LPDD

Pathway 3.

Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Buildings and Industry → Lighting, Appliances, and Other Equipment

3.1.7 State Energy Efficiency Resource Standards

LPDD Recommendation: “States should adopt EERS’s with an aggressive initial annual savings level that ratchets up each year, and should periodically reexamine and strengthen the required savings level as more-efficient technologies evolve.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States should design and implement effective energy efficiency programs to achieve annual energy savings equal to at least 2% of utility electricity sales (the current average is 0.71%) and increase over time, and states who aim to lead on energy efficiency should set the minimum level at 3% or higher.”

New Mexico’s HB 291

State Legislatures
Set a new 2025 target to achieve efficiency savings of 5% relative to 2020 sales, raised the cap on efficiency spending, and enabled revenue decoupling. 

EmPower Maryland

State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions
Requires utilities to achieve energy savings reductions equivalent to two percent of sales per year for the 2020-2030 program cycle.

ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

States and State Governments, Local Governments
Ranks states on their policy and program efforts, not only assessing performance but also documenting best practices and recognizing leadership.

New Jersey’s EERS

State Legislatures
State legislation and responsive PUC Order requires each utility to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce electricity usage by 2.15 percent and natural gas usage by 1.1 percent annually.

New Hampshire’s SB 284

State Legislatures
In 2019’s SB 284, New Hampshire established a statewide, multi-use online energy data platform, allowing consumers to monitor their energy usage and encourage energy efficient behaviors.

New York’s EERS

States and State Governments
Establishes a 2030 goal to increase energy efficiency from 2012 levels by 23%, and incorporates the governor’s previous target of 185 trillion Btus of end-use energy savings below the 2025 energy-use forecast.

Rhode Island’s EERS

States and State Governments
Establishes a Least Cost Procurement mandate, requiring utilities to acquire all cost-effective energy efficiency with input and review from the Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council.