On April 19, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed an implementation framework for the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (created by the Inflation Reduction Act), which include…
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On April 19, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed an implementation framework for the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (created by the Inflation Reduction Act), which includes decarbonization retrofits in buildings as a priority. ACEEE’s comments suggest modifications to the framework to ensure the fund can support a wide range of efficiency measures to help achieve the decarbonization and pollution reduction goals (industrial, transportation system, combined efficiency and solar projects), and to ensure the fund can effectively provide critical support for affordable housing and for low-income and disadvantaged communities.
The commonwealth spends almost $11 billion a year buying energy from out of state. Mass Save lowers bills and keeps money at home.
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.
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.
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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