WHITE PAPERS
Energy Efficiency: Georgia’s Highest Priority
2010, Southface Energy Institute
Energy efficiency is the cheapest and cleanest way to enhance electric power supply in Georgia. Like Ben Franklin’s admonition that a penny saved is a penny earned, a kilowatt-hour (kWh) saved is a kilowatt-hour produced.
Energy Efficiency as Alternative Strategy
2010, The Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies
Energy demand could be greatly reduced in the Power4Georgians EMCs by
implementing utility‐led energy efficiency programs targeting residential,
commercial and industrial buildings.
Energy by the Numbers
2009, World Resources Institute
Policymakers in the United States are facing significant energy challenges. Increasing demand for energy combined with concerns about energy security, fossil fuel price volatility, and the effects of global warming have many policymakers looking for ways to develop a cleaner, more efficient, and secure energy economy. Meeting future energy demands requires solutions that address these fundamental challenges, yet are regionally appropriate.
Local Clean Power
2009, World Resources Institute, Southface Energy Institute,
and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Southeast states seeking solutions to current and future energy challenges have a major opportunity to use existing technology to harness local renewable energy resources. Our regional assessment, drawing on recent government and regional studies, suggests sufficient renewable energy resources to meet as much as 30 percent of the Southeast’s electric power needs within the next 15 years.
Power of Efficiency
2009, World Resources Institute, Southface Energy Institute,
and Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Abundant efficiency opportunities in the Southeast can help meet regional energy needs. Efficiency investments can lead to economic and environmental benefits across several sectors by reducing demand for electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuels. For the purposes of this brief we focus on efficiency’s role in meeting future electric power needs. With prompt policy action, energy efficiency improvements could reduce electricity use more than 10 percent by 2015 and 20 percent by 2025.
