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The Advocacy Toolkit is MEEA's hub of resources that can help convey the benefits of energy efficiency to policymakers and stakeholders. The toolkit can be used to promote energy efficiency as the most affordable energy resource for the Midwest. 

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Fact Sheets

Customers

Residential Multifamily Energy Efficiency

Commercial & Industrial Combined Heat and Power Industrial Energy Efficiency Legalized Cannabis and Energy Use

Financing PACE Financing On-Bill Financing

EE Policy

• Energy Efficiency Policies in the Midwest: A Roadmap to Maximizing Energy Savings
• Energy Efficiency in the Midwest
• Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
• Integrated Resource Planning
• State Energy Plans: A Guide to Optimizing Energy Systems

EE Impacts

• Energy Efficiency Jobs
• Health Benefits of Energy Efficiency
• Non-Energy Impacts of Energy Efficiency

Energy Codes & Benchmarking

• Energy Codes 101
• The Impact of Building Energy Codes in the Midwest
• Energy Codes are Life Safety Codes
• Benchmarking 101

State Specific

Illinois Energy Codes Energy and Bill Savings for Customers Indiana Energy Codes Iowa Energy Codes Kansas Kentucky Michigan

Minnesota Energy Codes Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Energy and Bill Savings for Customers South Dakota West Virginia Wisconsin

Reports

The Economic Impacts of Energy Efficiency Investments in the Midwest (2016)

• Regional summary
• Full Report
• State guides: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio

Missed Opportunities: The Impacts of Recent Policies on Energy Efficiency Programs in Midwestern States (2021)

• Full Report
• State guides: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin.

Member Benefit Policy Insider Updates on executive, legislative and regulatory action on energy efficiency in our footprint and national policies that affect our region.  Sample issue. Want more? Join MEEA!  Already a MEEA Member? Contact Kit White to be added to the distribution list.	Open Subscription Midwest Building Efficiency Status Report Keep track of developments in building energy codes and benchmarking throughout the region.  Sample issue. Want more?  Subscribe to MEEA's other newsletters.

Ask a MEEA Staffer 

• Have a question about a specific topic? Hit up our policy team. If we can’t answer it, we probably know who can!
• Member Benefit: Are you a member and need a deep dive on a topic? Contact our membership team to talk about how we can support you with research and analysis. The policy team can also provide education and trainings to your staff on specific EE topics.

Policy Webinars

• MEEA hosts regular webinars on policy and technical topics facing our region. Explore our past webinars here. If you have ideas on a topic you would like MEEA to cover, please contact the policy team.

Member Benefit: Join the Policy Committee

• MEEA’s Policy Committee discusses policy trends in the region and helps to guide MEEA’s policy activities. If you want hands-on involvement in shaping the region’s policy future, contact the policy team to join the committee.

MEEA's Policy Team and Building Policy Team bring knowledge, diverse backgrounds and experiences to the energy efficiency sector.