Seattle To Double Its Energy Conservation over Five Years. By Lisa Stiffler, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 20, 2008. "Seattle City Light officials and Mayor Greg Nickels announced a $185 million plan Wednesday to double the city's energy conservation over five years -- an amount equal to the annual energy use of 180,000 Seattle homes. The program, which targets residential and commercial electricity use, could save customers $310 million over that time… The city plans to reach the new goals through numerous routes, including encouraging the use of [CFLs] and other power-saving electronics through coupons and discounts, supporting more efficient home and water heating, and providing incentives for upgrading and constructing energy-thrifty buildings. The utility is launching pilot programs to help customers with energy audits figure out where their use is greatest in order to reduce it… It also ensures that the city will meet the conditions of voter-approved Initiative 937, which requires the state's largest electric utilities to capture all of the 'cost-effective conservation' available in their service area and to set efficiency goals that will be independently audited."
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