New Britain, CT – More than 987,000 Connecticut residents, businesses, and municipalities took advantage of Energize Connecticut’s home and business energy efficiency solutions in 2015.
As a result, these consumers will collectively save nearly $1 billion in lifetime energy costs, according to the EEB’s 2015 Programs and Operations Report, released on March 1 to Connecticut’s General Assembly and other policymakers, energy efficiency advocates, and stakeholders throughout the state.
This annual report outlines how the Energy Efficiency Fund empowers the state’s residents, businesses, and municipalities to use energy more efficiently through Energize Connecticut program offerings provided by Eversource and The United Illuminating Company (UI), Connecticut Natural Gas, and Southern Connecticut Gas.
“Our 2015 results demonstrate that energy efficiency is not only a critical energy resource that helps residents and businesses save money on their energy bills, but that it’s also a strong driver of job growth in our state,” said William E. Dornbos of the Acadia Center and chair of the Connecticut EEB.. “Our report estimates that the total 2015 investment in energy efficiency will create about 9,258 new in-state jobs.”
In 2015, 980,791 Connecticut households and 6,200 Connecticut businesses and municipalities took advantage of Energize CT solutions, realizing $968 million lifetime savings for consumers and lifetime energy savings of 4.6 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), 94.2 million ccf (one ccf equals 100 cubic feet), and 38.5 million gallons of fuel oil and propane and generating 9,258 jobs from 2015 energy efficiency investments.
The program also avoided greenhouse gas emissions of over 3.3 million tons for the lifetime of the measures (about the same as removing nearly 787,000 cars from the road for a year) and energy system benefits of $2.80 for every $1 invested in electric, natural gas, propane, and oil heat efficiency measures — a return on investment of 180% across all fuels.
