Forging the Future for Energy Efficiency: Selected Highlights

Guests mingle in the exhibitor hall. Forging the Future Future for Energy Efficiency took place May 11-12, 2022, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.   “In the energy efficiency industry, when anyone asks what you do for work, you can say ‘I’m saving the world.’” — Keynote speaker Will Ellis, Vice President of Government & External […]

Incentivizing the Transition: Cost Recovery and EE in New Jersey

A Blog Series Covering How the Clean Energy Act is Transforming New Jersey’s EE Landscape By EEA-NJ Staff on October 25, 2021 Welcome back to A New Era For Efficiency: a blog series on how the Clean Energy Act is transforming New Jersey’s energy efficiency landscape. In our last post, we looked at the core programs at […]

Understanding The Transition: Core Versus Non-Core Programs

A Blog Series Covering How the Clean Energy Act is Transforming New Jersey’s EE Landscape By EEA-NJ Staff on September 16, 2021 Welcome back to A New Era for Energy Efficiency, a blog series about New Jersey’s transforming energy efficiency landscape. This installment takes a closer look at the “core” utility programs rolling out this summer. What […]

Duct manufacturing

Letter To The Editor: Pa. Businesses Can Make Investments

Published Sept. 2, 2021 Read in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Doug Gudenburr, DMI Companies As the chief operating officer for DMI Companies, a ducting manufacturing firm operating in Charleroi and Monongahela, I believe in innovative business models. Since 1978, we have led the market with HVAC solutions that help our customers access the many benefits of […]

Smart meters

The BPU Working Groups: Who They Are And Why They Matter

A Blog Series Covering How the Clean Energy Act is Transforming New Jersey’s EE Landscape By EEA-NJ Staff on July 15, 2021 Welcome back to A New Era For Efficiency: a blog series on how the Clean Energy Act is transforming New Jersey’s energy efficiency landscape. In our last post, we covered the Clean Energy […]

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A New Era For Efficiency: Part One

A Blog Series Covering How the Clean Energy Act is Transforming New Jersey’s EE Landscape​ By EEA-NJ Staff on July 15, 2021 In June 2021, the energy efficiency industry in New Jersey hit a milestone. After years of discussion and negotiations, all of the state’s energy utilities finalized plans to invest in energy efficiency programs. These programs will […]

Opinion: Here’s how PA’s clean energy businesses are poised to grow a local energy economy

Published by PA Capital-Star on 4/4/2021 Read on PA Capital-Star — Paul Spiegel, Practical Energy Solutions For more than a decade, Pennsylvania has sat on the sidelines as neighboring states enjoy the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Under this program, our neighboring states have realized economic growth, cleaner air, and diversified energy […]

Advanced Energy Now 2021 Market Report

On March 25th, 2021, national business group Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) announced that total revenue for advanced energy worldwide reached $1.4 trillion in 2020, growing by 2.5% over 2019, following 7% growth in the year prior. The U.S. advanced energy market hit $240 billion in revenue, down 2%, on par with the U.S. GDP decline, […]

Opinion: RGGI will allow Pennsylvania to be globally competitive

By joining RGGI, PA can be globally competitive Published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on 1/30/21 Read on Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Since 2004, my Pittsburgh-based firm evolveEA has integrated triple bottom line solutions into the built environment. We factor environment and equity considerations, as well as economic considerations, into all decisions. There is a triple bottom line […]