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Northwest energy efficiency improvements set a new one-year record in 2011
In 2011, the Pacific Northwest set a new annual record for energy efficiency improvements — and did so for one-fourth the cost of power from the most efficient new generating plants, according to a Council survey of the region’s electric utilities. Read More »