Efficiency Vermont announces the launch of Geographic Targeting

Geo-Targeting (GT) is short for Geographic Targeting. Efficiency Vermont is directing energy efficiency efforts toward targeted geographic areas across the state to help relieve the electric load on constrained transmission and distribution systems.

A constrained transmission and distribution system is an area where the demand for power on the electric transmission and distribution facilities is at or near capacity during periods of peak demand for electricity. These peak demand periods typically occur during the hottest days of the summer or coldest days during the winter. As electricity demand increases, the need to take action, either to upgrade the electric transmission and distribution infrastructure or to reduce the load becomes more critical.

 Efficiency Vermont's Geo-Targeting effort is the first of its kind in the nation. If successful, it will demonstrate lower cost ways to accommodate growing electricity demands.