bill richardson 2008 - "Asked You" Fact Sheet

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ASKED YOU

RICHARDSON FOR PRESIDENT

COMMERICAL BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

ATTACHMENT 1:

State of New MexicoOffice of the Governor

Bill Richardson

Governor

December 28, 2006 Contact: Marissa Stone, NMEDFor Immediate Release Telephone: (505) 827-0314 or (505) 231-0475

Governor Bill Richardson Signs Historic Climate Change Executive

Order

(Santa Fe, NM) Governor Bill Richardson signed an executive order today that spells outemission reduction strategies to address climate change in New Mexico.

The Governor directed state agencies to follow many of the bold recommendations of theClimate Change Advisory Group, which produced a plan to reduce greenhouse gasemissions by the equivalent of 267 million metric tons and create a projected $2 billionnet economic savings for New Mexicos economy.

Climate change is the major environmental issue of our time, Governor Bill Richardsonsaid. Nothing poses a bigger threat to our water, our livelihood and our quality of lifethan a warming climate. Today I am taking the first step toward implementing as many ofthese recommendations as are possible, feasible and effective.

The Governors executive order creates a state government implementation team taskedwith ensuring policies from the order are carried out. Those policies include:


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Creating a market-based greenhouse gas emissions registry and reduction program Advancing carbon capture and sequestration technology Promoting the use of manure from the dairy industry in power generation Developing an education and outreach program on green buildings for those privatesector builders

Creating new procurement rules that ensure state government offices have energyefficient appliances Mandating that state vehicles use mainly clean, renewable fuels Proposes a one-time tax credit of up to 40 percent for the purchase, construction orretrofitting of alternative fuel filling stations.

The climate change advisory groups process for developing strategies that are feasiblefor such diverse organizations as industry, environmental groups, government, academiaand the national laboratories makes New Mexicos process on combating global warmingunique, said New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry. The reasonour state is accomplishing so much is that we know how to cooperate. We can now move

forward rapidly with these recommendations.

The government implementation team, which will make recommendations to the statesClean Energy Development Council, includes representatives from the state agencies ofthe Environment Department, Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department, theNew Mexico Department of Transportation, Regulations and Licensing Department,Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Taxation and Revenue, theGeneral Services Department, Department of Agriculture, Office of the State Engineerand Office of the Governor. The team will also consult with representatives from thePublic Regulation Commission.

Governor Richardson previously endorsed seeking regulations to sharply reducegreenhouse gas emissions of new cars and trucks sold in New Mexico and more thanquadrupling New Mexicos renewable energy use by mandating that 15 percent of thestates electricity come from renewable sources by 2015 and working with utilities toachieve a 25 percent of that electricity by 2020. This year, New Mexico became the firststate to join the Chicago Climate Exchange, a greenhouse gas emission reduction andtrading program.

In spring 2005, Governor Richardson issued an executive order establishing greenhousegas emission reduction goals for New Mexico and called for the creation of the advisorygroup to meet those goals. The states greenhouse gas reduction goals were targeted tomeet year 2000 levels by 2012, 10 percent below 2000 levels by 2020 and 75 percentbelow 2000 levels by 2050. New Mexico, along with Arizona and California, is among agrowing number of states to create climate change advisory groups.

New Mexicos advisory group consisted of about 40 representatives from tribes, industry,agriculture, universities and our national labs and environmental nonprofit groups.

The Governors Climate Change Action Council, which is composed of cabinet


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secretaries, reviewed the groups recommendations and offered its recommendation tothe governor.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 2006-69

NEW MEXICO CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION

WHEREAS, the federal government has failed to take sufficient action to addressglobal climate change through initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in theUnited States;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 2004-019 declared the State of New Mexico tobe the Clean Energy State and established the Clean Energy Development Council;

WHEREAS, the State of New Mexico is committed to joining regionally andnationally with other states in assuming a leadership role in addressing

the risks of climate change;

WHEREAS, Executive Order 05-033 set greenhouse gas reduction targets for theState of New Mexico at 2000 levels by the year 2012, 10 percent (10%) below 2000levels by the year 2020, and 75 percent (75%) below 2000 levels by the year 2050;

WHEREAS, Executive Order 05-033 established the Climate Change ActionCouncil, and the New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group which has met over thepast year and a half to deliberate on New Mexico's potential greenhouse gas emissionsreductions to meet these emission reduction targets;

WHEREAS, the New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group has forwardedsixty-nine (69) recommendations covering the sectors of energy supply; residential,commercial and industrial energy use; agriculture and forestry; and transportation andland use to the Climate Change Action Council and the Governor of the State of NewMexico;

WHEREAS, the New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group included in itsrecommendations the development of a registry for reporting greenhouse gas emissionsthat will ensure that businesses in New Mexico may enjoy any benefits, credits, orbaseline protections that may be available under national programs and plans;

WHEREAS, the impact of implementing these recommendations is expected toresult in net savings of $2 billion to our states economy while reducing the equivalent of267 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through the year 2020;

WHEREAS, this reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would go beyond thereduction goals set forth for the state in Executive Order 05-033;

WHEREAS, Executive Order 05-056 directed all cabinet-level departments,


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boards, and commissions involved in environmental quality and public health matters toimplement Environmental Justice programs and policies, and established anEnvironmental Justice Task Force;

WHEREAS, Executive Order 06-01 directed all Executive Branch state agencies

to adopt the U.S. Green Building Councils LEEDTM rating system for certain newconstruction and renovation projects, as well as established the Public Schools CleanEnergy Task Force.

WHEREAS, the State of New Mexico, in implementing these progressiverecommendations, will continue its national leadership role in addressing the immediaterisk of climate change to the worlds economy, environment and human health and joinother states and countries by acting immediately to reduce greenhouse gas emissionswhile ensuring a robust state economy and high-wage job creation; and

WHEREAS, the reduction of greenhouse gases and increases in energy

efficiency will save New Mexicans millions of dollars while significantly improving ourstate air quality and protecting our states valued scenic vistas.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bill Richardson, Governor of the State of New Mexico,by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the State ofNew Mexico, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following:

I. Consistency with Prior Executive Orders: This Administration has passed priorExecutive Orders that have addressed issues of clean and renewable energy, reduction ofgreenhouse gas emissions, and related matters. For purposes of continuity andconsistency, the following modifications to these prior Executive Orders shall apply:

1. Executive Order No. 04-19, entitled Declaring New Mexico theCleanEnergy State, established the Clean Energy Development Council. Themembership to that Council is the Secretaries of Energy, Minerals, and NaturalResources Department, Environment Department, Economic DevelopmentDepartment, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Agriculture, theGeneral Services Department, and the State Engineer, with staff support from theOffice of the Governor. The membership to this Council shall remain the sameexcept for the addition of the following new members: the Regulation andLicensing Department, the Tax and Revenue Department, the Department ofFinance and Administration, and the Governors Advisor on Energy andEnvironment shall serve in the Governors staff position. The Clean EnergyDevelopment Council shall continue to implement the directives set forth inExecutive Order No. 04-19, including an annual report to the Governor on itsrecommendations and activities, as well as assume new responsibilities as setforth in this Order.

2. Executive Order No. 05-33 entitled Climate Change and Greenhouse


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Gas Reduction. The Climate Change Action Council, the Climate ChangeAdvisory Group, and the technical state agency working group established underExecutive Order No. 05-33 are hereby abolished. Other provisions of this Orderremain in effect or are modified as indicated below.

3. Executive Order No. 05-49 entitled Requiring the Increased Use ofRenewable Fuels in New Mexico State Government. The provisions inExecutive Order No. 05-49 shall remain in effect and are supplemented withfurther direction and initiatives set forth in this Order.

4. Executive Order No. 06-01 entitled State of New Mexico EnergyEfficient Green Building Standards for State Buildings. The provisions inExecutive Order No. 06-01 shall remain in effect and are supplemented withfurther direction and initiatives set forth in this Order.

