STUFF

NG prices equiv to $18 oil.

DOE awarded $14M to 22 states and territories for E effic upgrades in pub facilities and development of local policies and programs to reduce E waste. US bldgs last yr consumed >40% of all E. Admin's Better Bldg Challenge. Reduce E use 20% by '20. Over past yr over 200 orgs have joined. Almost 2B sq. ft., near $2B in E effic investments.

Australia intoducing C tax. ~$23/ton of CO2 emiss.

House committee on Nat Resources told by hydropower people that cumbersome, sometimes conflicting array of fed oversight of relicensing kills hydro plants. 1 agency should oversee. FERC the likeliest. EIA: US has 12GW untapped hydro potential. Process takes 5 yrs, costs millions in compliance.

San Jose mayor made clean E a big platform in "Green Vision". City working with SolarCity on rooftop solar on 16 muni bldgs. 14 more under consideration.

Dublin, Chevron Energy Solutions inked green E deal. Solar installs, LED lights, HVAC improvements, etc. $7.4M. E savings to cover cost of 15-yr loan. $15M savings next 25 yrs.

EU needs to print more money. The world needs another $2T. Dollars. Fed increased >$2T last 4 yrs. Banks don't want to hold Euros orYen and can't hold Yuan.

Canadian office vacancies dropped to 8.2%. Office property values expected to rise 10-20% this year.

BRT: assoc of CEO's of leading comps w/ >$6T annual revs, >14M employed, near 1/3 total val of US stock mart and near half of private US R&D spending. Biz Round Table: '13 to be barn burner. Infra, tax reform, entitlements. (They didn't mention debt, deficits.)