[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: GAO found nearly 700 federal renewable energy initiatives in Fiscal Year 2010

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Government Accountability Office surveyed federal agencies to  
learn what renewable energy initiatives were implemented in Fiscal  
Year 2010. It found nearly 700. The Department of Defense had the most.
"DOD’s components collectively accounted for 116 of the initiatives  
we identified. At DOD, we found renewable energy initiatives at the  
Army (30), Air Force (17), Navy (16), and Marine Corps (12). Within  
each of these services, the renewable energy initiatives we  
identified were dispersed across a number of civilian and military  
elements of the chain of command. At the Army, for example,  
responsibility for energy management activities at its facilities is  
shared by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for  
Installations, Energy and Environment (civilian) and the Office of  
the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (military).  
Other components of the Army share responsibility for a number of  
research efforts to develop technologies for the Army’s use, some of  
which include renewable energy. Other Army renewable energy  
initiatives are led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is the  
largest hydropower producer in the United States. In addition to the  
military services, we identified 41 initiatives across a number of  
components that report to the Office of the Secretary of Defense,  
such as the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,  
Technology and Logistics’ Office of the Assistant Secretary,  
Operational Energy Plans and Programs; the Defense Advanced Research  
Projects Agency; and the Defense Logistics Agency."


RENEWABLE ENERGY
Federal Agencies Implement Hundreds of Initiatives
GAO-12-260
http://gao.gov/assets/590/588876.pdf

See also
RENEWABLE ENERGY
An Inventory of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Initiatives (GAO-12-259SP,  
February 2012), an E-supplement to GAO-12-260
GAO-12-259SP
http://gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-12-259sp/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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