Restructuring an electric power system invariably affects the environment. For a nation alert to these effects, restructuring is an opportunity to improve not only economic performance butenvironmental quality as well. For a nation unaware of these effects or indifferent to… View Summary +

This paper, on electric power sector reforms and China’s development, was presented at the Energy Strategy and Technology for Sustainable Development Session of the International Conference on Engineering and Technological Science in Beijing, China. The goal of the paper is… View Summary +

This Issuesletter examines the critical role state regulators play both in forming and establishing the operating rules of RTOs — issues that will affect the reliability, price and environmental impacts and of power supply in every region. View Summary +

A draft of the Best Practices Guide: Implementing Power Sector Reform in China. Contained in this draft are lessons learned in the United States and other countries applied to China’s ongoing utility sector reform efforts. View Summary +

This IssuesLetter considers the relationship between regulatory policy decisions, utility profitability and the competitive deployment of distributed resources. View Summary +

This report looks at the relationship between the use of distributed resources and utility profits, and describes the market environment where cost-effective distributedresources can compete with central station generation. View Summary +

This paper provides technical information on the topics of power sector reform and regulatory practices and was adapted from coursework that was designed to develop technical leadership capacity in energy development and greenhouse gas emissions reduction that are both friendly… View Summary +

This IssuesLetter examines economic and environmental connections by using three examples: default service pricing, stranded cost policies, and the pricing of distribution services. Good environmental and economic outcomes often go hand in hand. View Summary +

This IssuesLetter identifies ten questions that utility commissions ought to be asking utilities and others charged with maintaining system reliability, which seek to ensure that all cost-effective resources are developed. View Summary +

The focus of the paper is the profitability implications of the deployment of distributed resources as well as demand and supply-side resources that can be deployed within the distribution system as distinguished from the transmission system. View Summary +