II. Establishment of a Climate Change Action Implementation Team

1. Creation. There is hereby established the Climate Change ActionImplementation Team (Team).

2. Purpose. The purpose of this Team shall be to serve as a staff-levelgroup that shall be responsible for ensuring that the directives in this ExecutiveOrder are implemented. The Team shall be under the direction of the CleanEnergy Development Council, as created by Executive Order No. 2004-019,regarding the implementation of this Executive Order, including directivesregarding the Climate Change Advisory Groups recommendations, as well asdirectives regarding any other authorized initiatives. The Team shall ensure thatall applicable state agencies are implementing climate change action inaccordance with these directives, and shall also be responsible for providingperiodic updates and reports to the Clean Energy Development Council and theGovernor, as set forth in further detail below.

3. Advisory nature. The Team shall be advisory in nature and shall notmake any final policymaking decisions.

4. Membership. The Governor shall appoint members of the Team whoshall be comprised of staff representatives from the following agencies:

a. Department of Environment,b. Department of Transportation,c. Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department,d. Regulations and Licensing Department,e. Department of Finance and Administration,f. Department of Taxation and Revenue,g. General Services Department,h. Department of Agriculture,


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i. Economic Development Department,j. Office of the State Engineer; andk. Office of the Governor.

5. Consultation. The Team shall consult with representatives of the Public

Regulation Commission. The Team shall also consult with other governmentalentities, including state agencies and local governments, as needed to implementthis Order.

6. Leadership. The Department of Environment shall serve as the leadagency with the staff representative serving as the Chairperson of the Team. TheDepartment of Environment shall provide administrative support and staffing forthe Team.

7. Duties:

a. The Team shall serve as the primary point of contact in each oftheir respective agencies regarding the implementation of this Order.

b. The Team shall be responsible for ensuring that each applicableagency is implementing this Order in accordance with its terms andconditions, including the achievement of the targeted goals and levels in atimely and adequate fashion.

c. The Team shall quantify anticipated greenhouse gas emissionreductions that are expected to result from implementation of the climatechange actions that arise from the Advisory Groups recommendationsand any other authorized initiatives.

d. The Team shall submit a written progress report to the CleanEnergy Development Council and the Governor summarizing theimplementation of this Order, including any Climate Change AdvisoryGroups recommendations or other authorized initiatives, by July 1 ofeach year, beginning in 2007.

e. The Team is strongly encouraged to provide more frequentreporting and updates as is deemed necessary in addition to the annualreport.

f. The Team shall meet no less than four (4) times per year. TheTeam shall also be required to present to the Clean Energy DevelopmentCouncil, upon request.

g. The Team shall carry out this Order as part of their officialduties and shall receive per diem and travel reimbursement to the extentpermitted under law or policy.


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III. Implementation of Climate Change Actions. The following actions shall beimplemented under the time frames indicated; however, these actions may besupplemented with additional directives from the Clean Energy Development Council.

1. Department of Environment (NMED): NMED shall implement andabide by the following directives, subject to the prior approval and direction of theClean Energy Development Council and in accordance with the duties of theTeam as set forth above.

a. Executive Order No. 05-033. This prior Executive Ordercontained various directives that specifically applied to NMED that arehereby modified or superseded by this Executive Order as follows:

i. This Executive Order hereby supersedes paragraph 3 ofEO No. 05-33.

ii. This Executive Order hereby supersedes paragraph 5 ofEO No. 05-33;iii. Paragraph 6 in EO No. 05-33 shall remain in effect, butis further revised to require NMED to develop a greenhouse gasemissions inventory and forecast every four years, starting in 2008.iv. Paragraph 7 in EO No. 05-33 shall remain in effect.

b. NMED shall submit to the Environmental Improvement Board(EIB) a proposal to implement a state clean car standard consistent withclean car standards adopted by other states no later than January 1, 2008.This initiative shall supplement the existing initiatives under ExecutiveOrder 05-049.

c. NMED shall submit to the EIB a proposal to adopt a greenhousegas emissions registry and reporting mechanism, after consultation withaffected stakeholders, no later than January 1, 2008.

d. NMED shall conduct a study of voluntary and mandatorymechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gasprocesses by January 1, 2008 and shall submit such study to the Team, theClean Energy Development Council, and the Governor by said date.Proposed mechanisms shall reduce methane emissions in oil and gasoperations by 20% by 2020 and carbon dioxide emission from fuelcombustion.

e. NMED shall work with other state agencies in analyzingfinancial incentives for clean vehicles, in a manner that supplements theinitiatives in Executive Order 05-049. NMED shall submit a reportsummarizing its findings, including implementation strategies, to theTeam, the Clean Energy Development Council, and the Governor by July


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1, 2007.

f. NMED shall submit to the EIB a proposal to develop regulationsand guidance for truck stop electrification for anti-idling capability by July1, 2008.

g. NMED shall develop a State Climate Public Education andOutreach program by December 1, 2007, shall submit the plan to theTeam, the Clean Energy Development Council, and Governor, and onceproper authorization is received, commence implementation of this planby July 1, 2008.

h. NMED, under the direction of the Governors Energy &Environmental Policy Advisor, shall work with other states and the federalgovernment, as appropriate, to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility ofa mandatory market-based emission reduction program with a regional or

national scope.

2. The Department of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources(EMNRD): EMNRD shall implement and abide by the following directives,subject to the prior approval and direction of the Clean Energy DevelopmentCouncil and in accordance with the duties of the Team as set forth above.

a. EMNRD shall convene a stakeholder group no later than March31, 2007 to determine opportunities and barriers for reducing carbondioxide emissions in oil and gas operations and power production. Thegroup shall explore requirements needed to capture, transport, andgeologically sequester significant amounts of anthropogenic carbondioxide in the state, including but not limited to geologic surveys,infrastructure, and ownership of liabilities. The group may use the resultsof research conducted at New Mexico research institutions and others inthe field of carbon dioxide sequestration in their considerations. Inaddition, EMNRD shall coordinate with the stakeholder group to developand propose rules regarding carbon dioxide emission reduction andstorage. EMNRD shall provide a report with findings and proposed rulesto the Team, Clean Energy Development Council, and Governor no laterthan December 1, 2007.

b. EMNRD shall work with the appropriate governmental entitiesto implement demand side management programs for electricity, naturalgas and other fuels; to adopt state appliance standards; to establishfinancial incentives for distributed and centralized renewable energy; andto create incentives and barrier reductions for combined heat and power.EMNRD shall submit a written report outlining these initiatives no laterthan December 31, 2007, to the Team, Clean Energy Development


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Council, and the Governor, and shall strive to implement said initiativescommencing January 1, 2008.

c. EMNRD shall work with stakeholders to create or participatewith other states in a Regional Market Transformation Alliance. This

Alliance shall pursue regional efforts by non-utility organizations toencourage greater uptake by consumers of cost-effective energyconservation practices on a voluntary basis. EMNRD shall finalize areport summarizing the work of the Alliance and submit it to the Team,Clean Energy Development Council, and the Governor each year duringits participation.

3. General Services Department (GSD): GSD shall implement and abideby the following directives, subject to the prior approval and direction of the theClean Energy Development Council and in accordance with the duties of theTeam as set forth above.

a. Prior Executive Orders:

i. Executive Order 05-33: The duties of GSD in saidExecutiveOrder in paragraph 8 are hereby superseded by this ExecutiveOrder.

b. GSD shall establish state policies for green power purchasing,modify state procurement processes for state building performancestandards, ensure low greenhouse gas emissions from state vehicles, andrequire mandatory recycling in state building leases and purchases by July1, 2007. These initiatives shall supplement the existing initiatives underExecutive Order 05-049 and Executive Order 06-01. GSD shall reportannually to the Team, Clean Energy Development Council, and theGovernor regarding implementation of these measures and the quantity ofgreenhouse gas emissions avoided or reduced.

c. GSD, in concert with Department of Transportation (DOT),shall develop and implement policies for procuring and operating the statefleet, consistent with Executive Order 2005-049, no later than July 1,2007. Prior to implementation, GSD shall submit the proposed policies tothe Team, the Clean Energy Development Council and Governor forreview and approval.

4. Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD): RLD shall implementand abide by the following directives, subject to the prior approval and directionof the Clean Energy Development Council and in accordance with the duties ofthe Team as set forth above.


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a. RLD shall consult with interested stakeholders to develop lowgreenhouse gas emitting building codes. After submitting the proposedcodes to the Team, the Clean Energy Development Council, andGovernor, RLD shall submit the proposed codes to the ConstructionIndustries Commission (CIC) no later than January 1, 2008. These new

codes shall include provisions for solar hot water systems for newbuildings with substantial water heat demand. These new codes shall alsobe adopted consistent with the directives in Executive Order No. 06-01regarding the updating and adoption of building codes to achieve energyefficiency.

b. RLD shall consult with interested stakeholders to developregulations for new commercial refrigeration. After submitting theproposed regulations to the Team, the Clean Energy DevelopmentCouncil, and Governor, RLD shall submit the proposed regulations to theCIC.

c. RLD shall develop a project plan for an education and outreachprogram to inform and train building professionals on new building coderequirements by July 1, 2008, and begin implementation of this plan byJanuary 1, 2009. Similar initiatives in Executive Order No. 06-01 shallremain in effect.

5. Department of Taxation and Revenue (TRD): TRD shall implementand abide by the following directives, subject to the prior approval and directionof the the Clean Energy Development Council and in accordance with the dutiesof the Team as set forth above.

a. TRD shall develop financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gasemissions, as appropriate, in collaboration with other appropriate stateentities.

6. Department of Finance and Administration (DFA): DFA shallimplement and abide by the following directives, subject to the prior approval anddirection of the Clean Energy Development Council and in accordance with theduties of the Team as set forth above.

a. DFA, in concert with DOT, shall develop a plan by July 1, 2007to work with local governments to implement greenhouse gas emissionsreduction programs throughout the state, shall submit the plan to theTeam, the Clean Energy Development Council, and Governor, and shallbegin implementation of this plan by January 1, 2008.

7. The Department of Agriculture (Dept of Ag): Dept of Ag shallimplement and abide by the following directives, subject to the prior approval anddirection of the Clean Energy Development Council and in accordance with the


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duties of the Team as set forth above.

a. Dept of Ag shall work with stakeholders to develop and promotemanure energy utilization strategies that shall cover 15% of the state-widedairy cattle by 2012 and 35% by 2020. These strategies shall reduce

greenhouse emissions by offsetting fossil fuel consumption, as well as bydirect reduction of methane emissions.

b. Dept of Ag shall work with stakeholders to develop specificimplementation mechanisms that promote the utilization of 25% ofagricultural by-products for electricity or steam generation by 2012 and50% by 2020.

c. Dept of Ag shall enhance its efforts to increase the amount ofacreage in conservation tillage and no-till production and to work with theappropriate state agencies to promote programs that support consumption

of local grown food and buy local efforts.

IV. Agency Support

1. All state agencies shall assist, as appropriate, in implementing thisOrder and fulfilling its purpose. The actions mandated as a result of this ExecutiveOrder shall be accomplished within the bounds of, and consistent with, therelevant agencys statutory and regulatory authority.

V. Lead Coordinator

1. The Governors Energy & Environmental Policy Advisor shall be theLead Coordinator and in this capacity shall serve as the central point of contactfor implementation of this Order, shall be authorized to obtain periodic progressreports from agencies regarding their compliance with this Order, and shall beauthorized to give directives to agencies to ensure implementation of this Order.

VI. Disclaimer

Nothing in this Executive Order is intended to create a private right of action toenforce any provision of this Order or to mandate the undertaking of any particular actionpursuant to this Order; nor is this Order intended to diminish or expand any existing legalrights or remedies.

THIS ORDER supersedes any other previous orders, proclamations, or directivesin conflict. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effectuntil such time as it is rescinded by the Governor.


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ATTACHMENT 2:

Copyright 2005 Albuquerque JournalAlbuquerque Journal (New Mexico)February 18, 2005 Friday

SECTION: FINAL; Pg. A6LENGTH: 431 wordsHEADLINE: Governor Praises Clean-Energy BillsBYLINE: Tania Soussan Journal Staff WriterBODY:

SANTA FE -- A package of clean-energy bills before the Legislature puts New Mexico out infront of other states, Gov. Bill Richardson and environmental leaders said Thursday.

"It's a whole new era, the clean-energy era in a long-time energy state," Richardson said at theCapitol.

Phil Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust, agreed. He said the bills making theirway through the Roundhouse are "the most forward-looking of any state energy legislation I'veseen in 30 years."

Efforts at the state level are vital because a federal energy bill is not expected to do much forrenewable energy, he said.

Richardson is backing several bills, including proposals to make it easier to build transmissionlines that could move wind power to other states and to use $20 million in revenue bonds toboost energy efficiency in public buildings.

Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, the sponsor of the transmission bill, said eastern NewMexico's familiar winds are "going to bring millions of dollars to our economy in eastern NewMexico and hundreds of new jobs."

Economic development is an important benefit of the state's growing renewable-energy industry,Richardson and Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans said.

Another bill before legislators would give companies that manufacture clean-energy componentsin New Mexico, such as wind turbines, a 5 percent tax credit, Homans said.

Also on Thursday, the Natural Resources Defense Council announced the results of a poll thatshows New Mexicans support renewable energy programs, even if it means paying more forpower.

The poll of 500 people, conducted in telephone interviews Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 by Research &Polling Inc., has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent. NRDC paid the bulk of the pollcosts.


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Eighty-nine percent of respondents said New Mexico should offer incentives to homeowners andbusinesses that use solar energy.

Richardson said tax credits for residential and commercial solar energy are not among hisproposals this year because of fiscal constraints. But he promised to propose them next year.

Even so, Sen. Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa, and Rep. Bobby Gonzales, D-Taos, have introducedtheir own legislation this year to create those tax credits.

The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department also announced winners of $1 millionin grants for clean-energy projects on Thursday.

The money went to 20 schools, pueblos, local governments and others, including $59,000 for theEastern Plains Council of Governments to create what could be the state's first wind farm ownedby the people who will use the power.


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ATTACHMENT 3:

Copyright 2006 Associated PressAll Rights Reserved

The Associated Press State & Local Wire

March 3, 2006 Friday 11:33 PM GMT

SECTION: STATE AND REGIONALLENGTH: 347 wordsHEADLINE: Governor signs solar tax credit, education billsBYLINE: By DEBORAH BAKER, Associated Press WriterDATELINE: SANTA FEBODY:

New Mexicans could get state tax credits for installing solar energy systems in their homes andbusinesses under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Bill Richardson.

The governor, whose deadline is Wednesday to act on bills from the recent legislative session,also signed three education measures.

The tax credit, when used in conjunction with a federal solar energy tax credit, could shavenearly one-third off the cost of installing systems for heating homes and hot water, according tothe governor's office.

"This bill helps us take advantage of our world-class solar energy resources to keep New Mexicothe clean-energy state," Richardson said.

The credit would be equal to 30 percent of the cost of the system, less the applicable federal taxcredits, up to a maximum of $9,000. The systems would have to be purchased by 2015 to beeligible for the credits.

One of the education bills is designed to speed up financing of public schools in high-growthareas such as Albuquerque's west side, Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Gadsden, Las Cruces andDeming.

The bill revises an existing financing program to allow the state to cover the full cost of localschool projects that are designated as high priority.

There is $90 million available in a separate capital projects bill which the governor says he willsign next week for new schools in growing communities.

A second school-related measure changes the way the state deals with charter schools, providingpeople who start them with the option of applying to become charter schools either through localschool districts which has been the law or through the Public Education Commission.

A third education bill extends the so-called kindergarten plus program for an additional three


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years and expands the school districts that may participate in it. Currently, the Albuquerque,Gallup-McKinley, Gadsden and Las Cruces districts are authorized to conduct the program,under which the kindergarten school year can be extended for up to four months. Under the newlaw, any district with high-poverty schools may have kindergarten plus programs.

