Press Mention Times Free Press January 26, 2021
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TVA trails most utilities in promoting energy efficiency:
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A new study by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy shows that the Tennessee Valley Authority ranks near the bottom among Southeast electric utilities for energy efficiency programs, providing less than 3% of the U.S. average in efficiency aid in 2019. TVA has cut many of the rebates, loans, and subsidies it once offered for energy efficiency improvements, with only Alabama Power ranking lower in the region.
TVA now ranks near the bottom among electric utilities in the Southeast for energy efficiency and provided less than 3% as much aid for energy efficiency as the U.S. average in 2019
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TVA trails most utilities in promoting energy efficiency
January 27, 2021
by
Dave Flessner
| Updated January 27, 2021 at 7:43 p.m.
Hazel Benford, a homeowner on Fairleigh Street, speaks about the benefits the Home Energy Upgrade program has provided her during a press conference Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Benford's home is one of 250 homes that have undergone energy efficiency renovations through the Home Energy Upgrade program.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which cut out many of the rebates, loans and other subsidies it once offered for energy efficiency improvements, trails most other utilities in helping its customers to limit their power consumption, according to a new study on energy efficiency in the South.
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), an environmental group that is urging utilities to promote efficiency and cleaner power, said TVA now ranks near the bottom among electric utilities in the Southeast for energy efficiency and provided less than 3% as much aid for energy efficiency as the U.S. average in 2019. Only Alabama Power ranks lower in the region.