership regular participation in
  ASERTTIs Annual/Winter Meetings
• Direct access to members on monthly conference
  calls ability to participate in or lead
  committees ability to propose and develop
  ASERTTI supported collaborative programs
• Access to ASERTTIs Washington, DC communication
  and assistance services
• Partners regular email news and the opportunity
  to more readily connect with ASERTTI members and
  discuss project opportunities

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More Information
www.ASERTTI.org David Terry Executive
Director, ASERTTI 703-395-1076 DTerry_at_asertti.org