Policy Archives (2005-2019)

Areas covered: Tax, Energy, Clean Air, Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs), Finance/Appropriations

Tax

• Clean Energy Coalition Letter to Congress on Tax Extenders (October 5, 2015)
• Business Coalition Letter to Members of Congress on Tax Extenders (September 10, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Tax Reform (April 15, 2015)
• Fall 2014 Business Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of EXPIRE Act (November 19, 2014)
• Joint Business Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of EXPIRE Act (June 26, 2014)
• BCSE on Importance of Clean Energy Tax Measures, Submission to House Ways and Means Energy Working Group (April 15, 2013)
• BCSE Letter to Congressional Leadership Urging Balanced Package on Tax and Budget Issues (November 16, 2012)
• BCSE Letter to House Leadership Calling for Inclusion of Clean Energy Tax Measures in H.R.8 (July 24, 2012)
• BCSE Statement on House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures Hearing on a Framework for Evaluating Certain Expiring Tax Provisions (June 8, 2012)
• BCSE Tax Policy Fact Sheet: "Extend Clean Energy Tax Incentives" (February 1, 2012)
• BCSE Statement re: Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on Extenders and Tax Reform: Seeking Long-Term Solutions (January 31, 2012)
• BCSE Letter to Congress re: Clean Energy Tax Policy (November 1, 2011)
• Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Supported by BCSE (October 2010)
• BCSE Applauds Senators Reid, Baucus, McConnell and Grassley for support of Tax Extenders (September 2008)

