Appliance Standards
May 31, 2009
The past few months have been very busy ones on national energy policy. Since the Obama Administration and the new Congress started work, energy and energy efficiency have been high on the federal policy agenda. Below are highlights of the latest...
February 25, 2009
Congress is planning to consider three major pieces of energy-related legislation in 2009:
An economic stimulus bill (just enacted)
An energy bill
Climate change legislation
We are referring to this as the “energy trifecta,...
November 12, 2008
The election is over. President-elect Obama’s transition team has already started its work, and in Congress, new leadership will be elected. What can we expect from the new Administration and a new Congress on energy efficiency policy?...
November 12, 2008
Last month ACEEE finalized a new on-line resource for state policymakers and energy efficiency advocates, the State Energy Efficiency Policy Database. The site serves as an easy-to-use on-line database of energy efficiency policies in the states,...
November 12, 2008
In October, ACEEE released The 2008 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, the second annual edition of the state-by-state rankings on energy efficiency programs and policies. Issued at a time of skyrocketing energy prices and concerns about energy...
November 12, 2008
ACEEE staff completed an analysis and report on the potential for energy efficiency policies in the Commonwealth of Virginia and presented it to Governor Kaine at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Energy and Sustainability Conference in...
July 15, 2007
ACEEE analysis on the energy savings from the Senate and House bills
Congress is on track to pass new energy legislation, only two years after the last federal energy bill. The new legislation will include a major focus on energy efficiency....
January 7, 2007
Residential water heating consumes a lot of energy—almost 3 Quads per year or 13% of residential energy use—making it the second-largest home energy user. But the energy efficiency of the conventional storage water heaters that...
January 7, 2007
The results of November's election will increase the chances of new energy efficiency legislation in 2007. Public opinion polls show voters concerned about rising U.S. dependence on imported energy and about global warming. Even President Bush...
September 19, 2005
On August 8th, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law after 4 ½ years of work by Congress. The new law deals with a wide array of topics including energy efficiency, renewable energy, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power...