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The program was established under Part B of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 and gives the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to develop and implement test procedures and minimum standards for more than 60 products covering residential, commercial and industrial, lighting, and plumbing applications. [2]
As of March 2010 more than 550 ESPC projects worth $3.6 billion were awarded to 25 Federal Agencies and organizations in 49 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). .). These projects saved an estimated 30.2 trillion BTU annually, equivalent to the energy consumed by 318,300, and $11 billion in energy costs, $9.6 billion goes to fund energy efficiency projects and $1.4 billion is reduced ...
The Program was authorized in Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), and signed into Public Law (PL 110-140) on December 19, 2007. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 appropriated $3.2 billion for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. [1]
The crisis brought attention to the United States’ dependence on foreign oil. As a result, new legislation was created to establish conservation programs and promote energy efficiency. Legislation that formed SEP framework: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163) The Energy Conservation and Production Act of 1976 (P.L. 94 ...
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants; Energy rebate program; Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; Energy Savings Performance Contract; Energy Star; EnergyGuide; EnergySmart Home Scale; Environmental and ...
Executive Order 13514 required the Federal agencies to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from Federal operations, improve energy efficiency, increase use of renewable energy, reduce water consumption, and purchase energy efficient and environmentally preferable goods and materials. The aggregate Federal government greenhouse ...
SEUs currently in practice in the U.S. are the Delaware SEU., [7] the Washington D.C. SEU, the SCEF Program by the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) in California, [9] California's Sustainable Energy Bond Program by CSCDA and FREE [10] [11] and the Pennsylvania Sustainable Energy Finance program (PennSEF) by the Pennsylvania Treasury and FREE. [12]
Energy efficiency programs, Tax incentives and disincentives, Energy conservation programs, and; Alternative fuel programs. Most of the market-based mechanisms have been retained in some form to the present, whereas command and control items have been abandoned. [2] The next major step in energy legislation in the USA was the Energy Policy Act ...