Policies and programs that address customer end uses of energy, both electric and natural gas, are critical for achieving greater energy efficiency. The policies that underpin these programs includ…
Policies and programs that address customer end uses of energy, both electric and natural gas, are critical for achieving greater energy efficiency. The policies that underpin these programs include utility regulation and legislation that guides state efforts to advance energy efficiency. Regulation can provide utility incentives to pursue energy efficiency and compensate a utility’s lost revenue from energy efficiency measures. State legislatures can prod utility commissions to adopt these regulations with explicit legislation. Another major policy states can adopt is the Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS), which requires utilities to annually save a certain percentage of energy over a multi-year period.
The Toolkit pieces we include in this section were developed to inform stakeholders in states that are at various stages of developing their energy efficiency policies and program portfolios. Here stakeholders will find resources that run the gamut of regulatory policy as it relates to utility investment in energy efficiency, from developing foundational regulatory policy to advancing cost-effective utility-financed energy efficiency programs that aim to generate deep energy savings.
Expanded utility-funded energy efficiency programs can significantly slow rising electricity demand and reduce electricity bills; this report explains how.
Utility energy efficiency programs have increased investment in low-income households, but significant gaps remain. This report examines spending and savings trends across 48 major U.S. utilities, identifies barriers to expanding low-income programs and highlights policies and program strategies that can improve energy affordability and equitable access to efficiency upgrades.
This report identifies pathways for India’s cement industry to decarbonise at a pace compatible with the national climate goal of net-zero emissions by 2070.
The United States faces interlocking energy challenges: rising home energy bills and gasoline prices; new demand for electricity from data centers and other loads; high greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.
Now, a new era of energy efficiency progress in our buildings, transportation, and industry is needed to meet this moment. This wide-ranging study finds a massive opportunity.
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