Texas’s Path to an Energy-Efficient Future

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute outlines the economic, environmental, and health benefits of implementing energy efficiency policies in Texas, specifically focusing on cost savings and pollution reduction by 2030.

• Implementing specific energy efficiency policies could allow Texas to meet 89% of its carbon pollution reduction goal established under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.
• By 2030, a combination of 1% annual energy savings, national model building codes, energy service contract investment, and 500 MWs of new combined heat and power would result in the avoidance of over 55 million tons of carbon dioxide and the saving of more than 86 million MWh of electricity.
• Energy efficiency policies are projected to save Texans $5.5 billion by 2030 and reduce air pollution by 231,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and 815,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) by the same year.

APA

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (n.d.). Texas’s Path to an Energy-Efficient Future. https://www.eesi.org/files/Energy_Efficiency_Fact_Sheet_030116_TX.pdf

Chicago

Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Texas’s Path to an Energy-Efficient Future. n.d. https://www.eesi.org/files/Energy_Efficiency_Fact_Sheet_030116_TX.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{environmentalandenergystudyinstitutendtexass, author = {{Environmental and Energy Study Institute}}, title = {{Texas’s Path to an Energy-Efficient Future}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/Energy_Efficiency_Fact_Sheet_030116_TX.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }