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The Bonneville Power Administration is a leader in promoting energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest. Since the early 1980s, BPA and its regional wholesale power customers have saved over 1,000 average megawatts (aMW) of electricity through energy efficiency and conservation. From 2005 to 2009, savings from BPA's program initiatives reached 310 aMW.
Today, the challenge for BPA and its customers is to meet the aggressive energy efficiency targets found in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Sixth Power Plan. The Sixth power plan, adopted in February 2010, calls for the region to acquire 1,200 aMW of efficiency over the next five years. Public power's share of that target is 504 aMW, a significant increase over past targets and much higher than the savings achieved before in a five-year period.
The ambitious target in the Council's plan means BPA and its customers need to identify and develop new ways to acquire energy efficiency. The portfolio of programs, offerings, and activities outlined in the BPA Energy Efficiency Action Plan are designed to assist in meeting public power's share of the Council's target. The plan will help guide BPA's program decisions and its evaluation of progress toward the target. BPA will continue to collaborate with its customers and other stakeholders to update the Action Plan as conditions warrant.
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