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The purpose of this paper is to give utility regulators an appreciation for the breadth of issues that may cause cost impacts on fossil-fuel power plants over the coming decades. The paper begins with a brief recital of major forthcoming… View Summary +
In 2007, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act that set new minimum efficiency standards for general service light bulbs used in both residential and commercial buildings. Similarly in 2009, the US Department… View Summary +
The efficient delivery of Europe’s longer term decarbonisation goals will require substantial levels of investment in the inter-regional transmission grid by 2020, on the order of €140 to €200 billion according to recent studies. Securing these investments, which are necessary… View Summary +
John Shenot, Ken Colburn and Chris James presented a webinar on October 25, 2011 for air quality regulators from eastern states on “Engaging with Your Public Utility Commission.” The webinar was convened through the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use… View Summary +
New methodologies for the planning and cost allocation of transmission and interconnections are being considered or undertaken in the United Kingdom as well as North America. This document provides examples of several interconnection and transmission planning and cost allocation initiatives… View Summary +
Over the past thirty years, China has implemented a series of reforms that have greatly improved the efficiency, reliability, and environmental performance of its power sector. But there are still daunting challenges facing the country and, to respond to them,… View Summary +
In an earlier publication, RAP presents a number of “key lessons” from international experience for countries designing market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper builds on that earlier publication, providing more details on the international experience, and… View Summary +
States have jurisdiction over most interconnections of distributed generation to utility systems in the U.S. While a majority of states have established interconnection regulations, they tend to focus on the smallest systems. This paper provides recommendations for state interconnection rules… View Summary +
While utilities and their regulators are familiar with the energy savings that energy efficiency measures can provide, they may not be aware of how these same measures also provide very valuable peak capacity benefits in the form of marginal reductions… View Summary +
This paper presents a brief history of activity since 1992 in developing and implementing policy and regulatory initiatives aimed at increasing demand-side participation in the Australian National Electricity Market. Three main groups have developed and implemented policy and regulatory initiatives:… View Summary +
There is growing interest in electricity market reforms that can tap the potential of dispatchable demand response to balance an increasing percentage of renewables in the power system. In the two “forward” capacity markets in the US, dispatchable demand response… View Summary +
This state-by-state analysis details which states have worked energy efficiency into active integrated resource plans (IRPs) or have developed a similar planning process. It is based on RAP’s annual tracking of energy efficiency policies throughout the US. View Summary +
This report sets out a broad-based strategy to improve the energy fitness of Vermont buildings and to lower fuel bills for Vermont families and businesses. It is an update of “Affordable Heat: A Whole-Buildings Efficiency Service for Vermont Families and… View Summary +
In this presentation, the instructors Peter Adamczyk and Dennis O’Connor will discuss why financing is necessary, but not sufficient for enabling energy efficiency on a massive scale. They will also explore why most financing offers to date have not succeeded… View Summary +