Policymakers at the state and federal can take a number of concrete actions to realize the benefits that result from expanded energy efficiency and renewable energy resources. No single policy strategy will achieve the results outlined in this report. Rather, a portfolio of strategies is most likely to achieve quick and sustained savings from energy efficiency and renewable energy resources. These strategies include:

• Energy Efficiency Performance Targets and Expanded Public Benefit Funds
• Expanded Federal Funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable (EERE) Implementation and R&D Programs at DOE and EPA
• Appliance Efficiency Standards
• Insuring More Efficient Buildings Through Codes
• Support of Clean and Efficient Distributed Generation
• Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Public Awareness Campaign by State and National Leaders similar to what was done in California in 2001

For more information on policies that encourage efficient use of natural gas:

• ACEEE Research Reports on Natural Gas Policy Responses
• ACEEE Testimony on Role of Energy Efficiency in the Natural Gas Crisis
• ACEEE Energy Policy Program

ACEEE Testimony on Role of Energy Efficiency in the Natural Gas Crisis

• Energy Efficiency as a Response to the Severe Problems in U.S. Natural Gas Markets — 124KB
— Testimony of ACEEE's R. Neal Elliott, Industry Program Director (September 2005)
• ACEEE Comments to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Natural Gas Conference: Proposed Policy Solutions (January 2005)
• Efficiency's Role in Restoring the U.S Economy's Health (380KB)
— Testimony of ACEEE's William Prindle, Deputy Director (October 2004)
• Efficiency's Role in Rebalancing Natural Gas Markets and Preserving Manufacturing Jobs (356KB)
— Testimony of ACEEE's William Prindle, Deputy Director (September 2004)
• The Role of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Meeting Future National Energy Needs (255KB)
— Testimony of ACEEE's Steven Nadel, Executive Director (May 2004)
• The Role of Energy Efficiency in Solving the Natural Gas Problem (247KB)
— Testimony of ACEEE's William Prindle, Deputy Director (July 2003)
• Energy Efficiency as a Response to the Severe Problems Emerging in U.S. Natural Gas Markets (239KB)
— Testimony of ACEEE's William Prinde, Deputy Director (June 2003)
• ACEEE Makes the Efficiency Case to Congress on Addressing the Natural Gas Crisis (158KB)
  — Senate Briefing (June 10, 2003)

For more information contact:
R. Neal Elliott, Industry and Agriculture Program Director

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