by admin | Aug 12, 2015 | News
Last week, the EPA released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, the regulation for carbon emissions from existing power plants. While the final version is more stringent nationally than the draft version, for the two states in which SPEER works, the final rule is less stringent, reducing the final emissions levels by 15% for Texas and by 10% for Oklahoma compared to the draft rule.
by admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Policy
The Clean Power Plan Last week, the EPA released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, the regulation for carbon emissions from existing power plants. While the final version is more stringent nationally than the draft version, for the two states in which SPEER...
by admin | Aug 3, 2015 | News
On August 3rd, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final rule for the Clean Power Plan. See below for SPEER’s response to understand how energy efficiency is included in the rule. You can also download a PDF version. Statement from SPEER...
by admin | Jun 26, 2015 | News
Environmental Defense Fund, June 2015 “A recently released analysis by the South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER) found that just a few consumers reducing their electricity use on only five days in 2012 and 2013 could have lowered...
by SPEER | Jun 25, 2015 | News
Star-Telegram, June 2015 “The future success of demand response is bolstered not only by the state’s growing population and the need for reliable power for new residents, but also by a new study that shows significant possible savings. A recently released...
by SPEER | Jun 9, 2015 | News
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, June 2015 “The conservation of natural resources is not, and should not be, a partisan issue. Both Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, want a strong economy, and an economy with excess waste is not...
by SPEER | Jun 5, 2015 | News
Greentech Media, June 2015 “Across five days in 2012 and 2013, Texas could have saved more than $200 million, according to a study from the South-Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER), an energy-efficiency advocacy group. …The...
by SPEER | Jun 4, 2015 | News
Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, May 2015 “SPEER found in a report released this week that several expensive-to-operate power plants could have remained idle if some Texans had reduced their power demand during a few hours on certain key days. Avoiding the use...
by SPEER | May 26, 2015 | News
Utility Dive, May 2015 “A group seeking to highlight the use of energy efficiency and demand response in Texas and Oklahoma has estimated the the Lone Star State could have saved $200 million if a small number of the state’s energy consumers had...
by SPEER | May 22, 2015 | News
Texas Electric News, May 2015 “…a recent SPEER report says that “Texas electric consumers could have saved more than $200 million if a modest number of them had reduced their demand on just five days in 2012 and 2013”. The South-central Partnership for...
