Okay, today, in preparation for a Mass Save Home Energy Assessment, I watched this video—and sent it along to our tenants and to my got-other-things-on-his-mind-besides-energy-efficiency husband.
BTW: My friend Lynne explained that the reason utility companies do this is, surprise, they actually make more money when their consumers save energy!
Fun to read about our shared experience in the blog, and I double-checked with my informant on the motivation for the energy audits, and he explained that the utilities are publicly regulated. So they may or may not make more money in the short term, but theoretically they could be out of business if they don’t encourage and support conservation efforts.