State Policy
October 3, 2012
Today we’ve released our 2012 State Scorecard. Massachusetts retained the top spot for the second year in a row, having overtaken California last year. The report examines six of the primary policy areas in which states typically pursue...
September 26, 2012
Every year, we take a wide-ranging look at energy efficiency in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in our report, the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. The State Scorecard benchmarks the states according to the policies and programs that...
September 13, 2012
The recent boom in shale gas production and the subsequent decrease in the price of natural gas have left some wondering what the role for energy efficiency will be in the future. As a new ACEEE white paper explains, energy efficiency measures are...
September 6, 2012
The economic benefits of energy efficiency extend far beyond lowering energy bills for consumers. Efficiency also contributes to economic development and job creation. But who benefits most from these economic opportunities? At every step of the...
August 7, 2012
As the energy efficiency of products, homes, and businesses improves, it becomes less expensive to operate them. The rebound effect postulates that people increase their use of products and facilities as a result of this reduction in operating...
May 10, 2012
ACEEE is improving the methodology it uses to evaluate a state’s policies toward combined heat and power (CHP) for this year’s annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. The new analysis will incorporate lessons learned from prior years...
May 1, 2012
ACEEE has collaborated with state and local stakeholders for decades, arming them with valuable, up-to-date resources on energy efficiency to facilitate effective program and policy development and deployment. Recently we developed our State and...
January 17, 2012
As our Executive Director Steven Nadel pointed out in a recent blog post, energy efficiency had mixed success in 2011. At the state level, however, we saw some nice improvements, many of which were reflected in our 2011 State Energy Efficiency...
January 10, 2012
A few weeks ago I presented to state regulatory commissioners at the NARUC fall meeting, and many of the questions coming from utility commissioners were about combined heat and power (CHP). This attention on CHP is not isolated. Congressional...
January 6, 2012
Looking forward into 2012, I see more reasons for optimism than pessimism. Many states and utilities are committed to ramping up their energy efficiency programs this year and even more are considering similar steps. For example, Massachusetts...