Policy Outreach & Analysis

Policy Outreach in the Northeast

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2011 Regional Round Up

This report provides a summary and analysis of some of the biggest building energy efficiency successes and setbacks in states from Maine to Maryland, including key energy efficiency laws and regulations, and changes in funding levels and savings goals for customer energy efficiency programs. [More]

NEEP Policy Brief

The Policy Brief is a succinct description of those opportunities for states to advance energy efficiency in a way that can advance their energy, environmental, and economic goals. It also includes a number of other key resources on energy efficiency policy that NEEP has developed. [More]

Revenue Decoupling in the Northeast

Revenue decoupling, a rate mechanism that severs utility cost recovery from sales, is a key policy to ensure robust investment in energy efficiency by utilities. But how does decoupling work and what are the Northeast states currently doing? Find our more in NEEP's decoupling brief. [More]

From Potential to Action: How New England Can Save Energy, Cut Costs, and Create a Brighter Future with Energy Efficiency

This report demonstrates the real potential energy efficiency has to decrease the region's projected demand for electricity. It describes a clear set of steps that states can take to move from policy ideas to real savings for families and businesses. [More]

Overview

NEEP facilitates partnerships and serves as an information resource for policymakers, energy efficiency program administrators and other stakeholders to support the adoption and implementation of policies that advance the efficient use of energy in the buildings sector. We accomplish this through general policy research and outreach, as well as through specific projects.

Policy Outreach Projects

NEEP's policy outreach team is presently focused on ensuring that states follow through on commitments to greatly increase the deployment of funding for efficiency and assisting others states with their efforts to enhance efficiency offerings. NEEP also works to link energy efficiency to other key public policy objectives including climate change, economic prosperity and energy system reliability. We do this by:

• Promoting energy efficiency as a reliable, verifiable and preferred energy resource.

• Monitoring the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction process and advocating that proceeds are allocated towards efficiency;

• Advocating for the integration of energy efficiency into regional transmission organization (RTO) planning and capacity markets;

• Helping states navigate and maximize federal efficiency policies and funding opportunities and,

• Generally fostering elements of the green economy.

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State Activities

Legislative & regulatory developments in NEEP states, including NEEP's public comments in recent state policy proceedings.

Connecticut	Delaware	Maine
Massachusetts	Maryland	New Hampshire
New Jersey	New York	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	Vermont

Energy Efficiency Policy Snapshot

Want to learn about the state of energy efficiency policy and programs in the Northeast? Check out our Policy Snapshot, a brief overview what states in the NEEP region have in place and their progress in meeting their energy saving goals.

A pdf version of the Snapshot is availabe here.

Policy News

For news and analysis on the most important energy efficiency policy developments in the Northeast and beyond, read the latest issue of Highlights, published every other month.

Highlights: Your Resource on Energy Efficiency Policy in the Northeast

For additional news from the Policy team, check out our full Policy News page.

More Information

For more information, please contact NEEP's Manager of Public Policy Outreach, Natalie Hildt at 781-860-9177, ext. 121 or at nhildt@neep.org.