For instance, has there ever been any attempt to look at the employment potential which a more purposeful energy efficiency programme would offer?

Environmentalists oppose the plant, saying the state's power requirements could be met with efficiency programs and investments in renewable energy.

In the first ten months of this government, departments saved a total of £3.75bn through centrally led efficiency programmes.

Several analysts said the results gave further evidence of the success of the company's modernization and efficiency programs at a number of plants.

If you want to learn more or would like to participate in the energy efficiency programs listed above, contact Focus on Energy.

For now, the only fuel cells being sold are to customers whose investment is heavily subsidized by government research or efficiency programs.

Some Vermont utilities were just too small to have effective efficiency programs, regulators said, and some did not have their hearts in the work.

By easing demand, efficiency programs can help restrain energy prices and help curb global warming.

From 2008 to 2010, a far-reaching efficiency programme saw a number of staff made redundant and courses close.

And let's be absolutely clear: we remain totally committed to an efficiency programme which saved the taxpayer £3.75 billion in that short financial year.