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Wholesale markets will play a key role in driving investment in the flexible resources needed to ensure reliability as the share of intermittent renewable resources grows. The author identifies three areas where power markets can adapt to enable an affordable,… View Summary +
The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) was asked by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and implement a deep dive into a state within the US, creating an in-depth work stream to better inform policymakers on utility program designs… View Summary +
Shanghai and Guangdong recently released draft regulations regarding their emissions trading pilot programs. Together with the Bureau of Environment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Yuko Nishida), the US Environmental Protection Agency (Jeremy Schreifels), and the World Resources Institute (Kevin Kennedy… View Summary +
上海与广东最近发布了碳排放权交易管理办法草案,为两地排放交易机制的实施起到了重要的推进作用。基于排放交易领域的国际经验,以及我们对中国的了解,兹提出以下几点建议,希望可以为草案的修改提供帮助。本文对东京市政府环保局(Yuko… View Summary +
Energy efficiency provides numerous benefits to utilities, to participants (including rate payers), and to society as a whole. However, many of these benefits are frequently undervalued or not valued at all when energy efficiency measures are assessed. This paper seeks… View Summary +
Drawing on his recent paper, “Rate Design Where Advanced Metering Infrastructure Has Not Been Fully Deployed”, RAP senior advisor Jim Lazar highlighted five universal pricing principles in a 60-minute RAP webinar on September 5th. He emphasized that prices ideally should… View Summary +
Air quality officials have significant new opportunities to ensure that air pollution issues are considered in the course of electricity system planning as a result of FERC Order 1000, Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public… View Summary +
Coal continues to be the dominant fuel choice for power generation around the world. How that coal is burned can influence the rate and quantity of emissions produced by its combustion. For decades, many countries have established standards and specifications… View Summary +
In recent years, more and more regulators view energy efficiency as a viable air quality improvement strategy. While no regulator should expect to solve all air quality challenges through one strategy alone, efficiency has distinct advantages over pollution control methods. View Summary +
Steigende Anteile fluktuierender erneuerbarer Erzeugung stellen neue Herausforderungen an die kosteneffiziente Gewährleistung der Systemsicherheit und erhöhen den Bedarf an Flexibilität. Für den direkten Beitrag zur Versorgungssicherheit müssen diese „Flexibilitätsressourcen“ dem System in Echtzeit zur Verfügung stehen. Das gilt auch für… View Summary +
Regulators, advocates, and energy industry companies have long understood that energy efficiency policies and programs can reduce air pollution emissions associated with fuel combustion. This reduction in emissions can lead to lower environmental compliance costs and, ultimately, lower public health… View Summary +
Widespread electrification of the transportation sector holds the promise of greater vehicle efficiency and lower emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other air pollutants. Many governments around the world have identified electric vehicles (EVs) as a cornerstone of transportation sector… View Summary +
Discussions in Germany over the future of feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) for renewables are in full force. One of the market support designs under considerable debate is the so-called “Market Premium” FiT, which Germany put in place at the beginning of 2012… View Summary +
Benchmarking, tracking building-level energy use over time, is a useful way to manage building costs and to enable energy efficient improvements. However, because large commercial buildings typically have multiple tenants whose energy usage is metered separately, tracking overall building energy… View Summary +
The European Commission launched a Consultative Communication on “The future of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Europe”, with the aim of initiating a debate on the options available to ensure its timely development. In these comments, RAP recommends creating… View Summary +