Tennessee takes lead energy role

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Op-ed by John Noel, president of the Regional Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and member of Tennessee's Governor's Energy Task Force, advocating for state leadership on energy efficiency. The piece highlights Tennessee's energy waste problem and proposes legislation focusing on state vehicle efficiency, clean-energy job creation, and residential energy efficiency improvements. Noel cites successful energy retrofits in Nashville's state office buildings as evidence that efficiency investments deliver strong financial returns.