This piece was co-authored by Erica Myers, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois. Energy efficiency programs promise to be a “win-win”: by reducing energy consumption, they lower ...

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At every level of government—from a small rural community in the U.S. to the entire European Union—there’s one common energy policy that everyone seems to agree on: energy efficiency. Theoretically, ...

Utility-sponsored energy-efficiency programs have always seemed like a contradiction to me. Obviously, power companies make money by selling electricity, so encouraging customers to install ...

Last year, Congress allocated $3.5 billion over five years to a little-known federal program designed to help low-income households pay for energy efficiency upgrades like attic insulation, new ...

Cost-efficiency analysis estimates the ratio of program costs to outputs created, allowing you to compare cost-per-output for programs which all produced the same output. Such analysis is useful when ...

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The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed in August 2022, created rebate programs for consumers tied to energy efficiency. There are two initiatives: the Home Efficiency Rebates ...

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New York was the first state to launch a rebate program for consumers tied to home energy efficiency upgrades. Many more states are expected to roll out similar Inflation Reduction Act programs this ...