Web Sites

P2Rx Topic Hub for Electric Utilities
This primer, presented by the Southwest Pollution Prevention Center, is intended as a quick guide to essential pollution prevention information on electric utilities, as well as a compilation of pertinent on-line resources.

P2Rx Topic Hub for Gas and Oil
This primer, presented by the Southwest Pollution Prevention Center, is intended as a quick guide to the essential pollution prevention information on gas and oil, as well as a compilation of pertinent on-line resources.

Pollution Prevention Opportunities for Electric Utilities
Examples of existing P2 opportunities for the electric utility industry presented by the Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center (P2RIC).

Energy Information Administration – Environmental Information for Electric Utilities
This Web site provides reports, publications, and other information pertaining to environmental issues and the electric utilities industry.

Texas Railraod Commission's Oil and Gas Waste Minimization Site
This Web site provides in-depth information regarding waste minimization in the major operations of the oil and gas industry including waste minimization in pipeline transportation operations. The site includes a downloadable software tool to aid in waste minimization planning.

The New Rules Project – Electricity
This Web site provides up-to-date information on various environmental issues linked to the electric utilities industry. Topics include climate change, renewable energy mandates, pollution taxes, and energy efficiency.

The Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database
The Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (E-GRID) is a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics of all electric power generated in the United States. An integration of 23 different federal data sources, E-GRID2000 provides information on air pollutant emissions and resource mix for individual power plants, generating companies, states, and regions of the power grid. The data are expressed in terms that allow direct comparison of the environmental attributes of electricity generation at any level.

Electric Power Research Institute
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is a non-profit energy research consortium for the benefit of utility members and their customers. EPRI's Environmental Division works to address strategic issues such as climate change, regional challenges such as watershed management and protection, and facility-specific needs such as multimedia emissions control. The environment and health section of EPRI's Web site includes information on topics such as climate change, groundwater protection, soil issues, and toxics characterizations.

American Public Power Association
The American Public Power Association (APPA) is the service organization for the nation's nation's more than 2,000 community based, locally controlled, not for profit electric utilities. The environmental issues portion of the site includes information on current environmental issues pertaining to the industry and access to APPA's environmental resource center.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
A comprehensive resource for DOE'S energy efficiency and renewable energy information, plus access to more than 600 links and 80,000 documents.

The Utility Connection
The Utility Connection provides links to 4,032 electric, gas, water and wastewater utilities, state and regional utility associations, organizations, news, magazines, utility financial resources, and related state & federal regulatory and information sites. The site includes information on conservation and renewable resources for the electric & gas utility industry.

EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG)
This Web site promotes the procurement of products made with recycled-content materials. It provides information on CPG and EPA's Recovered Materials Advisory Notices, which recommend recycled-content levels for CPG items. This site also contains a list of manufacturers, vendors, and suppliers of designated products; fact sheets; buy-recycled news; and related links.

EPA's Environmentally Preferable Products Program
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) is a federal-wide program that encourages and assists Executive agencies in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services. This Web site contains guidance and tools for initiating an EPP program, case studies, a list of resources and upcoming events, and an open forum to encourage discussions of EPP issues.

EnergySTAR for Manufacturers
This Web site provides resources and interactive tools to determine your current energy and financial performance and estimate your potential for improvement.

EPA's Green Buildings Web site
This Web site offers information on green building materials, water and energy conservation, and sustainable development.

WasteWise: Resource Management
Unlike traditional solid waste service contracts, resource management (RM) compensates waste contractors based on performance in achieving your organization's waste reduction goals rather than the volume of waste disposed. As a result, RM aligns waste contractor incentives with your own goals as you both explore innovative approaches that foster cost-effective resource efficiency through prevention, recycling, and recovery.

EPA's Life-Cycle Assessment Web site
This Web site's purpose is to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) to make more informed decisions through a better understanding of the human health and environmental impacts of products, processes, and activities. LCA provides a framework for identifying and evaluating environmental burdens associated with the life cycles of materials and services in a "cradle-to-grave" approach.

EPA's Acid Rain Program
The overall goal of EPA's Acid Rain Program is to achieve significant environmental and public health benefits through reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), the primary causes of acid rain. This Web site presents both traditional and innovative, market-based approaches for controlling air pollution. The site also provides links to information on emissions trading, climate change, energy efficiency, and pollution prevention.

EPA's Global Warming Web site
This Web site focuses on the science and impacts of global warming and on actions by governments, corporations, and individuals that help address climate change issues. The site also features climate change related news, events, publications, reports, presentations, and links to other sites.

EPA's Clear Skies Initiative
The Clear Skies Initiative sets strict, mandatory emissions caps for three of the most harmful air pollutants -- sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and mercury. Clear Skies will cut power plant emissions of these pollutants by 70 percent, eliminating 35 million more tons of these pollutants in the next decade than the current Clean Air Act. This Web site provides an overview of the Clear Skies Initiative, air quality and health benefits, regional air quality summaries, and other technical information.

SectorSTAR
The SectorSTAR network helps businesses, states, and communities find useful, targeted information on environmental innovation and excellence. SectorSTAR (short for Industry Sector-based Environmental Strategies, Tools and Resources) is a free service backed by the experience and technical expertise of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation in partnership with the EPA. The site contains links to many other business-oriented environmental information networks, including Greenbiz Network and EPA's compliance assistance sites. SectorSTAR also provides on-line information on industry and business-oriented environmental programs in all 50 states. Additional industry sectors are added on a regular basis.