ACEEE | American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Apr 30, 2013
Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Resource Standard: Impacts on the Ohio Wholesale Electricity Market and Benefits to the State
Utility energy efficiency programs generate significant financial benefits to Ohio’s customers in four primary ways: (1) they help reduce customer demand for electricity, thereby directly red…
Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Resource Standard: Impacts on the Ohio Wholesale Electricity Market and Benefits to the State
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Utility energy efficiency programs generate significant financial benefits to Ohio’s customers in four primary ways: (1) they help reduce customer demand for electricity, thereby directly reducing monthly electricity bills for participants; (2) they reduce customer demand, or load, which lowers wholesale energy prices, particularly in the short and medium term; (3) in a competitive wholesale capacity market, bidding in energy efficiency resources lowers wholesale capacity prices; and (4) they provide revenue for utilities that bid energy efficiency resources into wholesale capacity auctions, which helps to offset energy efficiency program costs.
In this analysis, we quantify the benefits that would accrue through the full implementation of the energy efficiency resource standard (EERS) in Ohio through 2020. Our analysis shows that there is an inextricable link between Ohio’s energy policy and its economic health and that continuing Ohio’s EERS could save customers a total of almost $5.6 billion in avoided energy expenditures and reduced wholesale energy and capacity prices.
Bridging the Equity Gap for Utility Energy Efficiency Programs
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.
Efficiency Saves: Cutting Energy Waste Can Save $31,000 per Household
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.
Congress Can Cut Freight Costs and Consumer Prices by Addressing Key Issues in the BUILD America 250 Act
The BUILD America 250 Act, advanced by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, would eliminate or weaken many programs that help lower transportation …
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