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Auto Industry and Utilities Urge President Obama to Create to National Electric Fuel Task Force to Accelerate Plug-in Adoption

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The organizations also called on the administration to form an Interagency Electric Drive Working Group to help streamline federal programs, expenditures and regulations related to electric drive. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $2.4 EEI is the association of US shareholder-owned electric companies.

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President Obama establishes Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, issues executive order

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The President signed an Executive Order that directs Federal agencies to take a series of steps to make it easier for American communities to strengthen their resilience to extreme weather and prepare for other impacts of climate change. Executive Order.

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Senate Energy Bill Contains $3.8B for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Purchasing, $400M for Plug-in Vehicle Deployment

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The bill establishes within the Department of Energy a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program for the purpose of facilitating the use of natural gas in the United States as an alternative transportation fuel, in order to achieve the maximum feasible reduction in domestic oil use.

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How to Select the Right Charging Level for Your Parking Facility

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million electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States and there may be 48 million EVs on the road by 2030 , installing electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) in your commercial or multifamily parking is an obvious choice. federal government is simplifying the transition to EVs by offering federal tax incentives.