About - Efficiency Smart

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Serving municipal electric utilities and their customers since 2011

Efficiency Smart provides energy efficiency services to municipal electric utilities and their customers. Our services are available to American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) member utilities that opt into the program.

Efficiency Smart is proud to help participating municipal electric systems and their customers solve their energy challenges and save money.

We help residential customers lower their electric bills and make their homes more comfortable. We provide expert advice on reducing electricity use at home and offer discounts and rebates to make energy-efficient products more affordable.

We provide custom technical assistance and financial incentives to help businesses improve efficiency and save money. Our team works with business customers to identify, assess, and validate energy efficiency projects.

Additionally, we work across the supply chain and within communities, building relationships with contractors, retailers, community agencies, and others to expand the reach and impact of our services.

Efficiency Smart is administered by VEIC, a nonprofit that has worked in partnership with AMP since 2008. Since the program launched in 2011, Efficiency Smart has served more than 65 of AMP’s Member utilities across four states. Please visit the careers page if you're interested in learning more about working for VEIC.

Our Impact

Since 2011, Efficiency Smart has:

Enabled more than 81,500 residential energy-saving improvements and more than 3,200 business projects
Empowered customers to save $364,330,000 over the lifetime of these installed products
Achieved energy savings equivalent to reducing the annual electric use of more than 579,900 homes
Reduced summer peak demand by nearly 46,500 kilowatts
Helped participating utilities save $245,150,000 in energy, transmission, and capacity costs