ACEEE's 3rd National Scorecard on Utility and Public Benefits Energy Efficiency Programs: A National Review and Update of State-Level Activity

This third "scorecard" report provides data for each state for 2000 and 2003. Key information includes overall state-level data on utility sector energy efficiency program spending and savings, along with derived indicators of program activity: spending per capita, spending as a percentage of utility revenues, and energy savings as a percentage of sales. While spending dropped precipitously during the onset of "restructuring" in the mid 1990s, this report documents a continuing rebound in such spending since the low point in 1998. Unfortunately, the data also reveal that a significant proportion of states (roughly half) still have little or no utility sector energy efficiency programs or funding.

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