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In some buildings, direct current power from on-site solar panels or batteries is converted to alternating current -- and then back again -- causing energy waste. A new initiative seeks to encourage integrating direct current power systems in buildings to avoid those losses.
Becoming a zero emission vehicle state will motivate automakers to deliver more plug-in electric vehicle models and thus increase future sales in the state.
In this guest blog post, NRDC's David B. Goldstein looks at how energy efficiency is the key resilient resource in extreme weather that produces more the more we need it: the more extreme the weather, the larger the savings from efficiency.

We take a close look at the new Sustainable Energy in America Factbook and what it means for the future of energy productivity.

Here we are in 2019 without any direct incentives for energy efficiency improvements in buildings and out-of-date incentives for electric vehicles. Congress should step up to address the problem.
The Alliance is advocating for a fix: adding a provision to the national model building code to require most new homes to include “EV-ready” circuits, which would allow charging equipment to be installed much more easily and cheaply.

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