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To: aerosappy who wrote (83060)	4/15/2007 11:24:35 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 206328

Similar statistics are being quoted elsewhere... NEW CALIFORNIA ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS WILL SAVE CONSUMERS MONEY AND REDUCE POLLUTION, SAYS NRDC nrdc.org Statement by Noah Horowitz, NRDC Senior Scientist SAN FRANCISCO (December 15, 2004) -- The California Energy Commission (CEC) today unanimously approved new appliance efficiency standards that will save energy, cut consumers' power bills and reduce air pollution. The standards will cover new products sold in California in 24 categories, including consumer electronics, swimming pool pumps and external power supplies. Upon full turnover of existing appliances, the standards will save more than 5,000 gigawatt/hours of energy per year, more than the amount of electricity used by all San Francisco residences. <snip> "Through its aggressive energy saving policies, California's electricity demand is growing at half the rate of the rest of the nation. During the 1990s demand grew by about 1 percent per year, matching the state's population growth and lagging far behind the 2.8 percent average annual growth of the state's economy. "California's leadership is especially important because the federal government has been asleep at the switch when it comes to setting minimum efficiency standards for new appliances. Fortunately, California standards often become future state and federal standards. NRDC is working to promote the adoption of many of California's new appliance standards in other states in the Northeast and Northwest." <snip>