ENE Honored to Sign Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge Agreement

Dec 4, 2021

Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Patrick Woodcock, ENE Chief Strategy Officer Vincent Ragucci and Executive Office of Energy and Massachusetts Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen A. Theoharides

Mansfield, Massachusetts, November 15, 2021 - ENE was honored to be invited and sign-on as a partner to the Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge hosted by U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and her Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. We were also joined locally by Secretary Kathleen Theoharides and Commissioner Patrick Woodcock. ENE has officially signed-on as a participant on behalf of our municipal utilities and will be working to pilot a program to test heat pumps in extreme cold weather temperatures, ensuring that the efficiency and effectiveness of the manufacturers’ claims are met. Today’s event kicked off this exciting opportunity for our MLP’s and their customers to have another tool in the toolbox to utilize greener technology.

CCHP Challenge Utility and State Partnership Agreement
DOE CCHP Tech Challenge Fact Sheet

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm with ENE’s Vincent Ragucci

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ENE is the largest wholesale risk management and energy trading organization serving the needs of municipal utilities in New England. ENE works with numerous businesses, residents, and utilities to help promote the principles of conservation, efficiency, and environmental stewardship, and advances the many benefits available through integrated sustainability planning – including home energy audit programs, electric vehicle programs, wholesale energy procurement and risk management programs, regulatory and lobbying services. www.ene.org

Media Contact:
Vincent J. Ragucci, III
Chief Strategy Oﬃcer Phone: (508) 698-1240
Email: vragucci@ene.org