1 / 16

State Technical Meeting Recap - Massachusetts May 19, 2010

Recap of Massachusetts State Technical Committee Meeting on May 19, 2010 discussing distribution of contracts, EQIP, WHIP funds, hot topics on WRP, CSP, energy, and initiatives like Ag.Energy Plans and KFAF. Plans for future meetings and discussions

briar
Download Presentation

State Technical Meeting Recap - Massachusetts May 19, 2010

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Massachusetts State Technical Meeting May 19, 2010

  2. State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  3. Distribution of 2010 Contracts State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  4. EQIP Distribution State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  5. EQIP County Distributions State Technical Committee Meeting May 19, 2010

  6. WHIP Distributions % Funds State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  7. WHIP Distributions - County % Funds State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  8. EQIP High Tunnel Pilot • $370,100 State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  9. Initiatives • Ag Energy Plans • $30,000 for FY 2010 • Announcement out this week • Producer uses a TSP to obtain an energy audit/management plan State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  10. Initiatives • KFAF – Keeping Forests as Forests • New England Council of Governors • WHIP Funding to 6 New England States plus New York • $720,000 in new WHIP funding for MA • Announcement out this week State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  11. Hot Topics - WRP • Wetland Reserve Program • Double enrollment by 2012 • Develop Geographic Area Rate Caps (GARC) • State Strategy • Sub-Committee • Focus Areas • Outreach State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  12. Hot Topics - CSP • CSP – Conservation Stewardship Program • 4 contracts in first sign-up – Berkshire county • $18,112 • How to increase enrollment in MA State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  13. Hot Topics – Energy/AQ • Hold of funding of Renewable Energy Projects until further notice • Some efficiency projects still eligible • With advent of Energy plans, hope for implementation next year. State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  14. Hot Topics • CIG, AWEP, CCPI • No state CIG this year • Next year? • Topics? • One AWEP proposal • No CCPI proposals State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  15. State Technical Committee • Regular Schedule? • 2 times per year plus sub-committees • Membership • More producer representation State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

  16. Discussion State Technical Committee Meeting, May 19, 2010

More Related