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Nebraska
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State Planning and Incentive Structures | Energy Efficiency Actions | Energy Supply Actions
State Planning and Incentive Structures
Lead By Example—Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Lead By Example—Energy Efficient Appliance and Equipment Purchase Requirements for Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Lead By Example—Clean Energy Goals for Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Lead By Example—Energy Efficiency and Alternative Fuel Goals for Public Fleets
Status: Completed
Details: Executive Order 2005-03 (May 2005) requires state employees to use E85 and 2 percent blends of biodiesel (B2) when operating the state's flex-fuel and diesel fleet, whenever practical (i.e., when E85 or B2 can be reasonably obtained). In 1980, Nebraska was the first state in the nation to require the use of 10% ethanol blend in state vehicles.
State and Regional Energy Planning
Status: Completed
Details: Nebraska is part of the Western Governor's Association (WGA). In June 2006 the Governors signed resolutions to meet or exceed goals of 30,000 MW of clean energy by 2015 and a 20% increase in energy efficiency by 2020, to encourage adequate funding for state energy efficiency and renewable generation programs, and to facilitate development of regional energy markets.
Determining the Air Quality Benefits of Clean Energy—Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Set Asides (NOX Budget Trading Program)
Status: No Activity Identified
Determining the Air Quality Benefits of Clean Energy—Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Set Asides (CAIR Budget Trading Program)
Status: No Activity Identified
Energy Efficiency Actions
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Public Benefit Funds for Energy Efficiency
Status: Completed
Details: On April 16, 2008, Governor Heineman signed a bill that supports energy efficiency improvements among low-income households. Legislative Bill 1001 allows utilities to take approximately 5% of sales tax the utilities collect from customers each month and reinvest these funds, along with a matching sum from the utilities’ revenue, into energy-efficient home improvement programs.
Building Codes for Energy Efficiency—Commercial Programs
Status: Goes Beyond ECPA
Details: 2003 IECC, mandatory statewide. State-owned and -funded buildings must comply with 2003 IECC; can use COMcheck to show compliance.
Building Codes for Energy Efficiency—Residential Programs
Status: Goes Beyond ECPA
Details: 2003 IECC, mandatory statewide. State-owned and state-funded buildings must comply with 2003 IECC for projects constructed after July 1, 2005; can use REScheck to show compliance.
State Appliance Efficiency Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Energy Supply Actions
Renewable Portfolio Standards
Status: Proposed
Details: Concluding the Midwestern Governors’ Association’s Energy Security and Climate Change Summit on November 15, 2007, governors from the eleven Midwestern states signed agreements designed to cut greenhouse gases, promote energy conservation, and fight global warming. The agreements call for greater use of nonpetroleum-based energy sources such as wind power and grain-based ethanol. The governors agreed that wind power, water, and other renewable sources should eventually provide up to 30% of the region’s electricity.
Public Benefit Funds for Clean Energy Supply
Status: No Activity Identified
Output-Based Environmental Regulations
Status: No Activity Identified
Interconnection Standards—Clean Distributed Generation
Status: No Activity Identified
Interconnection Standards—Net Metering
Status: No Activity Identified