November 20, 2002—The U.S. Department of Energy has signed an agreement that will allow state energy officials from across the nation and the federal government to better collaborate on research and development projects in the field of energy.
The signing ceremony was part of a meeting of Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions, Inc. (ASERTTI) in Napa, California.
The newly signed agreement establishes a State Technologies Advancement Collaborative (STAC) with the Department of Energy, ASERTTI, and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO).
David Garman, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy, signed the agreement on behalf of the federal government. “This is an outgrowth of an alliance begun in 1998 between DOE and the energy agencies of California and New York,” he explained. “The agreement will allow the Department of Energy and States to increase their collaboration and leverage financial resources to accomplish mutually agreed upon projects.”
The new State Technologies Advancement Collaborative will promote research and deployment in innovative ways to produce, transmit and distribute energy and to use it more efficiently.
