Energy Efficiency in P4G EMCs creates 1,241 jobs per year

 Energy Efficiency a Low Cost Option with High Economic Benefits

43 Georgia counties could see $3.1 billion economic boost, thousands of new jobs

Atlanta, Ga. — If the six electric membership corporations (EMCs) participating in developing a coal-fired power plant in Washington County turned their efforts to energy efficiency (EE) instead, the result would be a lower cost to consumers and more jobs for Georgians. That is the conclusion of an extensive an independent study released today by the Chattanooga, Tennessee based Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies. 

The study, Energy Efficiency as an Alternative Strategy for the Power4Georgians’ EMCs shows that investing in residential, commercial and industrial energy efficiency could pump more than $3 billion into the local economies of the 43 Georgia counties served in whole or in part by the six Power4Georgians EMCs over a fourteen year period.  The result would be more than 17,000 years of employment – with an average of 1,241 jobs per year – in construction, retail and other service jobs. Unlike jobs that would result from construction of a coal fired power plant in Washington County, energy efficiency employment would be ongoing and economic benefits would be spread across a wider area and cost less.

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