Transcript Regional Office Consolidation

EERE Project Management
Center Update
James M. Ferguson
States Coordinator
National Energy Technology Laboratory
July 2006
Purpose of Consolidation
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The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EERE) determined that to more efficiently
and effectively manage EERE’s deployment and
outreach activities to consolidate these efforts in two
offices:
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National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
Golden Field Office (GO)
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National Energy Technology Laboratory
Albany, OR
Pittsburgh, PA
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One of DOE’s 17 national labs
Fairbanks, AK
Government owned / operated
Sites in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Oklahoma, Alaska and Oregon
More than 1,200 federal and support
contractor employees
Morgantown, WV
Tulsa, OK
Alaska
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Programs, Projects, Procurement
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10 Programs in EERE; most focus on end-use
sector or technology, e.g., Building Technologies,
Industrial Technologies, Solar Energy
Each Program managed by a HQ Program Manager
Programs contain many Projects or activities
Projects managed by a PMC Project Manager
Projects awarded by PMC Procurement to
Recipients, e.g., State Energy Office,
Weatherization Office
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HQ Organizational Structure
Assistant Secretary
Andrew Karsner
DAS for Technology
Development
DAS for Business
Administration
David Rodgers
Rita Wells
10 Tech. Dev. Programs
3 BA Offices
Project Management Center
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Lines of Communication
Geothermal
Hydrogen
Solar
Wind &
Hydro
FEMP
Biomass
Industrial
WIP
Buildings
FCVT
Headquarters
Field
Project
Management
Center
Common Business
Practices
GO
NETL
Implementers
DOE National Labs, Work For
Others, Industry & Academia
States
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PMC Program Implementation Responsibilities
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GO
 Solar Energy
 Wind & Hydropower
 Geothermal Energy
 Biomass
 Industrial Technologies (ITP)
 Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and
Infrastructure
 Federal Energy Management
(FEMP)
 * Native American (OWIP)
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NETL
 Building Technologies (BT)
 FreedomCAR & Vehicle Tech.
 Weatherization and
Intergovernmental (OWIP)
 * Mining (ITP)
 * Biomass and Alternative
Methane Fuels (FEMP)
 * Black Liquor Gasification
(Biomass)
* Subprograms where Program responsibility resides at the other PMC entity
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EERE Regional Office Consolidation
Western RO Offices Consolidate
to Golden
Golden
Project and Contract
Officers by
Program Lead
Hydrogen
Solar
Wind/Hydro
FEMP
Geothermal
Biomass
Industrial
Eastern RO Offices Consolidate
to NETL
NETL
Building Technologies
FreedomCAR & Vehicle Technologies
Weatherization and Intergovernmental
Programs *
* For WAP and SEP, NETL is Project Office for Eastern States and Golden is Project Office for Western States
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NETL Organizational Structure
NETL
Carl Bauer
Office of
General Counsel
Tom Russial
Strategic Center
for Natural Gas & Oil
Brad Tomer*
Strategic Center
for Coal
Ralph Carabetta
Albany Research
Center
Rich Walters
Office of
Public Affairs
Dave Anna
Project Management
Center
Larry Carpenter*
Office of
Science & Technology
Anthony Cugini*
* Acting
•1) Business Operations contains 5 other divisions;
those included will have direct contact with States
Office of Systems
Analysis & Planning
Jim Eckman
Office of
Business Operations 1)
Tom Torkos
Acquisition and Assistance
Dale Siciliano
Financial Management
Tom Wilson*
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NETL PMC “Project” Structure
Project Management
Center
Larry Carpenter *
States Coordinator – James M. Ferguson
PMC Coordinator - TBD
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Buildings & Industrial
Technologies Division
Power & Vehicles
Technologies Division
Intergovernmental
Projects & Outreach Division
(IPOD)
Eddie Christy
Chuck Zeh
Angela Young
BT R&D
Rebuild America
ENERGY STAR
Building Energy Codes
Building America
• FCVT R&D
• Clean Cities
Intergovernmental Team
Greg Davoren, Team Leader
Outreach Team
Angela Young, Team Leader
• Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
• State Energy Program (SEP)
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Acting
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Golden Field Office (GO)
GOLDEN FIELD
OFFICE
Manager
John Kersten
Office of External
Affairs
Chris Powers
OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT
& ADMINSTRATION
Christine Phoebe
OFFICE OF
ACQUISITION &
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
Jerry Zimmer
Julie Riel
States Coordinator
Peter Dreyfuss
PMC Coordinator
Office of
General Counsel
John Herrick
OFFICE OF
LABORATORY
OPERATIONS
OFFICE OF
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
Jeffrey Baker
David Blanchfield
OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
PROJECTS &
OUTREACH
Gary Burch
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Activities Not Changing
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Continue to interface with DOE Feds
Formula Grant Awards
Processing of Applications
Reporting of Information (WinSAGA)
Payment of Funds
Telephone/E-mail Access
Monitoring Visits
Technical Assistance
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Activities Changing
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Losing “local” access to Regional Office staff
Face-to-face communications limited by
travel funds
Anticipate more telecommunications
May deal with two DOE Contracting Offices
Former “Regional” State groupings, i.e.,
future States activities may be defined by
other factors, e.g., climatic, technology, enduse sector
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Program and Deployment Activities
All Government responsibility will be based on Program/Technology
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GO
