Working Groups

There are five working groups in RE-AMP. A working group is a bunch of advocates who get together to network, learn, fundraise, and share strategies on one of the critical goals of RE-AMP. The working groups of RE-AMP and their stated priorities are:

Clean Energy:

• Increase renewable electricity by 1-1.5% of total electricity demand per year in the eight-state RE-AMP region.
• Expand transmission capacity for wind power to the levels necessary to achieve RE- AMP ’s renewable electricity targets.
• Establish collaborative mechanisms that encourage other technology innovation projects that put the Midwest in the forefront of clean energy development, including innovations to store wind and solar energy, develop advanced bioenergy systems, and sequester carbon.

Coal:

• Prevent construction of new coal power plants that emit global warming pollutants
• Replace existing fleet of coal plants with carbon-neutral generation technologies

Energy Efficiency:

• Achieve the statewide energy efficiency standards  of 2% annually by adopting policies that require utilities to reduce use by at least 2% annually for electricity, and at least 1.5% annually for natural gas.
• Keep state residential energy and commercial energy building codes current with the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)  and ASHRAE 90.1 2007 edition and subsequent upgrades.

Global Warming Solutions:

• Establish policies in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains that will achieve an 80% reduction of global warming gasses by 2050 through development and execution of a robust and effective Midwest multi-state global warming campaign.

Transportation:

• Improve vehicle efficiency.
• Lower the carbon content of transportation fuels.
• Reduce demand for motor vehicle transportation.
• Reduce carbon emissions from freight via technology and/or mode switching.