LOAD-DATE: March 4, 2006


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ATTACHMENT 4:

State of New MexicoOffice of the GovernorBill RichardsonGovernor

For Immediate Release Contact: Jon GoldsteinApril 9, 2007 (Santa Fe) 505-476-2217

Governor Richardson Enacts Major Clean Energy Bills

Measures promote advanced energy technologies, green buildings, and biodiesel

SANTA FE Governor Richardson has continued his aggressive efforts to make NewMexico the Clean Energy State, by enacting several bills that promote investment inclean electricity generation and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

These bills will keep New Mexicos rapidly growing clean energy economy movingforward, said Governor Richardson. New Mexico is showing that we can create jobsthrough spurring significant investment in electricity generation from our world-classsolar and wind resources, promoting advanced coal technologies, building more efficienthomes and offices, and increasing the production and use of biodiesel.

Bills recently signed are as follows:SB 994 (Cisneros) Advanced Energy Tax Credit

SB 489 (Ortiz y Pino) Biodiesel Blend Required by 2012

HB 318 (Wirth) Power plant mercury emissions control

SB 463 (Cisneros) Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Amendments

SB 994 is the first tax credit in the nation to cover carbon capture technology and includespecific capture goals at coal fired power plants. The amount of the advanced energy taxcredit will be up to 6 percent of the plants expenditures for development andconstruction. The maximum credit claimed per generating facility will be limited to $60million.

SB 489 will require that 5% of every gallon of diesel fuel sold in New Mexico comes

from an agricultural source by 2012. This will help boost New Mexicos growingbiodiesel industry, reduce our use of foreign oil and combat climate change.

HB 318 allows New Mexico to continue to protect its citizens from the damaging effectsof mercury pollution. Recent moves by the Bush Administration have raised fears ofcreating mercury hotspots where residents will be exposed to harmful levels of thisknown neurotoxin. This bill allows New Mexico to pass more protective mercurystandards than the federal government.


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SB 463 contains several tax incentives that were originally proposed as separate bills: Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Amendments (SB 463 Cisneros) Sustainable Building Tax Credit (SB 543 Feldman/HB 534 Wirth) Advanced Energy Product Tax Credit (HB 430 Salazar)

Biodiesel Fuel Production Tax Incentives (SB 607 Ortiz y Pino/HB 1145 M.H. Garcia) Solar Energy System Gross Receipts (SB 996 Stewart) Agricultural Water Conservation Tax Credits (SB 291 Wilson Beffort)

These vital pieces of legislation will work hand in glove with the other major cleanenergy bills I enacted earlier this session the Renewable Energy TransmissionAuthority and the quadrupling of the Renewable Portfolio Standard to continue to makeNew Mexico the nations Clean Energy State, said Governor Richardson.

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ATTACHMENT 5:

State of New Mexico

Office of the GovernorBill RichardsonGovernor

For Immediate Release: Contact: Jon GoldsteinMarch 5, 2007 505-476-2248

Governor Bill Richardson Enacts LandmarkClean Energy Bills to Create Jobs, Keep Air

Clean

SB 418, HB188 will Increase Generation and Promote Export of CleanElectricity

SANTA FE -- Governor Bill Richardson today signed two major cornerstones of his cleanenergy agenda. Senate Bill 418 will dramatically increase New Mexicos Renewable PortfolioStandard and our use of clean electricity. House Bill 188 creates a Renewable EnergyTransmission Authority to promote clean energy jobs and help New Mexico both develop ourclean energy resources and market them to other states.

I am proud today to sign a bill that will quadruple New Mexicos use of clean electricity by2020, said Governor Bill Richardson. Promoting renewable electricity keeps our air clean andit will help New Mexico meet my aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals. It will also helpcontinue to create new jobs, like those at Advent Solar in Albuquerque, and aid ranchers whowant to diversify into the lucrative wind energy market.

In 2004 Governor Richardson signed New Mexicos first Renewable Portfolio Standard into law.This mandated that 5% of New Mexicos electricity come from renewable sources by 2006,increasing to 10% by 2011. Senator Michael Sanchezs Senate Bill 418 requires that at least 15percent of an electric utility's power supply come from renewable sources by 2015 and 20percent by 2020.

House Bill 188 sponsored by Representative Jose Campos -- establishes a Renewable Energy


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Transmission Authority that will help New Mexico export solar, wind and other renewableenergy and further build our high-wage, and high-tech economy.

The Transmission Authority and the Renewable Portfolio Standard work in combinationto dramatically position New Mexico to develop our vast renewable energy resources, said

Joanna Prukop Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources. We've justpositioned our state to become extremely competitive in all aspects of clean energy developmentand the benefits that come with it.

Under Governor Richardsons leadership, New Mexico has become the nations the CleanEnergy State. In the past few weeks alone Governor Richardson has signed a major, five stateclimate change agreement, announced a new Tesla electric car plant for Albuquerque and abiodiesel plant in Clovis, NM.

I am proud that both these bills passed with bipartisan support, said Governor Richardson.That is because New Mexico is hungry for clean energy and the good jobs that come with this

new industry.

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ATTACHMENT 6:

05/17/07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kristin Lee, (202) 785-8683 or [email protected]

League of Conservation Voters Applauds Bill Richardson

Global Warming Plan

Richardson Announces Comprehensive Plan to Reduce GreenhouseGasses and Develop New Energy Economy

WASHINGTON, DC -League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene

Karpinski issued the following statement regarding presidential candidate BillRichardson's plan to combat global warming:

"The League of Conservation Voters applauds Governor Richardson for proposing anaggressive plan for America's energy future while dramatically curbing greenhouse gasemissions that cause global warming.

Of all the candidates plans to date, Richardson sets the highest goals for reducing globalwarming pollution and increasing production from renewable energy sources. His is thefirst plan to call for at least a 20 percent reduction in global warming pollution by theyear 2020, and a 90 percent reduction by mid-century. The Richardson plan also calls for

a national renewable electricity standard of 30 percent by 2020 and 50 by 2040.

Above and beyond the details of the plan, Governor Richardson has issued a generationalchallenge to all Americans -- businesses, individuals, and the government -- to help placethe U.S. at the forefront of the new energy economy. This plan, if adopted, would restoreAmerica's reputation as a leader in technology and science."


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ATTACHMENT 7:

TAKING THE INITIATIVE BY CARL POPE

Stepping Up To the Plate Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Albuquerque, NM -- When the 2008 presidential campaign season commenced, one openquestion was whether candidates would deal with global warming and energy in a substantiveway.

Of the initial front-runners, only Senator John McCain had an established track record on theissue -- and he has remained almost silent in recent months. John Edwards took the first bigsteps, coming out with a major commitment to "80 by 50" -- that is, 80% CO2 reductions by2050, and following up with an aggressive policy to ensure that, going forward, all coal is minedsafely, burned cleanly and its carbon fully sequestered. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton mademore modest initial proposals, but have recently endorsed the Boxer-Sanders global warminglegislation in the Senate, which also calls for 80 by 50, or 2% CO2 reductions a year. And NewYork City Mayor and possible presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has picked up the issuerecently, with a major Earth Day initiative followed by an energy conservation speech inHouston.

But there is one presidential candidate with enormous depth on the issue, and he's just raised thebar on all the rest. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson served as Secretary of Energy in theClinton Administration. Today, at the New America Foundation, he delivered his new energyapproach. Dave Hamilton, Director of our Energy and Global Warming program, advised methat "his 18-page energy policy is much more aggressive than anything we've seen so far fromthe candidates. It is also significantly better-elaborated in theory with regard to where we endup."

Here's a sample of Richardson's language:

"I am here to tell you consumers are hurting because U.S. energy markets are not diverse andcompetitive, and because we have fed our addiction to oil instead of ending it. We are bleedingourselves to death, buying 300 billion dollars worth of foreign oil every year, and spendinganother 100 or 150 billion dollars transporting and defending oil around the world."

