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A Next-Generation Approach to Energy Resource Procurement

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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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Renovating Regulation to Electrify Buildings: A Guide for the Handy Regulator

Existing policies and regulations covering energy use in buildings may have served us well in the past, but now some of them create unnecessary barriers to beneficial electrification. Addressing these challenges will help realize the full potential of electrified, flexible, grid-integrated buildings. A new guidebook, a collaboration between Regulatory Assistance Project and Synapse Energy Economics, details some of the changes we need.

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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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Use Less, Save More: Adding a Conservation Incentive to Percentage of Income Payment Programs

For low-income households, being able to afford utility service is a constant struggle. The average American household spends 2-3% of its income on its energy bills, but for a low-income family, the energy burden can be more like 15-20% (or higher). Customers may have to decide whether to put money toward utility bills, to avoid a disconnection, versus paying for... By Janine Migden-Ostrander

Use Less, Save More: Adding a Conservation Incentive to Percentage of Income Payment Programs

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Under Pressure: Gas Utility Regulation for a Time of Transition

By Megan Anderson, Mark LeBel, Max Dupuy Read now
Presentation April 12, 2021

Open Data Access Standards Approaches

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Presentation April 7, 2021

Electric Vehicles: Regulatory Considerations

By David Farnsworth, Camille Kadoch, Mark LeBel Read now
Presentation March 31, 2021

Establishing Clean Energy Goals Through RPS and CES Policies

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Presentation March 24, 2021

Building Rate Design for EVs from the Ground Up

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Report March 24, 2021

Getting on track to net zero: A policy package for a heat pump mass market in the UK

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Ladeblockade Netzentgelte

By Andreas Jahn, Fanny Tausendteufel, Kerstin Meyer, Thorsten Lenck Read now
Policy Brief March 22, 2021

Looking Beyond the State Targets: Renewable Energy for Export

By Surabhi Joshi, Rasika Athawale, Dheer Patel, Tim Simard Read now
Policy Brief March 9, 2021

Considering minimum energy performance standards for Germany

By Louise Sunderland, Andreas Jahn Read now
Policy Brief March 9, 2021

Energetische Mindeststandards für den Gebäudebestand

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Under Pressure: Gas Regulation for a Time of Transition

The way we use fossil gas as a fuel for heating and other end uses is rapidly changing. Energy efficiency and electrification are constraining demand for gas, while climate mitigation goals and increased awareness of health and safety risks require accelerating the transition to new sources of energy. All of these changes are happening while…

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