Energy

• BCSE Comments to the EPA and States on the EPA’s Clean Energy Incentive Program under the Clean Power Plan Regulating Existing Power Plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (December 15, 2015)
• BCSE Comments to the EPA on Proposed Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New and Modified Sources (December 4, 2015)
• BCSE Written Testimony for Senate EPW Committee Hearing on International Climate Change Negotiations (November 18, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to CEQ on Revised GHG Guidance in NEPA Reviews (June 3, 2015)
• BCSE Letter Requesting the Inclusion of a Clean Energy Tax Title in the Senate Energy Bill, S.2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act (October 1, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee on Hydroelectric Projects Re-licensing Process (June 16, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to House Agriculture Committee on CFTC Re-authorization (May 11, 2015)
• BCSE Testimony Submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power for Hearing on Strategic Petroleum Reserve Discussion Draft and Title IV Energy Efficiency (April 30, 2015)
• BCSE Testimony Submitted to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Energy Efficiency (April 30, 2015)
• BCSE Submission to Department of Energy's Quadrennial Energy Review (October 6, 2014)
• Letter to Ohio State Senators on Substitute Senate Bill 310 (May 5, 2014)
• BCSE Letter on CFTC to Members of the House (April 29, 2014)
• BCSE Congressional Alert Urging Swift Action on Shaheen-Portman Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, S.1392 (September 11, 2013)
• Roll Call Advertisement in Support of Shaheen-Portman Legislation (July 2013)
• BCSE Letter to Rep. LaMalfa on Introduction of Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013, H.R. 1038 (June 21, 2013)
• BCSE Letter to Reps. Eshoo and Rogers on Introduction of Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, H.R. 540 (May 13, 2013)
• BCSE Testimony before House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy on the "American Energy Outlook: Technology, Markets and Policy Drivers" (February 13, 2013)
• BCSE Letter Supporting Green Export Promotion & Job Creation Act HR 2988 (September 27, 2012)
• BCSE Letter to the National Economic Council and White House Council on Environmental Quality re: CFTC Implementation of the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 (January 27, 2012)
• BCSE Letter to the CFTC re: "Swap" and "Swap Dealer" Definitions (January 6, 2012)
• BCSE Comments re: Reliability Technical Conference (December 23, 2011)
• BCSE Statement on the Release of S.1575, the Energy-Efficient Cool Roof Jobs Act (September 19, 2011)
• BCSE Comments re: Ancillary Services NOI (August 22, 2011) Encouraging U. S. Clean Energy Exports - A Set of Private‐Sector Principles (July 27, 2011)
• BCSE Comments in Response to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Clean Energy Standard White Paper (April 11, 2011)
• BCSE Comments re: FERC Proposed Rule on Integrating Variable Energy Resources (March 2, 2011)
• BCSE Statement on on the Introduction of the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act (January 26, 2011)
• BCSE Praises Bipartisan RES, Reiterates Pressing Need for Clean Energy Policies
• BCSE Letter to Rep. Matsui Supporting H.R.5931 - the Renewable Energy Incentive Act (August 5, 2010)
• BCSE Clean Energy and Tax Components for Inclusion in Comprehensive Energy and Climate Legislation (July 30, 2010)
• BCSE Letter to Senators Reid, McConnell - Call for Energy Legislation (July 23, 2010)
• BCSE Letters to Senators Udall, Bennet, Warner and Kaufman in Support of Energy Independence Trust (July 2010)
• BCSE Statement on the Release of the American Power Act (May 12, 2010)
• BCSE Letter to President - Include Comprehensive Energy and Climate Legislation in State of the Union Address (January 22, 2010)
• BCSE Testimony before House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection (October 7, 2009)
• BCSE Urges House to Pass H.R. 2454 - Improvements to Bill Needed Before Final Enactment (June 23, 2009)
• BCSE Letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee Leadership on American Clean Energy and Security Act (May 6, 2009)
• BCSE Comments Regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act (May 6, 2009)
• BCSE Recommendations to Conferees on the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (February 11, 2009)
• 2009 Policy Recommendations to the Obama Administration and 111th Congress: Moving the Nation Toward a Clean Energy Economy (January 29, 2009)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Leadership on American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (January 23, 2009)
• BCSE Recommendations to Senate Leadership on American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (January 23, 2009)
• BCSE Letter to House Leadership on American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (January 23, 2009)
• BCSE Recommendations to House Leadership on American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (January 23, 2009)
• BCSE Urges House of Representatives Leadership to Adopt Critical Clean Energy Policies (September 2008)
• BCSE Urges Senate Leadership to Adopt Critical Clean Energy Policies (September 2008)
• Testimony of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality (June 19, 2008)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Leadership on Climate Security Act S.3036 (May 2008)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (November 2007)
• Business Council for Sustainable Energy Letter to Senate on Energy Legislation (June 2007)

Clean Air, Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs)

• BCSE Supplemental Comments to the EPA on the Proposed Clean Power Plan Regarding Carbon Dioxide Emissions Associated with Bioenergy and other Biogenic Sources (December 1, 2014)
• BCSE Comments to the EPA and States on the Proposed Clean Power Plan Regulating Existing Power Plants Under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (November 19, 2014)
• BCSE Comments to the EPA and States on Regulation of Existing Power Plants Under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (December 2013)
• BCSE Letter to Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change (February 21, 2013)
• BCSE Comments on Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants Focuses on Energy Efficiency and CHP/Waste Heat Recovery as Compliance Options (June 25, 2012)
• BCSE Comments re: CEQ's Revised Guidance on Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting (April 11, 2012)
• BCSE Comments re: Proposed Rule, Reconsideration of Final Rule Major Source Boiler MACT (February 21, 2012)
• BCSE Comments re: Utility MACT NESHAP and NSPS (August 4, 2011)
• Business Coalition Letter to Congress re: Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (July 11, 2011)
• BCSE Reconsideration Petition to EPA Administrator Jackson re: Major Source Boiler MACT (May 20, 2011)
• BCSE Comments re: GHG New Source Performance Standards for Fossil-FIred Electric Generating Units (March 18, 2011)
• BCSE Comments re: Clean Air Transport Rule Notice of Data Availability (February 7, 2011)
• BCSE Statement on Legislation Related to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (November 15, 2010)
• BCSE Comments re: Area and Major Source Boiler MACT Proposed Rules (August 23, 2010)
• BCSE Comments on CLEAR Act (June 1, 2010)
• BCSE Comments on U.S. EPA's Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act (June 23, 2009)
• BCSE Comments on U.S. EPA's Proposed Rule on Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting (June 9, 2009)
• BCSE Comments to U.S. EPA on Energy Independence and Security Act's Industrial Energy Provisions & Rule-making (July 2008)
• BCSE Federal Climate Change Position Statement (October 2007)
• BCSE Recommendations for a Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset Program (September 2007)
• BCSE Response to Senator Bingaman and Senator Specter’s Climate Change Proposal (March 2007)
• BCSE Comments to House Energy and Commerce Committee on Federal Climate Change Legislation (March 2007)
• Open Letter to the Senate on Federal Climate Change Policy (January 2007)
• Comments to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Design of a National Climate Change Program (March 2006)
• Comments to the U.S. Department of Energy on the Revised Guidelines to the National Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (June 2005)