In his plan, he commits to an 80% reduction in emissions by 2040 , which he gets by increasingthe rate at which CO2 emissions decline gradually from 2% a year to 3%. He also calls for goingall the way to a 50-mpg standard for vehicles.

This is the kind of debate that could make the 2008 presidential race worth watching -- let's hopethe other candidates catch up!
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ATTACHMENT 8:

An Action Plan for America's Energy and Climate Future

Governor Bill Richardson is a recognized leader with a record of action and

accomplishment on energy, security and climate. His action plan lays out his bid to

become "The Energy President."

NOTE: Governor Richardson invites public review and comment, andwill revise this plan

appropriately as public comments are received. To participate in this policy development,

please submit your ideas and comments to Governor Richardson at

[email protected] Energy and Climate Policy is divided into five main goals. Under

each goal are several specific strategies.

When commenting on the Energy and Climate Policy, please refer to specific numbered goals

and strategies so thatthe Governor can track your feedback most productively.

Energy Needs, Climate Imperatives

Thomas Jefferson said something like "a little revolution every now and then isn't a bad thing."

We have known about this country's energy problems -- its overdependence on oil in particular -

- since the first oil embargo in 1973-74. Yet since about 1985, our consumption has climbed,

fuel efficiency has stagnated, and our crippling dependence on foreign oil is as big as ever. The

time has come for a revolution in U.S. energy and climate policies. As Governor Richardson has

stated, "On energy and climate, we must change fast, or sink slowly."

With gasoline prices back up in record territory, there is widespread price pain affecting people

and businesses, schools and governments. The decline in retail sales reported for April was

among the worst ever, partly because most American households do not have income to spread

across high gasoline costs and the other expenses of life.

There are other costs to our dependence on oil. The United States exports $300 billion in

petrodollars each year to pay for its oil habit -- and much of this goes to nations that do not wish

us well. This transfer of wealth is just a directcost of oil. There are indirect and hidden costs as

well -- in the degradation of the air we breathe and the geopolitical entanglements that diminish

our strategic options as a nation. Finally, there is a large "security charge" tacked onto ournational oil bill to cover the high cost of protecting oil supply lines that stretch across thousands

of miles. Altogether, this may total $450 billion in petrodollars every year.

We currently have no meaningful alternatives to oil for transportation; 97% of our vehicles run

on petroleum-based fuels. This lack of options puts us at the mercy of global cartels. Even

minor fluctuations in supply send prices soaring. Also, growing demand for oil in Asia and
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other parts of the world has increased global competition for energy supplies. This "oil rush"

could fundamentally alter geopolitical alignments and has raised world oil prices to historic

levels. Developing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or the Outer Continental Shelf would

hardly make a dent. We must break the addiction, not feed it.

There are also huge environmental costs from our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels that

bring carbon from the earth's crust into the atmosphere. Without serious changes in global

energy habits in the next decade, scientists say the impacts of climate change from the

combustion of fossil fuels could be catastrophic, and they will transcend national boundaries.

The degree of international cooperation required to mitigate these impacts is unprecedented --

and the delay we have witnessed over the last seven years has compounded the problem and

increased the need for action.

Energy is an essential enabler of modern life, but its production, distribution and end use

threaten the global climate, the air we breathe, and the water we drink. And energy, security,

and climate policy must be treated together, as shown in the following pages. They interrelate

and their goals overlap.

Governor Richardson has the experience, the ability, the drive, and the commitment to resolve

this fundamental tension between energy needs and climate imperatives. As "The Energy

President," he will lead an energy and climate revolution to increase energy productivity . . .

push alternative energy sources and technologies into the marketplace . . . enhance our

knowledge-based energy industries and economic opportunity . . . promote greater energy

security . . . and pass on a sustainable future to our children and grandchildren.

Five Principles for A New Energy Future

As President, Bill Richardson's decisions will be guided by five fundamental principles for a

new energy future.

Five Principles for a New Energy Future

CLIMATE We must address and reverse global warming trends. All energy policy solutions

and investments will defer to this imperative.

OIL DEPENDENCE The nation must break its addiction to oil. Dependence on oil perverts

our global strategic objectives, limits our options, and costs us both blood and treasure.

MARKETS AND COMPETITION Market-based principles should guide our energy

policies, laws and regulations. We must support competition in energy markets by

bringing forward new technologies, efficiencies, and energy sources. We can do so by

setting high standards and providing incentives, and allowing the private sector to

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FAIRNESS We must remember those who are most burdened by high energy prices -- ruralpeople who lack transportation choices, the disadvantaged, the elderly on fixed incomes.

Key industries in the US are also on "fixed energy incomes" -- high prices are killing jobs

or exporting them overseas.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY We must keep the US at the forefront of technologydevelopment -- exploring new frontiers, finding solutions to our energy challenges. This

means a commitment to our universities and research institutions, enhancing the nation's

intellectual base and providing for the next generation of energy technologists.

These are Governor Richardson's bedrock energy principles -- principles around which

Congress and the American people can rally for a national initiative of the highest priority. They

will guide energy and climate policy in a Richardson administration. They call for the

participation and commitment of the American people, from trying new technologies, to

walking or riding bikes or transit where they can, to considering their own impacts on the

atmosphere. In fact, Governor Richardson's energy and climate policy is a call to action for the

American people, a revolution that will involve every American, and every American business,

government agency, and school.

Further detail on the implementation of the Richardson program is provided under the five

goals and associated strategies below. Together, these policies will sharply diminish our reliance

on oil and help us reverse the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions that threatens to

permanently disrupt the global climate.

GOAL 1: Cut oil demand by up to 50 percent by 2020

Governor Richardson does not underestimate the difficulty of achieving this goal. He knows itwill involve an extremely aggressive strategy to dramatically increase transportation and

industrial efficiency and to develop alternative, carbon-neutral transportation fuels.

Cutting oil demand -- not just oil imports from any region of the world -- is crucial. Oil is a

fungible commodity traded in a world market. Threats to oil supplies anywhere, and growing

world demand, combine to make dependence on oil a major vulnerability for the United

States. Today world oil prices are far higher than were projected even a few years ago, and they

have stayed high for almost four years. A successful attack on critical oil infrastructure any

place on earth could further increase prices, according to economists, as high as $100, $120, or

even $150 per barrel. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has likened foreign

oil dependence to a tax on America's economy and consumers -- a tax that is often paid to

foreign nations while suppressing our own economic potential.

Addressing oil dependence requires a variety of aggressive measures intended to create

competition among vehicle types and fuels, to create different transportation alternatives, and

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U.S. oil consumption is now about 21 million barrels per day (approximately 25% of world

demand). Implementation of the following measures will reduce daily petroleum consumption

by at least 6 million barrels per day, with the probability of reducing consumption by 8 million

barrels per day, and the possibility, with strong performance in science and technology, of

cutting oil consumption by 50% -- or more than 10 million barrels per day.

Strategy 1(A). Increasing Transportation Efficiency -- Especially No and Low Petroleum

Vehicles

A significant majority of U.S. oil demand is for transportation uses, particularly in single-

occupancy vehicles such as cars and light trucks. It is critical to provide consumers with new

choices that will reduce costs and create competition in vehicle and fuel markets.

Plug-in vehicles -- powered by batteries or by both an internal combustion engine and a battery

operated motor -- enable consumers to maximize engine efficiency as well as take advantage of

"off-peak" electricity, when prices and demand are lowest. Add safe, strong light-weightmaterials to that mix and we could have a large stock of zero- and low-petroleum automobiles

that provide consumers with low-cost options to gasoline power only. Because electricity is

much more affordable than gasoline, vehicles of this type could reduce fuel costs for an average

consumer by as much as $1,000-2,000 per year, depending on future fuel prices. Widespread

deployment of such vehicles could reduce oil demand as much as 20% by 2020. As plug-in

vehicles come to dominate our vehicle stock over the ensuing 15 years, the cut in oil demand

will be far greater. Thus this is one of the most important strategies we can adopt for long-term

reduction of oil demand.

