Expanding access to energy efficiency and clean energy for families, communities and businesses. Delivering reliable, clean, and affordable power to more Americans. Building the technologies of tomorrow through clean energy demonstrations. The infrastructure deal will: Require all construction workers on projects funded by the deal to be paid prevailing wages , according to the Davis-Bacon Act. Invest hundreds of millions in workforce development , giving workers in the electric grid, clean buildings, and industrial sectors access to training in cutting-edge technologies that will spur their careers in the years to come.
Establish a multi-agency Energy Jobs Council to work with stakeholders and oversee the development and release of energy jobs and workforce data to inform decisions by governments, businesses, and other stakeholders at the national, state, and local level.
Expanding Access to Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy for Families, Communities and Businesses Clean energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels in most parts of the country, and it keeps getting cheaper.
Together, these investments will reduce energy costs in our schools and improve teacher and student health by improving indoor air quality. Delivering Reliable, Clean, and Affordable Power to More Americans Bringing the electrical grid into the 21 st century Extreme weather events like the Dixie Wildfire, Hurricane Ida, and the Texas Freeze have made it clear that our existing energy infrastructure cannot endure the impacts of climate change.
The objective of the Facilities Management and Operations program is to provide safe, functional, and efficient facilities in direct support of the law enforcement, licensing, and regulatory programs and services provided to citizens, which operate out of more than 3. The Department of Public Safety recently completed the facilities condition assessment, which provides health and safety identified deficiencies as priority projects.
The agency also desires to bring older facilities into compliance with the American with Disabilities Act - Title II and Texas Accessibility Standards requirements and other building codes, replace equipment and systems on a planned basis, address overcrowding, install additional security features to protect buildings, and reduce energy and utility consumption. The Department of Public Safety operates a fleet of more than 5, vehicles. The fleet management program includes developing vehicle specifications and design plans as well as building-out and maintaining specialized law enforcement vehicles.
Infrastructure Operations. Infrastructure Operations Division. Infrastructure Operations Division The Infrastructure Operations Division provides a wide variety of core support functions and services to the Department of Public Safety, including law enforcement communications, facilities management, fleet management, procurement and contract management, the Historically Underutilized Business program, distribution services, reprographic and digital production, mail services, asset management, records management, policy management, enterprise risk management, continuity of operations planning, and enterprise project management.
The health physicists investigate compliance with radioactive-materials regulations regarding construction, operation, security, and closure at regulated facilities, and are members of the state radiological emergency-response team. The division has an Emergency Management Support Team that supports the state's capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters caused by nature or people.
Part of this function involves coordinating state-level preparation activities with TDEM and supporting the TCEQ's regional offices by training staff on enhanced disaster preparedness, and response to and recovery from large-scale or statewide disasters.
Another part of these efforts is the TCEQ BioWatch Program, a federal initiative that focuses on early detection of bioterrorism agents to enable the earliest possible response to an attack. The Enforcement Division protects human health and the environment through enforcement of the TCEQ rules, regulations, and permits. When determining penalties, the TCEQ considers the nature, circumstances, extent, duration and gravity of the violation; the severity of the impact on human health and the environment; compliance history; culpability; good faith effort to comply; economic benefit; deterrence; and other factors as justice may require.
The Monitoring Division provides the TCEQ with the foundation for making sound, scientifically-based decisions for the protection of public health and the environment by ensuring the collection, analysis, and display of quality environmental data. The division oversees the Texas air quality monitoring program, which samples and analyzes the air in Texas and reports the results to the public and the U.
It relies on a network of stationary monitors that belong to the state, local governments, councils of governments, and private partners , labs that analyze samples, and short-term mobile monitoring of emission sources. The program generates data for:. Accreditation ensures that environmental labs meet established standards and reduces the risk of poor environmental decisions.
The Program Support and Environmental Assistance Division provides support to customers for programs that span the state of Texas:. SBLGA staff provide confidential compliance assistance on air, water, and waste regulations to small businesses and small local governments.
Services include:. Program Support staff provide technical and programmatic assistance to the regional offices. Staff also coordinate compliance efforts with the U. Environmental Protection Agency. The Landscape Irrigation Program conserves water through its efficient application to promote healthy plant and turf materials and protects human health by requiring backflow prevention.
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