U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Distributed Energy Program

District of Columbia — DE Information

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Resources

Natural Gas

• Natural gas prices
• Natural gas production and use
• Natural gas summary statistics (PDF 455 KB) — Shows dry production, gas consumption, deliveries to consumers, number of wells, average gas prices, and net interstate movements of gas (i.e., net import or export).

Renewable Energy and Load Reduction

• Wind energy — Map includes Delaware and Maryland.

Case Studies

Examples of DE installations, arranged by technology.

Load Reduction

• Geothermal heat pumps in multi-unit residential housing — Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington, D.C.
• Office building achieves 64 kBtu/sq. ft. annually using efficient lighting, advanced controls, economizer coils, and variable-frequency drives for HVAC — 370 L'Enfant Promenade, Washington, D.C.
• Load-shed-transfer switches help office building respond to high demand, while energy efficiency achieves 51 kBtu/sq. ft. annually — 600 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D.C.

Utility Contacts

• Electric utilities and wholesalers — From DOE's Energy Information Administration.
• Nonutility power producers — From DOE's Energy Information Administration.

Permitting and Environmental Regulations

• The DC Environmental Health Administration's Air Quality Division does not have a Web site. Call (202) 535-2500.

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