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A New Era for Energy Communities

Energy Communities Alliance is the organization of local governments that are adjacent to or impacted by Department of Energy (DOE) activities. Our board members include elected officials and administrators from local governments impacted by DOE.

ECA's mission is to bring together local government officials in Department of Energy-impacted communities to share information, establish policy positions, and advocate community interests in order to effectively address an increasingly complex set of environmental, regulatory, and economic development needs.
ECA Annual Conference on February 11-12, 2010, Washington, DC

Dear ECA Annual Conference Participants,

We apologize for having to postpone or cancel the ECA Annual conference due to weather conditions in the Mid-Atlantic. ECA will be updating the conference registrants and sending out another email with information about conference issues later this week. 

Please contact Allison at allison@energyca.org if you have any questions.  

Thank you for your understanding,
ECA Staff

ECA will host it's Annual Conference on February 11-12 at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. Join the Communities and Local Governments around DOE Sites as we discuss key issues at the first conference following the budget release.
2010 Annual Conference Information

2010 Annual Conference Agenda

 

The Politics of Cleanup
This new ECA report offers recommendations to accelerate complex federal environmental cleanups and identifies lessons learned that can apply to all federal facility sites.  View the press release and download the report (4MB) or executive summary (1MB).

 

 

ECA Bulletin: June-July 2010 
Stories Include:
  • DOE Community Outreach Scorecard: ECA Rates DOE’s Outreach Efforts
  • 2011 Appropriations Update: EM Funding Flat and NNSA Funding Increase
  • FY'11 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan will Reduce Amount of Weapons and Increase Investment in Weapons Complex
  • ECA Members Testify Before Blue Ribbon Commission
  • ECA Holds Energy Parks Peer Exchange
  • Energy Parks Legislation included in Senate Version of FY 2011 Defense Authorization Act
  • Support for Small Modular Reactor Development Growing on the Hill, Within DOE
  • Status of EM Initiatives to Accelerate the Reduction of Environmental Risks and Challenges Posed by the Legacy of the Cold War
  • Update: DOE's Motion to Withdraw Yucca License Application Denied
  • Matt McCormick Named as New Manager of DOE Richland Operations Office
  • Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000--Revision to List of Covered Facilities
  • DOE IG Audit Report: DOE's Opportunity for Energy Savings Through Improved Management of Facility Lighting
  • DOE IG: Audit Report: Management Controls Over Warranties Involving Newly Constructed and Renovated Facilities at National Defense Laboratories
  • DOE Amended Notice of Intent to Modify the Scope of the Surplus Plutonium Disposition at SRS Supplemental EIS
  • DOE IG: Former Uranium Enrichment Workers: Questions Regarding Equity in Pension Benefits
  • Miamisburg Mound Plant Closing in August
  • Dr. Don Cook Confirmed as NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs

June-July 2010 ECA Bulletin
 

 
ECA's Written Testimony for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (May 25, 2010) 
ECA Letter to Secretary Chu Regarding High-level Waste and Communities
ECA's Energy Parks Response to Under Secretary Johnson
ECA Letter to Secretary Chu: DOE Must Analyze the Impact of DOE's Decision to Leave Defense High-Level Waste in Communities
ECA Letter to Under Secretary Johnson regarding DOE Energy Parks Initiative and the need for a cross cutting office within the department  
ECA Letter to Secretary Chu Regarding Local Government Participation on the Proposed Department of Energy "Blue Ribbon" Panel on Nuclear Waste Management (April 2009) 
DOE Property Laws and Regulations (April 2009)  
Summary of Alternative Energy Provisions in Stimulus Act 2009
DOE-EM Paper on Footprint Reduction and Energy Parks (NEW) (January 12, 2009)
ECA Priorities for Secretary of Energy Chu February 2009
ECA Comments on NNSA Complex Transformation Plan (April 9, 2008)
ECA Letter in Support of EMAB Participation (February 1, 2008)  
ECA Letter in Support of Portsmouth Stakeholder Advisory Committee (January 2, 2008)
ECA Letter to NNSA Administrator D'Agostino Regarding Job Cuts as NNSA Labs (December 4, 2007)
ECA Letter in Support of National Historic Landmark Status for Hanford's B Reactor (December 4, 2007)
ECA Report on The Politics of Cleanup
Press Release
Executive Summary
Court Rules Local Officials Have a Role in Federal Facilities Cleanup
Detailed Memo (pdf)
ECA Policy Statements (pdf)
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