ACEEE provides this library of resources to arm stakeholders with valuable, up-to-date information to facilitate effective and successful program and policy development and deployment. Below you will find a series of technical resources on a variety of energy efficiency policy and program topics. Each resource provides readers with background information, links for more information and additional technical assistance documents. This Toolkit continues to evolve as we identify additional state needs, so if you do not find the right tool, please do not hesitate to contact us. We also maintain a toolkits on local energy efficiency policy and rural energy efficiency.
While governors across the country are setting innovative energy policies, energy efficiency can help them go even farther toward meeting state goals. Saving energy creates jobs, develops the workf…
Program costs include those for program administration, implementation and evaluation. Because program costs reduce utility revenues on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the reasonable, timely oppor…
Energy efficiency programs are designed to reduce the amount of electricity and gas that customers use, but this reduction in sales impacts utilities’ marginal revenue. Lost margin recovery a…
While program cost and lost margin recovery mechanisms serve to mitigate the utility disincentive to invest in energy efficiency due to a reduction in sales, they do not necessa…
Congress should: Establish a federal energy efficiency resource standard (EERS) with savings targets for electric and natural gas utility energy efficiency programs. The federal EERS could also inc…
Energy efficiency is an important utility system resource that saves money for customers, generates jobs, and brings economic development to states. To capture these benefits, many states and utili…
Why Intelligent Efficiency Is Important Intelligent efficiency is the incremental energy savings made possible by using information and communication technologies. Applications range from Internet-…
Energy efficiency in the utility industry has grown substantially in the past decade, largely due to its benefits in addressing many of the industry’s most pressing concerns: system reliability, en…
Updated April 28, 2021 Nationally, low-income households spend three times more of their income on energy bills as compared to non-low-income households (i.e., have disproportionally high energy bu…
The Need for Tailored Multifamily Energy Efficiency Programs When it comes to energy efficiency planning, many utilities and regulators have traditionally overlooked the multifamily sector, which d…
Introduction On-bill lending is a method of financing energy efficiency improvements that uses the utility bill as the repayment vehicle. This method is sometimes also applied to distributed clean …
Upfront costs are one of the major barriers to implementing energy efficiency projects in homes and businesses. Effective financing strategies can minimize these costs to encourage property owners …
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