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National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
What’s New
- Jul 14 - Year Three Action Plan Work Plan (PDF) (16 pp., 181K, About PDF)
- Jul 14 - New Sector Collaborative Report
- Dec 28 - National Action Plan 2025 Vision, New Resources, and Commitments
- Dec 28 - New Building Codes and Energy Efficiency Fact Sheet
The National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency is a private-public initiative begun in the fall of 2005 to create a sustainable, aggressive national commitment to energy efficiency through the collaborative efforts of gas and electric utilities, utility regulators, and other partner organizations. Such a commitment can take advantage of large opportunities in U.S. homes, buildings, and schools to reduce energy use, save billions on customer energy bills, and reduce the need for new power supplies. National Action Plan Leadership Group members are identifying key barriers limiting greater U.S. investment in energy efficiency, and developing and documenting sound business practices for removing these barriers. The Leadership Group members and Observers have been joined by numerous other key stakeholders in making commitments under the National Action Plan to work within their own organizations and across their spheres of influence to increase attention to, remove barriers to, and increase investment in cost-effective energy efficiency.
- Goal
- The goal of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency is to create a sustainable, aggressive national commitment to energy efficiency through gas and electric utilities, utility regulators, and partner organizations.
- Participants
- The National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency is an ongoing effort led by a Leadership Group of more than 60 leading gas and electric utilities, state agencies, energy consumers, energy service providers, and environmental/energy efficiency organizations. A key product are the five Action Plan Recommendations, which many of the Leadership Group organizations and others have endorsed.
- Facilitators
- Co-Chairs
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Marsha Smith
Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
President, National Association of Regulatory Utility CommissionersJames E. Rogers
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Duke Energy - Recommendations
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- Recognize energy efficiency as a high-priority energy resource.
- Make a strong, long-term commitment to implement cost-effective energy efficiency as a resource.
- Broadly communicate the benefits of and opportunities for energy efficiency.
- Provide sufficient, timely, and stable program funding to deliver energy efficiency where cost-effective.
- Modify policies to align utility incentives with the delivery of cost-effective energy efficiency, and modify rate making practices to promote energy efficiency investments.
Did You Know?
Some Say:
Customers will pay more if utilities offer energy efficiency.
The Fact Is:
- Total bills can decrease 2 to 9 percent over a 10-year period.
- Customer will pay more if new, more costly infrastructure is built to serve avoidable demand.
- Lower demand from efficiency programs puts downward pressure on market prices.