From Bloomberg BNA:
Obama Calls for 50 Percent Increase in Combined Heat and Power by 2020Here's the order via the White House. Oddly enough this version is not numbered.
An executive order signed by President Obama Aug. 30 calls for increasing the use of combined heat and power 50 percent by 2020, shining a spotlight on a “forgotten” energy resource that involves using heat produced during electricity generation and other industrial processes.
In addition to establishing a national goal of deploying 40 more gigawatts of combined heat and power from industrial sources in less than a decade, the executive order requires federal agencies to coordinate with other parties to identify and encourage best practice policies for industrial energy efficiency and combined heat and power (CHP)....MORE
Here's Cogeneration & On-site Power Magazine:
CHP Industry Hails White House Executive Order Supporting Combined Heat & Power
And another of the trade groups:
CHP Industry Hails White House Executive Order Supporting Combined Heat & Power
The cost of implementing the President's order is somewhere between $40 and $80 Billion.
