Renewable energy: federal agencies implement hundreds of initiatives: report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affa

By U.S. Government Accountability Office

"The nation's reliance on imported oil, rising energy costs, and fossil fuels' potential contribution to climate change have renewed the federal focus on renewable energy. Many federal agencies support renewable energy activities, raising congressional concerns about the number and roles of agencies implementing such efforts. Currently, there is no comprehensive inventory of federal renewable energy initiatives, making it difficult to identify potential fragmentation or duplication.GAO was asked to (1) identify agencies' renewable energy-related initiatives and (2) examine the federal roles agencies' initiatives supported. GAO collected data from agencies' budget documents, strategic plans, websites, and through agency data requests and interviews with officials from most of the 24 federal agencies subject to the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. These 24 agencies accounted for roughly 98 percent of all federal outlays in 2009. GAO developed an inventory of agencies' renewable energy initiatives, including initiatives for which renewable energy was the focus, as well as initiatives for which it was part of a broader effort. GAO focused on developing this inventory, and as such, did not evaluate initiatives based on financial support or other factors.This report contains no recommendations. In response to the draft report, Commerce agreed with the overall findings as they relate to the Department, while Homeland Security"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974226530
• ISBN13: 9781974226535
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"