Pierre Delforge, director of Clean Buildings in the Climate & Clean Energy Program with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a nonprofit focused on environmental issues, San Francisco. He is lead author of the NRDC paper “Home Idle Load: Devices Wasting Huge Amounts of Electricity When Not in Active Use.” NRDC.org
The average US household’s monthly power bill pushed past $120 in 2021, then continued to climb in 2022 as the hot summer increased air-conditioner use...
