175+ BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVISTS URGE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO JOIN HOUSE RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAUCUS

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY NETWORK

WASHINGTON DC -- In a letter sent today, 176 businesses, organizations,
and individual activists called upon Members of Congress who have not yet
joined the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE/EE) Caucus to
do so.

The House RE/EE Caucus, which includes 217 Members of Congress
representing 44 states, the District of Columbia, and two territories, was
founded more than a decade ago to serve as a bi-partisan, non-legislative
source of information on sustainable energy technologies.

The letter's signers, which include 145 businesses and organizations as
well as 31 individuals, noted that renewable energy technologies now
contribute almost 8 percent of the nation's energy supply while energy
efficiency investments made during the past three decades now save more
than any single energy source.

"These technologies help to curb reliance on energy imports and lessen
energy costs thereby enhancing both national and homeland security," they
wrote. "They also improve the reliability of the nation's electrical
grid, and - perhaps most importantly - reduce the production of greenhouse
gases and other pollutants from traditional energy sources that contribute
to global warming and a host of other environmental problems."

The letter added that "the renewable energy and energy efficiency
industries include thousands of domestic companies that are providing an
ever-growing number of jobs in every state and community in the United
States."

Accordingly, the letter's signers are targeting those Members who have not
yet joined, accounting for about one-half of the U.S. House of
Representatives, and urging them to become members of the House RE/EE
Caucus. Current non-members include a number of prominent congressional
leaders from both parties:

Democrats:

* Xavier Becerra (CA) - Assistant to the Speaker
* John Dingell (MI) - Chair, Committee on Energy & Commerce
* Rahm Emanuel (IL) - Democratic Caucus Chair
* Tim Holden (PA) - Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit,
Energy & Research
* Steny Hoyer (MD) - Majority Leader
* Nick Lampson (TX) - Chair, Science & Technology Subcommittee on Energy &
Environment
* David R. Obey (WI) - Chair, Committee on Appropriations
* Peter J. Visclosky (IN) - Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy &
Water Development

Republicans:

* Joe Barton (TX) - Ranking Member, Committee on Energy & Commerce
* Roy Blunt (MO) - Minority Whip
* John A. Boehner (OH) - Minority Leader
* Phil Gingrey (GA) - Ranking Member, Science & Technology Subcommittee on
Technology & Innovation
* Ralph M. Hall (TX) - Ranking Member, Committee on Science & Technology
* David L. Hobson (OH) - Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on
Energy & Water Development
* Jerry Lewis (CA) - Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations
* Frank D. Lucas (OK) - Ranking Member, Agriculture Subcommittee on
Conservation, Credit, Energy & Research

A corresponding letter will be sent later this month to the Members of the
U.S. Senate who have not yet joined the Senate RE/EE Caucus.

The full text of the letter and list of signers is attached
(SEN.Letter_02_07_08.doc). Also attached are a list of the current
members of the House RE/EE Caucus (Caucus_List_110th.doc) and a list of
the non-members of the House RE/EE Caucus
(Members_NOT_in_Caucus_List_1105y.doc).

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The Sustainable Energy Network is an informal network created in 1996 now
consisting of 500+ organizations and individuals promoting increased use
of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies as preferred
solutions to rising energy imports, greenhouse gas emissions, and nuclear
risks.

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY NETWORK
8606 Greenwood Avenue, #2; Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-588-4741
sustainable-energy-network@hotmail.com

PLEASE JOIN
THE HOUSE RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAUCUS

February 7, 2008

Attn: Energy Policy Staff Person

Dear Representative:

We the undersigned 176 business, environmental, consumer, faith-based, energy policy research, and other organizations are writing to urge you to become a member of the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE/EE) Caucus.

The RE/EE Caucus is a non-legislative, bipartisan organization created to promote greater awareness among Members of Congress of the status, potential, and policy options for promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy (i.e., biomass/biofuels, geothermal, solar, water power, and wind) technologies.

It presently includes 217 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and is co-chaired by Representatives Mark Udall (D-CO) and Zach Wamp (R-TN) with Representatives Vern Ehlers (R-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Greg Walden (R-OR) serving as vice-chairs.

The RE/EE Caucus has served as an excellent forum for the exchange of information on the cross-section of sustainable energy technologies. It regularly provides its members with announcements of related events of interest and a weekly compilation of news stories reporting on energy efficiency and renewable energy developments around the country.

In addition, it has worked with numerous organizations such as the Environmental & Energy Study Institute and the Sustainable Energy Coalition to sponsor an on-going series of congressional briefings and other events on a cross-section of energy policy issues.

