Given the rapid pace of innovation today, it's hard to grasp what the future will be like in five years, let alone 40. Technologies continue to become smaller and faster in ways few thought could be possible.   READ MORE >>

To make things easier for customers, some utilities have wisely begun to work upstream with manufacturers, vendors and retailers. Instead of offering the customer rebates, the utilities are providing incentives to product suppliers to ensure that store shelves are stocked only with ENERGY STAR appliances.   READ MORE >>

From 2007 to 2010, electric utility efficiency program budgets have gone from $2.7 billion to $5.4 billion. Utilities have doubled the amount they are spending on efficiency in just the past three years, and these numbers will only continue to rise as part of a national trend.   READ MORE >>