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June 5, 2007

Report: R.I. ninth in country in energy efficiency

As summer starts to simmer, a report today ranks Rhode Island ninth in the country in energy efficiency, based on policies for such things as appliance and equipment standards, transportation and land use, and energy codes in buildings.

That puts Rhode Island behind Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts but ahead of the other New England states. Rhode Island tied with Minnesota, according to a news release from American Council for an Energy-Efficient Policy, which published the report.

“The top-ten states earn the highest scores due to their records of spending on energy efficiency programs, building codes and appliances standards, and other programs that work to increase investment in energy efficiency,” Maggie Eldridge, a policy program rsearch assistant with the organization, said in a statement.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

“The next fifteen states that trail behind the top ten all have policies to increase efficiency in state-owned facilities, and most are committing funds to energy efficiency programs plus adopting codes and standards. The bottom twenty-six states, however, seriously lag behind the rest,” Eldridge said.

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Policy, based in Washington, D.C., describes itself on its Web site as an organization that has made a difference since 1980 in helping to get everything from refigerators to flourescent lightbulbs to be more efficient.

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June 5, 2007

Report: R.I. ninth in country in energy efficiency

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