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To Serve Everyone, IRA’s Climate Grants Need Inclusive Participation

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RAP works toward a clean, reliable, equitable, and cost-efficient energy future. Our team provides clarity, vision and new ideas to decision-makers and the broader energy community.

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The perfect fit: Shaping the Fit for 55 package to drive a climate-compatible heat pump market

In order to decarbonise energy systems and eliminate exposure to fossil fuel imports, policy makers around the world have looked towards removing fossil fuels from heating as a worthy goal. Heat pumps remain the key technology to do just that.

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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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EV Roadmap: Options for Lawmakers

Carefully crafted, comprehensive legislation will be a key enabling tool for successfully electrifying cars, trucks, buses, taxis and ports. ​RAP's Roadmap for Electric Transportation offers a menu of choices, allowing policymakers to choose what works best in their state.

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

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Staying the course: Keeping the key role of the energy savings obligation in focus as negotiations reach their endgame

As we move towards the endgame in the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) revision, what should negotiators be considering as they recraft the key energy saving provisions — the energy savings obligation? The right level of ambition … As part of their response strategy to the energy crisis, EU legislators have committed to finalise the revision of the EED, th... By Samuel Thomas, Marion Santini

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Policy Brief March 24, 2023

容量补偿机制设计应如何“扬长避短”？

By Zachary Ming, Ruoshui Li, Max Dupuy, Chi Gao Read now
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Calefacción con hidrógeno: revisión de la evidencia científica

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Policy Brief March 7, 2023

Clean heat standards: New tools for the fossil fuel phaseout in Europe

By Marion Santini, Richard Cowart, Samuel Thomas, Duncan Gibb, Richard Lowes, Jan Rosenow Read now
Policy Brief March 1, 2023

Regret-ready: A briefing on United Kingdom proposals for the mandating of ‘hydrogen-ready’ gas boilers

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NOx Standards for Water Heaters: Model Rule Technical Support Document

By John Shenot, Nancy Seidman, Elaine Prause, Donna Brutkoski, Steena Williams Read now
Policy Brief February 22, 2023

Better, faster, stronger: A look into further electricity market reforms

By Bram Claeys, Zsuzsanna Pató, Dominic Scott, Andreas Jahn, Michael Hogan Read now
Policy Brief February 18, 2023

Climate Action is Energy Security: Recent Developments in the Power Sectors of India, China, and Europe

By Regulatory Assistance Project, Energy Foundation China Read now
Policy Brief February 18, 2023

气候行动就是能源安全：印度、中国和欧洲电力行业的最新发展

By Regulatory Assistance Project, Energy Foundation China Read now
Policy Brief February 9, 2023

Review of Integrated Resource Planning and Load Forecasting Techniques in India

By Mahesh Patankar, Ira Prem, Frederick Weston Read now
Policy Brief February 7, 2023

Comment on NEA’s latest draft policy “Electricity Spot Market Basic Rules”

By Max Dupuy, Chi Gao Read now
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