Energy Conservation: DOE's Efforts to Promote Energy Conservation and Efficiency

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) programs to promote electricity and overall energy conservation and efficiency, focusing on: (1) the DOE Integrated Resource Planning Program; (2) how National Energy Strategy (NES) policy options promote conservation and efficiency and increase energy supplies; (3) how extensively DOE evaluates the results of its conservation and efficiency programs and considers evaluation results in its planning and budgeting decisions for those programs; and (4) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) role in promoting electricity conservation and efficiency.