Highlighting Chamber Innovation, Policy Updates, & Clean Energy News |
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NEW 2022 Clean Energy Jobs & Economic Impact Reports |
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Check out Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy’s annual Clean Energy Jobs and Economic Impact Reports for multiple states across the country. The report helps highlight the significant impact of clean energy industries on the state’s individual economy. |
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Clean Energy Jobs & Economic Impact Reports:
If your state has been highlighted and you are interested in co-branding the report, CICE would be happy to customize a copy with your logo included. Contact us with any questions.
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Please welcome the most recent addition to the CICE team, Michele Querry, our new Southeast Regional Director. Just prior to accepting a role with CICE, Michele was the Director of Economic Development for Carteret County, North Carolina. As director she led her board, county commissioners, and community stakeholders to understand, support, and realize the economic benefits of offshore wind development as well as other job and revenue creating opportunities for the county.
While at Carteret County, Michele’s department was also a recipient of CICE’s North Carolina Clean Energy Champion award in early December for her work to advance offshore wind and its supply chain in her region.
In her role, Michele will lead our efforts in the Southeast which will include clean energy advocacy, chamber/economic development association relations, public relations, and partner development.
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After approximately nine years, we say farewell and wish the best for Susan Munroe, CICE’s Deputy Director. Susan began her involvement on our advisory board, then served as a consultant to CICE (while still a chamber CEO), and eventually joined us full time and became our Deputy Director. She has worked with hundreds of chamber and economic development executives throughout the country so we felt it appropriate to share has joined TotalEnergies as the Community Engagement Manager for the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind project off the coast of Wilmington, NC.
Susan has joined TotalEnergies Renewables as the Community Engagement Manager for the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind project off the coast of Wilmington, NC. She can be reached at susan.munroe@totalenergies.com
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Stories of leadership by chambers of commerce across the country |
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Winter Park Chamber leads community sustainability with innovative prosperity scorecard
The Winter Park Prosperity Scorecard launched earlier this year. While it has the traditional aspects of prosperity models – employment, industry types, housing costs, social services – it also includes measures on sustainability and clean energy, specifically:
- Public electric vehicle charging units (38 units)
- Percentage of city fleet that is electric (6%)
- Breakdown of renewable energy mix under city utility portfolio (20%)
- Number of annual solar permits (residential & commercial) in the city (45 permits)
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Convening clean energy conversations at the Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce
The Buckeye Valley Chamber, led by CEO Deanna Kupcik, is keenly aware of the jobs and economic opportunity in the clean energy economy. With Mesquite Solar on its board and Mesquite’s 400MW solar facility nearby, and members APS and SRP having set ambitious goals to transition to renewable energy, the Chamber actively supports member companies working in clean energy.
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St. Petersburg recognizes connection between sustainability and business as Winter Park Chamber offers keynote address
On October 25, the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership and the Florida Environmental Defense Fund co-hosted the first Sustainability Leadership Forum and Awards Ceremony.
As one of the most vulnerable cities in America to climate change, St. Petersburg’s business leaders were looking for a way to recognize those organizations in the city leading on sustainability.
At the event, the organizations recognized three companies and heard from Betsy Gardner Eckbert, president/CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce.
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FACP Panel Discussion: Are Clean Energy Companies Members of Your Chamber?
The number of clean energy companies is growing and will accelerate in 2023 with new federal funding - are these companies members of your chamber?
At the recent statewide Florida Association of Chamber Professionals, Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) hosted a panel of chamber and business executives to talk about their initiatives with clean energy companies, and featured a separate electric vehicle industry panel, in partnership with the Seminole County Chamber.
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2022 North Carolina Clean Energy Champions Announced Amidst Impressive Year for Clean Energy Development in NC
Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy, alongside co-host Conservatives for Clean Energy hosted the 8th annual North Carolina Clean Energy Champions event in Greensboro, North Carolina; a hub for recent clean energy investments and developments. The event is a time where chamber and economic development leaders, as well as legislators and businesses are awarded for their leadership in advancing the clean energy economy in NC.
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Reducing Economic Disruption by Increasing Resilience in your Community - Lessons from the Development and Construction Sectors
Virtual Webinar
Thursday, February 16, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Hurricane Ian was a stark reminder of the increasing threat of weather events - but there were success stories that emerged. Florida’s ability to learn from these will accelerate its ability to increase resilience. Many have heard about the resilience of Babcock Ranch, which experienced Category 4 winds but sustained virtually no damage and never lost power.
Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy is providing a unique opportunity for chamber leaders, developers, construction firms and the business community to learn about solutions for more resilient and sustainable developments, critical for communities across Florida.
Panelists:
- Lucienne Pears, vice president, Economic and Business Development, Babcock Ranch
- Lisa Hall, Hall Media Strategies and media relations lead, Babcock Ranch
- Ross Halle, senior vice president, Avalon Park Group
- Panel moderator, Alan Byrd, Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy
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The Increasing Corporate Demand for Clean Energy- What it Means for Arizona Business and Utilities
A rapidly growing number of organizations in Arizona are setting renewable energy and carbon reduction goals and developing strategies to reach them. This is as much financially-driven as emissions-driven and is attracting investment and job opportunities to Arizona.
During this session, you will learn about goals corporations and institutions are setting for clean energy. We will discuss how organizations plan to meet these goals and financial opportunities with the Inflation Reduction Act. You will also hear about investments the major utilities are making and the challenges they face in supporting the transition to a clean energy economy.
Panelists:
- Trevor Ledbetter, Director, Office of Sustainability, University of Arizona
- Todd Komaromy, Director of Resource Planning, Arizona Public Service
- Grant Smedley, Director of Resource Planning, Acquisition & Development, Salt River Project
- Jonathan Simkins, VP, Planning & Administration Global Real Estate & Workplace Experience, American Express
- Todd Brady, Director of Global Public Affairs and Sustainability, Intel Corporation
- Moderator - Ryan Evans, Executive Director, Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy
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Clean Energy Provisions of the IRA: What it Means for Businesses, Job Creation & Domestic Supply Chain Development
Check out our expert panelists as they discuss:
- How clean energy provisions of the IRA can benefit existing businesses, create new business opportunities, and create jobs
- How businesses can increase energy reliability, efficiency, and meet emissions goals - all while saving money
- Recommended ways for chambers of commerce to support their members in accessing IRA incentives and the available tools to do so
- Provisions of the bill with historical bipartisan support and demonstrated ROI and those that create a domestic clean energy supply chain and improve energy security in the U.S.
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California Lease Sale brings in $757 million in bids
The winners of the first US offshore wind lease sale on the Pacific coast and the first-ever to procure floating wind capacity in the country are: RWE Offshore Wind Holdings, Equinor Wind US, Invenergy California Offshore, California North...
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www.offshorewind.biz
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New clean energy investments have topped $40B since the...
A report from American Clean Power says the solar industry has seen rapid expansion, with domestic solar manufacturing capacity up 300% since the passage of the law in August.
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www.utilitydive.com
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Investment in Upstate electric car production,...
Investment in electric vehicle production in South Carolina has grown significantly in recent months. A large chunk of that came in October when BMW announced it would invest $1.7 billion in the Upstate in electric vehicle production. Gov. Henry...
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www.wyff4.com
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South Korean firm to spend $3.2B in TN, create 1,000 jobs
LG Chem is a South Korean company. The firm plans to invest $3 billion in Montgomery County. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called it the "largest single foreign-direct investment" in state history. A South Korean company is headed to Montgomery County...
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www.tennessean.com
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Clean Energy Toolkit for Ohio Chambers of Commerce
Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy announces the release of a new resource for Ohio chambers of commerce and economic development organizations to help engage their members and communities to help lead the way in the transition to a clean energy grid.
Check out the toolkit here
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State Solar Primers
In order to help chambers of commerce, economic development associations, business leaders, and community members better understand the economic opportunities that utility-scale solar energy developments can bring to a community and a state, CICE will be developing short, informational documents in various states, intended to provide a generalization of economic impacts a community can expect from such projects. Two examples:
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A Supply Chain Road Map for Offshore Wind Energy in the United States
A roadmap for developing a domestic offshore supply chain that can manufacture and deploy the components necessary to deliver 30GW of Offshore Wind by 2030.
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Grant Application Bootcamp
Submitting strong applications for federal infrastructure money can be challenging for small and mid-sized cities, towns, and villages. To assist underserved local governments with populations of 150,000 residents or fewer, NLC and the Local Infrastructure Hub are offering a series of bootcamps. The bootcamps are designed to help local governments take advantage of the grant opportunities available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Over the next two years, there will be at least 30 bootcamps, each tied to a specific category of funding available as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Please sign up to receive news about the next phase of bootcamps in 2023, and learn more about bootcamp offerings here.
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More Resources
For more clean energy resources visit our website and check out our Resources section.
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If you'd like to submit content for this newsletter or have questions for our team of clean energy experts, please email us at cicecoordinator@chambersforinnovation.com. |
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