Energy efficiency programs avoided the generation of 168 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) in the United States electric power industry in 2021. Energy efficiency programs in the U.S. have avoided more than one GtCO₂ since 2015.
Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons)
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Edison Foundation. (February 3, 2023). Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation. "Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons)." Chart. February 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation. (2023). Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation. "Avoided Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Efficiency in The Electric Power Industry in The United States from 2008 to 2021 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/
Edison Foundation, Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Avoided carbon dioxide emissions from energy efficiency in the electric power industry in the United States from 2008 to 2021 (in million metric tons) [Graph], Edison Foundation, February 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/564772/carbon-dioxide-emissions-saved-due-to-electric-efficiency-in-the-us/