by admin | Nov 19, 2015 | News
SmartGridNews.com, November 2015 A new report from SPEER, “The Debate About Demand Response and Wholesale Electricity Markets,” while focusing on the ERCOT market serving most of Texas, addresses the same challenging issues recently heard before the...
by admin | Oct 21, 2015 | News
Texas had the largest improvement of any state in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 9th State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released today and SPEER was cited in the report as a catalyst for the rapid improvement. The Lone Star State jumped 8 positions to 26th and reversed a consistently downward trend, from 11th in 2007’s initial assessment to 34th last year.
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...
