How Will California Have Clean Energy by 2045? With a Little Help From Oakland

It’s important to note that California has more energy efficiency jobs than any other state, more than 300,000. That’s more than double the number of those in Texas, the state in second place, according to a report from e2.org and E4TheFuture.Org. … Hall had managed to not only explain to me what the move toward clean energy […]

New Methane Waste Rule a Lose-Lose for American Businesses, Workers

Statement from E2 Director of Advocacy Grant Carlisle WASHINGTON (September 19, 2018) – The Department of the Interior formally proposed its final rule on methane waste prevention, officially rolling back many provisions of an Obama-era regulation that had aimed to limit wasteful venting and leaks industrial operations on federal lands and would have sent a […]

GCAS 2018: Clean Energy Policies Can Protect Climate While Creating Jobs, Economic Growth

Statements from E2 Executive Director, Clean Energy Business Leaders  San Francisco, CA – (September 11, 2018) – On Wednesday, world leaders, business representatives and others from around the globe will gather at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. Following a statement from  Bob Keefe, executive director of the national nonpartisan business group E2: “Unless they’re in a […]

California Advances Clean Energy Economy – 100% by 2045

 Statement from E2 Advocate Andy Wunder and Paired Power Inc. CCO Mark Bauhaus San Francisco, CA (September 10, 2018) – Today, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law one of the most ambitious clean energy policies in the world, accelerating and raising California’s current Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 60% by 2030 and establishing a […]

Energy Efficiency Jobs in America: 2018

Date: September 6, 2018

AMERICA’S JOB POWERHOUSE

Across every time zone, state, county, and even zip code, energy efficiency solutions are creating new economic opportunities. Whether it’s new efficient technologies spurring brand new companies or established businesses expanding, America’s job growth is being powered by energy efficiency.

Energy efficiency added the most new jobs in 2017 of the entire energy sector. Its workers now outnumber elementary and middle school teachers and are nearly double those in U.S. law enforcement. In fact, there are now as many energy efficiency workers as there are waitstaff in U.S. bars and restaurants.

The full Energy Efficiency Jobs in America report is available directly at this link. Links to individual factsheets for all 50 states and the District of Columbia can be found below.

A BIGGER PICTURE

This report focuses solely on the energy sector of the economy. Jobs in retail trade, vehicle efficiency-related work, and the 4.2 million jobs related to efficient manufacturing processes are excluded from these numbers.

HIGHLIGHTS

According to Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, energy efficiency:

  • is America’s fastest growing and largest energy jobs sector
  • employs workers in 3,000 of America’s 3,007 counties (99.7%)
  • outnumbers landscaping professionals and groundskeepers combined
  • has twice as many workers as all fossil fuel sectors combined
  • businesses now total over 350,000, dominated by small businesses (79%)
  • employs more than 300,000 rural Americans, and 900,000 in America’s top 25 metro areas
  • accounted for 1/2 of the entire energy sector’s job growth in 2017
  • workers make up 35 percent of all U.S. energy workers
  • accounts for more than 1 out of every 6 U.S. construction workers

FIND YOUR STATE’S EE JOBS FACTSHEET

Alabama | Alaska  Arizona | Arkansas | California |
Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware |District of Columbia|
Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana |
IowaKansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland |
MassachusettsMichiganMinnesota | Mississippi |
Missouri | Montana | Nebraska Nevada | New Hampshire |
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina |
North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | OregonPennsylvania |
Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee |
Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington |
West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |

An interactive map showing how energy efficiency jobs are spread across the U.S. can be found on CleanJobsCount.org.

LOOKING FOR MORE INFO?

If you are looking for additional insight into E4TheFuture and E2’s Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, including specific info about your county or region or to connect with business leaders in states who support strong clean energy policies, contact E2 Communications Director Michael Timberlake ([email protected]). An FAQ is also available here to answer any questions.

The complete report is available here and below.

EE JOBS IN AMERICA

2.25 MILLION AMERICAN WORK IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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Global Climate Action Summit Preview: How the International, Subnational, and Business Communities Are Taking the Lead on Climate Action

On September 12-14, the world will converge on San Francisco for the first-of-its-kind Global Climate Action Summit. Hosted by California Governor Jerry Brown and others, the Summit will gather international, subnational, business and other private sector leaders from around the world to discuss solutions to the world’s most pressing climate issues. Please join E2 for […]

Offshore Wind: Generating Economic Benefits on the East Coast

Date: August 30, 2018

REPORT

The U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for substantial growth, thanks to falling costs and increasing recognition by state and federal policy makers that there are tremendous economic benefits in harnessing clean, renewable energy offshore. BW Research, on behalf of E2, found that if each of the five states below added an average-sized offshore wind energy farm (352 MW) nearly 25,000 construction and operational jobs would be created up and down the eastern seaboard. The Department of Interior is developing lease sales for a strong pipeline of projects in this region—28 in total—which could equal 23,735 MW of new generating capacity, which if all developed would result in tens of thousands of more jobs and added economic benefits for those states. Through its expected growth over the next several years, offshore wind energy has the potential to significantly add to the Gross Regional Product (GRP) and state and federal tax revenues of South and North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.

OFFSHORE WIND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL:

  • If New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina added an average-sized offshore wind energy farm (352 MW), nearly 25,000 jobs and $3.6 billion would be added to the states’ economies.
    • South Carolina – 5,647 jobs and $878 million economic benefits
    • North Carolina – 5,522 jobs and $710 million economic benefits
    • Virginia – 4,377 jobs and $641 million economic benefits
    • New Jersey – 4,313 jobs and $702 million economic benefits
    • New York – 4,063 jobs and $737 million economic benefits

OFFSHORE DRILLING’S ECONOMIC RISK

  • A one-month beach and fishing closure due to an oil spill off the coasts of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina would cost over $2.7 billion in GDP and $1.3 billion in lost wages.
    • South Carolina – $117 million in lost wages and $314 million in GDP
    • North Carolina – $57 million in lost wages and $120 million in GDP
    • Virginia – $90 million in lost wages and $175 million in GDP
    • New Jersey – $163 million in lost wages and $307 million in GDP
    • New York – $870 million in lost wages and $1.8 billion in GDP

LOOKING FOR MORE INFO?

If you are looking for additional insight into E2’s Offshore  Wind report, including specific info about a state or to connect with business leaders on the East Coast who support increased offshore wind development and policies that grow clean energy jobs, contact E2 Communications Director Michael Timberlake ([email protected]).

The complete report is available here.

 

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Support SB100

As SB 100 is considered on the Assembly floor, E2 members sent this letter to the California State Assembly in support of the bill, which will accelerate California’s current 50% Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS), raise the RPS to 60% in 2030, and establish a goal for the state to satisfy all its electricity needs from […]

Oppose the rollback of CAFE standards

As the US Department of Transportation and EPA issue a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Corporte Average Fuel Eonomy (CAFE) standards and the Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Emissions standards, E2 members send this letter to Secretary Elain Chao of the US Department of Transportation and Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler of the EPA, […]

Statement: Rolling Back Fuel Standards Will Cost US Jobs, Economic Growth

Decision will damage US competitiveness for years, cost US leadership in auto innovation   WASHINGTON (August 2, 2018) – Earlier today, the EPA and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) formally noticed the Trump administration’s proposal to roll back popular clean car and fuel economy standards. The new proposal would halt fuel mileage improvements for vehicles […]

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