The United States can double energy productivity over the next 20 years by boosting investments in energy efficiency, reforming tax credits for energy savings and engaging state and local governments, a report released on Thursday said.
With a new session of Congress beginning, the report laid out a sweeping vision for cutting the energy used to support a growing US economy by 2030.
“This is an issue we can get done,” Senator Mark Warner, co-chairman of the Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy set up by the Alliance to Save Energy, said at a news conference.
Energy efficiency is one of the few areas of energy policy that analysts say might gain traction among deeply divided lawmakers this year.
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