Acadia Center Letter to New York State Public Service Commission on Track 2

Annual Report 2014

Investing in Energy Efficiency to Optimize the Electric System, Spur Markets and Achieve Consumer and Environmental Benefits

Utility Rate Design Principles

The Missing Energy Crisis

The Missing Energy Crisis was originally published in CommonWealth Magazine. Part I  is available here, part II is available here, and part III is available here.

CT Energy Efficiency Board 2014 Report

UtilityVision

MA Energy Efficiency Benefits Factsheet

Energy Efficiency Engine of Economic Growth in Canada

Other assessments of energy efficiency programs show large direct savings to consumers and growth in energy service jobs. By looking at the broader, macroeconomic impacts of those savings, Acadia Center’s modeling study shows that the energy savings generated by efficiency programs frees up money for new spending (in the residential sector) and promotes increased competitiveness and output among businesses and industry. This translates into significant economic growth and job creation potential.

RGGI A Successful Carbon Pricing Program

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cap-and-trade system in North America. The program has been in place since 2009 and regulates fossil fuel-powered electric generating plants in nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.1 The RGGI region had a combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of approximately $2.6 trillion in 2012—four times that of Ontario and almost 50% more than the entire Canadian economy in the same year