Acadia Center
Acadia Center
Acadia Center
Programs
Next Generation Energy Efficiency Program
Energy Efficiency & Buildings:Our Next Generation Energy Efficiency program works to optimize the region's buildings and building systems to make them more efficient, healthier, and less polluting. The program advocates for nationally significant investments in efficiency and savings goals to capture consumer, health, economic and climate benefits. Core goals are to realign successful efficiency programs so they more intentionally address climate goals, treat whole building electrification and address the need to improve the quality of housing in lower income communities. We work to demonstrate the value and achievability of high efficiency savings levels, and address ways to make energy efficiency programs easier for consumers to participate in, specifically in historically underserved communities and markers. A primary goal is to transition building heating systems to clean electric options, and rapidly convert residential heating to heat pumps in alignment with, by building coalitions, advancing state policies, and educating consumers and vendors about heat pumps. We are seeking to advance ways to fund building weatherization and electrification improvements.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$460.6KClean Grid and Clean Energy Initiatives
Clean Grid and Clean Energy:Decarbonizing the electric power sector and accelerate the supply of clean, reliable energy is essential to meeting climate goals, reducing local air pollution impacts on communities and support electrification of transportation and buildings. We are making the case against fossil fuel expansion and advancing state and regional policies further large-scale noncarbon emitting energy supply and storage. We seek to reform regional electricity system planning by ISO-New England (ISO-NE) and market rules to remove barriers to clean energy and continue to expand and procedure offshore wind resources (OSW) and address the transmission and planning needs to accommodate OSW. We coordinate the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative advocacy network and prepared a comprehensive Report on RGGI's impact with recommendations on ways to improve the program in its Third Program Review to address equity and environmental justice goals.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$460.6KUtility Accountability and Innovation Reforms
Utility Accountability and Innovation:We advance reforms in state and regional utility regulation and energy planning so all parties engaged in the energy system utilities, regulators and consumers work in alignment to achieve climate, clean energy, equity and consumer goals. We build awareness about how outdated incentives cause utility behavior to misalign with clean energy, climate goals and ratepayer benefits. Our utility reform proposals address the need for more independent state oversight that combines investment in the grid with financial and planning reforms for the utility. We are promoting significant reforms of public utility commissions so that they consider climate impacts alongside rates and bills and implementing approaches to reduce conflicts of interest imposed on energy companies. Our work has led to significant reforms in giving state public utility agencies authority to address climate, equity and environmental justice impacts.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$442.9K
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