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September 30, 2024

27 Sep 2024

Ultimately, MEEA seeks an achievable pathway for all people and communities in the Midwest to receive the economic, environmental and societal benefits of energy efficiency and the larger clean energy economy. [...] Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), which passed in 2021 and enables beneficial electrification, explicitly states that customers must be informed on potential impacts to their bills in section b-27: “Prior to installing an electrification measure, the utility shall provide a customer with an estimate of the impact of the new measure on the customer's average monthly electric bill and. [...] While we outlined above that a holistic approach to considering costs will serve the Focus on Energy program best, it is important to factor customer costs—both energy and non- energy costs—into the definition. [...] Doing the research and analysis on these issues prior to Quad V makes the most sense as it will provide the Commission and program administrators more time to prepare for Quad V scoping. [...] It would benefit the state and the Focus program to adopt this new standard now as the energy efficiency industry moves into this new era of programming and evaluation.

Authors

Maddie Wazowicz - MEEA

Pages
6
Published in
United States of America

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