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Companies, green groups push for utility efficiency mandate

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Fifty-seven businesses, environmental groups, and other clean energy advocates sent a letter to Senate leadership calling for an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard that would reduce energy use by 1 percent-per-year, ramping upĀ  over time. The letter points out that no Senate bills currently come close to this standard, even it though it would save consumers money and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The Hill