ITA postpones REEEAC meeting
February 17, 2025
BY Erin Voegele
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration on Feb. 12 announced it would postpone a meeting of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee that was scheduled to take place that day. The agency did not disclose the reason for the postponement.
REEEAC is an advisory committee that provides the Department of Commerce with advice from the private sector on the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the export competitiveness of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services.
The committee’s work on renewable energy is to focus on technologies, equipment, and services to generate electricity, produce heat, and power vehicles from renewable sources such as biomass, solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and hydrogen. For the purposes of the REEEAC, covered goods and services do not include vehicles, feedstocks for biofuels, or energy efficiency as it relates to consumer goods or buildings. However, non-fossil fuels that reduce carbon consumption, such as liquid biofuels and wood pellets, are included.
The committee currently includes 28 members, including those representing U.S. pellet producer Lignetics and renewable fuel trade groups Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association.
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The ITA on Jan. 29 announced the committee would hold an open in-person meeting on Feb. 12 in Washinton, D.C. A subsequent announcement made Feb. 12 indicates the scheduled meeting will be rescheduled. The rescheduled date and time for the meeting will be announced at a later date.
Additional information is available on the Federal Register website.
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