Finance and Appropriations

• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (April 24, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on FY2020 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill (April 22, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY2020 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill (April 22, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to U.S. Department of State on FY2019 SFOPS Appropriations for Renewable Energy and Adaptation (April 23, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Interior & Environment Appropriations Bill (April 18, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Interior & Environment Appropriations Bill (April 18, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill (March 6, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill (March 6, 2019)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommitee on FY 2019 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill (June 20, 2018)
• BCSE, AEE, NASEO Joint Letter to House Appropriations Committee on Infrastructure Investments and Funding Priorities for FY 2019 (May 2, 2018)
• BCSE House Testimony on FY 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (April 20, 2018)
• BCSE-CEBN Letter to Senate in Appreciation for Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Bill (April 4, 2018)
• BCSE-CEBN Letter to House in Appreciation for Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Bill (April 4, 2018)
• Attachment to BCSE-CEBN Letter in Appreciation for Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Bill (April 4, 2018)
• BCSE Senate Testimony Regarding Fiscal Year 2019 DOE Program Funding (March 30, 2018) 
• BCSE Letter to House Regarding Fiscal Year 2018 and Fiscal Year 2019 DOE Program Funding (March 8, 2018)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Regarding Fiscal Year 2018 and Fiscal Year 2019 DOE Program Funding (March 8, 2018)
• BCSE-NASEO Views on Federal Supplemental Spending Legislation to Assist Areas Impacted by 2017 Disasters (January 23, 2018)
• BCSE Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Leadership on Increasing FY 2018 Budget Caps (November 29, 2017)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Leadership on International Programs in Fiscal Year 2018 State and Foreign Operations Bill (August 23, 2017)
• BCSE Written Testimony Submitted to the Senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations In Support of Fiscal Year 2018 Funding for the Department of Energy Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil, Energy (FE), and Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (EDER) (May 25, 2017)
• BCSE Written Testimony Submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies In Support of Fiscal Year 2018 Funding for the Department of Energy Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil, Energy (FE), and Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (EDER) (May 3, 2017)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on FY18 Funding for Department of Energy Programs (April 7, 2017)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY18 Funding for Department of Energy Programs (April 7, 2017)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY17 Funding for Green Climate Fund (July 11, 2016)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on FY17 Funding for Green Climate Fund (April 21, 2016)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on Funding for DOE in FY17 Energy & Water Appropriations Bill (March 3, 2016)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on Funding for DOE in FY17 Energy & Water Appropriations Bill (March 3, 2016)
• BCSE Letters to the Senate and House in Support of Reauthorization of the EXIM Bank (September 17, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to House Regarding DOE Funding Authorization Legislation (April 21, 2015)
• BCSE Letters to House and Senate Appropriations Committees on FY2016 Funding for Green Climate Fund & Climate Investment Funds (April 8, 2015)
• BCSE Testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy at Hearing on Department of Energy Oversight: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (March 24, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee Leadership on FY16 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (March 24, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership on FY16 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (March 24, 2015)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on FY2014 Energy & Water Appropriations (July 23, 2013)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee on FY2014 Energy Appropriations (May 13, 2013)
• BCSE Letter to House Appropriations Committee on FY2014 Energy Appropriations (April 4, 2013)
• BCSE Written Testimony Submitted to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies regarding FY2014 Appropriations for the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (March 29, 2013)
• BCSE Letter to US Department of Energy in Support of Funding for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programs (September 25, 2012)
• BCSE Letter to Office of Management & Budget in Support of Consistent Funding for DOE Programs (September 25, 2012)
• BCSE Comments re: FHFA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PACE Financing Programs (September 13, 2012)
• BCSE Comments re: FHFA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PACE Financing Programs (March 26, 2012)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Leadership in Support of U.S. DOE Loan Guarantee Program (March 15, 2011)
• BCSE Letter to Senate Supporting Cantwell-LeMieux Amendment/Treasury Grant Program (June 14, 2010)
• BCSE Letter in Support of Senator Feinstein’s Legislation to Extend and Expand the Treasury Grant Program (April 28, 2010)

