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USPS Delivery Vehicle Fleet Decision Squanders True Next-Gen Opportunity ([link removed] )

AEE reacted to the U.S. Postal Service's decision to procure internal combustion engine rather than all electric vehicles. "The decision by USPS to start off its next-generation delivery vehicles with last-generation technology is a missed opportunity," said Leah Rubin Shen, federal policy director at AEE. "By way of contrast, yesterday's decision by Montgomery County Public Schools to electrify its entire school bus fleet demonstrates that fleet electrification can and should be done today, not down the road.” Continue reading the press release here > ([link removed] )

Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools to Procure Largest Electric Bus Fleet in Nation with Budget-Neutral Contract ([link removed] )

AEE applauded the news that Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools board approved a 1,400 electric school bus fleet contract, the largest in the nation by a municipality, awarding the contract to AEE member company Highland Electric Transportation, which will deliver, own, and charge the buses. “This is the first step toward meeting President Biden’s pledge to electrify all 500,000 school buses across the nation over the next decade,” said AEE CEO Nat Kreamer. Continue reading the press release here > ([link removed] )

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Federal Stimulus Priorities ([link removed] )

Here’s How to ‘Build Back Better’ with Advanced Energy Investment ([link removed] )

AEE has some ideas about how to get the most economic bang out of federal bucks by investing in advanced energy.

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Annual BCSE Factbook Shows Advanced Energy Stood the Test of COVID ([link removed] )

Business Council for Sustainable Energy's 2021 “Sustainable Energy in America Factbook” shows advanced energy grew in the year of COVID.

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AEE Webinars

A New Day for Advanced Energy? ([link removed] )

Recorded on Wednesday, February 17

New talk of clean energy investment to stimulate a COVID-heavy economy. A new chairman at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission facing tension between states and wholesale markets and worries about transmission. A Biden Administration determined to take action on climate, with advanced energy technologies as critical tools. This webinar took stock of the shifting winds in Washington, D.C., and what they could mean for industry growth in 2021.

Panelists:

- Leah Rubin Shen, Director, AEE

- Jeff Dennis, General Counsel and Managing Director, AEE

- Steve Caminati, Director, Strategic Engagement, Apex Clean Energy

- Liz Delaney, Director, Wholesale Market Development, Borrego Solar

- Caroline Golin, North America Markets Lead, Global Energy Policy and Market Development, Google

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Featured Online Events

Reuters Automotive Retail, April 12-13 ([link removed] )

The automotive industry has undergone dramatic digital change, whilst the sales process and showroom model has remained the same. COVID-19 has caused huge disruption and accelerated

dealerships and OEMs to revisit their sales process. For 2021, we must figure out how to execute this new online and offline customer relationship to meet customers changing expectations.As this year’s Reuters Events: Automotive Retail 2021 we will address and strategize the future customer experience and buying journey. This meeting is the one place for all your automotive retail news, updates and benchmarks, featuring the most impressive line-up in history! Find out more here > ([link removed] )

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