Energy Efficiency - "The First Fuel" "The findings of the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change], the consensus estimate of the world’s scientists, couldn’t be any clearer: Unless we act now, with great urgency, costly and disruptive impacts all over the world are inevitable. We have no choice but to act. We need to change the way we produce, use, and conserve energy.
Electric Companies: Investing in America's Electric Future. Electric Companies: Investing in America's Electric Future Written by Dennis Wamsted One of the nation's greatest infrastructure challenges is the continuing need to supply affordable, reliable electricity to homes, schools and businesses in the coming years — during a time when the challenge of global warming will confront our need to power a better standard of living for a growing population.
To meet that need, shareholder-owned electric utilities are working to upgrade and expand the nation's electricity infrastructure. Over the next 20 years, the changes promise to be breathtaking, with a scope encompassing new technologies, advanced approaches to generate clean electricity and new ways for our economy to use electricity more efficiently. Preparing for the Future. .: IEC-SME - Improving Energy Competence :.