Renewable energy presently provides almost 8 percent of the nation's domestic energy production while technologies such as wind, biofuels, and photovoltaics are among the nation's fastest growing sources of energy supply. In addition, thanks to measures implemented over the past three decades, energy efficiency now saves more energy annually (40 quads) and contributes more value to the U.S. economy and the environment than any single energy source (e.g., oil, natural gas, coal, or nuclear).

Combined, the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries include thousands of domestic companies that are providing an ever-growing number of jobs in every state and community in the United States. These technologies help to curb reliance on energy imports and lessen energy costs thereby enhancing both national and homeland security. They also improve the reliability of the nation's electrical grid, and - perhaps most importantly - reduce the production of greenhouse gases and other pollutants from traditional energy sources that contribute to global warming and a host of other environmental problems.

We believe that you share our interest in tapping the potential of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies to improve the domestic economy, enhance security, and protect the environment. Therefore, we encourage you to become a member of the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus.

To join, please contact Wendy Adams in the office of U.S. Representative Mark Udall at Wendy.Adams@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2161.

We look forward to working with you on this important issue during the coming year.

Sincerely,

Rochelle Becker, Exec. Director
Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
San Luis Obispo, CA

Anne Pearson, Director
Alliance for Sustainable Communities
Edgewater, MD

Brad Collins, Executive Director
American Solar Energy Society
Boulder, CO

Randall Swisher, Jaime Steve
American Wind Energy Association
Washington, DC

James F. Connolly
Anacostia Watershed Society
Bladensburg, MD

Chamomile Nusz
Artha Sustainable Living Center llc
Amherst, WI

Patricia Tierney Alofsin, Director - Governmental Relations
Austin Energy/City of Austin
Austin, TX

Nancy LaPlaca
Bardwell Consulting Ltd
Denver, CO

Kirsten Schwind, Program Director
Bay Localize
Oakland, CA

Paul Gunter
Beyond Nuclear
Takoma Park, MD
Bill Holmberg
Biomass Coordinating Council
American Council on Renewable Energy
Washington, DC

Fernando Ausin
BioTour
Washington, DC

Ethan Burke
BioTour
Berkley, MA

Alan Palm
BioTour
Marion, MA

Jenny Sherman
BioTour
Marin, CA

Bob Lawrence, President
Bob Lawrence & Associates
Alexandria, VA

Lee Hebert
Boston Power Supplies. Inc
Hampton, CT

Robert Rose
Breakthrough Technologies Institute, Inc.
Washington DC

Sandra Gavutis, Executive Director
C-10 Research & Education Foundation
Newburyport, MA

Nancy Rader
California Wind Energy Association
Berkeley, CA

Patrick Arnold, Executive Director
Campaign for Ratepayers Rights
Concord, NH

Avram Friedman, Executive Director
Canary Coalition
Sylva, NC

Jennifer Schafer
Cascade Associates
Washington, DC

Francis Macy, Director
Center for Safe Energy
Berkeley, CA

David Kyler
Center for a Sustainable Coast
Saint Simons Island, GA

Anna Shockley
Charleston Peace
Charleston, SC

W. Donald Hudson, Jr., Ph.D.
The Chewonki Foundation
Wiscasset, ME

Chris Fried
Chris Fried Solar; and
Martha's Vineyard Peace Council
Vineyard Haven MA

Deb Katz
Citizens Awareness Network
Shelburne, MA
Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Farmingdale, NY

Caroline Snyder Ph.D.
Citizens for Sludge-Free Land
North Sandwich, NH

Geoffrey Castro
Citizens League for Environmental Action Now
Houston, TX

Keith Gunter
Citizens' Resistance at Fermi Two
Monroe, MI

James J. Provenzano, President
Clean Air Now, Inc 1969
Los Angeles, CA

Burl Haigwood
Clean Fuels Development Coalition
Bethesda, MD

Michael J. Keegan
Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes
Monroe, MI

David Swanson
Democrats.com and AfterDowningStreet.org
Charlottesville, VA

Erik Jansson, President
Department of the Planet Earth
Washington, DC 20003

Stephen Brittle
Don't Waste Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

Alice Hirt
Don't Waste Michigan
Holland, MI

Jerry Viste, Executive Director
Door County Environmental Council, Inc.
Fish Creek, WI

Lois Barber, Executive Director
EarthAction
Amherst, MA

Ed Koscic
Edward Koscic & Associates LLC
Strongsville, OH

Stephen Lipworth
Energy Corridor Business Park
Houston, TX

Mark Ferrulo, Director
Environment Florida
Tallahassee, FL

Carol Werner, Executive Director
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Washington, DC

Judith Johnsrud
Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power
State College, PA

