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    Energy Programs Office

    State Energy Program

    Linking Energy and the Environment

    The Pennsylvania State Energy Program achieves environmental improvement by directing time and resources toward expanding the use of renewable energy and reducing our overall energy usage. Promoting less energy usage and switching to less polluting fuels has a number of benefits:

    • Environmental - Renewable energy and energy efficiency mean less air pollution (including mercury, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide), less water consumption, and less wastes.
    • Economic - Renewable energy and energy efficiency mean more opportunities for technology development and job growth.
    • Quality of Life - Renewable energy and energy efficiency mean less ground level ozone, less acid rain, and less particulate matter in the air. Ultimately, this means improved health.
    • Security - Renewable energy and energy efficiency mean less dependence on foreign oil and more self-sufficiency.

    As Pennsylvania's main contact to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), we serve as the State Energy Office for the Commonwealth. One of our responsibilities is to submit an annual plan (referred to as the State Energy Plan or SEP) to the DOE for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy assurance activities. A formula grant is used to award DOE funding to all State Energy Offices that submit annual SEP.

    Annual SEP cover all activities carried out by the State Energy Office, even those items not funded by DOE. The SEP includes planning, tracking, implementing and promoting energy efficiency, building codes, energy management systems, renewable energy, alternative fuels, energy assurance and security, fuel resources, financial markets, and more. For an example of one of our SEP projects, Energy Efficiency Financing in Pennsylvania: A Gap Analysis, click  here.

    The DEP annually updates the SEP programs and projects. See examples of the work we do on the right-hand toolbar. For more information on the State Energy Plans from the DOE see their website.

    Contact Us

    For more information on Pennsylvania's State Energy Program contact Kerry Campbell at:

    EPO
    400 Market Street, 12th Floor
    Harrisburg, PA 17101
    717-783-8411

    This program is funded in part by the U.S. Department
    of Energy's State Energy Program.