Minnesota among top states for energy efficiency
Even as Congress failed to take major action on climate and energy legislation in 2010, states across the country achieved major new strides in energy efficiency, according to the 2010 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard from the nonprofit and independent American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
Minnesota was ranked No. 8 on the fourth edition of the ACEEE Scorecard, which is the same ranking it received in 2009.
California retained the top ranking for the fourth year in a row, outpacing all other states in its level of investment in energy efficiency across all sectors of its economy.
Among the major state advances highlighted is a near doubling of state energy efficiency budgets from 2007 spending levels. The report also showed that the injection of more than $11 billion of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds directly to state energy efficiency helped stimulate significant progress in funding and creating new energy-saving programs.
