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CA IOUs Win ACEEE Awards
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) presented
its Champion of Energy Efficiency Awards at its Summer Study Conference
on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Given every two years, these
awards recognize leadership and accomplishment in the energy efficiency
field. Winners are selected based on demonstrated excellence in
program implementation, research and development, energy policy,
private sector initiatives, and international initiatives.
California's investor-owned utilities, PG&E, Southern California
Edison and Sempra Energy Utilities, are among this year's winners.
They combined to facilitate unprecedented levels of energy efficiency
during last year's energy crisis. Their efforts (plus those of the
state government, municipal utilities, local governments and many
others) reduced the state's energy use by 6% in 2001, and cut demand
by as much as 12%. The utilities used rebates for high-efficiency
products and a full spectrum of other customer programs and media
campaigns to achieve these results. As one example, they helped
sell 9 million compact fluorescent light bulbs in 2001 - more than
were sold in the entire United States in 2000.
To learn more about this year's energy efficiency efforts visit
http://flexyourpower.ca.gov/.
To learn more about ACEEE, visit http://aceee.org/.
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