Energy Efficiency in New England: Resource Opportunities (PDF) was prepared by the Regulatory Assistance Project under contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The paper reviews the history of energy efficiency activities in New England, summarizes the status of current efforts, describes the potential for additional cost-effective investments, and identifies key challenges to the development of a broader, more coordinated regional approach to acquiring efficiency resources. The paper provides a context and framework for a multi-stakeholder discussion convened by US EPA-New England on April 27, 2007 on the future of programmatic energy efficiency in New England. (April 27, 2007)

The National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (PDF) calls for a national commitment to energy efficiency through gas and electric utilities, utility regulators, and partner organizations. It was co-sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy and was developed by representatives from more than 50 stakeholder companies and organizations.(July 2006)

A bipartisan group of leading energy experts — representing the highest ranks of industry, government, academia, labor, consumer and environmental protection — formed the National Commission on Energy Policy. After more than two years of research and debate, the Commission released its long-term energy strategy, Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges in December 2004. One chapter of the National Commission on Energy Policy's final report was devoted to energy efficiency (PDF) issues.