Articles in this issue of E NEWS include: "Working with Diverse Retailers to Promote CFLs." Home-improvement stores provide the biggest channel for moving energy-efficient lighting into the market. But utilities are extending their reach by working with other types of retailers, such as independent hardware stores, grocery stores, and drugstores.

"Tradable Efficiency Credits: Coming to a Market Near You?" Also known as white tags, efficiency credits are associated with energy efficiency, whereas RECs are associated with renewable energy. But like RECs, white tags can either be used to comply with a state renewable energy or efficiency portfolio standard, or in the case of fuel efficiency projects, may be sold as carbon emissions offsets.

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• What does E Source know about online educational energy games? How many are there, who’s the target audience, and what feedback is available from customers about the value they see in those games?