Category Archives: Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency: On-Bill Programs Making Inroads

Posted on December 20, 2011

An innovative energy-efficiency financing tool that enables homeowners and businesses to pay for retrofits via their utility bills is reaching customers in historically underserved markets, says a new report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The … Continue reading →

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State EERSs Produce Cost-Effective Energy Savings, Reports Say

Posted on July 7, 2011

State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) have grown in prominence over the last ten years as a means of lowering consumers’ utility bills, reducing the need to build expensive new power plants and decreasing emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases from … Continue reading →

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New England States Embrace PACE Financing, with Revisions

Posted on June 24, 2011

Last July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency halted a popular energy efficiency financing mechanism that proponents said would catalyze home efficiency retrofits, but that regulators warned could raise homeowner debt burdens, and increase the risk of default. A few New … Continue reading →

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