NEEP Reports

White Papers & Technical Guidance

You can find out more about our areas of research in the white papers listed below.

Title Description
From Potential to Action: How New England Can Save Energy, Cut Costs, and Create a Brighter Future with Energy Efficiency 2010-12-29 09:01:29

By pursuing cost-effective energy efficiency measures, New England states can cut electricity consumption by about 20 percent by 2018.

From Potential to Action demonstrates the real potential energy efficiency has to decrease the region's projected demand for electricity.


The report describes a clear set of steps that states can take to move from policy ideas to real savings for families and businesses.
The Need for and Approaches to Developing Common Protocols to Measure, Verify and Report Energy Savings in the Northeast U.S. 2009-10-15 08:08:46 This report addresses: (1) the specific policy needs for common protocols to measure, verify and report energy savings in the Northeast, (2) the level of transparency and consistency in existing M&V protocols and economic frameworks used in the Northeast states; and 3) lessons to learn from experience with M&V protocols in other states and regions of the country. The report provides conclusions and recommendations to policymakers for how common regional protocols can be developed to serve key policy interests. The intended audience includes stakeholders in the Northeast (e.g., policy makers and regulators, evaluators, modelers, program implementers including utilities) as well as other states that are likewise grappling with how improved and more consistent M&V approaches can simplify and enhance their efforts to advance energy efficiency.
The Need for and Approaches to Developing Common Protocols to Measure, Track, and Report Energy Efficiency Savings in the Northeast 2011-11-30 08:26:46 This paper, presented to the ACEEE Summer Study in 2006, summarizes the policy needs for developing common protocols in the Northeast and the inconsistencies among the existing M&V protocols in the Northeast. Conclusions and recommendations are informed by experience with regional M&V protocols in other states/regions of the country.
Model Progressive Building Energy Codes Policy for the Northeast States 2009-10-15 07:18:49 The Northeast region can reduce energy consumption by 7 percent and reduce carbon emissions by 12 percent by implementing a model building energy code policy to govern new building construction and major renovations.The policy, recently released by NEEP, offers recommendations to adopt progressively more efficient building energy codes, improve the rate at which buildings and dwellings comply with the code and measure the actual energy performance of buildings and dwellings. It provides guidance to states in creating and adopting building policies that will lead to large-scale energy and carbon emissions savings across the Northeast.
CFL Disposal & Recycling Report and Recommendations 2009-11-07 11:56:36 This report seeks to inform policy makers and energy efficiency program administrators in the Northeast of the present status of Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) disposal/recycling efforts, offer analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the existing recycling/disposal mechanisms that are in practice, and ultimately propose a course of action. The action plan seeks to inform both our own activities as well as those of our efficiency program Sponsors and the regions' state and local policy makers and other stakeholders.
Data Center Whitepaper 2009-11-07 11:38:34

The process of Data Center Energy Efficiency incentives and take-up is an iterative one: low-hanging fruit beckons in air management, followed by improved consolidation and virtualization, with additional power efficiency strategies to follow, combined with operating system and semiconductor chip density improvements with energy-aware capabilities (2-6 years down the line), etc.

If this process is undertaken, the size of the potential savings in NEEP sponsors' service territories is estimated to be 1500 - 3000 MW.
An Energy Efficiency Strategy for New Jersey: Achieving the 2020 Master Plan Goals 2009-10-15 11:58:02

This report, released by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, offers a portfolio of program and policy strategies to achieve the Energy Master Plan 2020 goal while collectively realizing $16.8 billion in net savings.

Calling for the formation of a New Jersey Energy Efficiency Utility, NEEP recommends a comprehensive statewide energy efficiency program complemented by public policies that establish minimum energy requirements for new appliances, and new homes and buildings.
REGIONAL GUIDE TO EECBG IMPLEMENTATION: Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Communities 2011-11-30 08:35:28 This document is targeted to cities, towns and states that are in the process of applying for or utilizing federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) funds, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Among its provisions, ARRA authorized the funding of the EECBG program, which had originally been established under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, but which had never been funded.
Regional Roundup of Energy Efficiency Policy in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic States 2011-11-30 08:38:00 This new Regional Roundup publication focuses on state energy efficiency policies from January 2011, when new governors and legislators took office through late summer when most of the legislatures wrapped up their most recent sessions. The aim of the Roundup is to gauge progress in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states toward capturing the energy efficiency resource.