Utilities in California refuse to say where their energy efficiency projects are located, so it is not clear how or whether they actually reduce the need for new power supplies or power lines. By contrast, a ConEdison program in New York City targets energy efficiency to specific city blocks to defer the need for new power lines & substations.

WEM tours Penn Station, the New York Public Library, the Bronx's Italian Market, & Brooklyn residences and discusses this landmark program with Karen West, electrician/ project manager with Quality Conservation Servic9es, Inc (facilities managers for Amtrak East Coast and the library, ConEd's program director, shopkeepers and residents).