NRDC
For A Pacific Northwest Energy Consultant To Develop Initiatives To Reduce Fossil Fuel Emissions
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Amount$30,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/8/2010
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The purpose of this one-time project grant is to allow NRDC funds to hire an expert energy consultant to negotiate on NRDC's behalf the possible retirement of the Portland General Electric's Boardman Coal Generation Facility, located in eastern Oregon. This person will participate in meetings and forums with regulators and other stakeholders, as well as PGE management regarding the current integrated resource plan and the key economic issues it raises related to the shutdown of the Boardman facility no later than 2020.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.nrdc.org
Address
40 West 20th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY, NY, 10011, United States
Grants to this Grantee
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NRDC’s mission is to safeguard the earth — its people, planet and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. This supports NRDC to help leverage transition finance to decarbonize heavy industrial sectors at the Chinese provincial level. (Substrategy: China National Policy)
for China’s equitable low-carbon transition
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