APPA and NRDC launch joint initiative for energy efficiency.
Press Release Summary:
The APPA and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced a joint initiative, uniting APPA's 1,300 member utilities and NRDC's 1.2 million members and activists, to support improvements in electricity efficiency standards for buildings and equipment. The initiative also aims to develop and promote rate-setting policies and programs to achieve efficiency, strengthen the nation's energy efficiency infrastructure, and help APPA members pool resources to take advantage of best practices.
Original Press Release:
Public Power and Major Environmental Group Team Up to Launch Initiative on Energy Efficiency
WASHINGTON, June 23 / / - The American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced today a joint initiative designed "to help American households and businesses take advantage of all cost-effective opportunities to improve the efficiency of electricity use." The initiative will unite APPA's 1,300 member utilities and NRDC's 1.2 million members and activists in new efforts across the United States to seize opportunities to get more work from less energy, including:
- Supporting cost-effective improvements in efficiency standards for
buildings and equipment;
- Developing and promoting rate-setting policies and programs designed
to achieve energy efficiency improvements while ensuring utilities'
financial integrity;
- Strengthening the nation's energy efficiency infrastructure, including
support for existing regional alliances and new university centers on
energy efficiency; and
- Helping APPA members pool resources to take advantage of industry-wide
best practices employing energy efficiency as a productive and
low-cost resource for publicly-owned electricity systems.
Said Ralph Cavanagh, energy program co-director for NRDC: "I began my work with public power almost three decades ago, at a time of widespread disagreement between environmentalists and utility leaders over the nation's electrical energy future. I'm proud to stand today with Mark Crisson and his colleagues across the nation in affirming our mutual determination to fight rising energy prices and environmental damage with the fastest, cleanest and most affordable solutions available."
Said Mark Crisson, president & CEO of APPA: "This new partnership between APPA and NRDC will help public power systems throughout the country expand their energy efficiency efforts. Public power systems have been the leaders in energy efficiency, and this new relationship will support building on that foundation for the benefit of our consumers and the environment."
About APPA
Located in Washington, D.C., the American Public Power Association is the national service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community- and state-owned not-for-profit electric utilities serving 45 million customers.
About NRDC
NRDC is an environmental organization with a broad international agenda and more than thirty years of involvement in energy efficiency solutions. Its 1.2 million members and activists support the work of scientists and attorneys based in Beijing, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
Source: American Public Power Association
CONTACT: Nick Braden of APPA, +1-202-997-2550, nbraden@APPAnet.org; or Ralph Cavanagh of NRDC, +1-415-875-6100, rcavanagh@nrdc.org
Web Site: http://www.appanet.org/
