Title: Year Six Strategic Plan: July 1 2008 - June 30, 2009

Industry sector: Finance

The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), the
only nonprofit association of state clean energy
funds1, has been in operation for five years. The
Clean Energy Group (CEG) staff and CESA members
are pursuing numerous joint initiatives and projects. The
CESA joint projects, client services, information sharing
and other activities are designed to improve the overall
effectiveness of the individual member funds as well as
advance the interests of the clean energy funds as a
whole.
Each year, CESA staff develops, at the request of
CESA members, a strategic plan for the organization.
The plan identifies and describes the following areas:
the existing work of the organization, the benefits of
the organization to its members, and how the staff
proposed to dedicate time and attention to the
ongoing work in the coming year.
Over the past year, staff has worked hard to complete
the work detailed in the Year 5 Strategic Plan, and staff
has prepared a separate deliverables report detailing
those activities and efforts.
As we approach the start of year six, CESA staff is
pleased to submit this proposed CESA Strategic Plan
for Year Six for your consideration. This year’s plan
reiterates CESA’s mission and benefits, as well as more
fully details the proposed joint project work and
objectives for the coming year. The plan was reviewed
by CESA members, discussed and approved by the
CESA membership and ExCom at the Spring 2008
Biannual Meeting in New Haven, CT in May.
1 CESA Members are: Alaska Energy Authority;
California Energy Commission; Connecticut Clean
Energy Fund; Energy Trust of Oregon; Illinois Clean
Energy Community Foundation; Massachusetts
Renewable Energy Trust; NYSERDA: Maryland
Energy Authority; New Jersey Bureau of Public
Utilities - Clean Energy Program and New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection; New
Mexico Energy Conservation and Management; Ohio
Energy Office; Sustainable Development Fund (PA);
West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund;
Wisconsin Focus on Energy; Vermont Clean Energy
Development Fund and Xcel Energy Renewable
Development Fund (MN). The state of Florida and
North Carolina Energy Office are anticipated to
become new members in Year 6.
Member suggestions about how CESA can more fully
assist you and your fund in the coming year are always
welcomed.
This strategic plan is divided into the following
sections:
• Introduction
• Value Proposition of CESA to Its Members
• Introduction to the Four Program Elements of
CESA’s Work in Year Six
1) Program Area 1: CESA Joint Projects
2) Program Area 2: CESA Client Services
3) Program Area 3: CESA Information
Sharing and Analysis
4) Program Area 4: CESA Partnership
Development
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1 – Joint Project Summaries and
Objectives
• Appendix 2 – CESA’s Proposed Year Six Budget
• Appendix 3 – CESA Membership List
• Appendix 4 – CESA Project History
We look forward to another productive year of CESA
activities in Year Six.