{"id":4140,"date":"2013-05-09T15:32:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T15:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2013-05-09T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T15:56:34","slug":"ohio-consumers-and-businesses-come-together-to-support-energy-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/05\/09\/ohio-consumers-and-businesses-come-together-to-support-energy-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Consumers And Businesses Come Together To Support Energy Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most states have long-term renewable energy and energy efficiency targets.\u00a0 Ohio\u2019s energy efficiency resource standard saves over 700,000 kilowatt-hours of energy annually, more than the energy generated by a new fossil fuel power plant.\u00a0 Ohio\u2019s energy efficiency law is under attack, even though Ohio\u2019s targets are right in the middle<\/a> compared to other states\u2019 targets.<\/p>\n

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Ironically, the consumers who pay for energy efficiency are not leading this attack.\u00a0 Rather, the attack<\/a> comes from certain electric utilities and the advocacy groups they support: the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Heartland Institute.\u00a0 The utilities claim to be protecting consumers from the costs of the energy efficiency programs, but they really want to protect their own electricity sales.<\/p>\n

One argument raised against energy efficiency programs is that they cost too much.\u00a0 Energy programs, however, must pass a cost\/benefit test.\u00a0 The programs will be offered only if the value of energy savings exceeds the program costs.\u00a0 In many cases, the energy savings are two or three times greater than the program costs.<\/p>\n

Another argument is that all consumers pay for the programs, but only those who use the programs benefit.\u00a0 A few large Ohio industrial companies have raised this argument.\u00a0 But these companies develop their own energy efficiency programs, so they don\u2019t pay for utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recent filings by the Ohio Consumers\u2019 Counsel<\/a> (representing Ohio\u2019s residential consumers), the Ohio Manufacturers\u2019 Association<\/a> (representing over 1,300 Ohio manufacturing companies) and the Council of Smaller Enterprises<\/a> (representing 14,000 small businesses in northeast Ohio) reject this argument.\u00a0 Their members who participate in energy efficiency programs benefit directly by using less energy.\u00a0 Even those members who don\u2019t use energy efficiency programs benefit through lower wholesale energy costs and by delaying the need for costly transmission and distribution system upgrades.<\/p>\n

The Ohio Manufacturers\u2019 Association notes that<\/a> , through 2020, Ohio\u2019s energy efficiency standards should yield $5.6 billion in savings, more than double the $2.7 billion program cost.\u00a0 The program will create up to 54,000 new jobs during this period.\u00a0 If \u201cthe customer is always right,\u201d lawmakers will take heed and keep Ohio\u2019s energy efficiency standards intact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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