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Webinar (video) November 17, 2021

Quantifying clean: Electric vehicles and marginal emissions

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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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December22021

Earlier this fall, we explored next-generation approaches to competitive utility procurement in a webinar based on recent work by RAP and RMI — laying out recommendations for processes that consider all available resources, are aligned with policy objectives, and result in “least-regrets” outcomes. Join us for a follow-up roundtable session moderated by Lauren Shwisberg of…

The Regulatory Assistance Project is dedicated to accelerating the transition to a clean, reliable, and efficient energy future.

Quantifying clean: Electric vehicles and marginal emissions

What We Work On

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

Where We Work

EV Roadmap: Options for Lawmakers

From Our Blog

EU’s buildings directive should give EV owners the right to a smart plug

Worüber keiner reden will: Der bevorstehende Abschied vom Gasnetz

It’s Time to Consider the (Non-Pipeline) Alternatives

From the Knowledge Center

Participating in Power: How to Read and Respond to Integrated Resource Plans

电力现货市场风险管理–资源充足性规划

Performance-Based Regulation for Reliability and Resilience

为电力用户实施分时零售电价的国际视野和几点建议

How Other States Use Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) in Regulatory Proceedings

Responses to fossil gas price volatility

Utility Business Models and Performance-Based Regulation

Smart Rate Design for Distributed Energy Resources

Energy in Nebraska: The Dual Role of Public Power Boards and the Energy Trends They Face

Utility Integrated Resource Planning

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The RAPPORT, U.S. Edition, October 2021

The Energy Crisis Exposes the Government’s Dangerous Dependence on Fossil Fuels

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Building a Next-Generation Mix of Energy Resources: Practical Perspectives

The Regulatory Assistance Project is dedicated to accelerating the transition to a clean, reliable, and efficient energy future.

What We Work On

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

Where We Work

EV Roadmap: Options for Lawmakers

Events

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