• SEPA Germany trip highlights solar potential for U.S. utilities

Some Western customers accompanied the Solar Electric Power Association on a five-day tour of the country with the most integrated renewable energy in the world.

• School's new bio-heat boiler funded by Colorado Governor’s Energy Office

South Routt School District in western Colorado is replacing its old coal-fired boiler with a woody biomass boiler with help from the Governor's Energy Office.  

• Equipment Loan Program introduces user-friendly diagnostic kit

The affordable and highly useable tools in the new diagnostic kit can help utilities take diagnostic testing and energy audits to the next level.

• Topics from the Power Line: School district shops for energy audits

A community seeking a performance contract to upgrade its school district buildings asks the Power Line for advice on hiring an energy auditor.

• Web site of the Month: National Energy Education Development Project

This non-profit organization dedicated to promoting energy awareness is a goldmine for teachers looking for material for their science curricula.

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Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and the students of Soroco Middle School celebrate the school's new biomass boiler. The boiler is part of a school district-wide energy makeover, partially funded by the Governor's Energy Office. (Photo by McKinstry) Read more.

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Vol. 27, No. 9,
September 2008

Regional Energy Services Managers:
Lakewood, CO:
Ron Horstman
720-962-7419
Billings, MT:
Michael Radecki
406-247-7392
Loveland, CO:
Linda Swails
970-461-7339
Phoenix, AZ:
Audrey Colletti
602-605-2659
Folsom, CA:
Sandee Peebles
916-353-4454
Salt Lake City, UT:
Paula Fronk
801-524-6383

The Energy Services Bulletin is published by Western Area Power Administration for its power
customers.

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Kevon Storie
720-962-7508

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