Electricity prices are forecast to increase 50% over the next 5 years.

Increasing energy efficiency, renewable energy and distributed generation would save an estimated $36 billion annually by 2025.

Distributed generation can reduce transmission-congestion costs, currently estimated at $4.8 billion annually.

Over 20 years, $46 - $117 billion could be saved in the avoided cost of construction of power plants, transmission lines and substations.

An estimated 1.4 billion people are without access to electricity worldwide, almost all of them in developing countries, and 85% living in rural areas.