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Electric Cooperatives Lead in Energy Efficiency

As consumer-owned, not-for-profit utilities that are accountable to their member-owners, electric cooperatives have traditionally promoted energy efficiency as a way to keep members’ bills low. Today, many cooperatives also see increasing efficiencies on both sides of the meter as key to addressing the challenge of growing demand for electricity and rising costs.

Electric co-ops account for 10 percent of retail electric sales in the U.S., but they are responsible for 20 percent of actual peak reduction, according to the Energy Information Administration
Electric co-ops are responsible for 25 percent of residential peak load management capacity, according to the Energy Information Administration
Of the approximately 850 electric distribution cooperatives in the U.S., 96 percent have efficiency programs in place, according to NRECA Market Research
Of those with energy efficiency programs in place, 70 percent offer financial incentives to promote greater efficiency, according to NRECA Market Research
Those energy efficiency programs are growing with 73 percent planning to significantly expand existing programs in the next two years

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