Questions about Energy Efficiency or Renewable Energy? Literature research, one-on-one assistance with an engineer, help searching for a specific topic or technology may be available to you or your company/organization should you work/live within the regions or service territories noted below:

Western Area Power Administration (Energy Services)
Covering a 15-state service territory, supporting their firm power customers (utilities, state/federal agencies, tribal communities) and their commercial/industrial end users. This service offers technical assistance and literature research on energy efficiency and renewable energy topics and technologies. See the following service territory map.
Contact their Power Line technical assistance service:

EnergyIdeas Clearinghouse
Utilities in the four Pacific Northwest states can talk to engineers or research librarians about energy efficiency technologies, programs and practices.  See the following service territory map.
Contact the EnergyIdeas Clearinghouse at:

US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE Information Center)
Offering technical assistance to federal agencies, industrial and manufacturing facilities and on questions regarding alternative fuels & vehicles and hydrogen & fuel cells. Consumer and technical publications are available online and through the catalog or Information Center hotline.
Contact the EERE Information Center at:

Other Services:

These services may not include technical assistance but rather provide training, networking resources or other services to support utilities and their end-users. Furthermore, some resources listed below may require membership.

American Public Power Association (APPA)
Discussion Forums
Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (DEED)

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Cooperative Research Network

National Association of State Energy Officials (State Energy Offices)
Locate state on map

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions (NARUC)
State Commissions

Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA)
Training, communications, networking

Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTTI)
Members