Governor Richardson's plan envisions incentivizing the development and deployment of two

types of plug-in vehicles:

The pure-electric, zero-petroleum plug-in vehicle offers large cost savings, simplicity and

performance for an average daily commute in our larger metro areas, like the big cities on the

coasts and in the midwest.

The plug-in hybrid electric car or truck, with a gasoline backup engine, provides more range and

flexibility for people who might drive longer distances, and it can extend gas mileage above 100

miles per gallon.

Plug-in cars don't need a whole new refining and retailing infrastructure, like hydrogen, which

has potential for the more distant future. For plug-ins, the infrastructure is already here, in our

wall sockets.

An additional benefit of utilizing the power grid to fuel our automobiles is the relative ease of

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mobile sources, such as cars. Further, as we replace petroleum with biodiesel or other

renewable fuels with electricity from renewable energy sources, petroleum use and carbon

emissions associated with automobiles will be dramatically lowered. (It is critical to phase in

renewable and low-carbon electricity as we shift to plug-in vehicles, because today more than

half of the nation's electricity comes from high-carbon sources.)

For some consumers, plug-in vehicles won't make sense. (This might include people who can't

access a wall socket because they park on-street or in a townhouse parking lot.) Thus increasing

the efficiency of conventionally fueled vehicles is also critical and will save these consumers

thousands of dollars a year. Efficient conventional vehicle technologies could push mileage for

petroleum-only vehicles into the 100 mpg range.

When Governor Richardson was Secretary of Energy, DOE's Partnership for A New Generation

of Vehicles (PNGV) developed several concept cars that achieved efficiencies in the 72-80 mpg

range in a variety of ways including lighter weight materials and diesel hybrid engines.

Unfortunately, the Bush Administration stopped this progress by killing the program; average

vehicle fuel efficiency has declined in the last several years.

The following policies will implement the strategy of sharply reducing U.S. oil demand for daily

transportation needs:

Policies: for Strategy 1(A)

Target for Plug-in Hybrids/Electric Car Program.By 2013, five percent of annual

automobile and light duty truck sales will be plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles, rising to 50%

by 2020.

Engaging Automakers in the Solution.Within a month of taking office, President Richardson

will convene a White House Summit on implementing "no and low" petroleum transportation

technologies. The summit will include automakers, labor, energy producers and utilities, and

will structure the market pushes and pulls to meet the plug-in vehicle targets. Incentives to

achieve the targets should consider the needs and requirements of existing auto manufacturers

and the labor force, and those of new entrants into the vehicle manufacturing marketplace.

Research. The federal government will provide $1 billion in battery and materials research,

development and demonstration in the first three years of the program.

Consumer Rebates. The federal government will offer $5,000 to $10,000 per vehicle rebates

from dealers at the time of purchase for plug-in and electric vehicles; credits would be phased

down to $1,000 to $2,000 by 2020. These tax credits will be paid for by the sales of carbon

emission permits under the cap and trade program described under Goal 3. The energy package

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private partnerships and recognizes that if we are going to meet climate change objectives and

reduce oil consumption, a close working relationship between the government and industry is

essential.

Automobiles receive most of the attention in oil policy debates but cars and light trucks are only

part of the equation. Trains, planes and large trucks consume significant volumes of petroleum

and are critical links in the chain of US and global commerce. The nation's transportation sector,

for example, moves about 15 billion tons of freight each year and the value of that commerce

approaches $9 trillion. Each year, a single commercial sector -- freight -- consumes over 40% of

the world's total transportation energy. Rural America receives 70% of its goods by truck. As

Governor of a state with a large rural population, Bill Richardson appreciates how important

affordable energy is to the nation's rural communities. He understands that enhanced efficiency

across the entire transportation spectrum is key to the continued economic health of the nation --

it means affordable goods and services for American businesses and consumers.

This strategy could reduce daily oil demand by about 20% by 2020, depending on penetration of

electric vehicles.

Policies for Strategy 1(B)

Sharply increase fuel economy. Double CAFE standards to 50 mpg by 2020 (35 mpg by

2016). Unlike some other proposals, this standard would applied to all conventionally powered

(non-electric) cars, SUV's, and light trucks.

Consumer Rebates.Implement a federal rebate program that will provide an instant rebate for

consumers who move to ultra-efficient technologies producing more than 75 mpg inconventionally fueled gasoline/diesel hybrid or diesel/flex-fueled vehicles starting in 2012, and

ratcheting this up to 100 mpg by 2020.

Automaker incentives.Develop and implement programs to assist Detroit in shifting

production to more efficient cars, with special programs to save autoworkers' jobs. The

incentives for existing automakers should not crowd new manufacturers out of the market as

long as they promise new jobs and good working conditions. Recognizing that the nation is

asking for a rapid retooling of a large part of the nation's auto manufacturing infrastructure, the

federal government will provide assistance to the auto industry. (See the "No and Low"

Petroleum Summit, above.)

Conventional technologies. Create new incentives for much more efficient diesels (that have

now captured about 50% of the European market), as well as requirements for automakers to

allow flex-fueling of all conventionally powered vehicles. Diesel technology is inherently more

efficient, and diesels can run on 100% renewable or alternative fuel. Incentives for more

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Truck, train, ship, and plane efficiency improvements. Work with manufacturers, the

transportation industry, the freight industry and the military to increase energy efficiency and/or

alternative fuel use by 30% before 2020. This will save money for companies engaged in these

businesses while reducing their exposure to severe price spikes such as those experienced in the

past five years.

Strategy 1(C): Liquid Fuels

The development of alternative fuels is critical to eliminating the nation's dependence on oil.

Alternatives must also reduce carbon emissions. This strategy pursues two specific policy

tracks: reducing the net carbon emissions of the liquid fuels sector by at least 30% by 2020, and

increasing the percentage or alternative fuels by 10% over the same period. This strategy could

displace approximately 10% of daily oil demand.

Policies for Strategy 1(C)

Reduce net carbon emissions from liquid fuels by at least 30% by 2020. Much of this target

will be met by the penetration of no- and low-petroleum plug-in vehicles in the marketplace.

However, this requirement assures that petroleum-based fuels are not replaced by other fossil-

based fuels that would increase fossil carbon emissions, potentially increasing global warming

threats. This can be achieved by inclusion of the liquid fuels sector in a national cap and trade

program or by creating a system affecting refineries and liquid fuels.

Increase alternative fuel content to 10% by 2020. This program, consistent with what is

being considered in Congress, will increase renewable and alternative fuels to 10% of daily

demand. It is critical to hold these fuels to a well-to-wheels full fuel-cycle standard that sharplyreduces fossil carbon emissions. (Renewable fuels can demand a lot of energy to produce,

which should be considered and limited. Further, renewable fuels mostly recycle carbon taken

from the atmosphere, so their advantages over fossil-based alternative fuels is also important.)

Require flex-fuel capability. Require that all conventionally powered light cars and trucks sold

in the United States, as well as plug-in hybrids, be flex-fuel capable.

Support an alternative fuels infrastructure. Provide tax credits to the first 10% of gasoline

retailers who install pumps and infrastructure for renewable fuels, as well as for other critical

infrastructure additions. These tax credits could cost around $300 million/yr for about fiveyears.

Protect land, air and water. Set strong standards to protect land, air and water in the process of

producing alternative fuels. Many air and water standards already exist, but biomass projects on

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Support research in cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. Continue supporting development

of technologies for the efficient and affordable conversion of cellulosic materials, such as

switchgrass, to renewable fuels and other bioproducts that displace petroleum. Research budget

should phase in to $1 billion/yr for five years.

Strategy 1(D): Smart Growth, Energy Efficient Cities, and Public Transportation

Smart growth and the development of energy efficient cities are essential to improving energy

security, improving the environment and enhancing our quality of life.

A study by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies highlighted the correlation between

energy consumption and metro area growth. Sprawl lengthens commutes and contributes to

congestion on city and suburban roads and highways, and in some areas causes commuters to

spend more on transportation than they spend on housing (an appreciating asset, in most cases).

