Energy efficiency programs avoided the generation of 168 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) in the United States electric power industry in 2021. Energy efficiency programs in the U.S. have avoided more than one GtCO₂ since 2015.
Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021
(in million metric tons)
*Figures have been compiled from multiple reports.
For the purposes of this factsheet, the electric power industry includes investor-owned electric companies, public power utilities, electric cooperatives, and federal utilities. The term ‘electric companies’ encompass all of these industry segments.
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Edison Foundation. (February 3, 2023). Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation. "Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons)." Chart. February 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation. (2023). Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation. "Avoided Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Efficiency in The Electric Power Industry in The United States from 2008 to 2021 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation, Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons) [Graph], Edison Foundation, February 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
