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Arizona Poised to Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption
Conversations centered on transportation electrification continue to pick up steam across the Southwest. This is especially true in Arizona since the Arizona Corporation Commission approved two...
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New Xcel Energy Rate Could Speed RTD’s Purchase of Electric Buses
The electric bus market is booming. As of September, more than 200 transit agencies nationwide had purchased more than 2,000 electric buses. Colorado’s Regional Transit District (RTD) has one of the...
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Electric Utility Energy Efficiency Programs in the Southwest: Big Benefits...
Consumers in the southwest will realize about $7.6 billion in net economic benefits as a result of energy efficiency programs implemented by the largest electric utilities in the region over the past...
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Energy Efficiency Wins Improvements to the Model Energy Code
After a 12-month process the newest building energy code, the 2021 IECC, was recently approved by code officials through the online voting phase — by and large, they voted to increase efficiency gains...
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Top Ten Energy Efficiency Stories from the Southwest in 2019
In 2019, SWEEP and its allies were instrumental in securing approval of numerous new policies that will advance energy efficiency and vehicle electrification in the Southwest. Here is my list of the...
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Proposed Arizona Law Could Prevent Municipalities from Adopting Energy and...
Two bills, which are being fast-tracked through the state legislature, would prevent local leaders from modifying certain kinds of building codes. These codes are designed to establish minimum...
View ArticleNew Xcel Energy Rate Could Speed RTD's Purchase of Electric Buses
Note: A previous edition of this blog used inaccurate data from other sources to calculate the projected fuel cost savings under the new Xcel Commercial EV rate. It has been updated. The electric bus...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles Go Mainstream with Super Bowls Ads
Super Bowl commercials are famous for creating awareness and buzz about the latest consumer products and services. In fact, the intrigue involving the commercials has become nearly as important as the...
View ArticleNew Mexico Legislative Session Ends with a Thud
SWEEP is disappointed in the 2020 NM State Legislature’s failure to pass two vital pieces of energy efficiency and clean transportation legislation. Despite full support of the Governor, many lawmakers...
View ArticleNevada Transportation Electrification Forum Extols Virtues of Zero Emission...
The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) joined Plug-In America and Clark County to present the Nevada Transportation Electrification Forum on Thursday, March 12, 2020. More than 100 key...
View ArticleNevada Transportation Electrification Forum Extols Virtues of Zero Emission...
The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) joined Plug-In America and Clark County to present the Nevada Transportation Electrification Forum on Thursday, March 12, 2020. More than 100 key...
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Building Electrification and National Building Standards Support Each Other
Building electrification is the new buzz word for construction in states and cities. For the past 20 years, SWEEP has focused on bringing energy efficiency throughout the Southwest. Over this period,...
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Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan Paves the Way toward 100 Percent Clean Vehicles
On April 23, the Colorado Energy Office unveiled the new and improved Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan, a guiding document that sets forth the State’s ambitious EV targets and outlines the programs,...
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How Building Departments are Pivoting with the COVID-19 Crisis
The Crisis Unfolds What a difference a few months can make for the construction industry. Just this last January the construction industry was operating at full speed, new residential and commercial...
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The COVID-19 Crisis, Energy Use, Public Health, and Recovery Efforts
The COVID-19 pandemic is having dramatic impacts on all aspects of our lives. This includes energy use as a result of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the virus. A recent...
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Energy Efficiency and Equity
Access to energy for heating, hot water, transportation, and other uses is a necessity of modern life. Nationally, low-income households, on average, devote 7.3% of their income to electricity, natural...
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Energy Efficiency Day 2020
October 7, 2020 is being commemorated as national Energy Efficiency Day, the fifth annual celebration of the importance of energy efficiency to our nation’s economy and environment. The reasons to...
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Arizona regulators poised to expand efficiency targets in clean energy rules
In a decisive 4-1 vote this month, the bipartisan members of the Arizona Corporation Commission heralded a new era for energy efficiency in Arizona, setting new targets utilities must achieve through...
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The Biden Clean Energy and Climate Plan: Partnering with States, Local...
President-elect Biden has promised to address the climate crisis as one of his top priorities, and to do so in a way that creates millions of well-paying jobs while advancing environmental justice. The...
View ArticleTop 10 Energy Efficiency Stories from the Southwest in 2020
Significant progress was made on the energy efficiency and clean transportation fronts in the Southwest this past year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and all its adverse impacts. Here is my list of the...
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