This memo discusses utilities’ efforts to engage their communities in decision-making and improve language accessibility, based on their performance in the 2023 Utility Energy Efficiency Scorecard….
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This memo discusses utilities’ efforts to engage their communities in decision-making and improve language accessibility, based on their performance in the 2023 Utility Energy Efficiency Scorecard. When they engage their communities in an inclusive way, utilities can ensure that they accurately understand and address the barriers disinvested community members face. Similarly, by taking an information-driven approach to language access, they can help customers benefit from services such as bill assistance or energy efficiency programs. Across the scorecard, we found that utilities can substantially improve their efforts to embed equity in their programs. In this memo, we profile the efforts of Portland General Electric and Mass Save, which set strong examples for other utilities looking to advance procedural equity.
Expanded utility-funded energy efficiency programs can significantly slow rising electricity demand and reduce electricity bills; this report explains how.
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.
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.
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