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Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
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Hydrogen/Transportation
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Power Park
Biomass
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Regional Biomass Energy Program
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Bioenergy Special Projects
Solar Technologies
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Million Solar Roofs/Solar Powers
America
Wind/Hydro
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Wind Powering America
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Wind & Water
Geothermal
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GeoPowering the West
Industrial Technologies (ITP)
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Save Energy Now
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Inventions & Innovations
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Industries of the Future
Federal Energy Management Program
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NETL
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FreedomCAR & Vehicle Technologies
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Clean Cities
Building Technologies (BT)
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Rebuild America
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ENERGY STAR
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Building Energy Codes
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Building America
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Residential Deployment
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Zero Energy Homes
OWIP
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State Energy Program
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Weatherization Assistance
Program
Distributed Energy (Moved to OE)
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PMC Split
All Regional Office activity will be split between two EERE
Project Management Center Offices (GO & NETL):
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Formula Awards (SEP and WAP):
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Discretionary/Competitive Awards:
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All Procurement to NETL
Project Management split between NETL and GO
Will be split between GO and NETL based on Program
Omnibus Awards:
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For former Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast states, NETL will hold
the Umbrella Award Agreement
For former Western, Central and Midwest states, GO will hold the
Umbrella Award Agreement
Sub-awards will be managed by the PMC (NETL or Golden) based on
program funding/technology
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Other Stuff
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FY2006 SEP “Special Projects” issued as stand-alone
Program announcements,
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Solicitations Issued: Mid to Late March
Applications Due: May 24th for BT, May 31st for ITP, and early
June for Clean Cities Transportation Sector
Awards: September
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grants.gov mandatory for application submittal in FY2007
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Listing of EERE Project Management Center points of
contact will be distributed using various forms of
communication (website, e-mail, newsletter, etc.)
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States Coordinators
Primary Roles/Responsibilities include:
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Serve as primary POC for States and other key stakeholders for gathering,
organizing and communicating PMC information and activities.
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Work with each other and PMC Coordinator to ensure consistent
information, processes and activities are being used at all PMC sites.
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Maintain knowledge of all EERE programs and PMC activities in order to
provide support for the outreach and communication to key stakeholders.
James M. Ferguson (NETL)
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States from Northeast, MidAtlantic and Southeast Regions
Julie Riel (GO)
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States from Midwest, Central
and Western Regions
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Points of Contact for States
(Management and Administrative)
Office
Manager
States Coordinator
Procurement
Finance
NETL
GO
Larry Carpenter
John Kersten
[email protected]
304-285-4161
[email protected]
303-275-4792
James M. Ferguson
Julie Riel
[email protected]
412-386-6043
[email protected]
303-275-4866
Denise Riggi
Jerry Zimmer
[email protected]
304-285-4241
[email protected]
303-275-4748
Floyd Boilanger
Tim Rea
[email protected]
412-386-6197
[email protected]
303-275-4760
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Points of Contact for States
(Program and Technical)
Office
Building Technologies
NETL
Eddie Christy
GO
Contact Eddie Christy
[email protected]
304-285-4604
FreedomCAR and Vehicle
Technologies
Chuck Zeh
Intergovernmental Projects &
Outreach Division
Angela Young
Gary Burch
[email protected]
412-386-6042
[email protected]
303-275-4801
Greg Davoren
Jeff James
[email protected]
412-386-6045
[email protected]
303-275-4806
- Outreach Team (Biomass,
Wind/Hydro, Geothermal,
Solar, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells)
Contact Gary Nowakowski
Gary Nowakowski
Industrial Technologies
Contact David Blanchfield
- Intergovernmental Team
(WAP & SEP)
FEMP: Golden (Jeff James)
Contact Chuck Zeh
[email protected]
304-285-4265
[email protected]
303-275-4808
Dave Blanchfield
[email protected]
303-275-4797
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How STEAB Can Support the
EERE Project Management Center
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Share this information with other members,
associates, partners and stakeholders.
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Encourage all members and stakeholders to
work with the appropriate PMC contacts.
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Share questions, issues and concerns with
the appropriate PMC contacts.
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