Energy Efficiency in California and the U.S.: Progress and Prospects

Ralph Cavanagh has represented the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in California and national energy forums since 1979. He will reflect on the emergence of energy efficiency as the nation's most important energy resource, the history of efforts to mobilize it in California and nationally, and the challenges ahead. He will focus on electric utilities in particular as the nation's most important clean energy investors, and on progress in federal and state efficiency standards. He will also address the role of energy efficiency in EPA's new Clean Power Plan, and in global climate policy negotiations.