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Your Primer for What to Expect in the Budget Reconciliation Process 06/02/25 Jason Reott As the White House and Congressional Democrats push to supplement a $550 billion bipartisan package with a $3.5...

Now Is the Time to Invest in ENERGY STAR 05/11/22 According to the most recent IPCC report, lack of funding and political will are standing in the way of effective climate action. This trend is clear when analyzing ENERGY STAR’s funding. Once a cornerstone of federal energy efficiency programs, ENERGY STAR has seen its funding steadily decline...

Efficiency 101: What are the main federal energy efficiency programs? 03/24/22 There are countless state, local, and private-sector initiatives that have contributed to the U.S. doubling its energy productivity over the past decades, but many have a...

2022 Policy Summit Recap: What’s Next for Efficiency Policy? 03/14/22 Ellie Long The Alliance to Save Energy’s 2022 Policy Summit, hosted in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, March 10, brought together policy and industry leaders to discuss the current state of energy efficiency legislation.

From Paula Glover: Reflecting on a Historic Year for Efficiency 01/12/22 Paula R. Glover While the one constant this year may have been change, the Alliance had exactly the right people – and exactly the right mission – to not only manage the uncertainty, but to come out ahead with one of the most notable years for energy efficiency since our founding.

Congress is shaking up this program that makes low-income housing more livable 09/24/21 Last month, the Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a landmark bipartisan effort to invest in cleaner, more resilient infrastructure across the United States. Of special importance in the...