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Energy efficiency is widely recognized as a low-cost, readily available resource that offers a variety of benefits to utility customers and to society as a whole. There is a great amount of variation across the states in the ways that… View Summary +
In January 2011, China established a new delivery mechanism for energy efficiency when it placed energy efficiency obligations on the two large grid companies that supply electricity to end-use customers. This mechanism joins the already successful system of establishing energy… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), with support from the Energy Foundation, offered this webinar at no charge to participants as part of a series of… View Summary +
Australia’s Clean Energy Future Plan is a comprehensive set of national policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and driving investments in clean energy. At its core is a carbon pricing mechanism that commenced on 1 July 2012 and covers… View Summary +
Although solar costs have been dropping in recent years, solar power is still more expensive than conventional electricity generation and other renewable energy options. In most applications, solar power also still needs continuing government policy support. However, the need to… View Summary +
The International Energy Agency (IEA) together with its working partner the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is undertaking a new work programme focused on energy efficiency and energy providers. Formulated under the auspices of the International Partnership on Energy Efficiency Cooperation… View Summary +
In these comments filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, RAP recommends that the state consider adjusting its wholesale market rules to value flexible resources. The comments were filed in the PUCT’s Project 40000 proceeding. View Summary +
Diese Publikation ist in wesentlichen Teilen eine Übersetzung des in den Proceedings of the 90th International Conference on the European Energy Market veröffentlichten Titels „Beyond Capacity Markets—Delivering Capability Resources to Europe’s Decarbonised Power System“ von Meg Gottstein und Simon Skillings… View Summary +
The RAP paper “Beyond Capacity Markets” released April 2012 discussed reasons why, in power systems with large shares of variable renewable production, existing capacity market models may no longer be up to their intended task of driving the investments required… View Summary +