About CEEF
The Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund: Helping Connecticut Save Energy & Money – This Fund’s for You
Energy efficiency is the quickest, least expensive and cleanest way to extend the world’s energy supplies, and Connecticut’s energy consumers have an energy and money-saving resource right at their fingertips—the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF).
Created in 1998 to address Connecticut’s increasing energy needs—and rising costs—the CEEF is an initiative to help homeowners and renters, small and large businesses, and state and local governments alike get in the habit of using energy more efficiently.
The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) and The United Illuminating Company (UI) administer the energy-efficiency programs the CEEF supports, providing energy-efficiency expertise and financial incentives to help their customers reduce the amount of energy used in their homes and businesses.
The energy-efficiency programs are reviewed by the Energy Conservation Management Board (ECMB), a group of advisors who utilize their experience and expertise with energy issues to evaluate and consult with the utility companies on how the programs are structured and delivered. In conjunction with the ECMB, the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) regulates the utility companies and reviews and approves CEEF energy-efficiency programs annually.
In the shared interest of implementing conservation measures that are energy efficient, cost effective, and easy to live with, the CEEF is financially supported by all CL&P and UI customers through the conservation charge on their electric bills and paid for by customers of Connecticut Natural Gas, Southern Connecticut Gas and Yankee Gas. The money collected by these charges fund energy-efficiency programs that benefit all energy users in Connecticut.
The Mission of Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund:
- To advance the efficient use of energy
- To reduce air pollution and negative environmental impacts
- To promote economic development and energy security
The benefits of CEEF programs far exceed their costs.
The least expensive kilowatt-hour is the one not used. The price of electricity conserved through CEEF programs is approximately 2 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) compared to the average price of about 19 cents for electricity in Connecticut.
- For every $1 invested in CEEF programs, Connecticut ratepayers will see approximately $4 in electric system benefits over the lifetime of the efficiency measures installed.
- The energy-efficiency measures installed in 2007 through CEEF programs will result in a savings of about $777 million over the life of the measures.
Efficient use of electricity slows down the need to build more power plants and results in fewer toxins emitted into our atmosphere.
In 2007 alone, 4.3 billion kWh in energy savings will be realized over the lifetime of the efficiency measures installed through CEEF programs. That’s equivalent to:
- 528,000 homes powered by electricity for one year or,
- 3.2 million cars taken off our roads for one year or,
- 2.6 million tons of carbon dioxide avoided*
*Based on regional 2005 marginal emissions rates from ISO-NE and CO2 content of fuel source.
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