In 2006, energy-efficiency program administrators in the U.S. invested more than $2.6 billion of public funds in energy-saving projects, an increase of 13 percent over 2005.

Virtually all of these programs were run by CEE members. The exact numbers are detailed in CEE’s recent report, U.S. Energy-Efficiency Programs: A $2.6 Billion Industry.

CEE members accounted for 90 percent of the publicly-funded electric programs and 99 percent of the gas programs.

Member programs resulted in electricity savings of 47,384 GWh, more than 1 percent of all U.S. electric consumption in 2005. The average retail value of these electric energy savings totaled $35.2 billion.

In 2005, CEE member gas programs resulted in gas savings of 161 million therms. Gas programs are just beginning to grow – yet they saved an amount equal to almost one-tenth of one percent of all U.S. natural gas consumption in 2005. The average retail value of these gas savings totaled $212.3 million.

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