Energy Myth Ten – Energy Efficiency Measures are Unreliable, Unpredictable, and Unenforceable

EDWARD VINE1, MARTY KUSHLER2 AND DAN YORK3 1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 90R4000, Berkeley, CA 94720-4042, elvine@lbl.gov 2American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1751 Brookshire Court, Williamston, MI 48895 mgkushler@aol.com 3American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1001 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036, DanWYork@aol.com

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