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Public Policy

  • Initiated and co-led with 3 others, two "GET NOPSI BACK" referenda that successfully allowed New Orleans City Council to regain regulatory control of its electric and gas utilities.  The 1983 referendum failed; but the May 1985 referendum succeeded:.
  • Initiated and co-founded with four others, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, a non-profit organization  and utility watchdog devoted to protect the economic interest of Louisiana utility customers.  Dec 1985.
  • Initiated and led a grassroots campaign within the national Sierra Club which resulted in the adoption of "Global Warming and Energy Efficiency" as a national priority.1986.
  • Designed and successfully lobbied for the adoption of the "Standard of Sustainability for Homes"  as a New Orleans City Ordinance established to provide recognition for "above building code" construction as a model for rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.  (2007?)
  • Successfully lobbied for extension of the applicability of the Louisiana's Residential, Solar Investment Tax credit to include residents besides those who could afford to buy the equipment outright or lived in a single family residence. (2007?)
  • Introduced and successfully lobbied for a LA House of Representatives resolution that would require the Louisiana Public Service Commission to consider the CLEP Battery Pilot for one utility in Louisiana .  May 2017.
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  • Home
  • Innovations
    • PV with ESD - Grant Proposal to DOE 2014
    • Customer Lowered Electricity Price
    • Integrated Resource Planning Cannot Be Calculated
    • A Vented Roof with an Unvented Attic
    • Membranes Improve Insulation Efficiency
    • Building Retrofits
    • Closed Crawlspaces in Historic Homes
    • Moisture & Mold
    • Moisture Problems can interfere with Energy Efficiency
    • Buildings Without Diapers
    • Primary Energy Conservation
    • Standard of Sustainability for Homes
  • Utility Regulation
    • System Resilience and Storm Hardening UD-21-03 >
      • ProRate Energy's Direct Testimony
      • Local Letter Writing
    • Draft TOU Docket Enabling Resolution - 2020
    • CLEP is Proposed as Opt-in for all ENO's Customers - 2019
    • Bright Minds Challenge
    • BSI-Opines on Net Energy Metering - 2016
    • Gaslighting of Gaslighting - 2018
    • LA House of Representatives Resolution on CLEP - 2017
    • CLEP Battery Pilot - 2016
    • CLEP Community Solar Pilot - 2016
    • Pure CLEP Pilot - 2016
  • Customer Lowered Electricity Price
    • Fighting Climate Change Mitzvah Project
    • CLEP's Definition Simplified
    • ProRate
    • CLEP Lowers Greenhouse Gas Emissions While Financially Benefiting All Ratepayers
    • RFI-DOE-FOA-0002291-Connected-Communities
    • GSSC Talk
    • Align by Design
    • Community Solar
    • Utility Regulation
    • Community-Scale Energy >
      • Tiny Energy Bills
      • Public Policy
      • Solar or Batteries?
    • Electric Utilities
    • Commercial Customers
    • Appliance Manufacturers
    • Architects
  • About BSI
    • Clients' Projects
    • Services >
      • Norman Witriol
    • History
    • Paul Washington
    • Our Firm
    • Our Staff >
      • Myron Katz
    • Our Work
    • Publications >
      • Preservation Resource Center - Talk on 25Feb21
      • Interventions
      • Grants
      • Competitions
      • Journal Articles
      • Presentations
      • Awards
  • Contact