Energy Department Releases Case Studies and Best Practices to Assist Innovative Energy Efficiency Programs

Sounds like a good program. I like the idea of the neighborhood approach a lot. That approach, I think, will greatly enhance the spread of the results to others and what is achievable. I would like to see the focus for this on low income neighborhoods where energy costs are a larger share of household income by proportion. And an emphasis on energy independence for these neighborhoods. This will require an investment in renewable energy installations. But if we target areas of high LIHEAP program participants and convert them to net energy producers, this will show those in the upper and middle classes that these investments can actually make them money over the course of the year. And it reduces the need for LIHEAP grants to low income people on a continuous annual basis. This could save us over $2 billion a year in the federal budget, every year and growing, while guaranteeing these families have the energy they need to remain warm/cool, prepare and store food, and supply hot water for cleaning and showers.