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EESI concluded the Access Clean Energy Savings Program and ended its technical service offerings in December 2025.

Over the course of 16 years, EESI helped launch 42 on-bill financing programs in 22 states and territories. EESI helped facilitate financing for more than 5,000 clean energy projects totaling more than $185 million. Read more about our highly successful on-bill financing project.

 

EESI provided free assistance to co-ops and public utilities looking to implement on-bill financing (OBF) and beneficial electrification projects through its Access Clean Energy Savings program.

EESI’s project team was available to:

  • Share firsthand experience and lessons learned from EESI-supported OBF programs 

  • Conduct a needs assessment to determine if OBF and/or beneficial electrification is a good fit for the utility and its member-customers

  • Provide peer-to-peer connections with EESI-supported utility programs

  • Share EESI project resources and tools, such as our How-To-Guide, OBF Primer, and case studies

  • Assist utilities to design a project that fits their needs

  • Help utilities navigate the RESP application process

  • Share RESP documents and templates from EESI-supported utilities that have approved RESP applications

  • Assist utilities to implement and launch their programs

  • Serve as an on-going resource to program managers after the program’s launch

  • Identify additional resources and coordinate with stakeholders to overcome barriers to help get projects off the ground

See Also:

Rural Energy Savings Program - EESI’s guide to the USDA’s $100 million no-interest loan program for rural utilities  

Partnership for Advancing an Inclusive Rural Energy Economy - A collaboration between EESI and the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)