Repealing Energy Efficiency Program Means Lost Jobs, Higher Electric Bills for Indiana
If Indiana’s legislature had not repealed the Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) in 2015, the state would have saved more energy, ratepayers would have saved millions of dollars, and many jobs would have been created, according to a July 2018 study by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC).
The study was commissioned by Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana. It compared energy efficiency savings, saved energy costs, and job impacts since the repeal of EERS in 2015 with what would have been achieved had the program not been repealed. The policy brief concluded that: