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Western Governor Association – Enhancing State Energy Efficiency Efforts Through Information and Outreach to Consumers

Energy efficiency and conservation offer states a low-cost approach for meeting energy demand, with savings available in all states and across homes, businesses, farms, and industry. Governors have supported a variety of policy mechanisms to encourage energy efficiency–among them, creating dedicated funding and financing streams, establishing standards and procurement requirements, and providing utilities incentives to invest in energy efficiency. Despite such efforts, states’ ability to realize the full potential of cost-effective energy efficiency is limited by gaps in consumer information and motivation to use energy more efficiently.

Full Story: http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1205ENERGYPAPER.PDF

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