Joel N. Gordes
Environmental Energy Solutions
West Hartford, CT

Lillian Light, President
Environmental Priorities Network
Manhattan Beach, CA

John Cockerill
Exquisite Heat
Pleasantville, NY

Judi Poulson, Chair
Fairmont, MN Peace Group
Fairmont, MN

Peter M. Flannery
Flannery's Green Guide
Boston, MA

Ellen Connett
Fluoride Action Network
Canton, NY

Bob Darby
Food Not Bombs
Atlanta, GA

Tom Ferguson
Foundation for Global Community
Atlanta, GA

Karl Gawell
Geothermal Energy Association
Washington, DC

Mary Luevano
Global Green USA
Santa Monica, CA

David Merrill
GlobalWarmingSolution.org
Missoula, MT

Christopher LaForge
Great Northern Solar
Port Wing, WI

John Coequyt
Greenpeace USA
Washington, DC

Rick Reed
Hawaii Solar Energy Association
SunEarth Inc.
Inter-Island Solar Supply
Honolulu, HI

Jennifer O. Viereck, Director
Healing Ourselves & Mother Earth
Tecopa, CA

Henry S. Cole, Ph.D.; President
Henry S. Cole & Associates, Inc
Upper Marlboro, MD

Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Poughkeepsie, NY

Jonathan Harsch
InfoSynch
East Greenwich, RI

Arjun Makhijani
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Takoma Park, MD

Rita Schenck
Institute for Environmental Research and Education
American Center for Life Cycle Assessment
Vashon, WA

Alan Ewell, Associate AIA
Integrated Architecture
Honolulu, HI

Marian Riggs Gelb, Executive Director
Iowa Environmental Council
Des Moines, IA

Ed Koscic
Edward Koscic & Associates LLC
Strongsville, OH

Tom Kelly
KyotoUSA
Berkeley, CA

Judy Poulson
League of Women Voters of Tennessee
Nashville, TN

Jennifer Green, PhD
Legacy Project, Community and Economic Development Office
Burlington, VT

Paul Gallimore, Director
Long Branch Environmental Education Center
Leicester, NC

Jeff Shaw, Director
Louisiana Solar Energy Society
Baton Rouge, LA

Richard Komp, PhD. President
Maine Solar Energy Association
Jonesport, ME

Nesreen Afifi
Maryland Green Architects
Gaithersburg, MD

Tim Willard, Co-Chair
Rob Savidge, Co-Chair
Maryland Green Party
Kensington/Annapolis, MD

Eric Uram
Mercury Free Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Valerie Heinonen, o.s.u., Consultant, Corporate Social Responsibility
Mercy Investment Program
Sisters of Mercy-Detroit
Dominican Sisters of Hope
Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk-U.S. Province
New York, NY

Greg Dolan
Methanol Institute
Arlington, VA

Barbara Jennings, CSJ
Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment
St. Louis, MO

Rex Luzader
Millennium Cell Inc.
Eatontown, NJ

Kathleen Logan Smith, Executive Director
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
St. Louis, MO

Gary Birke
Motorworks Clean Vehicles, Inc.
Amityville, NY

Phillip Lampert, Executive Director
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
Jefferson City, MO

Linda Church Ciocci, Executive Director
National Hydropower Association
Washington, DC

Scot Rutledge, Executive Director
Nevada Conservation League
Las Vegas, NV

Judy Treichel, Executive Director
Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force
Las Vegas, NV

David Schoenwald
New Alternatives Fund, Inc.
Melville, NY

David Radcliff
New Community Project
Elgin, IL

Marlene Brown, President
New Mexico Solar Energy Association
Albuquerque, NM

Christine Donovan, Executive Vice President
New York Solar Energy Industries Association
Endicott, NY

George Crocker, Executive Director
North American Water Office
Lake Elmo, MN

Jim Warren, Executive Director
North Carolina Waste Awareness & Reduction Network
Durham, NC

Larry Bell
North East Arizona Energy Services Company
Concho, AZ

Alice Slater, Director
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
New York

David A. Kraft, Director
Nuclear Energy Information Service
Chicago, IL

Michael Mariotte
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Takoma Park, MD

Mary Olson
Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Southeast Office
Asheville, NC

Joy MacNulty
Nuclear Opponents
Williamstown, MA
Philip Tymon, Administrative Director
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Occidental, CA

Sean O'Neill
Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
Darnestown, MD

Michael S Almon
Paradigm Design, LC
Lawrence, KS

Judi Friedman, Chair
Peoples Action for Clean Energy
Canton, CT

Erin Lane
Plug Power
Latham, NY

Erik Jansson, President
Potomac River Association
Valley Lee, MD

Bruce A Drew, Steering Committee
Prairie Island Coalition
Minneapolis, MN

Ron Bailey Sr.
PRM Energy Systems, Inc.
Hot Springs, AR

Tyson Slocum, Director
Public Citizen's Energy Program
Washington, DC

Qadwi Bey
R.A.Energy International, Inc.
Cleveland,OH

Michael Welch
Redwood Alliance
Arcata, CA

Tom McCalmont, President & CEO
REgrid Power
Campbell, CA

Michael Vickerman
RENEW Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Rebecca K. Blood
RKB Consulting
Arlington, VA

