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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 672 

Expressing the sense of Congress that electric cooperative voluntary energy 

reduction programs reduce energy consumption and save participants money. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 10, 2018 

Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. GARDNER) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that electric cooperative 

voluntary energy reduction programs reduce energy consumption and save participants money. 

Whereas ‘‘Beat the Peak’’ is an electric cooperative voluntary 

energy reduction program that saves participants money 

and encourages reduced energy usage by notifying participants of periods of peak energy consumption; 

Whereas participants in electric cooperative voluntary energy 

reduction programs such as ‘‘Beat the Peak’’— 

(1) receive alerts during periods of peak energy 

usage when the price for energy is expected to be high; 

and 

(2) have the opportunity to decrease power usage 

when demand and price are at the highest level; 


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Whereas participation in electric cooperative voluntary energy 

reduction programs reduces energy costs for all cooperative members; 

Whereas electric cooperatives are nonprofit utilities that 

transfer cost savings directly to cooperative members; 

Whereas the 4 hottest summers on record have occurred during the 5-year period preceding the date of enactment of 

this resolution; 

Whereas extreme temperatures produce sustained peak energy prices in competitive wholesale electricity markets; 

Whereas electric cooperatives work to provide rural areas in 

the United States with safe, reliable, and affordable electricity; 

Whereas electric cooperatives operate 833 electric distribution 

centers and 62 electric generation and transmission facilities; 

Whereas electric cooperatives provide power to 42,000,000 

people in the United States and cover 56 percent of the 

landmass of the United States; 

Whereas Delaware Electric Cooperative, the first electric cooperative to create a ‘‘Beat the Peak’’ program, has 

saved members $27,000,000 over the 10-year period preceding the date of enactment of this resolution and is on 

track to save members $2,300,000 in 2018; 

Whereas over 90 electric cooperatives across the United 

States offer ‘‘Beat the Peak’’ demand response programs; 

and 

Whereas increased awareness of electric cooperative voluntary 

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tric cooperatives adopting and offering those programs: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) celebrates the economic and conservation 

3 benefits of electric cooperative voluntary energy re4 duction programs such as ‘‘Beat the Peak’’; 

5 (2) recognizes that voluntary energy reduction 

6 programs reduce energy usage, help the environ7 ment, and save money; 

8 (3) encourages electric cooperatives across the 

9 United States— 

10 (A) to adopt voluntary energy reduction 

11 programs such as ‘‘Beat the Peak’’; and 

12 (B) to promote those programs to mem13 bers; and 

14 (4) commends electric cooperatives that offer 

15 and support voluntary energy reduction programs. 

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