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Energy efficiency could cut UK home energy use in half

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Building on peer-to-peer relationships, our team helps energy and air quality regulators and NGOs navigate the complexities of power sector policy, regulation, and markets.

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Making China’s Electricity Markets Work for Clean Energy 

As several Chinese provinces develop spot markets for electricity, the potential for benefits—system flexibility, rational prices, and incentives to cut back coal generation—is also accompanied by risks. Max Dupuy explores the implementation risks facing China and why cross-provincial cooperation and long-term planning, among other measures, are key.

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We focus primarily on the world's four largest power markets: China, the European Union, India, and the United States.  

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Keys to integrating electric vehicles already in hand

In a guest article for Energy Post, Christos Kolokathis and Michael Hogan examine “sharing economy” models, such as Uber and Airbnb, to address this burning question. They recommend tapping into unused capacity on the existing European electricity distribution networks to drive successful integration of electric vehicles. Key to this route are appropriate pricing and smart technology deployment.

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RAP's experts highlight policy, regulatory, and market solutions to accelerate the clean energy transition.

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Electricity Reforms in India Depend on Getting the Politics Right

The Indian economy is among the fastest-growing in the world. Sustaining this growth requires a healthy electricity sector that is able to meet increased demands, ideally alongside an eye to environmental sustainability. Yet electricity consumers continue to face unreliable supply, distribution utilities are in poor financial health, and, most problematic, pow... By Navroz Dubash, Sunila Kale, Ranjit Bharvirkar

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Report September 13, 2018

Community Choice Aggregation: Kommunen werden zu Stromversorgern

By Raffaele Piria, Magdalena Magosch, Andreas Jahn Read now
Presentation September 11, 2018

Grid Modernization and New Utility Business Model

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Presentation September 10, 2018

Electrification and the Role of Gas in a Low-Carbon Future: Starting a Dialogue

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Presentation September 7, 2018

Demand Response: Lessons from US Experience

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Book September 3, 2018

Mapping Power: The Political Economy of Electricity in India’s States

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„Efficiency First“ – beim Photovoltaik-Eigenverbrauch

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Policy Brief August 22, 2018

Stromnetzentgelte: Eine Blackbox, die nicht geöffnet werden kann?

By Christian von Hammerstein, Andreas Jahn, Patrick Graichen Read now
Presentation August 22, 2018

Regulatory Considerations in Assessing Electrification

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Presentation August 20, 2018

Beneficial Electrification: Electrification in the Public Interest

By Jim Lazar, David Farnsworth, Jessica Shipley Read now
Presentation August 9, 2018

Traditional Economic Regulation of Electric Utilities

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RAP expands Europe team to deliver e-mobility solutions and enhanced assistance to Member States

BRUSSELS, Belgium—The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) recently hired Zsuzsanna Pató and Julia Hildermeier to join its Europe team. Dr. Pató has more than 20 years of experience in energy and climate policy and analysis, most recently as a senior researcher at the Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research, a think tank based in Budapest, Hungary. As a ... By Julia Hildermeier, Zsuzsanna Pató

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