Salem Financial, Inc.
South Salem, NY

Jane Swanson, spokesperson
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
San Luis Obispo, CA

Carol Kimmons, Arts and Education Director
Sequatchie Valley Institute
Whitwell, TN

Jonathan Hill, Solar Applications Engineer
Sierra Solar Systems
Grass Valley, CA

Jody Solell
Solar Electrics
Fairfax, VA

Johnny Weiss
Solar Energy International
Carbondale, CO

Dennis F. Miller, Vice President & Science Advisor
Solena Group, Inc.
Washington, DC

Brett Bursey, Director
South Carolina Progressive Network
Columbia, SC

Neville Williams
Standard Solar, Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD

Scott Sklar
The Stella Group, Ltd.
Arlington, VA

Stuart Magruder, AIA, LEED
Studio Nova A Architects, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Ken Bossong, Executive Director
SUN DAY Campaign
Takoma Park, MD

Robert J. Freitas, President
Sundial Energy, Inc.
Tucson, AZ

Tom Bishop
Sunelco, Inc. The Sun Electric Company
Victor, MT

Daphne Wysham
Sustainable Energy & Economy Network
Washington, DC

Bob Walker
Sustainable Energy Resource Group
Thetford Center, VT

Tom Corlett, Secretary
Sustainable Pueblo
Pueblo, CO

Leslie Ames
Tahoe Solar Designs
South Lake Tahoe, CA

Linda Seeley, President
Terra Foundation
San Luis Obispo, CA

Marylia Kelley, Executive Director
Tri-Valley CAREs
Livermore, CA

Jessica Bridges
U.S. Clean Heat & Power Association
Falls Church, VA

John Blair, President
Valley Watch, Inc.
Evansville, IN

Debra Stoleroff
Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance
Monpelier, VT

Al Sobel, President
Virginia Solar Council
Alexandria, VA

Donald Keesing, Coordinator
Voices Opposed to Environmental Racism/VOTER
Washington, DC

Marilyn Elie
Westchester Citizens Awareness Network
Cortlandt Manor, NY

Santana Tamarak, Board Chair
Western Nebraska Resources Council
Chadron, NE

Joan Bozer
Western New York Sustainable Energy Association Trust
Buffalo, NY

Lewis E. Patrie, MD, Chair
Western North Carolina Physicians for Social Responsibility
Asheville, NC

Janet Brandt, Executive Director
Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation
Madison, WI

INDIVIDUAL SIGN-ONS

Nancy Bernstein
Vermontville, NY

Joy Blackwood
Landover, MD

Robin Cape, Councilwoman
Asheville City Council *
City of Asheville
Asheville NC

Dr. Sara Cate
Yakima, WA

Kay Citron
Georgians Against Nuclear Energy - North East Branch *
Lilburn, GA

Kathy Donnelly
M.I.T. *
Pawtucket, RI

Andrea Faste
Sustainable Ballard *
Seattle, WA

Mary Freedlund
Arcata, CA

Ellen M. Garduno
Edmonds, WA

Sabodh K. Garg, Ph.D.
Del Mar, CA

Kendall Hale
Fairview, NC

Harry Hochheiser
Baltimore, MD

Paul Huddy *
Solar Institute
Tucson, AZ

Heidi Johnson
Wheaton, MD

Steven H. Johnson
Annapolis, MD

Leah R. Karpen
Asheville, NC

Evgeny Todorov Kolev
Mt. Prospect, IL

Bruce Leet
North Potomac, MD

Peter, Valerie and Jennifer Lynch
South Salem, NY

Tom Lyon
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise *
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Leland Roy Mink, Geothermal Consultant
Worley, ID

Elizabeth C. Moore
Lakewood, CO

William Pearson, AIA; Senior Architect
Stantec Architecture *
San Francisco, CA

Janice D. RuBino
Florida Chapter of Sierra Club *
Tallahassee, FL

Gladys Schmitz, SSND
Mankato, MN

Beverly Smith
Cottonwood, AZ

Lewis L Smith, Energy economist and consultant
Carolina, PR

Diane Stanton
Lake Junaluska, NC

Dot Sulock
University of North Carolina at Asheville *
Asheville, NC

James L Szatkowski, Consulting Engineer
Boise, ID

Mark D. Wilson
Columbus, OH

* Affiliation listed for identification purposes only

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