Creating walkable, livable alternatives is important over the medium- to long-term.

While considering long-range issues such as metro area design, we must dramatically increase

our transportation options and provide convenient and efficient public transit, both within metro

areas and intercity. We should also support urban planning that promotes walking and biking,

reduces urban sprawl by more carefully matching housing development to job location, and

enhances the "livability" indicators in our communities.

Safe and livable cities will save energy -- and they will save commuters time and money, while

allowing our children to walk to school, safely, once again.

Policies for Strategy 1(D)

Public transportation and intercity high-speed rail.Increase funding for public transit and

investigate high-speed intercity rail options that will reduce energy demand in selected

corridors. Provide tax incentives for more people to use transit.

Bike and walking trails. Support metro area governments that create useful, safe bike trail

infrastructure and bike parking in appropriate regions of the country. Create tax incentives for

companies, universities, and governments to encourage bicycle commuting.

Smart growth planning. Provide state-level planning grants to allow coordination of planningfunctions and policies encouraging energy and water conservation, transit-oriented development,

and other commitments to planning that reduces energy demand. Further, provide support for

school districts to improve existing schools as well as to site new schools in central areas where

parents will not have to bear high costs of transportation, where the time needed for

transportation will be reduced, where public transportation may be available, and where many

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Goal 2. Increase efficiencies, and provide alternatives, for the electricity and natural gas

sectors.

Two thirds of the energy we use each year is for electricity, buildings and industry, accompanied

by corresponding levels of greenhouse gas emissions. This sector will grow as we "fuel-switch"

from gasoline to electricity for more of our transportation needs.

It is essential that power generation and distribution be as efficient and clean as possible. End

uses of energy should maximize the value of our energy resources at the same time they reduce

greenhouse gas emissions.

We need a suite of options to promote end use efficiency and clean alternatives. As in the

transportation sector, some of these changes will employ new technologies and will develop

markets for new energy sources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, carbon-clean coal, and, where

it is safe and cost-effective, nuclear power.

Strategy 2(A): Efficient Use of Electricity and Natural Gas

The utility sector has made progress in recent years, as businesses and households, as well as

governments, have embraced renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency in many

parts of the country. U.S. per capita electricity consumption is, however, around 13,000 kwh/yr

compared with 6,000-7,000 kwh/yr in western Europe and Japan. Among the states, California

is unique because it has held per capita electricity consumption level since 1985 despite many

new demands for electricity in manufacturing and household demand.

A recent McKinsey Global Institute report noted that U.S. residential buildings, the largest

single energy-consuming group in the world, represent sizable potential energy and electricity

savings -- low hanging fruit -- and should receive priority in energy policy development and

implementation.

Policies for Strategy 2(A)

A national Renewable Portfolio Standard.A national RPS will require that all utilities,

municipal electricity providers, and coops will provide 30% of their electricity from renewable

sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal by 2020 and 50% by 2040. This is especially

important with the new demand for electricity created by transferring some of the transportation

sector to electricity by use of the plug-in hybrid. Governor Richardson recognizes that this

proposal is extremely aggressive, but is necessary given that his cap and trade program will lead

to retirements of some existing generation infrastructure, and that the plug-in car program could

increase electric demand at the same time.

A national Energy Efficiency Resource Program. Support for a program to enable electric

and natural gas utilities to incentivize efficiency in rate structures would reduce energy costs,


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improve reliability and cut pollution. Energy efficiency programs are the cheapest, quickest and

cleanest way to achieve those objectives.This program should include a significant program to

sharply increase combined heat and power (CHP) investments around the country.

Production and energy storage tax credits; grid improvements. Ten-year extension of the

production tax credit for renewable electricity sources, with new tax credits and incentives for

projects that encourage storage of wind and solar, intermittent energy sources not generally

available on demand as baseload electricity, through technologies such as compressed air or hot

water storage. This allows wind and solar, which are huge resources in the United States but

whose development is limited by their lack of availability on a predictable basis, to become a

much larger percentage of our electricity by 2020/2030. Usually utility and transmission experts

project that wind and solar can constitute at most about 25% of load without such storage

systems, although smart grid improvements will also increase that conventionally accepted

figure.

Low-carbon electricity standard.A new low-carbon electricity standard will allow fossil

resources such as coal to enter the marketplace while they make steady progress toward low-

and ultra-low net carbon emissions. Starting in 2010, all new electric plants will have to meet

the emissions profile of a new advanced natural gas turbine (about 60% less than conventional

coal generating facilities). By 2020, new plants will have to have a net carbon impact 90%

below today's. Some older, less efficient conventional plants will likely be retired because they

are such a big contributor to global warming (see cap and trade under Goal 3, Climate, below).

Energy productivity.Energy efficiency is the fastest, cheapest way to reduce energy demand

and energy use. Energy efficiency programs will be encouraged by strong federal standardsacross the board, from building envelopes to appliances to motors. Overall, the electrical and

gas sectors, in collaboration with consumers, will be required to improve energy efficiency by

20% by 2020, and 30% by 2030.

Strategy 2(B): Buildings

Vast energy savings -- perhaps 50% by 2030, as recommended by the American Institute of

Architects and the U.S. Green Building Council -- can be achieved through building design,

lighting, heating, cooling, and ventilation, and energy-efficient walls, doorways, and windows.

Because building stock is relatively long-term, compared to the vehicle fleet, it is critical to

create incentives and requirements for capital investments that will reduce energy use in

buildings. Some of these will be achieved through new electrical efficiency requirements

affecting cooling, lighting, and appliances. However, the Congress should also incent builders

to "build green" -- orient buildings to maximize solar gain when needed, and to avoid solar gain

when not needed. Many of the objectives of these strategies will also be met by the creation of a

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Climate Goal 3.


Retrofits. Enhance incentives for homeowners and businesses to retrofit existing structures by

installing solar hot water and space heating systems, adding insulation and sealing the buildingenvelope. Similar incentives for conserving electricity and natural gas will be offered by

utilities under the efficiency measures in our electric and natural gas policies.

Codes and regulations. Create code requirements, fashioned to regions of the country, to

require all new construction to be 50% more energy efficient by 2030. Bill Richardson will

work closely with the building trades and state-level construction regulators on this program.

Incentives. Builders will be encouraged to adopt new systems such as earth-based heating and

cooling, as well as community heating and cooling projects that sharply increase efficiency and

reduce costs.

Goal 3. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions at least 20% by 2020, 50% by 2030, 80% by

2040, and 90% by 2050.

The United States produces 25% of the world's global warming pollution, even though we

constitute only 3% of the world's population. If we included the carbon impacts of goods

produced in other nations, such as China and India, and bought by U.S. consumers, our

contribution to world greenhouse gas pollution might rise as high as 50%, even with

consideration of the carbon impacts of our own exports to other countries. We must move

quickly to reduce these emissions by the policies recommended under Goals 1 and 2, and wecan further reduce emissions by instituting a targeted "cap and trade" system for emissions from

the utility and industrial sectors.

Our technological and policy leadership is critical to the development of world global warming

policy as well; developing nations such as India and China will not be mobilized to make the

needed investments in alternative technologies and energy sources without U.S. leadership and

support. Our nation's closest allies supported the Kyoto Protocol against global warming

pollution; the United States did not. It is time for us to work with other nations, bilaterally and

multilaterally, to create new treaties and agreements, as well as financing structures, that will

change the world's energy and climate policies as well as our own.

Strategy 3(A): Market-based Cap and Trade of Global Warming Emissions Rights

(auction)

In addition to the aggressive energy policies addressed under Goals 1 and 2, the United States

must create a market system that creates a preference for investment in clean energy


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technologies and energy efficiency, and a market for pollution reduction.

We must aim to reduce absolute carbon emissions starting in 2010, if we wish to prevent global

greenhouse gas concentrations from exceeding 450 parts per million (ppm), the threshold for

avoiding catastrophic climate change identified by scientists. And we must work with other

nations to ensure that our reductions are not counterbalanced by increases in other parts of the

world.

