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This policy guide — part of the Roadmap for Electric Transportation legislative kit — provides legislators and their staff members an overview of electric vehicle issues and options. It begins by looking at the merits of EV legislation to… View Summary +
Proactive state legislative action and planning are needed to realize the full benefits of electric transportation for citizens, the economy and the environment. Some states may be starting from scratch while others have existing legislation. The legislative options found here… View Summary +
Energy issues are environmental issues, and environmental issues increasingly are energy issues. This link is inescapable: energy decisions have profound environmental and public health impacts, and energy-related emissions are changing the heat balance of Earth. The purpose of this paper… View Summary +
This paper is a summary of market-based mechanisms to achieve energy policy goals in China and elsewhere. These goals include targets for energy consumption, energy efficiency or carbon emissions. The authors draw on international experience – including from Europe, the… View Summary +
This presentation is about the role that increased natural gas-fired generation can play in integrating large amounts of wind generation, including relevant international experience. View Summary +
This paper, presented at the NARUC Climate Change Conference, describes eight key policies that China has adopted in the electric sector to control its energy consumption and steer the country down a lower-carbon development path. View Summary +
In this Issuesletter, we examine the potential values of smart grid for consumers and recommend policies Commissions should adopt now before committing ratepayer dollars for such investments. View Summary +
In consultation with Chinese environmental officials on air pollution law and regulation, the authors of this report have prepared an in-depth analysis of U.S. and other international air regulation experience related to thirteen key issues. View Summary +
智能电网代表了电力行业发展的必然趋势。但是,如果要使智能电网有益于经济效率、用户福祉和环境保护,就需要适当的市场机制和政策来充分开发其潜能。智能电网技术可提供包括增强系统可靠性、改进能效、优化电费设计和用户选择、更好地帮助可再生能源并网以及整合分布式资源等价值。睿博能源智库在总结美国各州制定智能电网政策经验的基础上,提出了“明智的政策不应落后于智能电网投资”的建议。… View Summary +
En esta edición de Issuesletter, se examinan los posibles valores de la red eléctrica inteligente para los consumidores y se recomiendan políticas que los organismos reguladores de servicios públicos. View Summary +
This paper outlines the use of a team of international and domestic experts, coordinated by Optimal Energy, Inc.,which has been engaged by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide technical assistance to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of… View Summary +
This paper provides a brief overview of a new concept called the “Efficiency Power Plant” (EPP). The EPP bundles efficiency programs so that the resulting savings are as predictable and substantial as the output of a power plant. This concept… View Summary +
This paper discusses how scientific energy planning relies on sound economic and analytical methods to identify how to meet China’s rapidly increasing power needs at the least total social cost, including a portfolio of supply-side and demand side resource options. View Summary +
China’s leaders have set an ambitious goal of reducing the country’s energy use per dollar of GDP by 20%. In doing so, leaders have recognized that current energy trends and the related environmental consequences are not sustainable and not consistent… View Summary +
This paper describes the preliminary discussions regarding the organizational structure and funding options, summarizes the initiatives, and provides the anticipated savings, costs and cost-benefit analysis for the demand-side management portfolio based on the 2005 report DSM Strategic Plan for Jiangsu… View Summary +