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Climate Change & Energy Efficiency

Despite using less energy, low-income households are often forced to make difficult survival decisions to afford essential energy service. NCLC works to ensure that the urgent transition to clean energy protects underserved households and communities from unaffordable increases in the cost of energy and to mitigate the inequities of our current energy landscape.

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Comments to NASEO’s IRA Rebates RFI Regarding Essential Consumer Protections

May 19, 2023

CHARGE Coalition Sign-on Letter to Democratic Leadership Regarding a Clean Debt Ceiling Bill

May 12, 2023

WBUR Radio Boston: The ins and outs of the third party electricity provider industry in Massachusetts

May 8, 2023

Group Convened by Massachusetts AG’s Office Releases Recommendations to Improve Public Participation in Energy Proceedings

May 4, 2023

The Washington Post: “The FTC is expected to crack down on ‘greenwashing'”

April 13, 2023

Retail “Choice” in Electricity Markets: A Bad Deal for Consumers and the Climate

March 30, 2023

Comments on the Department of Energy’s RFI on Inflation Reduction Act home electrification and home efficiency rebate programs

March 3, 2023

Joint Consumer Groups Comments to the Federal Trade Commission on Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims

February 21, 2023

Coalition Letter to Federal Reserve on Climate Financial Risk Management

February 6, 2023

Comments & Letters

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Comments filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities re: Docket No. 20-80

May 6, 2022

Comments to Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Regarding the Transportation & Climate Initiative

November 5, 2019

Group Comments Regarding Transportation & Climate Initiative Draft Memorandum of Understanding

February 28, 2020

Group Comments in Response to a Petition of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute

January 14, 2019

Group Letter Urging Treasury to Create a Climate Hub with a Leader to Address the Financial Stability

February 25, 2021

CHARGE Coalition Sign-on Letter to Democratic Leadership Regarding a Clean Debt Ceiling Bill

May 12, 2023

Comments on the Department of Energy’s RFI on Inflation Reduction Act home electrification and home efficiency rebate programs

March 3, 2023

Joint Consumer Groups Comments to the Federal Trade Commission on Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims

February 21, 2023

Coalition Letter to Federal Reserve on Climate Financial Risk Management

February 6, 2023

Reports

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Advancing Equity in Utility Regulation

November 1, 2021

Reversing Energy System Inequity: Urgency and Opportunity During the Clean Energy Transition

March 6, 2019

Issue Briefs

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Retail “Choice” in Electricity Markets: A Bad Deal for Consumers and the Climate

March 30, 2023

Testimony

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Testimony in Support of HB 982, Public Utilities—Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing—Energy Performance Targets

February 27, 2020

Press Releases

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New Report Tackles Energy System Inequities, Opportunities During the Clean Energy Transition

March 5, 2019

Group Convened by Massachusetts AG’s Office Releases Recommendations to Improve Public Participation in Energy Proceedings

May 4, 2023

U.S. Consumers Will Save $30 Billion with Proposed Residential Gas Furnace Standards

June 13, 2022

Over Two Dozen Consumer Groups Urge DOE’s Granholm to Immediately Act on Long Overdue, Legally Required, Efficiency Standard for Lighting Products

June 28, 2021

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan Would Deliver Clean Water, Electric Transportation Grid, High-Speed Broadband, and Housing Equity

April 1, 2021

Trump Administration Levels Another Assault on Consumers’ Energy Bills

January 14, 2021

Los Angeles County Ends PACE Program Marred by Fraud, Abuse, and Unaffordable Loans

May 20, 2020

Report Assesses the Value of Smart Thermostats in Low-Income Weatherization Programs

January 30, 2020

Advocates Applaud CFPB’s Intention to Deal with PACE Loan Program Abuses

March 4, 2019

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