Member Benefits
Advocacy
As energy costs rise and become more volatile and as the
infrastructure and distribution limits of our current power
generation capacity are being reached, energy efficiency needs to be
viewed as the “First Fuel”.
Federal Advocacy
Climate change issues, concerns about greenhouse gas emissions
and rising energy prices have compelled the private sector and the
U.S. public to urge the Federal government to do more to proactively
address these matters. NAESCO primarily focuses on the following
areas:
- Federal Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC)
Working with Congress and Federal agencies to ensure that
performance contracting remains an integral part of reducing
energy consumption within the Federal government.
- Energy Legislation
Working to ensure that measures encouraging the accelerated use
of energy efficiency resources and mandating energy demand
reduction are central to Federal energy legislation and are
appropriately translated into guidelines and practices by the
regulatory agencies.
- Green Jobs
Ensuring that legislation provides funding to accelerate the
creation of green jobs through education and training of
workers.
State Advocacy
NAESCO works with the states to enact laws, craft regulations,
and implement energy policies and programs that are fair, open, and
competitive, and that deliver substantial, measurable energy
savings. Our state advocacy efforts primarily focus on:
- Market Building
- Promoting energy efficiency as a complement to new power
plant construction
- Working to ensure that the new demand-side “bidding” and
“demand response” programs are as ESCO-friendly as possible.
- System Benefit Charge Funding Management
NAESCO works to ensure energy efficiency projects continue to be
funded through System Benefit Charge (SBC) programs. As a result
of NAESCO’s continuous advocacy efforts, ratepayer-funded energy
efficiency programs around the country currently spend nearly $2
billion per year.
- State-Specific Energy Efficiency Programs and Business
Issues
NAESCO participates in several states to help design
effective energy efficiency programs and to address ESCO
business issues. Typically NAESCO works to facilitate the
following objectives:
- Adoption of State Building Programs that encourage
energy efficiency as a cornerstone of all business envelope
requirements
- Ensuring the design of transparent, equitable, and
economically attractive Energy Efficiency Programs
- Implementation of an Energy Efficiency Resource
Standard/Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards that include
meaningful requirements for the use of energy efficiency
resources.
For more information on NAESCO’s State Advocacy activities visit
State Policy Priorities. |
