Efficiency Exchange 2017 Recap
- May 23, 2017
- Carol Winkel
Hear what people are doing to advance energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest.
Tag – Energy-efficiency
Efficiency Exchange Conference Highlights Energy Efficiency in a Changing Environment
- May 08, 2017
- Carol Winkel
The Bonneville Power Administration and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, in partnership with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and utilities throughout the Northwest are hosting the fifth annual Efficiency Exchange conference.
The Economic Impact of Energy Efficiency Standards
- February 28, 2017
- John Harrison
In 2014, state and federal energy-efficiency codes for appliances, lights, motors, and other devices reduced electricity consumption by more than 2,500 average megawatts. That’s more than twice the annual electricity demand of the city of Seattle, energy consultant Tom Eckman
Growing Energy Efficiency and How We Measure It
- January 03, 2017
- Tina Jayaweera
Since 1978, the Northwest has saved 6,000 average megawatts of electricity, and energy efficiency is now our second largest resource after hydropower. But how do we know it’s grown that much?
Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low and Getting Lower
- December 21, 2016
- Gillian Charles
The electricity sector is the primary source of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S., followed closely by the transportation sector. Together, they account for close to 70 percent of the nation’s emissions.
Flat Loads
- December 20, 2016
- John Harrison
For Northwest utilities, income from power sales and the rates charged per kilowatt-hour grew by more than 3 percent per year over the last 10 years, but customer bills grew just 1 percent per year thanks largely to warm weather and energy efficiency, both of which reduce demand for power.
Northwest Again Leads Nation in Energy Efficiency Investments
- November 18, 2016
- John Harrison
Northwest energy efficiency continues 30 years of improvements, saving consumers money and reducing carbon emissions because fewer new power plants had to be built
Megawatt? A Powerful Question.
- October 20, 2016
- John Ollis
What's a megawatt and what can it do? We explain.
Megawatt? A Powerful Question.
- October 20, 2016
- John Ollis
What's a megawatt and what can it do? We explain.
Transmission Group Finds Energy Efficiency Helps Defer Costs of Expanding the Grid
- October 17, 2016
- Carol Winkel
Along with deferring the need to build new resources, energy efficiency also helps defer the costs of upgrading the region's transmission grid.
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