By Jim OReilly |
Editor's Note: Since publication of this blog, lawmakers agreed on a budget that diverts $3 million of RGGI proceeds into the general fund.
Earlier this spring, NEEP issued its annual Regional Roundup of Energy Efficiency Policy, which we undertake each year in order to give policymakers, regulators, program administrators and other energy efficiency stakeholders a comparative view of the…
By Jim OReilly |
Have you crossed paths with these terms recently? Becuase we certainly have.
“Utility 2.0”
“Utility of the Future”
“Intelligent Efficiency”
“Reforming the Energy Vision”
It’s hard to open a newsletter, attend a conference or read a blog these days without hearing or reading about the game-changing, landscape-altering, markets-animating,…
By Jim OReilly |
What ingredients are propelling Delaware, and what could ensure progress in New Hampshire? The following 2015 Regional Roundup case study takes a closer look at the paths these states are taking to capture all cost-effective energy efficiency.
In our 2013 Regional Roundup, we rated the state of Delaware as "Still in the Starting Blocks," noting that "the clock [ran] out before legislation aimed…
By Jim OReilly |
For the last year and a half, seemingly every conversation about energy policy has been dominated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plans to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants.
Interchangeably referred to as the Clean Power Plan, 111d (in reference to the relevant section of the federal Clean Air Act) or carbon pollution standards, the issue hit…
By Jim OReilly |
It’s always interesting to witness a convergence of events that serve to highlight and illustrate an issue raised in the course of public debate.
Such a convergence has occurred in recent weeks, in this case involving energy efficiency standards set by the states and the federal government, which date to the days when Ronald Reagan was governor of California and public consciousness began…
By Jim OReilly |
Haven't we been here before?
Connecticut's redirection of Energy Efficiency Funds could potentially halt monetary and energy savings.
For the third time in the last decade, legislators in Connecticut have decided to raid the ratepayer-funded clean energy program budgets and divert the monies to the state's general fund to help them close the budget gap.
This time, they're taking some $35…
Inaccurate facts and figures surface after the adoption of Boston's Building Energy Rating Ordinance
By Jim OReilly |
Disinformation on Boston's Building Energy Disclosure Ordinance continues - The Boston Globe needs a fact check when discerning building energy rating and disclosure' fact from fiction.
NEEP's Jim O'Reilly wrote a response to the Boston Globe's article, Boston Energy, Water Use Law Approved, to set the record straight on Boston's Building Energy Disclosure Ordinance.
Boston Globe,
You…
By Jim OReilly |
A great dialogue continues here in Baltimore on accelerating industrial energy efficiency and combined heat and power (CHP) in the region.
Not only do public policies need to provide a solid framework that allows for CHP to be broadly deployed, but champions among end users really need to drive projects and help other stakeholders understand their value propositions.
Those points were driven…