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Public Statements & Commitments in Support of the Action Plan

More than 60 leading organizations have joined together to develop the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency with a goal to achieve all cost-effective energy efficiency by the year 2025.

A key component of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency is stakeholders committing to take action to advance the Recommendations in their spheres of influence. You can view the Complete listing of all Public Statements and Commitments, including those that have provided progress updates.

As of June 2008, over 95 public statements and commitments by 123 organizations have been made to advance energy efficiency under the National Action Plan. These stakeholders include over 30 utilities, over 40 state and local agencies, and numerous large energy users, environmental groups, trade associations and others. These stakeholder statements are documented in the complete listing of all Public Statements & Commitments in Support of the Action Plan (PDF) (41 pp., 562K, About PDF).

On November 12, 2007 the Leadership Group released an update on commitments made during the first year of the Action Plan. Commitments and updates have been organized in alphabetical order; click on a grouping to expand and view.

The following categories have been developed for tracking individual commitments to energy efficiency:

  1. Recognize energy efficiency as a high priority resource
    1. Support and active participation in new stakeholder process
    2. New and advancing efforts for energy efficiency in planning
    3. Support utility dockets and legislative activity in state (includes potential studies, rate design proceedings, utility planning, utility incentives)
  2. Make a strong, long-term commitment to cost-effective energy efficiency as a resource
    1. Amount (MW/MWh) of new demand to be met through energy efficiency (includes targets)
    2. End-user energy efficiency goals, annual energy use and savings achieved
    3. Start new and/or expand existing energy efficiency programs
    4. Internal leadership and organizational changes to advance energy efficiency
  3. Broadly communicate the benefits of and opportunities for energy efficiency
    1. Outreach/Educational Efforts
    2. Advocacy efforts
    3. Adjusting building codes and standards
  4. Provide sufficient, timely, and stable funding to deliver energy efficiency where cost-effective
    1. Additional money to be spent on energy efficiency programs
    2. Deciding on consistent funding and cost recovery mechanism for energy efficiency
  5. Modify policies to align utility incentives with delivery of cost-effective energy efficiency and modify rate making practices to promote energy efficiency investments
    1. Explore potential to remove throughput incentive by utility, regulator, state, or region
    2. New rate design that encourage energy efficiency

In conjunction with the July 31, 2006 national release of the Action Plan, numerous organizations issued press releases documenting their support. EPA is pleased to provide a sampling of these releases.

If your organization is interested in making a commitment (PDF) (1 pg., 58K, About PDF) or endorsement under the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, please contact Katrina Pielli (pielli.katrina@epa.gov) and Larry Mansueti (lawrence.mansueti@hq.doe.gov) to discuss. Please review the stakeholder statements that have been made to date to assist you. Note: endoring any component of the Action Plan stands for endorsement of that document/material/effort only and not other materials or efforts under the Action Plan.

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