var statedata = new Array("", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Completed EERS", "", "Completed EERS", "", "Completed EERS", "Connecticut’s Renewable Portfolio Standard includes efficiency gains.  From 2007 to 2010, the state’s utilities will have to procure an increasing amount (1-4%) of electricity sales from “Class III” resources, such as energy efficiency and combined heat and power. ", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Completed EERS", "On June 25, 2009 Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle signed into law House Bill 1464, which establishes an  energy efficiency standard for electric utilities designed to achieve energy savings of 4,300 gigawatt hours (GWh) by the year 2030.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/HB1464_CD1_.htm\"> HB 1464</a><br><a", "", "", "Completed EERS", "In July 2007, the Illinois legislature required the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to help utilities meet incremental annual electricity savings goals.  The program will begin with a requirement of 0.2% of energy delivered in 2008, which will then rise each year until it is 2.0% annually for 2015 and beyond. ", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Completed EERS", "On April 24, 2008, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law Senate Bill 205, the EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008.  SB 205 establishes a statewide goal of reducing per capita electricity consumption and peak energy demand by 15 percent by 2015.<br /><br><a href=\"http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/080424.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Press Release</a><br><a href=\"http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0205t.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SB 205</a>", "Completed EERS", "In 2008, under the Green Communities program, the commonwealth will develop a plan to reduce total energy consumption 10 percent by 2017. SB 2768 directs utilities to invest in energy efficiency measures to meet increased electricity demand whenever doing so is more cost-effective than buying new power or constructing additional power plants. The bill also mandates that by 2020, 25 percent of the state’s electric load will be met using demand side resources including energy efficiency, load management, combined heat and power, and others measures. ", "Completed EERS", "S.B. 213, the “Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act,” establishes an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS), which mandates energy savings in increments over several years. By 2011, electricity providers must save 0.75 percent of prior-year sales and natural gas utilities must save 0.5 percent of prior-year sales. The standard will continue increasing after 2011 in increments of 1.0 percent and 0.75 percent, respectively.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Michigan SB213_2.pdf\">S.B. 213</a>", "Completed EERS", "According to a plan announced by Governor Pawlenty in 2006 and enacted in 2007, there must be a 1.5% annual energy savings of electric and natural gas sales, with a minimum of 1% coming from energy efficiency. ", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Completed EERS", "In 2005, the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards was amended to allow 25% of the total portfolio standard to be met by energy efficiency.", "", "", "Pending EERS", "New Jersey’s utility efficiency goals are still under development.  The Board of Public Utilities has been authorized to adopt a standard as high as 20% of forecasted consumption by 2020.   ", "Completed EERS", "", "Completed EERS", "On June 23, 2008, the New York Public Service Commission approved the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS).  The EEPS will reduce electricity consumption 15 percent below projected levels by 2015, equivalent to a 7.5 percent reduction from current levels.  In contrast, if existing trends continue unabated, electricity use in 2015 in New York is expected to increase by 11 percent.  <br /><br />The EEPS will stimulate investment in energy efficiency by promoting currently available technologies, such as compact fluorescent light bulbs, solar hot water heaters, and insulating wraps for hot water tanks.  It also authorizes incentives to encourage the purchase of energy efficient appliances, such as boilers, furnaces, air conditioners, and clothes washers.  In addition, the EEPS will provide weatherization services for low-income households, energy retrofits for small businesses.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www3.dps.state.ny.us/pscweb/WebFileRoom.nsf/Web/599B3E42019C39298525746C00710FB1/$File/pr08072.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Press Release</a><br><a href=\"http://www3.dps.state.ny.us/pscweb/WebFileRoom.nsf/Web/544F8DE178C8A15285257471005D41F6/$File/201_07m0548_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Order establishing EEPS</a>", "Completed EERS", "The North Carolina legislature created a renewable portfolio standard in August 2007.  Under the standard, public electric utilities are required to obtain renewable energy and energy efficiency savings equal to 3% of prior-year electricity sales in 2012 and increasing to 12.5% in 2021 and subsequent years.  Energy efficiency can be used to meet up to 25% of that requirement until 2018, and 40% thereafter. ", "", "", "Completed EERS", "On May 1, 2008, Governor Ted Strickland signed substitute Senate Bill 221 into law, requiring electric utilities to achieve energy savings of 22.5 percent by the end of 2025 through energy efficiency programs. Utilities must also implement programs to reduce peak energy demand one percent beginning in 2009, and an additional .75 percent per year through 2018.<br /><br /><a href=http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_SB_221>SB 221</a>", "", "", "", "", "Completed EERS", "Energy efficiency is an eligible resource in Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, signed into law in 2004 and requiring that qualified power sources provide 18.5 percent of Pennsylvania’s electricity by 2020.  Efficiency qualifies as a Tier II resource in the state’s two-tiered program. <br /><br />On October 15, 2008, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed H.B. 2200, which requires electric utilities to create plans and implement programs to reduce consumer electricity demand. By May 2011, electrical consumption must have decreased by at least one percent of levels projected by the Commission for the June 2009-May 2010 period. By May 2013, consumption must have decreased by at least three percent from the same forecast period, and peak demand must have decreased by at least 4.5 percent. <br /><br />At least 10 percent of the energy reductions are to come from the public sector, and the bill also requires that utilities create efficiency measures that help low-income households reduce their energy bills. H.B. 2200 allows utilities to make rate adjustments to recover the costs of the program.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2999&PageID=431162&mode=2&contentid=http://pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/global/news_releases/governor_s_office/news_releases/governor_rendell_signs_energy_conservation_bill_to_save_consumers_millions_on_electricity__urges_legislature_to_pass_rate_mitigation_bill.html\">Press Release</a><br><a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/PA HB2200_0.pdf\">H.B. 2200</a><br />", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Completed EERS", "In 1999, Texas required electric utilities to offset 10% of load growth through end-use energy efficiency.  In 2007, the legislature doubled the standard to 20% of load growth.  Higher targets of 30% and 50% are being investigated as potential options for the future.", "", "", "Completed EERS", "Since 2000, an independent efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont, delivers efficiency programs for the state.  EV is required to achieve energy and demand goals, and by the end of 2006 had met over 5% of Vermont’s electricity requirements.  In 2007-2008, EV projects additional electricity savings of 3.5% of 2006 sales. ", "Completed EERS", "In 2007, utility legislation set a 10% energy savings target for electric utilities in 2022. ", "Completed EERS", "In 2006, the state’s voters approved ballot initiative I-937, which required utilities to implement all cost-effective energy efficiency measures.  The efficiency targets are not yet set, but the Northwest Power and Conservation Counsel plan is expected to be the basis for Washington’s regulations.  In the most recent version of the NWPCC plan, utilities would be required to offset 10.6% of projected needs by 2025 with improvements in energy efficiency.  By 2010, each utility would identify its energy efficiency potential through 2019.", "", "", "", "", "", "");