Energy Efficiency Past, Present and Future: The Resource That Keeps On Giving

California has pioneered energy efficiency for more than six decades, transforming it into a professionalized practice and global model. After 20+ years of flat electricity demand, load growth is returning - driven by electrification, digitalization, and new industries - making efficiency more essential than ever.

Today’s efficiency goes beyond traditional savings. It now includes grid-interactive strategies that use digital communications, advanced controls, automation, and aggregation to align demand with system needs. By making buildings and devices dynamic participants in the grid, efficiency strengthens reliability, integrates renewables, and accelerates decarbonization, and even puts downward pressure on electric rates. 

This talk will trace the evolution of efficiency, highlight California’s leadership, and show how this ever-renewable resource continues to shape a sustainable energy future

Speaker: Andrew McAllister, California Energy Commission

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