Energy Efficiency

DOE
Options for Clean Dispatchable Power Each Have Caveats

All seven clean energy technologies evaluated for a new report might someday help New York reach its decarbonization goals, but each would require innovation and support to reach that potential.

Acadia Center
Report Projects $19.3B in Benefits from New England Efficiency Programs
Projected energy efficiency investments in New England over the next three years will generate an estimated $19.3 billion in lifetime benefits, returning $2.93 for every dollar spent, according to new analysis by the Acadia Center.
DOE
Officials Discuss Ways to Educate Customers on Efficiency
Rising demand and power bills are giving an extra push to expand demand-side management programs, but experts said the industry needs to do more to educate consumers to take advantage of the resources.
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Power Play: Pragmatism, Adaptation and a Touch of Wishful Thinking at Climate Week NYC
New York, frenetic at the best of times, bordered on frantic when Climate Week coincided with the U.N. General Assembly meeting, writes Dej Knuckey.
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Advocates Defend Energy Efficiency Programs in Massachusetts
Climate and consumer advocates called on Massachusetts lawmakers to preserve the state’s energy efficiency programs as legislators work to develop an energy affordability bill in response to high gas and electricity costs over the past winter.
EIA
Power Play: Extreme Heat is Set to Test Grid Reliability, Human Resiliency
Heat affects the full length of the electric supply chain: from generation, through the grid, to utilities’ customers, says columnist Dej Knuckey.
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PNW on Track to Meet Energy Savings Goals, NWPCC Finds
The Pacific Northwest is on track to meet energy efficiency goals set in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s 2021 power plan after having saved 160 aMW through improvements in 2024, the council said in a news release.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Monitor Discusses Market Trends, Energy Transition
The New England wholesale electricity markets performed competitively in 2024, while decreased imports and higher emissions compliance rates increased overall market costs, the ISO-NE Internal Market Monitor told the NEPOOL Participants Committee.
IESO
Stakeholders Frustrated by Lack of Details on Toronto DSM Study

IESO officials say they will release more information on how the ISO constructed its study of the potential for incremental energy savings in Toronto after stakeholders complained they lack enough details to comment meaningfully.

IESO
Ontario to Expand Industrial Energy Efficiency Program

IESO will expand its industrial demand-side management program, increasing funding and allowing both larger and smaller participants than currently permitted.


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