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Jim Ploger
Jim Ploger is a Regional Coordinator for the National Association
of State Energy Officials (NASEO). NASEO is the only national
non-profit organization whose membership includes the
governor-designated energy officials from each state and territory.
NASEO was formed by the states and through an agreement with the
National Governors Association in 1986. The organization was created
to improve the effectiveness and quality of state energy programs
and policies, provide policy input and analysis, share successes
among the states, and to be a repository of information on issues of
particular concern to the states and their citizens. NASEO is an
instrumentality of the states and derives basic funding from the
states and the federal government.
He is responsible for a 10-state area of the Great Plains and
Rocky Mountains.
In July of 2009, Jim Ploger retired from the Energy Office at the
Kansas Corporation Commission. He worked for the KCC since 1991.
Appointed the Division's Director in 1994, he managed the U.S.
Department of Energy's State Energy Program for Kansas. The Kansas
program involved over $1 million in funding for renewable energy,
energy efficiency and conservation programs. The office is the lead
state agency for alternative fuel vehicle programs. Also included
are renewable energy programs for biomass, solar, and wind energy
resources. Other programs include energy education, energy
conservation measures for schools, energy building codes and
standards education and training programs, and energy efficiency
programs for government, business and industry.
Ploger has held memberships in numerous energy related
organizations and associations including the National Association of
State Energy Officials (NASEO); Energy Services Coalition (ESC),
National Board of Directors; Energy Programs Consortium (EPC),
National Board of Directors; American Wind Energy Association
(AWEA); National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NASEO Delegate);
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) Standards Committee;
and numerous other energy associations and organizations. |