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Subject: EPA News Release (HQ): EPA  Statement on McKinsey & Company's New 
Report, "Unlocking Energy Efficiency  in the U.S. Economy"
 
 
CONTACT: 
Brendan Gilfillan 
_gilfillan.brendan at epa.gov_ (mailto:gilfillan.brendan at epa.gov)  
202-564-2081 
202-564-4355 

FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE 
July 29, 2009 
EPA Statement on  McKinsey & Company’s New Report, “Unlocking Energy 
Efficiency in the U.S.  Economy” 

WASHINGTON – McKinsey & Company has released a  new report today outlining 
opportunities for consumers, businesses and other  institutions to save 
nearly $1.3 trillion in energy costs by 2020. According to  the report, America 
could reduce its non-transportation  energy usage by 23 percent by 2020 by 
investing in energy efficiencies. 

EPA Administrator Lisa P.  Jackson released the following statement in 
reaction to the report: 

“The energy that most  effectively cuts costs, protects us from climate 
change, and reduces our  dependence of foreign oil is the energy that’s never 
used in the first place.  According to McKinsey’s report, energy efficiency  
improvements alone can reduce consumption more than 20 percent by 2020 and  
prevent up to 1.1 gigatons of greenhouse gases annually, helping America 
lead the way in averting the worst  effects of climate change. The McKinsey 
report  reveals new possibilities for energy efficiency, and will be 
instrumental in  engaging consumers, businesses and everyone else to cut energy 
consumption,  reduce harmful emissions, and save money on electricity. EPA will 
continue  pioneering energy efficiency through programs like Energy Star, 
partnership with  the Department of Energy in the National Action Plan for 
Energy Efficiency, and  engagement in state and local climate and energy programs.
” 



_http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/electricpowernaturalgas/US_energy_eff
iciency/_ 
(http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/electricpowernaturalgas/US_energy_efficiency/)  

And, if you missed this one:
 
   
Ka-BOOM! Appliance Standards Make a Big  Bang 

New Obama Administration Standards Could Slash U.S. Energy  Use, 
Cut Global Warming Emissions and Save Consumers  Money 

Washington, D.C. (July 22, 2009):  Strong new national appliance standards 
for 26 common household and business  products planned during President 
Obama's current term could slash total U.S.  electricity use by over 1,900 
terawatt-hours (1.9 trillion kilowatt-hours)  cumulatively by 2030 while saving 
consumers and businesses over $123 billion,  according to a report released 
today by the American Council for an  Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and 
the Appliance Standards Awareness Project  (ASAP). The new standards also 
could make a big contribution to U.S. efforts to cut global warming  carbon 
dioxide pollution, eliminating 158 million tons per year by 2030, roughly  the 
amount emitted by 63 large conventional coal-fired power  plants. 
The new standards will affect many  common household and business products 
- ranging from furnaces to water heaters  to air conditioners to fluorescent 
light bulbs. In many cases, standards first  set in the 1980s or 1990s are 
due to be updated and can now be strengthened  thanks to technological 
improvements. Cumulative savings from already existing  standards total about 
$2,800 per household; savings from new standards due in  the next few years 
could save an additional $1,100 per household over the life  of the affected 
products. 
The report, _Ka-BOOM! The Power of  Appliance Standards: Opportunities for 
New Federal Appliance and Equipment  Standards_ 
(http://aceee.org/pubs/a091.htm) , is available for free download at 
_http://www.aceee.org/pubs/a091.htm_ (http://www.aceee.org/pubs/a091.htm)  or a hard copy can  be purchased for 
$35 plus $5 postage and handling from ACEEE Publications, 529  14th St, 
N.W., Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20045, phone: 202-507-4000, fax:  
202-429-2248,  
e-mail: _aceee_publications at aceee.org_ 
(mailto:aceee_publications at aceee.org) . 

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