Which States Are America's 2014 Energy Efficiency Leaders?

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) will hold a phone-based national news event at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 to issue the 2014 edition of its closely watched State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.  The major news event ranking the 50 states and D.C. will feature the Governor of Massachusetts and the president of the National Association Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

The ACEEE ranking will cover all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with special attention paid to the top 10 states, the five states with the most need for improvement, and the four states showing the biggest movement up the rankings since the 2013 edition of the report. The states in the spotlight are (in alphabetical order): Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.  

The results of the annual ACEEE scorecard have helped spur a number of states to pursue major improvements in energy efficiency policies.

News event speakers will be:

• Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick;
• NARUC President Colette Honorable, who also is chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission;
• U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency Kathleen Hogan;
• ACEEE Utilities, State, and Local Policy Program Director Maggie Molina; and
• ACEEE State Policy Research Analyst Annie Gilleo, lead author of the 2014 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.

TO PARTICIPATE: Join the live, phone-based news conference (with full, two-way Q&A) at 11:30 a.m. EDT on October 22, 2014 by dialing 1 (877) 418-4267. Ask for the "ACEEE state scorecard" news event.

CAN'T PARTICIPATE?:  A streaming audio replay of the news event will be available on the Web at http://aceee.org/state-policy/scorecard as of 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 22, 2014.

EDITOR'S NOTE:  An electronic copy of the ACEEE 2014 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard report and a high-resolution image of the ACEEE logo will be available upon request.

ABOUT ACEEE
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy acts as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments, and behaviors. For information about ACEEE and its programs, publications, and conferences, visit http://aceee.org.

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SOURCE American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Washington, D.C.