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Alliance to Save Energy
The Alliance to Save Energy is a nonprofit coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit the environment, the economy, and national security.
www.ase.org
Alliant Energy
Alliant Energy Corporation is a growing energy-service provider with operations both domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Madison, Wis., Alliant Energy provides electric, natural gas, water and steam services to more than two million customers worldwide.
www.alliantenergy.com
Customers First!
A Coalition to Preserve Wisconsin's Reliable and Affordable Electricity.
www.customersfirst.org
Energy Center of Wisconsin
The Energy Center of Wisconsin is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to improving energy efficiency in Wisconsin. The Center provides energy-efficiency programs, research, and education to residents, businesses, industry, and government.
www.ecw.org
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) develops and deploys efficient and clean energy technologies that meet our nation's energy needs, enhance our environment, and strengthen our national competitiveness. The results of our programs are dramatic—from a more efficient U.S. industrial base to a growing clean energy technology industry; from tremendous energy savings in homes, offices, and government buildings to a car of the next decade with triple the fuel economy of today's sedan.
www.eren.doe.gov
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy that
  • regulates the transmission and sale for resale of natural gas in interstate commerce;
  • regulates the transmission of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce;
  • regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce;
  • licenses and inspects private, municipal and state hydroelectric projects;
  • oversees related environmental matters and
  • administers accounting and financial reporting regulations and conducts of jurisdictional companies.
www.ferc.fed.us
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) serves as the world's central inter-governmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the nuclear field. A specialized agency within the United Nations system, the IAEA maintains its headquarters at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria.
www.iaea.org"
Madison Gas & Electric
Madison Gas and Electric Co. is an investor-owned public utility located in Madison, Wis. MGE generates, transmits and distributes electricity to more than 126,000 customers in a 250-square-mile area in Dane County. The population totals 268,000. MGE also transports and distributes natural gas to nearly 114,000 customers throughout 1,325 square miles in seven counties. The population served totals almost 357,000 people.
www.mge.com
Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin
MEUW is the state association representing the 82 locally-owned, locally-controlled municipal electric utilities in Wisconsin. The association has served municipal electric utilities in Wisconsin since 1928.
www.meuw.org
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) is an independent regulatory agency responsible for the regulation of 1,179 Wisconsin public utilities, including those that are municipally owned.
www.psc.state.wi.us
RENEW Wisconsin
RENEW Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization whose members support the appropriate use of the state's clean and abundant renewable resources for a healthier environment and economy.
www.renewwisconsin.org
The American Nuclear Society
The American Nuclear Society is a not-for-profit, international, scientific and educational organization. It was established by a group of individuals who recognized the need to unify the professional activities within the diverse fields of nuclear science and technology. December 11, 1954, marks the Society's historic beginning at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. ANS has since developed a multifarious membership composed of approximately 11,000 engineers, scientists, administrators, and educators representing 1,600 plus corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies. It is governed by three officers and a board of directors elected by the membership.
www.ans.org
The Nuclear Energy Institute
The Nuclear Energy Institute is the policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and participates in both the national and global policy-making process. NEI’s objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the beneficial uses of nuclear energy and technologies in the United States and around the world.
www.nei.org
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency established by the U.S. Congress under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to ensure adequate protection of the public health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment in the use of nuclear materials in the United States. The NRC's scope of responsibility includes regulation of--
  • commercial nuclear power reactors; nonpower research, test, and training reactors
  • fuel cycle facilities; medical, academic, and industrial uses of nuclear materials
  • the transport, storage, and disposal of nuclear materials and waste
www.nrc.gov
The Sierra Club
The Sierra Club's Nuclear waste page.
www.sierraclub.org/nuclearwaste/
The Union of Concerned Scientists

The Union of Concerned Scientists' vision points the way to a cleaner environment and safer world.

Their five programs are the pressure points translating vision into action. Through them, they connect the best scientific insights with the knowledge and support of an astute citizenry and apply them to the machinery of government at all levels -- with results that have set a standard for effective advocacy for decades.
www.ucsusa.org
U.S. Department of Energy
The Department of Energy's mission is to foster a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable, to be a responsible steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons, to clean up our own facilities and to support continued United States leadership in science and technology.
www.energy.gov
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
The Nuclear Energy Program represents the core of the U.S. Government's expertise in nuclear engineering and technology. Their activities benefit the American people by helping to maintain the Nation's access to diverse and environmentally responsible sources of energy, and by advancing the country's economic and technological competitiveness.
www.ne.doe.gov
U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy
The Energy Department's Fossil Energy organization is made up of about 1000 scientists, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. Its headquarters offices are in downtown Washington, DC, and in Germantown, Maryland. The organization also has field offices in Morgantown, West Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Tulsa, Oklahoma; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Chtml, Wyoming.
www.fe.doe.gov
U.S. Energy Information Administration
The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. We provide policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
www.eia.doe.gov
UW-Madison department of nuclear engineering and engineering physics
The Mission of the Department
1. To offer an education of the highest quality in the fields of nuclear engineering, engineering physics, mechanics, and astronautics to undergraduate students from primarily Wisconsin and to graduate students from the state, nation, and world.
2. To perform fundamental and applied research in the fields of nuclear engineering, engineering physics and mechanics for the benefit of mankind.
3. To perform public service for industries and government programs that require or depend upon nuclear engineering, engineering physics, mechanics, and astronautics.
www.engr.wisc.edu/ep/neep
Wisconsin Citizen Utility Board

Citizens' Utility Board (CUB) is a statewide membership organization incorporated under state and federal laws regulating non-profit groups.

The purpose of the organization is to:

1) ensure effective and democratic representation of residential, farm and small business utility customers before regulatory agencies;

2) ensure effective and democratic representation of residential, farm, and small business utility customers before the legislature and other public bodies; and

3) provide education on utility service costs and on the benefits and methods of energy conservation for consumers.
www.wiscub.org
Wisconsin Electric
Wisconsin Electric is a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation.

Both Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Energy are headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Electric provides electricity, natural gas, and steam service for a 13,000-square-mile area in southeastern Wisconsin, the Appleton area, the Prairie du Chien area, and in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
www.wepco.com
Wisconsin Energy Bureau
The Division of Energy manages statewide energy planning and also maintains state agency ties with local, regional, and federal governments. Primary functions include advising the department and the governor on federal and state-local relations, state and regional energy and coastal management, and emergency energy policies and programs. The division reviews federal legislation and directs state lobbying efforts, prepares and reviews federal grant applications, administers federal energy conservation funds and federal oil overcharge repayment funds and operates the state energy information clearinghouse. Other activities include producing annual population estimates for Wisconsin municipalities and other demographic research, forecasting energy supply and demand, assisting in the development of proposed state and federal energy legislation, and developing energy conservation programs.
www.doa.state.wi.us/depb/index.html
Wisconsin Energy Corporation (WEC)
Wisconsin Energy Corporation (WEC) is a Milwaukee-based holding company with subsidiaries in utility and non-utility businesses. The company serves more than 1 million electric and 921,000 natural gas customers in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula through its utility subsidiaries - Wisconsin Electric, Wisconsin Gas and Edison Sault Electric. Its non-utility subsidiaries include energy services and development, pump manufacturing, waste-to-energy and real estate businesses.
www.wisenergy.com
Wisconsin Environmental Initiative
WEI is a catalyst for cooperation among business, citizen groups and government. They are a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization that facilitates dialogue and collaboration among diverse stakeholders on environmental issues with a goal of producing outcomes that benefit Wisconsin’s environment, economy and quality of life.
http://www.wi-ei.org/
Wisconsin Public Power
WPPI is a statewide power company owned by 32 municipalities that operate electric utilities. These community-owned utilities purchase all of their electric requirements from WPPI and supply power to more than 110,000 homes and businesses throughout Wisconsin.
www.wppisys.org
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation is a regulated electric and gas utility which serves 381,192 electric and 224,058 gas customers in an 11,000 square mile area of Northeastern and Central Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Upper Michigan.
www.wisconsinpublicservice.com
Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
Founded in 1982, the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute's mission is to advance understanding of public policy issues in the electricity, gas, and telecommunications industries. It provides information and education programs in addition to other services that aid in the examination and development of appropriate public policies for those industries. Its programs and services communicate the diversity of views that exist on current policy issues, particularly the leading-edge issues that will affect the future of those industries and the customers they serve.
www.uwexeced.com/wpui/
Wisconsin's Environmental Decade
The Environmental Decade's mission is to protect the environment and preserve the quality of life in Wisconsin through the enactment of progressive public policies, the enforcement of laws and the active participation of people.
www.wienvdecade.org
Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE:XEL), a prominent U.S. electric and natural gas utility with operations in 12 Western and Midwestern states, was formed in August 2000 by the merger of Minneapolis-based Northern States Power Co. and Denver-based New Century Energies.

Xcel Energy provides a complete portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3 million electricity customers and 1.5 million natural gas customers.
www.xcelenergy.com