Clean Energy Outreach in Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia

• State Energy Factsheet: Nevada (2015)
• State Energy Factsheet: Virginia (2015)
• BCSE Comments for Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Listening Session on Final Clean Power Plan (September 15, 2015)
• BCSE Comments for Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality Listening Session on Final Clean Power Plan (September 30, 2015)

Energy

• BCSE Comments on House Committee on Energy and Commerce's White Paper on "Getting the Most Greenhouse Gas Reductions for Our Money" (May 2008)
• BCSE Comments on Control of Carbon Dioxide Emissions/Carbon Dioxide Budget Trading Program and Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Projects (CT) (February 2008)

California

• BCSE Comments re: California Air Resources Board Workshop on Market-Related Reporting and Cost Containment (June 21, 2013)
• BCSE Letter to Senator Lara re: SB 605, California State Senate (June 18, 2013)
• BCSE Comments re: CARB’s Modified Text for the Proposed California Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Market-Based Compliance Regulation (September 27, 2011)
• BCSE Comments on Regulations to Implement California AB32 (December 15, 2010)
• BCSE Comments on Preliminary Draft Regulation for a California Cap-and-Trade Program (January 13, 2010)
• BCSE Comments on California SB1762 (August 2008)
• BCSE Comments on California AB32 Scoping Plan (August 2008)
• BCSE Recommendations to California’s Market Advisory Committee on AB 32 Implementation (May 2007)

Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Initiative (RGGI)

• BCSE Letter to RGGI Governors Commending Commitment to RGGI Program Review and Update (May 2, 2013)
• BCSE Letters to Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Governors on RGGI 2012 Program Review (January 10, 2011)
• BCSE Comments on Maryland Carbon Dioxide Budget Trading Program (March 2008)
• BCSE Comments on Massachusetts CO2 Budget Trading Program (September 2007)
• BCSE Comments to CT on RGGI Pre-Proposal (March 2007)
• BCSE Comments to NY on RGGI Pre-Proposal (February 2007)
• Comments to Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Draft Model Rule (May 2006)

Western Climate Initiative (WCI)

• BCSE Comments on Western Climate Initiative (WCI)'s Offset System Essential Elements Draft Recommendations Paper (July 7, 2010)
• BCSE Comments on Western Climate Initiative (WCI)’s Auction Design White Paper (June 24, 2010)
• BCSE Comments on WCI Draft Design on the Regional Cap-and-Trade Program (August 2008)
• BCSE Comments on WCI Draft Allocation Design Recommendations (April 2008)
• BCSE Comments on WCI Offsets Design Recommendations (April 2008)
• BCSE Recommendations on WCI Offsets Design Issues (February 2008)
• BCSE Recommendations on WCI Allocation Design Issues (February 2008)
• BCSE Comments on the Western Climate Initiative Program (November 2007)
• Questions for Designing a Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade System (November 2007)

