Report: Southeastern US Straggling in Energy Efficiency

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SACE released its third annual Energy Efficiency in the Southeast report, finding that Southeastern states achieved only 0.26% annual energy savings in 2019—less than half the national average of 0.67%. The report attributes the region's poor performance to utility disregard and absent state policy, with just three utilities accounting for nearly 75% of all efficiency savings in the Southeast. SACE executives highlighted TVA and Florida Power & Light's near-total abandonment of efficiency programs as major drags on regional performance, while noting emerging examples of clean energy leadership in states like North Carolina and South Carolina.