Power of Effciency: Energy Effciency Opportunities in the Southeast United States

Abundant effciency opportunities in the Southeast can help meet  regional  energy needs. Efficiency  investments  can lead  to economic and environmental benefts across several sectors by reducing demand  for electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuels. For the purposes of this brief we focus on effciency’s role in meeting future electric power needs. With prompt policy action, energy effciency improvements could reduce electricity use more than 10 percent by 2015 and 20 percent by 2025.