Connecticut at a Glance (2011)4 Electric Program Expenditures: $125 million Gas Program Expenditures: $19.4 million Per Capita Expenditures: $41 Electric Savings: 394,000 MWh Gas Savings: 4.8 million therms 2012 Savings Goals: No binding savings goals
Buildings Policies The Malloy administration has begun to deliberately address its policies regarding building energy use, and has included several very high profile recommendations in its Comprehensive Energy Strategy — see page 6. In particular, the Strategy includes a reminder that the state is bound by law to update its building energy codes to reflect the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) within 18 months of its publication. Given a July 2011 IECC publication date, the chances of the state meeting this deadline would seem remote — particularly since the state’s code adoption process itself has historically been arduous and overly complex, resulting in significant delays between code updates. Nonetheless, the administration appears very committed to using its Comprehensive Energy Strategy to improve its energy code and other buildings policies, including implementing a system for rating and disclosing building energy use.
4 Data available from 2011 annual energy efficiency report & 2012 program plans. Savings are expressed in annual
terms.
2012 regional roundup of energy efficiency policy page 8