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Summary
States can implement a variety of tools, technologies, and policies to help reduce electricity consumption and emissions while encouraging the implementation of higher efficiency platforms like distributed energy resources, making energy transitions more successful, according to a guide by the EPA.
Resource planning, financial resources, regulatory frameworks, smart metering, and efficiency programs have all had positive impacts on improving energy use in states. They have led to more use of localized distributed energy resources (DER), seen as a key piece of energy transitions, and programs such as Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) have shown results in energy savings.
Several chapters of the EPA’s Energy and Environment Guide to Action have been recently been updated for the first time since 2015. It was first published in 2006 and is a tool for states to come up with a framework for successful energy transitions.
A focus of most of the resource is a greater implementation of DERs, which the EPA says can help grid operators balance supply and demand as well as improve energy resiliency. DERs are usually smaller generation platforms on the user’s side, including rooftop solar, combined heat and power, and battery storage units.
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