Top Energy-Efficiency Award Winning State Programs

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy(ACEEE) today announced the first-ever awards initiative for exceptional state-led energy efficiency programs. A total of 18 top programs from 14 states are being recognized by ACEEE.

The report highlights programs recently developed with these new sources of funding as well as many well-established programs that have been saving energy costs for consumers for decades.

The five winners come from different regions of the country and represent exemplary models for energy efficiency program implementation. The programs reach broadly across the economy including residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, agricultural, and transportation sectors.  The program winners demonstrate how state governments can implement successful, cost-effective energy efficiency programs aimed at a variety of customer types.

Surprisingly, California only had one program and it was an emerging program.

The top five Award Winning Programs are: 

1. Colorado Governor’s Energy Office:  Colorado ENERGY STAR New Homes Program

2. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority: Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Demonstration Program

3. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority: Wastewater Efficiency Program 

4. Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism: Lead by Example Program

5. Maryland Energy Administration: Maryland Statewide Farm Energy Audit Program

HONORABLE MENTION:

1. Alaska Housing Finance Corporation:  Home Energy Rebate Program

2. Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund and the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management: Connecticut Home Energy Solutions Joint Program

3. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources: Home Energy Rebate Option 
   
4. Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources: Farm Energy Program

5. Minnesota Department of Administration and the Department of Commerce: Minnesota Portfolio of Sustainable Public Building Programs

6. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:  Retired Engineers Technical Assistance Program

7. NYSERDA: New York State Energy $martSM Commercial Lighting Program

8. South Carolina Energy Office and the South Carolina Department of Revenue: South Carolina Manufactured Housing Tax Credit

9. The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources: Texas Industries of the Future

10. Washington State University Extension Energy Program:  WSU Energy Services Industrial Program.

EMERGING PROGRAMS:

1. California Air Resources Board and CALSTART:  California Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP)

2. Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development:  Chapter 40R / Smart Growth Zoning Overlay Districts

3. New Jersey Clean Energy Program:  New Jersey Pay for Performance