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Replacing copper with negawatts—how RIIO-2 could revolutionise network regulation

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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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Energy Efficiency: It Can Help You See for Miles and Miles

Visitors to our national parks want to see purple mountains majesty, not a purple haze. As states look to update their plans for controlling regional haze as required by federal law, Nancy Seidman reminds us that energy efficiency can help reduce the particulate matter emissions that obscure scenic vistas.

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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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New Book Maps Out the Politics of India's Power Sector

Electricity is critical to enabling India’s economic growth and providing a better future for its citizens, but the country’s power sector continues to struggle despite several decades of reform. To explain this, a new book co-edited by RAP India Director Ranjit Bharkirvar points to the challenges of politics. In "Mapping Power: The Political Economy of Electricity in India’s States," scholars analyze 15 Indian states and conclude that a historically grounded view of politics can help devise the reforms that India needs.

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Back to the future: A strong electric vehicle benchmark can cut transport emissions and help modernise Europe’s electricity grid

Over a century ago, electric vehicles (EVs) were the best-selling cars on the market. In 1900, 28 percent of cars on the road in the U.S. were electric. If the competing combustion engine technology had not taken over, today’s policymakers would likely face a much smaller challenging in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in the transport ... By Julia Hildermeier

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Presentation December 11, 2018

The British Green Deal: How not to design an energy efficiency policy

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Presentation November 15, 2018

Challenges to Building Transmission Facilities When and Where Needed: Siting and Permitting Issues

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Presentation November 15, 2018

The Future of Electrification

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Presentation November 13, 2018

Public policies for the energy and transport transition in Europe

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Presentation November 11, 2018

Smart Non-Residential Rate Design: Aligning Rates with System Value

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Policy Brief November 8, 2018

Regional resource adequacy assessments: The key to ensuring security of supply at a reasonable cost

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Presentation November 8, 2018

Beneficial Electrification: Considerations for Space Heating

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Report November 8, 2018

Beneficial Electrification of Space Heating

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Presentation November 8, 2018

Marginal Emissions and Beneficial Electrification

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Presentation October 29, 2018

Beneficial Electrification: Considerations for Appliance Standards

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Demand Response in US Markets: Lessons for a low-carbon transformation

U.S. power markets offer a range of environments in which demand response has evolved. Recent U.S. experience is best understood in the context of market fundamentals. While there have been notable successes, the transition to a low-carbon power sector is transforming historical paradigms, including the role of demand response. Traditionally, demand response was principally a…

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