This plan is being implemented in response to the challenging high energy bills, air pollution, global climate change, and energy security. If this energy efficiency process is implemented correctly, over 500 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year and $500 billion dollars in the US could be saved by the year 2025.
Their main strategy is to increase energy efficiency use in homes, businesses, schools, and governments, which consume 70% of the natural gas and electricity in the United States. In order to accomplish this, the Plan has provided ten implementation goals:
1. Establish Cost Effective Energy Efficiency as a High Priority Resource
2. Develop Processes to Align Utilities Incentives Equally for Efficiency and Supply Resources
3. Establish Cost-Effectiveness Tests
4. Establish Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification Mechanisms
5. Establish Effective Energy Efficiency Delivery Mechanisms
6. Develop State Policies to Ensure Robust Energy Efficiency Practices
7. Align Customer Pricing and Incentives to Encourage Investment in Energy Efficiency
8. Establish State of the Art Billing Systems
9. Implement State of the Art Efficiency Information Sharing and Delivery Systems
10. Implement Advanced Technologies
This plan should provide a great incentive to take advantage of the benefits and sustainability that energy efficiency can offer. This is a chance for utilities, governments, and consumers to do their part in taking care of the environment and improving the future.
