Emissions trading is an established practice in air quality management programs around the world. China has been evaluating emission trading schemes since the 1980’s and is now planning major expansion in geographical scope and depth. Specifically, China is considering emissions… View Summary +

Energy efficiency feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) are an intriguing new concept for accelerating investment in end-use energy efficiency. By offering a significant new revenue stream for any business that can generate savings, they have the potential to unearth and harness innovations in… View Summary +

This report provides a summary of the proceedings of the North American regional PEPDEE workshop on April 18-19 2012. The workshop was held in co-operation with US Department of Energy (DOE), hosted by the American Gas Association, and co-sponsored by… View Summary +

Over the next decade or two, state regulatory utility commissions will preside over some of the most important investments in the history of the U.S. electric power sector during perhaps its most challenging and tumultuous period. This report seeks to… View Summary +

In August 2011, the Regulatory Assistance Project officially joined the IEA DSM Programme as a Sponsor. The IEA DSM (Demand-Side Management) Programme is an international collaboration of countries working together to develop and promote opportunities for demand-side management. RAP’s participation… View Summary +

This report on determining energy savings for Energy Efficiency Obligation (EEO) schemes was drafted in response to the publication by the European Commission of the draft Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). In particular, the report addresses Article 6 on energy efficiency… View Summary +

The Regulatory Mechanisms to Enable Energy Provider Delivered Energy Efficiency paper identifies varied, but complementary, government regulatory mechanisms utilized worldwide to mobilize the resources of energy providers to implement investments in energy. The paper identifies and describes twelve types of… View Summary +

Delivering a reliable power supply to consumers has always been a central objective of market design and various solutions to this challenge have been adopted in Europe and elsewhere. In the context of wholesale power markets, these solutions have generally… View Summary +

RAP hosted this webinar with support from the Energy Foundation. It was moderated by Chris Neme of the Energy Futures Group. Andrew Burr of the Institute for Market Transformation and Richard Faesy of the Energy Futures Group presented. View Summary +