Website Picks
Fall 2003

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
http://www.aceee.org

ACEEE was formed in 1980 to advance energy efficiency as a way to promote both economic prosperity and environmental protection. Over the past 22 years, the organization has helped design and implement the Department of Energy’s Energy Star Program, developed energy and environmental plans for the Clinton and Bush Administrations, and helped many states and utilities design energy efficiency programs.

The ACEEE website is a major source of energy efficiency information for consumers, energy professionals, and policy makers. Consumers, for example, can access a energy-efficiency guide to the best (and worst) new cars, trucks and sports utility vehicles.

The site also offers a list of dozens of publications, ranging from Improving Energy Efficiency in Apartment Buildings to Tax Incentives for Innovative Energy-Efficiency Technologies.

Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.
http://www.synapse-energy.com/publications.htm

Synapse is a research and consulting firm that specializes in energy, economic and environmental topics. Its primary emphasis is on analyzing policies that lead to sustainable, efficient and equitable energy production and use. Its website features research papers focused on electricity regulation and restructuring; stranded costs and generating asset valuation; renewable resources, distributed generation and energy efficiency; wholesale electric markets, ISOs and RTOs; and electric system reliability, among other topics.

Website users can download the papers without charge. Recent reports include The New England Experiment: An Evaluation of the Wholesale Electricity Markets; The Maryland Renewable Portfolio Standard: An Assessment of Potential Cost Impacts prepared for the Maryland Public Interest Research Group; and Powering the South: A Clean & Affordable Energy Plan for the Southern United States, prepared for the Renewable Energy Policy Project..

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