The Energy-Efficiency Program Industry

Together, U.S. and Canadian energy efficiency budgets topped $3.7 billion in 2007, as explained in the CEE's new publication, Energy Efficiency Programs: A $3.7 Billion U.S. and Canadian Industry.

CEE has captured even more information about U.S. and Canadian efficiency budgets and CEE members' program impacts than is shown in the 2007 report. These pages include links to detailed information about state energy-efficiency budgets and savings impacts of member programs. Energy efficiency can make utilities and businesses more profitable -- while saving money for end-users and reducing harmful emissions.

• Budget Detail
• Savings Impacts Detail
• 2007 Report
• 2006 Report

Acknowledgements

CEE is grateful to all the program administrators, both members and nonmembers, that shared information for this report. CEE owes special thanks to Natural Resources Canada, the Canadian Electricity Association and the Canadian Gas Association for rounding up data on nonmember Canadian program administrators, as well as to the CEE Evaluation Committee for providing guidance on data collection and reporting. In addition, CEE also thanks the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association for their insight into municipal and cooperative data, and the Energy Programs Consortium, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, and the California Public Utilities Commission for their insight.

Data was provided by the following program administrators:

In the United States:

• Alliant Energy
• Ameren
• Aquila
• Arizona Public Service
• Austin Energy
• Avista
• Baltimore Gas & Electric
• Bay State Gas
• Berkshire Gas
• Bonneville Power Administration
• Burlington Electric
• Cape Light Compact
• Cascade
• City Utilities of Springfield
• ComEd
• Duke Energy
• Efficiency Maine
• Efficiency Vermont
• Energy Trust of Oregon
• Entergy
• Eugene Water and Electric Board
• Florida Public Service Commission
• Georgia Power
• Hawaiian Electric Co.
• Hawaiian Electric Light Co.
• Idaho Power
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
• Kansas City Power & Light
• KeySpan Energy Delivery
• Kuaii Electric
• L.A. Dept. of Water & Power
• Long Island Power Authority
• Maui Electric Co.
• Michigan Public Service Commission
• MidAmerican Energy
• Minnesota Dept of Commerce
• Montana Electric Cooperative
• Montana-Dakota Utilities
• N.J. Board of Public Utilities
• National Grid
• New England Gas Co.
• New Hampshire Electric Co-op
• New York Power Authority
• Northeast Utilities
• Northern Utilities
• Northwestern Energy
• NSTAR
• NW Energy Efficiency Alliance
• NW Natural
• NYSERDA
• Ohio Dept. of Development
• Oncor
• Pacific Corp.
• Pacific Gas & Electric
• PNM
• Public Service of NH
• Puget Sound Energy
• Questar
• Rocky Mountain Power
• Salt River Project
• San Diego Gas & Electric
• Seattle City Light
• Sierra Pacific Resources
• SMUD
• Snohomish Public Utility District
• Southern California Gas
• Southern California Edison
• SWEEP
• Tacoma Public Utilities
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• United Illuminating
• Unitil
• Vectren
• Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.
• We Energies
• Wisconsin Focus on Energy
• Xcel Energy

In Canada:

• ATCO Electric
• Manitoba Hydro
• Newfoundland Power
• OPA
• Hydro-Quebec
• Gaz Metro
• BC Hydro
• Enbridge
• SaskEnergy
• Terasen
• Efficiency New Brunswick
• Union Gas

RELATIONSHIP OF CEE DATA TO EIA DATA CEE bases its data collection request on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) form EIA-861. CEE's information differs from the data on energy efficiency published by the EIA in the following ways:

Timeliness. CEE budget data for the current year are published on the CEE Web site in fall of that year. At the same time, impacts data are published for the previous year. (Note that in both cases, these figures are estimates.)

Reliability . CEE works with the staff of each reporting organization to ensure that the data supplied are categorized in ways consistent with other reporting organizations. Impacts data in particular are calculated many different ways; CEE staff work with members to ensure that data definitions are interpreted the same way by each organization and that the impacts are data reported consistently across all organizations.

Transparency. All CEE budget data are fully referenced with sources and dates of contact. Footnotes highlight any remaining inconsistencies in the way particular states aggregate and report data.

Scope. CEE reports impacts data for its members only. Thus, the budget and impacts data cannot be used together to compare cost-effectiveness of programs across states.