Benchmarking Electric Utility Energy Efficiency Portfolios in the U.S.

MJB&A authored a report that examines and compares the energy efficiency expenditures and energy savings of a diverse set of 50 electric utility ratepayer-funded energy efficiency portfolios in the United States while highlighting the challenges that face this and similar efforts. Given the current shortcomings of publicly available data, this report should be viewed as an opening statement in an ongoing dialogue over the importance of comparing energy efficiency portfolios and the process for doing so. The report aims to illustrate the importance of energy efficiency as a tool for meeting energy demand, and to create a system to compare utilities based on expenditures and energy savings. The report was funded by a grant from the Energy Foundation and is available here.