Dive Brief:
- Energy efficiency groups want a seat at the table when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draws up new regulations for greenhouse gas reductions at existing power plants.
- Comments filed by the Alliance to Save Energy and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) emphasize the role energy efficiency can play in the new rules. The comments recommend that the agency incorporate a number of provisions into the regulations, which are due to be released in June 2014 and finalized the following year.
Dive Insight:
The so-called fifth fuel might finally be getting some respect as the EPA is under increasing pressure to count efficiency as an emissions strategy.
"The Alliance and ACEEE strongly support the recognition and encouragement of energy efficiency as an emissions reduction strategy and a means to help achieve compliance with air quality regulations," the groups say in their comments.
And Congress just might pass a bipartisan efficiency bill, if not his month, then perhaps in early 2014.
