{"id":4298,"date":"2013-06-20T17:10:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2014-06-19T13:13:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T18:13:47","slug":"how-policy-can-drive-progress-in-the-energy-efficiency-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/06\/20\/how-policy-can-drive-progress-in-the-energy-efficiency-market\/","title":{"rendered":"How Policy Can Drive Progress In The Energy Efficiency Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/05\/Kate-Zerrenner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4193\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/05\/Kate-Zerrenner-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/05\/Kate-Zerrenner-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/05\/Kate-Zerrenner-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a>Energy efficiency is one of the fastest and most affordable ways to reduce harmful pollution.\u00a0 Why, then, aren\u2019t we financing more energy efficiency upgrades?<\/p>\n<p>Well, simply put, there are quite a few barriers that must be addressed and broken down before energy efficiency skyrockets.\u00a0 Yes, there are already many buildings that have <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/05\/02\/this-green-building-sets-a-high-bar-for-the-rest-of-america\/\">set the bar high<\/a> for others to follow, but some investor and lender hesitancies still exist that we need to overcome.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the efficiency market cannot create itself.\u00a0 And it is currently stifled, despite investors\u2019 eagerness to take part.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, as the investment community sees it, is that there is no secondary market for energy efficiency loans.\u00a0 In other words, the pool of loans is currently not large enough to make these investments worthwhile for institutional investors.\u00a0\u00a0 Furthermore, there is a lack of uniform standards for energy efficiency loans, limited data on loan and project performance and an insufficient pipeline of projects. \u00a0There are also challenges to bringing efficiency to scale, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the split incentive\u2014disconnect between the building owner and the residents, who actually pay the utility bill;<\/li>\n<li>utility disincentives\u2014utilities generally make money by selling more energy, not by reducing wasted energy; and<\/li>\n<li>limited information available to consumers on their energy use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->Thus far, a patchwork of policies across the federal, state and local landscapes has not made a significant impact on overcoming these barriers and bolstering energy efficiency loans. \u00a0Hence why EDF, through our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/obr\">On-Bill Repayment (OBR)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eeperformance.org\/\">Investor Confidence Project (ICP)<\/a> efforts, is working to break down some of these hurdles and accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency loans, which will, in turn, spur the creation of a secondary energy loan market.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4299\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/06\/Ceres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/06\/Ceres-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/06\/Ceres-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/06\/Ceres.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Ceres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To combat this delay, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceres.org\/\">Ceres<\/a>, along with twenty-nine investors and energy efficiency experts, came together to establish which policies will create the most bang for the buck in the efficiency market.\u00a0 The end result, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceres.org\/resources\/reports\/power-factor-institutional-investors2019-policy-priorities-can-bring-energy-efficiency-to-scale\/view\">\u201cInstitutional Investor Energy Efficiency Policy Priorities Project\u201d report<\/a>, offers a unique perspective by addressing the barriers from the institutional investors&#8217; point of view and assessing which policies will make the efficiency market more attractive.\u00a0 Because, at the end of the day, policy will drive progress.<\/p>\n<p>The energy policies they identified are related to utility regulations, demand production and finance:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Utility regulatory policies would help eliminate the disincentives to increase energy efficiency by establishing business models that compensate utilities for energy efficiency upgrades based on performance, rather than electricity sales. \u00a0The use of performance-based electricity rates relies on the utility\u2019s ability to reasonably recover its costs for efficiency investments. \u00a0Most states already allow energy efficiency cost recovery and more than half have some sort of decoupling mechanism\u2014that is, a system which <a href=\"http:\/\/aceee.org\/topics\/decoupling\">decouples revenue from sales<\/a> (thereby encouraging, rather than discouraging, energy conservation). \u00a0But removing the disincentive is only one component; providing an incentive to invest in efficiency, through policies such as <a href=\"http:\/\/aceee.org\/topics\/eers\">Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS)<\/a>, or to meet certain energy reductions goals is another matter. \u00a0Currently twenty states are leading the effort with an EERS, and seven states have established energy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsireusa.org\/documents\/summarymaps\/EERS_map.pdf\">efficiency goal<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demand-producing policies would increase consumer demand for energy efficiency by measures including minimum appliance and equipment efficiency standards, energy efficient building codes and building energy use disclosure requirements. \u00a0Not only do these policies aim to increase energy demand, but they also end up providing information for investors, such as setting baselines for efficient building performance and the most cost-effective, high-impact efficiency investments<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finance policies would help grow the pipeline of projects needed to move the energy efficiency market along.\u00a0 Innovative energy financing tools, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/obr\">On-Bill Repayment (OBR)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/05\/23\/texas-picks-up-the-clean-energy-pace\/\">Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)<\/a> are just two examples of ways to stimulate investor and customer interest.<\/p>\n<p>While the barriers to getting more energy efficiency into the market are significant, they are by no means insurmountable. \u00a0Clear and consistent policies, such as those outlined here, will help send signals to investors and customers about the substantial benefits a robust energy efficiency market has to offer, while at the same time lowering electric bills, making power more reliable and improving air quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy efficiency is one of the fastest and most affordable ways to reduce harmful pollution.\u00a0 Why, then, aren\u2019t we financing more energy efficiency upgrades? 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