Overview of the Energy Efficiency Policy in the US (in German only)

Original title: Überblick über die Energieeffizienzpolitik in den USA



In the United States, there are no explicit targets to limit or even reduce future total energy consumption or the use of fossil fuels at the federal level. Nevertheless, many measures were taken in recent years to increase energy efficiency. Some states like California or Massachusetts are regarded as pioneers of energy efficiency policy at a global scale.

 

The first part of this study gives an overview of the drivers of US energy efficiency policy in recent years and provides an assessment of the new energy efficiency policy situation a few weeks after the election and before the inauguration of President Trump. Furthermore, the central players in the field of efficiency policy at the federal level are introduced in the first part. In the second part, an overview of the efficiency measures in the states is presented and illustrated by several graphics. The third part of the study examines measures on energy efficiency, building, industry, products and transport.

Further publications in the series

• Netzgekoppelte Speicher in Kalifornien – Analyse der Rahmenbedingungen für netzgekoppelte Speicher in Kalifornien (September 2019)
• Wasserstoffpolitik in Kalifornien (September 2019)
• Energiepolitik in der Region New England (Mai 2019)
• Offshore Wind Deployment in Germany, Facts and Policy Lessons (April 2019)
• Der größte US-Stromsystembetreiber PJM – Einführung und aktuelle Debatten (Oktober 2018)
• Power systems in the 2020s: What can Germany and the PJM region learn from each other? (Oktober 2018)
• Community Choice Aggregation – Kommunen in Kalifornien und anderen US-Bundesstaaten werden als CCA zum Stromversorger (August 2018)
• Übersicht über die Energiepolitik und -wirtschaft in Texas (Juni 2018)
• Die Debatte zur Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule - Strommarktpolitik unter Präsident Trump (Januar 2018)
• Übersicht über die Energiepolitik und -wirtschaft in Kalifornien (September 2017)
• Kalifornien und Deutschland: Energiepolitische Zusammenarbeit mit den Nachbarstaaten im Stromsektor (Dezember 2016)
• Überblick über die US-Strommärkte (November 2016)