WGA Annual Meeting
This year's meeting focused on developing regional and global strategies for addressing the intertwined issues of energy, climate change and water.

Click here for archived video of sessions, pictures and reports.

Developing Alternative Transportation Fuels
Western Governors are encouraging accelerated development and deployment of alternatve transportation fuels and improved vehicle fuel efficiency in the West.

The Governors recently released a report on the status of alternative fuels use in the West. It notes that there is no silver bullet to the challenges facing the region's expanded use of alternative fuels and also describes key policy issues that merit additional consideration by the Governors.

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Western Renewable Energy Zones
The WGA and the U.S. Department of Energy have released a joint report that takes the first steps toward identifying those areas in the Western Interconnection that have both the potential for large scale development of renewable resources and low environmental impacts.

The WREZ initiative brought together diverse interests over the past year to develop information and analytical tools that will assist public utility commissions, energy and transmission developers, utilities and others working to bring more renewable energy online.

click here for just released WREZ Phase I report (6-15-09)

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