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Energy Efficiency Mandates

MCLI Recommendation: “State and local governments should adopt separate energy-efficiency mandates for utilities, with a primary focus on reducing both total and peak consumption.”

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Example States and State Governments

New York’s 2019 Climate Mobilization Act

New York’s 2019 Climate Mobilization Act established a 2030 goal to increase energy efficiency from 2012 levels by 23%. The Act also incorporated the governor’s previous target of 185 trillion Btus of...
Example States and State Governments

Massachusetts’ Energy Efficiency Resource Standard

Massachusetts’ Energy Efficiency Resource Standard is considered to be one of the most effective and ambitious in the nation. It was established by Massachusetts’ Green Communities Act, which requires...
Resource States and State Governments

ACEEE Report, How Utility Energy Efficiency Programs Can Use New Federal Funding

The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) together provide approximately $50 billion for energy efficiency implementation. The programs funded by these laws can...
Resource Local Governments

RAP Report, Principle of Smart Heat Electrification

RAP’s 2020 report surveys policies that impact smart heat electrification, including electricity pricing, energy efficiency obligations, carbon intensity standards, financial support schemes, building...
Example States and State Governments

Rhode Island’s Comprehensive Energy Conservation, Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2006

Rhode Island’s Comprehensive Energy Conservation, Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2006 establishes a Least Cost Procurement mandate, requiring utilities to acquire all cost-effective energy effici...
Example States and State Governments

Virginia’s Grid Transformation and Security Act (2018)

Virginia’s Grid Transformation and Security Act of 2018 aims to return money to utility customers, unwind an existing rate freeze, reform the oversight process for electric utilities, and establish a ...
Example States and State Governments

New Jersey’s A-3723 and Implementing Order

2018’s A-3723 requires each utility to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce electricity usage by 2 percent and natural gas usage by 0.75 percent annually. In 2020, NJ’s PUC issued an order r...