Report: Ohio regulators should reconsider efficiency plans from power companies [Video]

As energy regulators in Ohio argue over how reduce consumption statewide, a new study by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has revealed their best plans may have been right under their noses the whole time.

Between 2012 and 2014, investor-owned utilities in the state offered a number of different plans to improve energy efficiency, as laid out in legislation like Senate Bill 221. This bill sought to revamp utilities regulation to bring Ohio energy into the 21st century with advanced technology and renewable resources.

However, since then, lawmakers have reached something of an impasse, unsure of how to proceed. But according to the council, several utilities might have already had the right idea. When the organization examined these proposed strategies, four energy company plans resulted in twenty-two to sixty-six percent cuts in consumption over ten to twenty years of implementation.

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