The creation of an overall carbon cap and trade system is integral to the Richardson energy

policies in that it 1) complements the aggressive program to implement new efficiencies and

technologies and 2) assures that fuel-switching will not create new and perhaps increased carbon

emissions in the energy sector, creating a second problem from solution of the first.


Cap and trade, with auction.Create a market-based cap and trade system based on auctioningof carbon emission permits by 2010. Within the U.S. economy, carbon uses from the industrial

and utility sectors will be treated equally in the marketplace. The cap and trade system will

reduce available permits for global warming pollution by 2% per year from 2011 to 2020,

achieving at least a 20% reduction in this sector's carbon emissions by 2020. (This is lower than

the transportation goal because this sector's capital stock is more fixed. In other words, it takes

longer to completely turn over our electrical generating infrastructure -- perhaps 40-60 years --

than it does to turn over the passenger vehicle stock, usually about 15 years.) Utilities,

refineries, manufacturers, etc. will buy allowances according to their needs. (Individual

consumers and small businesses will not buy allowances because they are served by utilities and

other player whose emissions will be reduced upstream.) As they transition to non-carbon based

energy sources and energy efficiency, they will create more flexibility and less cost. In 2020,

the rate of reduction will increase to 3% per year, against the 2006 baseline. Thus, by 2030, 50%

fewer emissions permits will be available; by 2040, 80% fewer; and by 2050, 90% fewer.

Aid to low income consumers.Some of the auction revenues will be used to create programs

that will protect low-income consumers and small, energy intensive businesses.

International negotiations, agreements, and financing.Because the United States can not

resolve the world's cross-boundary climate problems on its own, the United States will take a

leading role in negotiations to hold atmospheric carbon dioxide content below 450 ppm.

Additionally the United States will work with public and private financing and technology

entities to bridge the relatively small gap between "doing it right" or adopting conventional

energy technologies in fast-growing nations. See the international goal, strategy, and policies at

Goal 5.

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The promise of ultra-low and zero-carbon energy from fossil fuels such as oil and gas or coal

(converted to hydrogen-based fuels) requires efficient, affordable systems to sequester carbon

geologically. Although sequestration has been implemented for decades in the form of enhanced

oil recovery, the science, technology, rules, and legal regime for permanent carbon sequestration

have not been perfected. Experts estimate that, even with a highly focused program, the

development of a top-to-bottom sequestration program will take at least five years and

significant funding.


Sequestration research.The federal government will work with industry, energy advocates, and

other nations to accelerate programs to assure that sequestration occurs safely, in appropriate

areas, with adequate monitoring and enforcement.

Sequestration policy. The Administration will develop sequestration policy proposals including

ownership, liability, monitoring and enforcement, and implementation protocols in cooperation

with states, industry, scientists, and the international community for adoption by 2011.

Goal 4. Capitalize on our strengths in science and technology.

America is an engine of global innovation and ingenuity. At America's colleges and universities

students and faculty, at its national laboratories, and among its most vigorous entrepreneurial

and investment communities, there is vital new enthusiasm and commitment to meeting our

energy and climate challenges.

That is a huge strength, and one that can nourish our nation's growth and leadership in meetingthe energy and climate challenge. The federal government must play a critical role in

supporting and pushing new technologies, in collaboration with scientists and investors and

companies.

It is here, in science and technology, that we have the most potential to surprise ourselves with

large gains reducing oil consumption and global warming emissions.

Strategy 4: Science and Technology

Our program will include two separate initiatives. The first will be a national trust fund forenergy and climate technology research and investment, which will cooperate directly with the

private sector in short- and medium-term deployment of technologies and services that will

reduce energy use and make it more efficient, and will focus on reduction of atmospheric

carbon.

Policies for Strategy 4


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Energy and Climate Investment Trust Fund.Create a multibillion trust fund with one-time

funding (recapitalized by investment return) to work in public-private partnerships for short- and

medium-term deployment investments.

Research and Technology. Fund several billion dollars per year in energy and climate research

programs that promise to reduce carbon emissions, enhance long-term energy technologies

(such as hydrogen), and increase energy efficiency and productivity.

Goal 5. Lead by example, restoring respect for America and its reputation as a beacon of

good policy.

As we implement these far-reaching policy changes at home, we must immediately return to the

international negotiating table and support mandatory limits on global warming pollution,

keeping atmospheric carbon below 450 parts per million.

Energy and climate issues are necessarily international. But to date, the Congress and thePresident have used the international "excuse" to avoid taking leadership on climate issues.

Further, while we have spent literally trillions of dollars defending oil reserves and

transportation routes around the globe, we have neglected relations with our two largest

suppliers of foreign oil: our neighbors (and allies) in Mexico and Canada.

The solution of international global warming and energy challenges requires strong American

participation and leadership. The Richardson Administration, more than any other of either

major party, will be positioned to provide that kind of world leadership and vision.

Strategy 5(A): Reaching Out to the World

Governor Richardson's international program will include working closely and bilaterally with

rapidly developing nations like China, Brazil, South Africa, and India to make available new,

low-carbon technologies to meet their growing energy demand.

To achieve this, The Administration will cooperate with the European Union, the World Bank,

the Asian partnership, agencies of the United Nations, and our allies around the world to help

finance the small incremental cost of "doing it right."

We must also groom relations with our largest oil suppliers, Mexico and Canada, which supplyabout 20 percent of our oil.


North American Energy Council. The Administration's North American Energy Council will

stabilize the oil and gas trade, work on a continental electrical grid, help bring energy resources

and productivity to market throughout the continent, and develop a regional system for carbon


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Strategy 5(B): Stability in International Oil and Natural Gas Markets

As it reduces its own dependence on foreign oil through the policies outlined above, the United

States will reduce its own exposure to terrorists, rogue nations, and others who might wish to

use oil as a weapon. As the United States sharply increases its own energy security and

autonomy by fuel-switching and improving efficiency, it will also help stabilize world oil

markets, introducing competition and rational pricing where volatility, cartels, and national oil

companies have held sway. We must work with oil-producing nations and multinational oil

companies to make sure that our progress on reducing oil demand is predictable and transparent,

and does not disrupt needed investment in oil and gas infrastructure and international oil

markets. We can also work with our allies, the members of the United Nations Security Council,

and oil-consuming nations to reduce tensions and create multilateral systems for protecting and

defending major oil transportation routes such as the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz. The

United States should also take care not to become overdependent on international supplies of

natural gas, as major gas-owning nations are considering creation of a new OPEC-like cartel.

Policy for Strategy 5(B)

Protecting international oil regions and transportation routes. The United States will work

with its allies, oil-producing nations, members of the United Nations Security Council, and oil-

consuming nations to create multi-lateral systems for protecting major oil transportation routes

and regions. (This could include contributions from private and public oil companies who

receive the benefit of military protection.)

Paying for the Program -- Costs and Benefits

The entire program may cost the Federal Government a substantial amount, but it is an

important investment the American people must make for their own benefit. The costs will bea

small fraction of the one trillion dollars the US economy spends on energy every year or, for

that matter, the amount the US spends on overseas oil every year.

On the other hand, after the first ten years we anticipate that the program will quickly become

highly cost effective, producing far more revenue and economic growth than our current energy

systems deliver. However, these kinds of benefits will accrue to consumers, saving thousands of

dollars per year -- not to the government paying to start these programs up and create diverse,

competitive, and functioning energy markets.

Thus the costs will need to be paid for from other areas. The first will be the auction of carbon

permits to emitters (stationary sources) in the utility and industrial sectors. Also, Governor

Richardson will compile a set of proposed subsidy cuts to eliminate current expenditures for

energy wasteful and inefficient programs subsidized by the federal government.


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Overall, the program should be revenue-neutral within several years. Further budget and

program details will be available later this year when the Governor releases his more detailed

program.

Summary

Stopping climate change and breaking our oil addiction represent distinctpolicy goals, but share

many of the same solutions. The portfolio of policy measures and investments advocated by

Governor Richardson is designed to aggressively -- and simultane

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