Pictured, front row, left to right, EERE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary David Freidman and EMCBC Manager Ralph Holland; back row, left to right, EERE Project Management Coordination Office (PMCO) Management Analyst Kara Peralta, Ted Donat, supervisor in PMCO, EM Assistant Secretary Monica Regalbuto, PMCO Director Scott Hine, and EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney.
DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) honored the Cincinnati-based EM Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) this month for work EMCBC completed under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. In 2010, the two offices entered into an agreement for procurement support for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants Program (EECBG) and for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) support. In total, 45 grants valued at $515 million were awarded. The competitive grants were awarded to local governments, Tribes, states, and territories to reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions, and for improvements in energy efficiency. “It is my pleasure to accept this award on behalf of the team of EMCBC employees, led by Karen Bahan and Pete Yerace, who supported EERE in this important effort. We appreciate being given the opportunity to be of service to the Department and the nation,” Holland said.