Behavior-based energy efficiency programs, including home energy reports, have long helped utilities deliver energy savings. But as priorities shift toward cutting climate pollution, reducing grid strain, and supporting home electrification, these programs are evolving.
Join us for a webinar exploring a new report detailing how behavior-based programs are adapting to meet today’s energy challenges while continuing to deliver results. We’ll share key insights on what’s working, where there’s room to grow, and emerging behavior-based energy efficiency programs utilities can adopt to drive even more savings and benefits.
Attendees will hear firsthand perspectives from a major U.S. utility and a state utility commissioner on the benefits and challenges of implementing home energy reports, including what has worked in practice and what lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Speakers
Reuven Sussman, Director of the Behavior, Health and Human Dimensions Program, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
Reuven leads research on energy efficiency behavior change and health programs. He directs BEAR Hub (Behavior, Energy, Action and Research), co-chairs the BECC conference (Behavior, Energy and Climate Change), and has authored academic papers and book chapters on the psychology of climate change, behavioral interventions to encourage energy efficiency, and the psychological determinants of pro-environmental behavior. Reuven has been an advisor for organizations, including the G20, that implement energy efficiency behavior change programs, and has testified before the California legislature and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. He has also served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Environmental Psychology and the Journal of Social Psychology.
Stacey Paradis, Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission
Stacey was appointed to the Illinois Commerce Commission by Governor JB Pritzker and brings more than 25 years of experience in government relations, public affairs, and nonprofit management, including with the YMCA, Orbitz, and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. Most recently, she served as the executive director of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.
She serves as co-vice chair of NARUC’s Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment and is a member of NARUC’s Nuclear Issues and Waste Disposal Committee and EV State Working Group. She was named to the NARUC Natural Gas Resource Planning Task Force and also serves on the Advanced Nuclear State Collaborative and the NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group.
Michael Burger, Senior Manager of Building Electrification & Efficiency Program Delivery, PG&E
Michael has worked at Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for over 20 years, with 16+ years as a strategy, finance and operations leader in clean energy solutions programs. Currently, Michael leads a large team overseeing the implementation and delivery of PG&E’s energy efficiency and building electrification programs, including the Continuous Energy Feedback Program (CEFP). CEFP is a residential behavioral platform providing customers with several different tools to save energy and money, with the primary customer product being the Home Energy Report (HER), delivered in partnership with Oracle. PG&E’s Home Energy Report is one of the largest in the country in terms of customer’s served, reaching over 3 million customers per year and continues to be a cornerstone of one of the most successful energy efficiency portfolios in the country.
Moderator: Forest Bradley-Wright, Director of State and Utility Program, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Forest is working to advance energy efficiency policies and practices that increase economic prosperity for all, reduce our reliance on outdated fossil fuels, and accelerate our transition to a more just, reliable, and affordable clean energy future. Forest joined ACEEE in 2023. Prior to joining ACEEE, Forest was the energy efficiency director at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and senior policy director at the Alliance for Affordable Energy in New Orleans, where he started his energy policy career in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Forest earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Tulane University in Latin American studies, with a focus on environmental law, business, and international sustainable development.
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