DOE Launches New Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee
DOE has launched its Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Advisory Committee to provide advice on issues
under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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Today’s challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions while meeting the country’s steadily rising demand for electricity make it essential for legislatures and public utility commissions to shift their focus toward mechanisms that make demand reduction as profitable for utilities as increasing supply. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
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Fossil fuels provide more than 85% of all the energy consumed in the US, nearly two-thirds of our electricity, and virtually all of our transportation fuels. (Source: DOE)
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Crude oil, taxes, refining, distribution and marking are the four main components that make up the retail price of a gallon of gasoline. (Source: EIA)
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Electricity generation accounts for about 40% of total U.S. energy consumption. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
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The United States makes up 5% of the world's population and accounts for 25% of total energy use.
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