by Liz John | Aug 4, 2017 | News, Policy
The SPEER Commission recently released a broad consensus policy position statement on utility investment in energy efficiency. Investor-owned utilities in Texas should have a financial incentive to invest in non-wires alternatives to traditional infrastructure...
by Liz John | Jul 10, 2017 | News
2030 Districts encourage voluntary participation by local community businesses, to reduce energy and water use, while increasing property profitability and enhancing real estate asset values. These District Member buildings included in the 2016 report performed 22%...
by Liz John | Jun 27, 2017 | News, Policy
The SPEER Commission on Energy Policy found general agreement that increased investment in various forms of efficiency and distributed energy could benefit both utilities and consumers, but for this to happen, a new approach to regulation would be required. Read...
by Liz John | Feb 3, 2017 | HPB, News
Public/private partnership seeking participants help buildings in downtown area achieve 50 percent reduction in energy and water use as well as transportation CO2 emissions by 2030 Austin, Texas, January 24 – SPEER formally launched its Austin 2030 District January...
by Liz John | Jan 5, 2017 | HPB, News, Press Release
Public/private partnership seeking participants help buildings in downtown area achieve 50 percent reduction in energy and water use as well as transportation CO2 emissions by 2030 Austin, Texas, January 5 – The South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a...
by Liz John | Dec 6, 2016 | News, Press Release
The South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER), will host a round of dialogues with its statewide citizen’s Energy Policy Commission to consider the role of the electric utility in Texas. Will Wynn, former mayor of Austin, and Margaret...
