Utilities
Utilities
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The electricity sector was the second largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, accounting for 25% of the national total. Emissions have decreased since 1990 due to a shift to lower- and non-emitting sources of electricity generation and an increase in end-use energy efficiency, however, significant opportunity still exists to reduce emissions across the utility sector. Many utilities in the U.S. have made voluntary corporate commitments to cut their carbon emissions, and technology advancements and changing customer preferences are further driving the utility industry’s transition to a carbon-free energy system. |
DOE is challenging organizations to set ambitious, portfolio-wide GHG emission reduction goals -- 50% within the next 10 years -- through the Better Climate Challenge.
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Featured Solutions
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A cross-functional effort leveraged energy and water efficiency improvements including lighting retrofits, green plumbing and toilet retrofits, fan system upgrades, and the installation of an energy efficient chiller, all of which brought 37% in energy savings and over $1.7 million savings in energy cost. |
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The Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant (LAAFP) was completed in 1986 and has a treatment capacity of up to 600 million gallons of water per day. In the mid-2000s, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began a comprehensive modernization of the LAAFP with a long-range program to upgrade and replace aging equipment. |
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The Energy Data Accelerator Toolkit is a collection of resources enabling other utilities and communities to learn and benefit from the work of the Accelerator, specifically on how to gain data needed for benchmarking. |
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LADWP Partnership With SoCalGas Delivers Comprehensive Efficiency Programs Implementation Model The partnership between the municipal electric and water utility with a regional investor-owned gas utility allowed both participants to efficiently deploy multiple “tri-resource” incentive programs to residential and commercial customers in their joint territory, including statewide incentive programs.
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