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Generating Jobs in the New Energy Economy: State Government Success Stories

Join us for a Webinar on March 25

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
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With national unemployment averaging close to 10%, new job creation is at the top of the economic priority list for states and local governments. Some of the hardest hit states in the nation, such as Michigan, have shown that they can create new jobs in the middle of the worst labor market since the Depression. Other states, such as Iowa and Colorado, have demonstrated they can produce jobs taking advantage of their renewable energy resources.

The E.P. Systems Group, Inc. and the Center for Climate Strategies are pleased to present a complimentary webinar to examine how states have created jobs and how these successes might be reproduced in other states. Speakers include the following:

● Adam Rose, Dan Wei, or Hal Nelsen, Economists from the Center for Climate Strategies, will explain the process of modeling economic and employment effects of state energy policies.

● Fabiola Carrion, Broadband and Green Jobs Specialist from the Progressive States Network, will review efforts to create jobs and reduce emissions simultaneously in states across the nation.

● Andy Levin, Chief Workforce Officer and Deputy Director of Michigan’s Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth or a senior staff member will discuss how the state achieved successes on the ground.

● A legislator TBA from a state that has passed legislation linking job creation and renewable energy generation will describe the state’s experiences in promulgating and garnering support for the efforts.

Thirty minutes will be reserved at the end for questions from attendees.

March 11th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Impact Analysis for USCIS EB-5 Program Now Available

EPSG offers a new service for potential Regional Center applicants under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB-5 program.  Applicants must show, as part of their application, the ability to create at least 20 local jobs per $ Million of investment and provide the same proof of job creation for each specific project they undertake.  We can help generate the needed evidence.

This service is an extenuation of the Economic Impact Analysis we have accomplished for other clients using the RIMS II data base provided by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Our methodology allows us to calculate income, revenue, and tax impacts as well as employment change. Use of the RIMS II data to support Regional Center applications is significantly more cost-effective than alternative analysis approaches such as IMPLAN.

February 8th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Supporting Climate Change Legislative Efforts in the U.S.

The E.P. Systems Group, Inc., launched Climate Change Economics;, a comprehensive website of resources and tools dedicated to addressing the carbon intensity of the U.S. economy and related climate change policy in the 50 states and territories on December 11.  We are seeing a growing numbers of visitors and welcoming new site Members.

Climate Change Economics is one part of a project to improve understanding of climate change issues by U.S. legislators in the expectation that understanding will lead to action. We hope to make the site the primary objective research tool for state and federal legislators, as well as regulators and policy analysts, on the economic opportunities presented by the fight against climate change. We’ve been funded specifically to improve the quality of economic analysis by the decision-makers in state legislatures and to expand their understanding of the economic threats posed by climate change as well as the economic opportunities available in investing in mitigation efforts.

The site offers some very basic economic tools and explanations of economic analysis as well as a Legislators’ Tools area. We are particularly striving to make the best research and policy models accessible to citizen legislators across the United States, offering them tools to help dissect the assumptions that can distort research findings.

We shortly will be launching a secure forum for exchanging ideas about legislation, discussing proposed language or standards, and similar discussions. The forum is structured so that all particicipants will be able to remain completely anonymous to others and even exchange private e-mails with other participants one-on-one without divulging identities. with their peers. The anonymity is intended to permit discussion of politically sensitive initiatives, to allow consultation on legislative strategies, and also to enable invididuals who want guidance in economic analysis to request support without feeling as if they are divulging their ignorance to others.

Apart from legislators, we also hope our colleagues throughout the environmental community will find the site’s public Web Resources and Library valuable for their own efforts.

January 24th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment