Ratepayer-funded budgets for energy-efficiency are at an all-time high and continue to rise. A report released earlier this year by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), in collaboration with the Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) and the American Gas Association (AGA), showed that U.S. electric and gas efficiency budgets have doubled since 2006. Gas-related budgets in the U.S. saw a particularly impressive increase, nearly quadrupling from 2006 to 2009. Canadian efficiency budgets have posted noteworthy increases as well. U.S. and Canadian ratepayer-funded electric and gas programs combined reached nearly $6.1 billion in 2009, up from $4.5 billion in 2008.
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