DOE to Host Webcast for State and Local Officials Related To Low-Cost Financing with Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
The DOE Technical Assistance Project (TAP) for state and local officials is offering a webcast on how to take advantage of low-cost financing using Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs). The presentation will take place Wednesday, June 24, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and is titled "How to Use CREBs for Financing Renewable Energy Projects on Public Lands."
The presenters will be Claire Kreycik from the DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Aneta Rettig from Denver Water. Kreycik will discuss the ins and outs of using CREBs, and Rettig will discuss her department's experience with using CREBs to finance construction of two small hydroelectric systems near Denver.
The webcast is free of charge, but you must register in advance to obtain a URL for the presentation and call-in phone number. You can register online, find more information about the presenters, and read background materials and reports on the TAP Webcast section of the DOE Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program Web site.
See below for more information
Background Materials
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- Financing Renewable Energy Projects on State and Local Property with CREBs
Feature article published June 2009 in the State Energy Program newsletter, Conservation Update - Update on Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (PDF 328 KB)
A Client Alert about "Old CREBs" published by Hutton & Williams in April 2008. - Summary of New CREBs and QEBCs (PDF 99 KB)
Fact sheet published by Hutton & Williams in February 2009. - An Explanation of Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (PDF 151 KB)
A briefing paper published on "Old CREBs" published by Orrick in February 2006 - Solar Photovoltaic Financing: Deployment on Public Property by State and Local Governments (PDF 1.1 MB)
Technical paper published by the DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in May 2008; NREL/TP-670-43115.
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