Technology

• COP21 Business Intervention Calls for New Agreement to Accelerate Low-Carbon Technology Deployment, Inclusion of Market-Based Mechanism (December 1, 2015)
• COP20 Business Intervention Supports Progress on Technology, Market Rules & Country Contributions in Lima, Peru (December 6, 2014)
• Business Commends Progress on Technology and Market Mechanisms at COP19 in Warsaw, Poland (November 11, 2013)
• Business Expresses Continued Support for Operationalization of Technology Mechanism, Use of Market Mechanisms - Intervention at UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany (June 14, 2013)
• Supporting Technology Transfer in Durban (December 2011)
• Business Intervention Supports Work of UNFCCC COP-17 Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to Advance Technology Mechanism, Role of Private Sector in Adaptation (November 28, 2011)
• Business Supports Advancement of Technology Mechanism at UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany (June 16, 2011)
• Business Intervention Supporting Improvements to CDM and Advancing Technology Mechanism at COP-16 in Cancun (December 4, 2010)
• Business Intervention Calling for Effective Technology Mechanism at COP-16 Plenary in Cancun (November 31, 2010)

Finance

• Private Sector Coalition Letter to UN Secretary General's High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Finance (September 2, 2010)
• Business Intervention before UN High-level Advisory Panel on Climate Finance at UN General Assembly, New York, NY (July 12, 2010)
• BCSE Calls for International Financing and Technology Transfer to Include Clean Energy at UNFCCC Negotiations (June 1, 2009)

Market Mechanisms

• Joint business letter on importance of carbon markets in Paris 2015 Climate Agreement (October 20, 2015)
• Press release: 20 business groups call on governments to include markets in 2015 climate agreement (October 20, 2015)
• BCSE Comments re: CDM Policy Dialogue (January 16, 2012)
• International Clean Energy Business Coalition Urges Existing Technology Deployment to Revitalize Economies and Achieve Real Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Now (December 2008)

Private Sector Engagement

• Unlocking Investment, Innovation and Clean Energy Deployment in Paris - COP 21 in Paris (December 2015)
• A Framework for a 2015 Climate Change Agreement and Accelerated Clean Energy Deployment (December 2014)
• Clean Energy Keeping Momemtum at COP 19 - Warsaw, Poland (November 2013)
• Accelerating Action in Doha - COP 18 in Doha, Qatar (December 2012)
• BCSE at Rio+20 Clean Energy Solutions for Sustainable Development - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 2012)
• Make Clean Energy Count in Durban - COP 17 in Durban, South Africa (December 2011)
• Clean Energy: Fueling Sustainable Global Growth – COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico (December 2010)
• Business Intervention Calling for Strong Private Sector Role in Post-Copenhagen Negotiations, Bonn, Germany (June 1, 2010)
• Clean Energy Businesses in Copenhagen Call for the UN to Include Strong Private Sector Role, Financing for Technology Transfer (December 12, 2009)
• International Council for Sustainable Energy Statement at Intersessional UNFCCC Meetings in Bonn, Germany (June 2008)
• Global Alliance of Business Councils Makes Statement to International Climate Negotiators in Nairobi, Kenya (November 2006)
• Statement to UNFCCC Delegates on Status of International Climate Change Negotiations, Bonn, Germany (May 2006)
• Statement to Ministers at International Climate Change Negotiations, Montreal, Canada (December 2005)

Adaptation

• Partnering to Promote Adaptation (December 2011)

Trade

• Global Business Supports an Ambitious and Rapid Conclusion to an Environmental Goods Agreement at the World Trade Organization (July 8, 2014)