The Compendium of Best Practices gives concrete examples of how US states and cities are successfully promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy. It is the culmination of a process of extensive outreach, data gathering, and analysis conducted to identify the best practices, and making them accessible with easy-to-understand descriptions.

The report describes more than 20 specific practices and examples of their effective implementation in states or cities. The practices are grouped into five broad areas:

• local policies, rules and regulations
• approaches to financing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects
• practices addressing utility regulation and transmission issues
• state and local efforts to lead by example in their own operations
• three examples of exemplary low-carbon cities: San Francisco, Austin and Seattle.

The report is a result of a collaboration between the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), the Alliance to Save Energy and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).

View the report here: Compendium of Best Practices