Introduction: This memo on Mass Save history was created by Steve Cowell who was involved with the utilities and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) in the early 1980’s as the effort to recreate Mass Save to effectively deliver energy efficiency was a new effort. This is being delivered by NEEEC, which is directed by Steve Cowell….
NEEEC has been involved in Massachusetts on the newly released and now in negotiation between House and Senate on an Energy Affordability Bill that has some good and some negative parts. These are presented in the next section. In addition, we have tracked work in New York between the utilities and NYSERDA with a focus on low income program delivery.
America’s Energy Efficiency Relies on 2.3 Million Americans and Counting The EE sector employs more than twice as many workers as the entire fossil fuel industry. This statistic highlights the critical role that workers play in the shift to cleaner energy and greater efficiency in our homes, businesses, and communities. This is great news because…
The 15th edition of the ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard provides a progress report on state energy efficiency policies and programs that save energy, advance equity, and produce environmental and economic benefits.
The stage is set for historic investments in energy efficiency (EE) to extendacross all sectors of the U.S. economy, underscoring efficiency’s crucialrole in addressing the serious pollution impacts of our built environmen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program recognizes MassSave for its substantial and continued work bringing efficiency services and products to businesses, institutions and residents in the Commonwealth.
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center announced the grantees for funding of microgrid feasibility studies. The 14 awards total $1,000,000 in funding.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) has released its 2017 state energy efficiency scorecard and five northeast states are ranked in the top ten.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) has published its 2017 scorecard of the top large cities for energy efficiency. Boston continues as the number one city, followed by New York City, Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles. Providence, RI was the other New England locale to make the rankings, coming in at number 31….
Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, details employment in the largest sector of the clean energy economy.
The New England electricity grid manager, Independent System Operator – New England (ISO-NE) projects that energy efficiency programs will reduce the region’s annual growth in electricity to under 1%. Click here to read the ISO-NE press release.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) has released its 2015 state energy efficiency scorecard and five northeast states are ranked in the top ten. Massachusetts was rated first for the fifth consecutive year and Vermont (#3) and Rhode Island (#4) maintained their top five scores. Connecticut (#6) and New York (#9) also made…
The American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) has released its 2016 state energy efficiency scorecard and five northeast states are ranked in the top ten. Massachusetts was rated first for the sixth consecutive year, sharing the honor with California, and Vermont (#3) and Rhode Island (#4) maintained their top five scores. Connecticut and New…
The American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) has released its 2015 efficiency ratings of American cities and Boston maintains the top spot and New York moves to second place. Boston was the only city to score 80 points out of a possible 100. The other top ten cities are Washington, DC (#3), San Francisco…
Conservation Services Group of Westborough, MA has announced that it will be purchased by CLEAResult. Founded in 1984, CSG provides home energy assessments for utilities and energy efficiency organizations nation-wide. CLEAResult helps utilities and businesses with the design, marketing and implementation of energy programs. Click here to read the CLEAResult press release.
The Program Administrators of the Massachusetts energy efficiency programs today announced the 2014 year-end program results, reporting record savings for both electricity and natural gas. The electricity programs produced annual savings of over 1.3 million megawatt-hours, a 22% increase from 2013. The natural gas programs produced savings of over 28 million therms, an 18% increase…