ACEEE | American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
May 30, 2013
New Orleans’ Efficient Path to 2030: Leadership to Save Energy, Lower Bills, and Create Jobs
The homes, buildings, and other facilities in New Orleans hold great potential for improved efficiency, which together can reduce energy demand and save consumers money by avoiding the need for new…
New Orleans’ Efficient Path to 2030: Leadership to Save Energy, Lower Bills, and Create Jobs
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The homes, buildings, and other facilities in New Orleans hold great potential for improved efficiency, which together can reduce energy demand and save consumers money by avoiding the need for new traditional energy investments. Energy efficiency investments are proven, cost-effective methods to reduce energy expenses at both the utility and customer scale while helping to improve the local economies. Energy efficiency is the cheapest, cleanest, and least-risk solution to meet rising energy demand, while also bringing economic development, addressing the volatility of fuel prices, and hedging against uncertainty in environmental regulations.
A comprehensive portfolio of energy efficiency policies, such as building energy codes and customer efficiency programs, has the potential to cost-effectively meet a cumulative 8% of the city’s electricity needs in 2020, increasing to 20% in 2030; and a cumulative 4.5% of natural gas needs by 2020, increasing to 14.5% by 2030. The recommended set of commercial and residential efficiency policies and programs in this report can reduce energy costs in New Orleans by $443 million over the life of the energy-saving measures. Our macroeconomic assessment finds that by 2030, the portfolio of policies and programs would result in net annual benefits of $169 million in economic output, including $62 million in wages and $41 million in business income to small business owners, 1,500 person-years of employment, and increased state and local tax revenues of $6 million.
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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